This song is Swift's response to the negative reputation the media has given her.
"I can make the bad guys good for a weekend" - the bad guys are the paparazzi to Swift, but are good to the "player" since association with Swift immediately gives publicity. Any publicity is good publicity and Swift knows this.
"You can tell me when it's over" - the tabloids rumor relationships are over before the couple announces it officially.
With this song Swift is portraying the way she is portrayed by the media.
It is a sarcastic jab at how she views herself and how her "ex-lovers" only wanted to be with her to increase their fame.
I applaud the brilliance in writing about how you always write about relationships.
It is expected so Swift is giving the media what they want and profiting off the attention.
Oh admit to me there will be no masterpiece and now that we're clear, without fear, we can sleep in peace.
So let's breathe in deeply again and then the air we take in will keep us here and alive and long grounded in despair.
Trial after trial and repeat denial.
This all means nothing more than it did in your head when there was no release and everything seemed cold and dead.
So let's lose our useless bruises and clean our faces of all the usual uses. We never thought we'd have such good excuses.
Trial after trial and repeat denial.
Oh no no no I can't lose control. I can't lose control. I just can't lose.
So let's breathe in deeply again and then the air we take in will keep us here and alive and long grounded in despair.
Trial after trial and repeat denial.
This all means nothing more than it did in your head when there was no release and everything seemed cold and dead.
So let's lose our useless bruises and clean our faces of all the usual uses. We never thought we'd have such good excuses.
Trial after trial and repeat denial.
Oh no no no I can't lose control. I can't lose control. I just can't lose.
Lyrics submitted by walkingonawire
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