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.
Always grabbing your phone
Those pictures you take are just dust and ghosts
One day our children will see
And wonder how we got to be so old
But I could die any day
I feel like my brain has turned into to stone
Maybe a couple more years
I've never seen it another way
I wanna freeze everything in its place
And try to maintain a pose
A single moment
To analyze and understand the meaning of
But everything just turns into a blur
And slowly returns back into the earth
It's raining again
They're closing the bar and the music quit
Well fuck it, I guess
A drink for the road, you can shut it down
I'm walking around in a trance
Just let me go on and on
I wanna believe
I'm more than just the sum of my memories
The wind is blowing garbage down the street
And I'm starting to feel like I'm losing steam
A single moment
To analyze and understand the meaning of
I wanna believe
I'm more than just the sum of my memories
But everything just turns into a blur
And slowly returns back into the earth
My whole life has turned into a blur
And I'll slowly return back into the earth
Those pictures you take are just dust and ghosts
One day our children will see
And wonder how we got to be so old
But I could die any day
I feel like my brain has turned into to stone
Maybe a couple more years
I've never seen it another way
I wanna freeze everything in its place
And try to maintain a pose
A single moment
To analyze and understand the meaning of
But everything just turns into a blur
And slowly returns back into the earth
It's raining again
They're closing the bar and the music quit
Well fuck it, I guess
A drink for the road, you can shut it down
I'm walking around in a trance
Just let me go on and on
I wanna believe
I'm more than just the sum of my memories
The wind is blowing garbage down the street
And I'm starting to feel like I'm losing steam
A single moment
To analyze and understand the meaning of
I wanna believe
I'm more than just the sum of my memories
But everything just turns into a blur
And slowly returns back into the earth
My whole life has turned into a blur
And I'll slowly return back into the earth
Lyrics submitted by theaustinchalk
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