The "you" in this line is meant to be the lover in the relationship, which means that everything that they do, they do for each other.

These are different kinds of flowers. The flowers may be a gift to their lover in order to make them happy.

The town that she lives in probably has polluted air.

Or in a more deeper matter, Grey is the color of neutrality but it is also a color of sadness. Meaning through the good and bad days, I will be there for you.

She's letting go of the thoughts asking "what could've happened if i did this?"

Mei Ling and her husband don't want each other to feel sad about how their lives went.

She is with her boyfriend/husband, so she is not walking alone.

She is walking through downtown San Francisco.

Persimmons are orange fruit from China.

Chinatown is a neighborhood of Chinese culture that resides in New York City.

It's the small things that matter in life, it's those small things that give you the ability to be happy.

I wonder what the "small delectable" could be?

The wherewithal- The money necessary for a particular purpose.

She is telling herself that she was wasting her time doing other things instead of following her dreams, maybe she had depression at that time.

She is asking herself what life would have been like if she had not moved and stayed at home in China.

I thought that Mei Ling was a fictional character in the poem, but now I know that it's actually the poet's Chinese name..

"Quick fix" is probably some sort of medication or drug, a white rush is probably the aftermath of the medication/drug.

The place that the tree is going to must be some metaphorical heaven or maybe the tree is dying and it is going to heaven.

There were probably different kinds of paths for the tree to take, but this could go on in a deeper matter because of the next line.

The Golden Mountains are in Russia, the tree must have went around the world!

This is probably telling us of the very long journey that the tree took to get to the city.

These are places that the tree most likely came from before it moved to the city.

This is getting very deep and is making me think that the tree isn't a tree, or maybe it is one but it's very special.

Is it talking about the ancient Yellow River? Or something else..

She thinks that the tree doesn't belong in the city, maybe there isn't enough water for it to survive.

The tree is slowly dying, bit by bit, it starts to lose itself.

It the tree bong chopped down or is it naturally withering away?

We see that not only does the gingko tree decompose garbage, but it also helps with clean air and getting rid of pollution.

It's called a vomit-eater in this poem, it is a decomposing tree?

The night is the moment in which you feel a sense of comfort, actually it depends on how old you are and how your life is because some nights in your life probably weren't amazing.

What can this line mean? Is it talking about the apartment? Is it talking about their culture? It is probably talking about both the apartment and the culture of the person in this poem, which is the Asian culture of course.

The person who resides in that apartment has to pay rent in order to live in that apartment for as long as they please.

The "you" that they are referring to are the owners of the apartments that the people are living in.

A dowager is an elder woman, who is married to a king, duke or anything in the line of royalty.

Which means that the bamboo is probably really old, explaining why it is stuck in the ground and cannot move.

So, that is why the bamboo is stuck and unable to move! It was stabbed so deep into the dirt and has stood there for so long that roots had probably grown onto it.

Since the bamboo of the apartment is very stiff, meaning very strong and unable to move. It doesn't get dragged by a single breeze!

Her apartment walls must hold up very well if it is compared to a stick of bamboo.

Urban- in, relating to, or characteristic of a town or city.

From this definition, we can guess that it's about how love is in a city-like environment!

It's like a Taylor Swift song can not go on without a mention of the color red.

Anyways, the girl in this song is comparing her and the boy to a couple from a 50's movie.

Maybe, she wants to stay with him because of his honesty. I mean, that is a good quality of being a lover, admitting that they did the wrong thing even if it ends up hurting the relationship.

She must really want to leave, huh? I think that she wants to leave because of how the boy had cheated on her with someone else.

What for? Why do you want to go home so badly?

Basically "I can relate to that." She has been through a lot of relationships before and is probably thinking that it would last longer than she thought it would!

THE HONESTY! He's literally being a great boyfriend right now, admitting that he cheated and admitting that the other girl wasn't better than his real girlfriend. I respect that.

Wow, unlike other men he actually admits that he's been out with another girl. I'm kinda suprised.

Oh gosh, I said this song was gonna foreshadow something. Also, when she repeated "some other girl" I could hear a bit of anger in there.

How are her parents not there? Does she live by herself?

Also, what are y'all going to do? Watch a movie or something?

Boy, if you don't stop making googly eyes at the girl. You better look at the road like that before an accident happens!

She is describing them to be both one in the same, but with some minor difficulties...

Another 50's look being mentioned. Is she comparing them to the movie Grease or maybe some other 50's show/movie?

They are probably used to the whole fighting thing, and both may reaaallllyy like each other in order to go that far even after arguing for so many times!

They love and hate each other, it's kind of like the song "Love and War" by Tamar Braxton. The relationship has its ups and downs but if they still love each other at the end then everything is okay!

She's describing the boy and how attractive he is to her.

It's like a time loop, the same thing happens over and over again.

She knows that the relationship won't go so well at all. Yet she still goes for it, such a brave girl!

But ya didn't! You probably didn't tell him to leave because of how curious you are about this relationship! That is exactly why every relationship does not go so well, you don't try to end it even if you see red flags over this relationship.

A bit of an echo of the line that she said before, kinda like a telephone effect or something..

They must have known each other from quite a while, but this can also foreshadow something. Something that could be good or could be bad..

Umm, is this a way to say "back to reality?" Or is it a way to say that on of them would want to break-up sooner or later?

Oh boy, this is another one of those toxic relationships songs isn't it? How many of these has she been in?! And why does she keep getting into them if she knows that it won't go so well?! I just can't with all that...

Something is off, they are sneaking out but why tho? Is is a family rivalry or is it a way to go into an affair because the last one wasn't really treating her right?

"Just pretend, Just pretend" -----> She's telling the boy that she could care less if it was not serious, she wants to be forever in the boy's memories.

She wants to be in his mind for eternity even if it was just for kicks and giggles. She still wants some kind of sign that he loves her as much as he loves him.

She will be there in spirit whenever he is alone and by himself. Because of how much he remembered about her!

These memories that the ex-boyfriend has of the girl are etched in his mind. He has still fulfilled and kept the promise that he had made to her.

He had to leave her for some reason. Maybe it was a personal reason for him to leave!

There's a "fire" of optimism inside them, that there is a chance of them getting back together or getting the great, unbreakable bond that they wanted to have.

She is there in his memories like she wanted, he keeps seeing her everywhere he goes.. Even when he wakes up for his sleep.

The meaning of the word hindsight is "understanding of a situation or event only after it has happened or developed."

Which means that the ex-boyfriend will easily recognize his ex-girlfriends after everything he has been through for her, fulfilling their promise of never forgetting each other.

She's now saying her last words to her now ex-boyfriend.

They had their very last kiss before their relationship had finally ended like she had feared.

Another bit of repetition, however we hear that she says the word "bad" in a stronger voice than the last time she ever says it. Meaning that he really is a bad boy.

Repetition: She is describing the boy's looks...again...

Repetition: "Nothing lasts forever"

"But this is getting good now" ----> Everything she feared for is suddenly coming true, their relationship is not going so well at all.

She's probably heard him so much that his voice became an earworm in her mind and she can just recognize him so easily.

They are probably sharing a moment with each other, maybe a kiss. The boy had probably moved in to the girl's house since the line says "his clothes are in my room." She didn't say OUR room, she said MY room. Which shows that she had been living alone for a while.

The sunset has a color of pink, orange and yellow.

Pink is a color of love, romance and acceptance. Which means that even though the relationship will be over, the girl will still have her boyfriend in her heart and will, over time, accept the fate of the relationship not lasting long.

Yellow is the color of friendship and optimism. Meaning that if they break up, there is a potential chance of them being able to be friends. She will also have a bit of optimistic thoughts, thinking the the boy will still remember her like promised.

Orange is the color of enthusiasm. Which is something that the girl may have after she gets a dream of that boy she is still remembering.

Everything that they do in a romantic sort of way is only for them to know, which explains why the couple had to move away from the city.

We get a bit of an echo to make this song have it's dream-like persona.

She does not if the boy sees her in reality or in his dreams, as long as she is seen by him then all is forgiven.

She wants the boy to make a promise that they will meet up with each other sometime and talk to each other again.

Another mention of the color red. Like I said for the annotation of Blank Space, Red is the color of anger, but it is also the color of love. However, in this song we get a lighter side of the color red which is the meaning of love.

She's asking her boyfriend to make a promise. She hopes and prays that he will never ever forget her just like she won't forget him.

She's giving her boyfriend her wishes for him to remember her if they break up.

She's having the relationship fear again. She thinks that they will break up the next day after their first date.

Is he a really bad boy or is he tough on the outside but a gentleman on the inside?

She is describing the looks of her boyfriend. She's telling us that she has this "chick magnet" for a boyfriend.

This is true. Nothing can really exist for a long time, unless it's something that is really rare!

"But this is gonna take me down" -> What is gonna take you down? Your emotions? Your boyfriend? Your relationship? I wonder what she means by that.

Wow, I think she's fearing for this relationship by thinking that it won't really last long. She thinks that she wouldn't be much of a good girlfriend!

Okay, so the man wants to have a romantic moment with his girlfriend alone. Which means that they will have to go far away from the city in order to do that.

I guess the man wants to move out with his girlfriend to another place.

A couple would normally dream about each other if they are so far away from each other. But since the relationship isn't long-distance, this probably means that the lover will be there in memory especially at night.

She is saying that whatever you do is your ballet, so enjoy it while you still heave the time to!

She is telling us that she isn't as popular as any other female poetry writer at that time.

"Here" is what she is doing now, she was comparing her writing to a ballet recital which explain why she cannot dance in real life. Because she is dancing with the writing and the way she writes the words.

Ballet isn't everyone art, her art is literature and writing poetry. But being a women and writing poetry does not come easily.

She is in her house, enjoying her free time. Where unlike her daydream of being on a stage, she is back to her life of not being able to dance and be free.

Now, she is opening her eyes to see the reality of her world in which women do girly things and are still being limited by men.

She had her eyes closed, feeling as if she was one of them yet instead of being like them, she was being herself enjoying that "stage" she was on.

She is describing herself to be different from other ballerinas, or in a more realistic hindsight, women from back then.

Claw means hand for people who don't know the comparison, ballerinas jump with their hand being reached out. I don't know why they do that but i assume that it just brings the elegance into their dance.

A ballerina jumps elegantly on the stage but since she couldn't dance, she couldn't have that elegant jump in the actual art of ballet.

A ringlet is what a ballerina would wear as an hair accessory, she also isn't wearing that. Which either makes me think that she isn't really prepared for ballet or she is just imagining that she is a ballerina on stage.

This is what women would usually wear when doing ballet, this shows that she is imagining herself dancing on stage since she wasn't wearing what a ballerina would wear.

Is this a way of saying that she would make every other ballerina jealous of her perfect moves? Cause that's the only message I am getting here.

These are ballet terms for specific moves that you can do during a recital. The only one that I know of however is pirouette, which is a spinning move.

She's saying that if she tries to dance again, she will be less anxious and will break out of her comfort zone. She will go far in life.

She isn't really a novice in ballet, for she knows a bit about this subject of dance.

Every time she daydreams about it, she starts to feel determined and strong but most importantly, happy!

Personification: Glee isn't a ghost that can possess you, what she really means is that she feels joyful.

She daydreams every now and then about her reaching the full potential of what she's wanting to do.

During this time, men had ruled society. Which meant that woman didn't have a lot of freedom back then. In this line, Man must mean "mankind." So it means that nobody could boss her around and that she can do what she wants.

"Dancing upon their toes" is what a ballerina would usually do in a ballet recital. But since she cannot do that, I'm going to guess that someone told her not to dance.

Chorus Repetition: You know how the chorus is soft at first but then gets more and more evil by the second? Yeah, this just became 100% psychopathic now. And remember how I said that "Love is either heaven or hell?" Well, this wasn't really heaven at all!

I'm starting to think that the nasty scar was the girl giving the boy a cut from trying to kill him. The blank space is probably in the list of exes that she wants to kill, the flames is that she probably burned everything that had to do with the relationship, and the "take things way too far" is probably that the boy was being optimistic but the girl was being super jealous and manipulative.

She is looking for the truth behind the man, what is the real reason that he is here? Because some men are not what they say they are.

She's telling the other girls from "experience" with relationships. And giving out a brief "I told you so."

Repetition: You say that, but don't act like you weren't doing any wrong in the relationship either. I mean you were the one that made him wanna break up with you.

This tends to be a bit stereotypical towards men because not all of them are like that. Some men actually treat their women in the right way.

But this also is true, some men are only in it for the money or for "the thing." Some just tend to lie by saying nice things but they turn out to be abusive.

Chorus Repetition: This seems to take on a more psychopathic approach however. I am starting to think that he was on the list of murders for her.

Another mischievous line, this line is confirming that the girl is definitely bi-polar. Speaking of bi-polar, the song Lola by Iggy Azalea is what this line reminds me of. With the lyrics "I'm a angel and a demon/ Happy when I act the meanest..."

She then thinks that the boy will come back for her, but I'm pretty sure he won't.

The boy is now questioning himself and is regretting the decision of being her boyfriend. Those exes told you so, but you didn't listen did ya?! This makes me think of the song "Copycat" again with these lyrics..

" Say 'Hello, what's up with you?'/ I'm starting to talk like you do/ Here we go, I'll be gone soon/ Day by day, Everything has changed/ We've grown apart this time/ I can't figure out the reason why/ 'It's funny how much I'd/ Kinda like to see you cry.' "

She is comparing her jealousy to a cup of wine. Maybe, she saw him with his friends and is thinking that he was having a good time with them and is placing his friends higher than her. Which then lead to her "Copycat" motive.

So I'm guessing that the girl is bi-polar. She has two sides as if she is a bi-polar person.

Once again, the color red is being mentioned. But we toss the color's meaning of love in the garbage and replace it with anger, wrath, violence, and danger.

The thorns in romantic literature show as a sign that even though there is beauty, the roses in this matter, something terrible lies underneath.

This sounds like a magic trick or something that would happen in a horror movie. Now, I am suddenly confirming that she is a psycho when it comes to reacting to things. All I can say to the boy is good luck driving a windowless car.

Now we are getting the drama, what happened? A break up? an affair? I need to know so I can figure out which one to fight and which one to comfort.

I am guessing that the break-up is happening or worse, the boy cheated on her. But I'm mostly leaning on the break-up side because of how she is copying other people to become closer to him.

She has completely changed herself, and is wondering if the boy likes her now. Which leads to me going back to Vocaloid fan-girl mode and putting these lyrics down:

"I'VE BECOME WHAT YOU LIKE/ I AM WHAT YOU'VE WANTED, RIGHT?!/ SACRIFICED ALL I'VE KNOWN/ I HAVE TAUGHT MYSELF TO LET GO" (Lyrics from the song Copycat)

I am being reminded of one of my favorite Vocaloid songs "Copycat" by Circus-P and Gumi. In that song "Copycat", it talks about how Gumi imitates other people's looks and personalities in order to be with her lover more, or at least try to.

If you take a look of the video for "Copycat", when the chorus of the song comes around 4 other Vocaloids faces appear on Gumi, but when you expect her face to come around, it's blank. Meaning that she is completely losing herself. So I guess now that Taylor feels as if the boy isn't into her she tries to change herself, losing herself in the process.

In a relationship, a woman looks forward to being treated like a queen. The man ,being the king, would have to be a leader of the family and head of the house.

Another thing describing their relationship, but the lying thing is new. Relationships are built more on trust, so I don't see why the lies are called "pretty."

Repetition: But instead of "I'm better than other girls." We get a softer, more romantic message. She is saying that she is the incredible thing.

She is describing bits of their date. Also can we please talk about how many times Taylor mentions the color of red in her songs?

Red is the color of love, of course. But it is also the color of lust, anger and wrath. Which means that there will be something happening later. It will be pretty bad..

The girl is now writing the boy's name down on the list. But we still have not figured out what the list is for.

Now we have a line that mentions the title of the song, she has a "blank space" in the list of whatever she is making a list for.

Repetition: She is making sure that those flaws of hers are in that boy's head.

Love is either heaven or hell for you. It can make you feel special or it can make you feel abused, It can be sunshine or it can be rain, It can be happy or it can be sad. It depends on how you think of that person and how you feel about the relationship.

The boy, on the other hand, is normally in it for "that thing." Which means that they would say what the girl wants to hear and stuff like that in order to hit the bullseye of the target.

They will probably be optimistic about this relationship, so optimistic that they just won't accept reality at all.

Young love could last long if you're 100% compatible with them. Most of them don't really last long.

Usually in a relationship, the girl is in it for the boy's love. So they would want presents and compliments, and a lot of lovey-dovey things.

If an ex-boyfriend of your girlfriend tells you something about them, than that may be 50% true. The other 50% are lies that they are only telling just to get their ex-girlfriend back. However if they tell you she's insane and it turns out to be true, you better run boy.

Wow, she must have a lot of exes then. If we're talking about "long lists."

Do you really think that she would let him down softly after a break up? There are a lot of different reactions for those! There's the softie, who cries every time she is reminded about the breakup. The cool girl, who could care less about the breakup. Then there is the psycho, who would, and I will sing it if I had to, bust the windows out your car! (And would give you 10 seconds to run before she murders you.)

She is telling the boy: "You can tell me when you want to break up..."

This is basically one of the reasons why a girl gets into a relationship, to see if it last longer than her relationships with her exes.

In the words of the character Ramona Flowers from Scott Pilgrim vs. The World, "He's just another evil ex waiting to happen."

Taylor already knows that this relationship will not go well. So if you do know that then, why go out with him in the first place?

Taylor thinks that the boy is very attractive.

The second metaphorical choice towards love is that they will break up, in which things will not go so well after that. Trust me, I saw the music video before.

She's metaphorically giving love two choices. One of them is the the relationship will last long.

That just sounds mischievous, she's probably telling the boy that she will bring on a dominant and hellish force down on him so hard that every bad thing he did will go away. Basically " If you do something bad, I'll punish you."

Passport are what people use in order to travel to different places. She's comparing herself to a different place that is worth taking a vacation for.

Literally what the line says, meaning that she wants to hang out with the boy and have a close bond to him. Even though she knows that the relationship will not work, she taking a risk and is deciding to give it a try anyway.

She is trying to prove to the boy that she isn't like what the rumors say about her.

That woman probably has so many exes that rumors about her are suddenly spreading.

The boy that Taylor met is very rich and fancy. Which explains the whole suit and tie thing, he must be a buisnessman.

Everything in life is like an RPG, you face your battles and gain experience points from it. Love is technically one of those battles that you gain experience from.

Us women all have this moment in which we see a guy, and we just suddenly fall for them.

Literally what love is, It's magical. Meaning that every moment is unique. Madness, there are a lot of crazy moments that will test your relationship every now and then. Heaven, literally what love is supposed to be. Sin, Lust is one of the seven deadly sins, which can be what love with your partner leads to.

She has met the boy, which explains the "nice to meet you" part.

I'm guessing that this means "Hey you, I'm better than all the other girls. Wanna hang out or somethin'?"

The title has been mentioned on this song a lot. It's basically talking about an empty space on a list which the guy had made it on. But what kinda list is it though? List of exes? List of murders? It has to be one of those.

He must've had a hard landing, he took a risk for a game that he had so much pride in.

He lost his balance and fell on the court.

A player makes an attempt to get points for the team.

Umm, I'm a bit confused. Is this the referee or a teammate?

Since the ball is being passed for a countless amount of times, we see that the ball is not touching the floor.

The lines are being covered by the players trying their hardest to score points in the game.

I don't know a lot about basketball, so I'm guessing that the defense is trying to go after the offense by going to opposite sides?

The coach always comes up with a plan before the game is played.

Since he failed to defend against the offense, he has to see the offense with the basketball in his hand.

That player must have fell over while trying to go against a member of the offense team

This poem is definitely talking about a sport. I mean really, "orange leather" and "orange blur." Not to mention, "lay-up."

Coincidence? I think not. This poem is talking about basketball

The other team has a pretty bad defense.

since basketball is a team game, teamwork is what helps you get the win! Which means that sometimes you gotta pass the ball to your teammate.

A spin to a different direction is usually what a player would do to dodge their opponent...I think so

I am starting to think that this poem talking about basketball, since the color of a basketball is orange.

A sport uses physics, in order to get the ball into the goal you have to have the perfect amount of speed into your run and a lot of force and momentum into the throw or the kick depending on the sport.

I think that this is talking about a sport, the rim is a part of a goal.