This is again, referring to this endless cycling relationship. She basically says here, every time they have something bad happen, and breakup, they always somehow get back together

Often, a red lipstick on a women is seen as powerful, or rebellious. Maybe this is some inner conscious coming out and saying, "You're powerful, and you don't need to be in this endless cycle."

She is comparing him to "James Dean," who was a famous actor known for his charismatic looks. A lot of teens use to "daydream" of him, which is what Taylor is inferring, she's been doing with him

She is comparing the relationship to an endless cycle. Even though she knows why she doesn't want to be with him, she still finds herself running back to him

She knows where this is going to go, and maybe she has seen it first hand, but she is still tempted to be with him, despite all of that

She knows that she shouldn't go with him, but her temptation is starting to get the best of her.

She is once again saying that even though she hasn't heard from in a while, she is still wanting to go with him

Maybe she is getting back with an old boyfriend? Or maybe he just stopped talking to her and suddenly wants back in. But the way she says "since I have even heard from you" makes me think that she is questioning herself

I think what she is talking about here is the consequences that could come from this. Maybe she didn't think of it before, but now that it's happening, she is starting to worry

This thing that they are doing, could either end good, or bad. Whether its the things that happen during it, or the future. Long Drive makes me think that she could be running away

Someone to coming to pick the speaker up, at night, with no headlights on. So the speaker could be sneaking out without her parent permission.

From the title alone, I think that this song could be about someone sense of fashion, but I know better than that so it's probably not really.

He trusted her enough to let his guard down around her, and she might have taken advantage of that

This is the same as him saying for now, he is telling himself that the feeling is temporary and that he can move on.

He says "for now" telling himself that he can move on, and that this feeling is only temporary.

This hook doesn't last long, just like a daydream. This part suddenly swings to just piano, where he has to once again, face reality

As he closes his eyes, he pictures himself falling into her arms, and being held by her

Here, the music changes and we reach the peak of his depression, as he struggles with having to move on. He can still see her when he closes his eyes, but it hurts to know he can't be with her

Since the first verse, he has changed what he said. It's almost like the process of moving on. Before, he mourns her, and wishes he could be with her, and now, in this verse, he realizes that he needs to move on, and that he is better off without her.

Here, he realizes, he never had those things with her. He may have thought he did, but he realizes he never did

Again, he repeats the first part, just ending it differently. He no longer gets to sleep next to them, and to me, this is almost like he is blaming her. That its her fault and that she was the toxic one, not him.

He starts off the next verse with the same line as the first verse, but ends it with "and this time I fear there's no one to turn to" as opposed to "there's no one to save me" He could be starting to face reality, that the relationship is over, and there's nothing he can do. He no longer needs saving, but just someone to talk to.

Since he uses the word "kinda" he is basically down playing his feelings. He depended on this person so much only for them to hurt him, and now he is starting to deny his feelings

The person might have suddenly come out of no where to breakup with him, or hurt him in some way or another

He wants the person there with him while struggles through this breakup, but he knows that his person isn't good for him so he can't go running back to them

He "needs" the person to help him through this, but in a bad struck of irony, he can't go to the person because they are no longer together

Day and night feel the same, they bleed into one another as he falls deeper into his depression.

The day bleeds, hurting without his ex there

After seeing this line, it's made me realize that he is basically mourning the lost of his relationship. Maybe he had all of those things with her, but when the relationship ended, it was gone.

Even though he could get into a new relationship, he still would have feelings and have to move on

It's always easier to say than do.

To me, this says that he wants someone to be romantic with or maybe he is saying that he can't have these things in his current relationship

He wants someone to be by his side, possibly someone to be romantic with or just someone to talk to

He wants someone close to him, who he can trust with his feelings, unlike his last relationship.

He is asking for someone to heal the pain that has resulted from the relationship. Possibly a rebound or just someone who is a good friend.

He is putting all he can into the relationship but she is not. He has gotten to the point that he is starting to get tired of it

He's depressed, or struggling with something, and he feels alone, with no one to back him up to save him. This is a metaphor of someone sinking in a body of water, and the feeling that they can't be pulled back to the surface

Just off the title, you could infer that this is going to be a song about a past relationship, or about an "ex-crush" of some sorts

The bamboo is deep into the ground, which enforces it from moving.

The "stiff bamboo" that "refuses to bend in the wind" could be a metaphor for someone standing up for what they believe in. Maybe the poet has a belief and this poem is her standing up to people looking down on it?

The condo/building is made or decorated with bamboo, which you could infer that this is based somewhere in Asia.

The title of this poem leads me to believe that this could be based on a love story in the city. Or maybe the love of the city

She is describing herself, with red lips and rosy cheeks, which is normally seen as attractive or sweet and innocent. She is still describing that picture of their good times together.

This goes along with the last line. She is putting a picture in your head of her standing staring at a sunset, with a nice dress on. She doesn't want the relationship to be viewed as "oh, why did we do that" but instead "yeah we did that, and we have some good memories out of it."

Her saying "standing in a nice dress" automatically puts a good image in your head, letting you infer that she wants to be remembered in a good way, not a bad way.

She only has one condition, one belief, that he has to follow in order to make it work.

She already knows how this is going to end. Even at the beginning, she knows that there is an end, and they won't last.

Here, Taylor mixes a positive, and a negative, saying "He's so bad" and then "but he does it so well" which helps back up the fact that she could be getting manipulated in this relationship. She may want to be in it yes, but she is having this conflict of "I know he's bad, but he looks so good."

She goes off to describe that "he's so tall and handsome as hell" which is a positive. This could mean that the guy is very charming, and her could be on the verge of manipulating her, since she is having a back and forth conflict with herself.

She acknowledges that the relationship won't last forever, but its still going to hurt her, which is a self conflict. She knows that it won't last forever, but at the same time, she still goes through with it even though it might hurt her even more.

She knows that running away is going to end badly, but she is still going to go through with it.

This confirms my annotation from the previous line, the man wants to run away with her, out of the city and away from the crowds. He might just want her to himself, with no distractions of people or work around.

So there's this person talking to her, asking her to run away. This man might be a symbol of her dream? Or something completely different.

Right on a first glance, when I read this title, I think of something dreamy, so this whole song could be about a dream or something that Taylor Swift wish she had but doesn't.

This tells us that the poem is in honor to Dennis Turner. Meaning that the poem could be heavily based on him

"Orange leather" is referring to the ball, so he is taking the ball into his hand and is getting ready to make a shot.

"Boxes out his man" is the center making it hard for the defensive team to get a rebound. He is timing his jumps, making sure he is doing all of the correct things and all of the right techniques to get the ball into the hoop.

Gangly means tall/awkward. So the center, who is most of the time the tallest member of the team, is going to be making a play. "For once" at the beginning makes me think that he may not always play like he should, so it surprises the narrator.

This tells us that whoever had the ball, tried to shoot the ball in the net, but the ball didn't go through the rim. Just balancing for a few seconds and then drops outside the hoop.

In basketball, a fast break is strategy where the offensive team tries to move the ball up court and into scoring position as quickly as possible, so that the defensive team is outnumbered and has little time to react. This title tells us that the poem is probably going to be centered around a basketball game.

She says this because she knows that he ins't that good of a guy and she is making a paradox with this. Saying "I can make the bad guys good." She could also be saying that she knows that she can change him

She might be telling the guy to take her with him on a "guys weekend"

I think what Taylor Swift is implying here is that she wants to see how a relationship with those man might go. She's already stated that she knows that he's a player but she might just want to be in a relationship for the drama.

This line ties right back to the previous line, she's saying that she can give him all of these things, "Magic, madness, heaven, sin." so possibly the good and the bad

Taylor Swift is saying "So hey, let's be friends." and saying that she wants to befriend this guy. Which is pretty easy to pick out

I think she also has some rumors about herself going around. Though, at this point it's unclear what those rumors are, but they are obviously something.

Maybe she knows that he's a player and that he may not be the best person to want to date due to rumors she has heard about him.

This gives off a very bitter sweet tone to it. Saying "Nice to meet you," and then cutting straight to the point, "where you been?"

After reading a litter ahead, I think that this might be her saying "where have you been all my life?" instead of a bitter sweet line

She's basically saying he's easy to read. That she knows who he is just by looking at him. Thinking back to it, I think this contradicts my thought of them knowing each other before

Now I think she might have known this guy before. She says "new money" and that makes me think they have some sort of history or have talked to each other. We also get a quick description of this man, saying he's in a "suit and tie." So he could be some business person or going somewhere formal.

So while she thinks he's a player, she is also thinking "Let's play." So even though she thinks he's a player, she is still finding herself falling for him.

Putting this line, and the last line together, I think she thinks that he looks like a "bad boy" or that he's a player.

Swift is showing some, what I see as aggression? Maybe she thinks this guy is cute and wants to talk to him.

She's saying she saw him somewhere, maybe at a store, school. This line tells us that the next few lines are going to be of her thoughts.

I think this line is pretty clear. She is saying "Oh, if you were with me, I could show you incredible things." So she may be interesting or talking to this person, she thinks she has a chance with, but she obviously has some anger against them.

She wants to be the main performer in the show. Metaphorically, this could be saying she wants to be put out there once again. She might be saying she dreams when she can be the "main performer" instead of a backup character.

From a literal standpoint, this line is meaning she is putting herself out there.That her knowledge of ballet is allowing her to perform and do all of these things. From a metaphoric stand point, maybe this problem she had been having is not being herself. Maybe she has been preventing herself from being her and in this line, she describes that yearning to but herself out there.

Whatever Emily is going through, she is telling herself that she has what's in her to do it. That she "has the knowledge of ballet." While she does not have the knowledge of ballet, or from the metaphoric point of view, she does not have the will to keep going, she can have these things in her imagination.

This connects back to the last line.In her thoughts, she is happy. She is full of "glee." Glee means full of energy and high-spirited. So she could be saying that even though she is unable to dance, she still loves to do it.

Looking at this from the same metaphoric point of view, we can infer that her own mind is the only way to escape her problems. Whether it's that she does not know how to dance, what dance to do, or is struggling, that's how I see this line

I take this as her saying that she can't dance because she has no one telling her what to do or what moves she should be doing. This could also be a metaphor that she is struggling with something and has no guidance on how to solve it.