The person who says that the song tries to be too smart has a stick up their ass. It's a song about a forbidden love. Taylor herself has said this song is about, "a love that you've got to hide because for whatever reason it wouldn't go over well. I spun it in the direction of Romeo and Juliet; our parents are fighting. I relate to it more as a love that you cannot really elaborate on — a love that maybe society wouldn't accept [or] maybe your friends wouldn't accept."
When Hester was wearing the Scarlet letter, she was shunned by most of society. She was someone who you shouldn't be seen with.
When she says,
"I was a Scarlet letter"
it means that she was forbidden.
The person who says that the song tries to be too smart has a stick up their ass. It's a song about a forbidden love. Taylor herself has said this song is about, "a love that you've got to hide because for whatever reason it wouldn't go over well. I spun it in the direction of Romeo and Juliet; our parents are fighting. I relate to it more as a love that you cannot really elaborate on — a love that maybe society wouldn't accept [or] maybe your friends wouldn't accept."
When Hester was wearing the Scarlet letter, she was shunned by most of society. She was someone who you shouldn't be seen with.
When she says, "I was a Scarlet letter" it means that she was forbidden.