You Belong with Me

I have a veerrrrrry different interpretation (though somewhat similar to one comment I read). While I've read that this is about Taylor's friend who had a crush on one of her friends, the lyrics seem to suggest that the song is about an extremely jealous girl who is overwhelmingly consumed with her crush--she's obsessed, in other words. Let's break it down, verse by verse...

You're on the phone with your girlfriend she's upset. Shes going off about something that you said Cause she doesn't get your humor like I do (she is convinced that she is the only one who gets him)

I'm in my room it�s a typical Tuesday night I'm listening to the kind of music she doesn't like (even though she doesn't know her, she hates her just for dating her crush) And she'll never know your story like I do (...moving on...)

But she wears short skirts, I wear T-shirts She's cheer captain and I'm on the bleachers (using high school stereotypes as metaphors; assumedly, the other girl is pop-uuu-lerr and this girl is average) Dreaming about the day When you wake up and find What you're, looking for has been here the whole time (she's convinced that she is his destiny)

Chorus: If you could see that I'm the one who understands you Been here all along so why can't you see, you You belong with me You belong with me (mostly self-explanatory--she believes that no one else deserves him and that she is better for him than anyone else)

Walking the streets with you and your worn-out jeans I can't help thinking this is how it ought to be Laughing on a park bench, thinking to myself Hey isn't this easy? (her only want is to just be around him and talking to him)

And you�ve got a smile that could light up this whole town I haven�t seen it in a while since she brought you down You say you�re fine I know you better then that (she believes that his gf has made him miserable) Hey whatcha doing with a girl like that (again, professing her belief that the girl has got the devil in her heart)

She wears high heels I wear sneakers (the shoes are a metaphor for how he would be more comfortable with the sneakers--the singer--than the high heels--la chica mas popular) She's cheer captain and I'm on the bleachers Dreaming about the day when you wake up and find That what you're looking for has been here the whole time

Chorus, again

Chorus 2: Standing by and waiting at your back door All this time how could you not know (she...stands at his door for hours just waiting for him to come out because...she's a stalker? and yet no one wonders "Who is that girl who keeps standing at the door every day?") Baby you belong with me You belong with me

Oh I remember you driving to my house in the middle of the night I'm the one who makes you laugh When you know you're about to cry And I know your favorite songs And you tell me about your dreams Think I know where you belong Think I know it's with me (this might reveal that they had a previous relationship that didn't work out, but she stubbornly believes that they still should be together; either that, or they were REALLY good friends, if you know what I mean ;-]) (The rest of the song is the chorus, although the "maybe" near the end might reveal that the singer is a little unsure)

So, that's my interpretation. Fangirls, don't hate. I think Taylor Swift is a great artist and I love this song, but it the implications in the lyrics are quite hillarious to me.