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.
I was wrong
She showed me disaster footage at night
I played along
I was shipped out and I swore I would write
Towers of tapes
She used them as candles when her people died
Just a storm off the capes
Every few nights I dream that she is alive
We built some dams
We took on the river, we raised the deceased
Harlequin bands
Shovelling sand at the mouth of the beast
We watched them 'till dawn
Mudslides, firestorms, twisters, and floods
Since she's been gone (since she's been gone)
The sunset glows with the heat of her blood
We built some dams
We took on the river, we raised the deceased
Harlequin bands
Shovelling sand at the mouth of the beast
I've got her name tattooed on my boat
I left her after my weeks on the shore
I told her I worked for the government
Now no one goes to the shore anymore
We built some dams
We took on the river, we raised the deceased
Harlequin bands
Shovelling sand at the mouth of the beast
She showed me disaster footage at night
I played along
I was shipped out and I swore I would write
Towers of tapes
She used them as candles when her people died
Just a storm off the capes
Every few nights I dream that she is alive
We built some dams
We took on the river, we raised the deceased
Harlequin bands
Shovelling sand at the mouth of the beast
We watched them 'till dawn
Mudslides, firestorms, twisters, and floods
Since she's been gone (since she's been gone)
The sunset glows with the heat of her blood
We built some dams
We took on the river, we raised the deceased
Harlequin bands
Shovelling sand at the mouth of the beast
I've got her name tattooed on my boat
I left her after my weeks on the shore
I told her I worked for the government
Now no one goes to the shore anymore
We built some dams
We took on the river, we raised the deceased
Harlequin bands
Shovelling sand at the mouth of the beast
Lyrics submitted by uublog
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