I love this song so much, its my favorite song. and I love taylor sooo much. well anyway, here is what i think it's about.
"I'm walking fast through the traffic lights"
--I actually just found out yesterday what this means. Taylor once said in an interview that she thinks of relationships like traffic lights, and she believes they can only work when they're on green. So if she's walking fast through the traffic light that means that she is moving quickly through this relationship.
"Busy streets and busy lives, and all we know is touch and go."
--I think this is talking about life in general and how we all have our own issues and problems and all we really know is that we can't be sure of anything because anything that we know could change at any time.
"We are alone with our changing minds. We fall in love till it hurts or bleeds or fades in time."
--She knows that, just like anything we know could change at any time, also our feelings could change any time without knowing its coming. You could be in love one day and then the next day it could end or fade away. I think this verse is overall just talking about love in general and what she knows about it.
"And I never saw you coming, and I'll never be the same."
--I like how the chorus is so simple. She's just basically stating the point. This part is self explanatory - she never thought she would fall in love with this guy (I'm like 99% sure its jake gyllenhaal) and she will never be the same after.
"You come around and the armor falls, pierce the room like a cannonball."
--This verse is more about the relationship specifically. She feels like she can be herself around him. And his presence is so strong it "pierces the room."
"Now all we know is don't let go."
--This basically just means that they both don't want to let go of this relationship.
"We are alone just you and me up in your room and our slates are clean."
--This is about when they were first getting to know eachother and they didnt really know anything about one another aka their slates were clean.
"Just twin fire signs, four blue eyes."
--This is why I'm almost sure its about jake. Taylor and jake are both sagittarius's - fire signs. And they both have blue eyes. Someone in the earlier comments said this is about connor, but it can't be because he has green eyes, and we know that even taylor thinks so because in everything has changed (which is definetly about him because the secret message is HYANNISPORT) she says "all I've seen since 18 hours ago is GREEN eyes..."
"So you were never a saint, and I loved in shades of wrong."
She knew from the beginning that he wasn't perfect or a good guy, (not that he was a bad guy, like John Mayer) but she didn't really care. She loved him for it, and I think it was probably a different kind of love than she'd ever had, because she had never loved "in shades of wrong" before.
"We learn to live with the pain, mosaic broken hearts."
--She knows that most relationships come to and end and finding love is just a cycle of being in love and then having your heart broken and being sad, and everyone must learn to live with the pain of heartbreak and keep putting it back together in order to find the one. I think she knows that this relationship may not last but she is just enjoying while it does.
"But this love is brave and wild"
--again, this is a different kind of love than she's ever experienced. This song uses different kinds of words than she's ever written into her songs. Brave and wild is a unusual way to describe a love for taylor, considering all the past ways she described it, so I think this is a really different kind of love for her. But I think she really enjoyed it.
"This is a state of grace"
--This just pretty much is talking about how she's in the period between finding love and breaking her heart where she feels really good and happy, and it feels like a state of grace.
"This is the worthwhile fight"
--by "this" I think she just means love in general, not this specific relationship. If she was talking about this relationship she would say "A worthwhile fight," but she says "THE worthwhile fight" so i think she just means that love is the worthwhile fight. She thinks that love, despite the pain of heartbreak or the struggle of finding someone, is worth fighting for.
"Love is a ruthless game unless you play it good and right."
--She is saying that unless you get it right, and you probably wont the first few times, love is ruthless and will put you through lots of pain.
"These are the hands of fate"
--I think she is saying that all of these things that she's been through - the love that went wrong, the relationships she messed up, the times she's had her heart broken - all were meant to happen because they built her into the person she is now and she has become stronger in love because of it.
"You're my achilles heel."
--An achilles heel is like a weakness, so she basically means that this guy is her one weakness.
"This is the golden age of something good and right and real."
--This is kind of like the "state of grace" part. Before this relationship, she was alone and probably just getting over someone. After this relationship, she will be sad and have to get over someone all over again. But right now, she is in the golden age - the happy in between part. This song is a lot about that. She talks about the before and after of relationships compared to while they're actually happening ("this is a state of grace," "this is the golden age," "I never saw you coming and I'll never be the same.")
That's my interpretation of the song, I may have some parts wrong, but I think its probably pretty close to right!
I love this song so much, its my favorite song. and I love taylor sooo much. well anyway, here is what i think it's about.
"I'm walking fast through the traffic lights" --I actually just found out yesterday what this means. Taylor once said in an interview that she thinks of relationships like traffic lights, and she believes they can only work when they're on green. So if she's walking fast through the traffic light that means that she is moving quickly through this relationship.
"Busy streets and busy lives, and all we know is touch and go." --I think this is talking about life in general and how we all have our own issues and problems and all we really know is that we can't be sure of anything because anything that we know could change at any time.
"We are alone with our changing minds. We fall in love till it hurts or bleeds or fades in time." --She knows that, just like anything we know could change at any time, also our feelings could change any time without knowing its coming. You could be in love one day and then the next day it could end or fade away. I think this verse is overall just talking about love in general and what she knows about it.
"And I never saw you coming, and I'll never be the same." --I like how the chorus is so simple. She's just basically stating the point. This part is self explanatory - she never thought she would fall in love with this guy (I'm like 99% sure its jake gyllenhaal) and she will never be the same after.
"You come around and the armor falls, pierce the room like a cannonball." --This verse is more about the relationship specifically. She feels like she can be herself around him. And his presence is so strong it "pierces the room."
"Now all we know is don't let go." --This basically just means that they both don't want to let go of this relationship.
"We are alone just you and me up in your room and our slates are clean." --This is about when they were first getting to know eachother and they didnt really know anything about one another aka their slates were clean.
"Just twin fire signs, four blue eyes." --This is why I'm almost sure its about jake. Taylor and jake are both sagittarius's - fire signs. And they both have blue eyes. Someone in the earlier comments said this is about connor, but it can't be because he has green eyes, and we know that even taylor thinks so because in everything has changed (which is definetly about him because the secret message is HYANNISPORT) she says "all I've seen since 18 hours ago is GREEN eyes..."
"So you were never a saint, and I loved in shades of wrong." She knew from the beginning that he wasn't perfect or a good guy, (not that he was a bad guy, like John Mayer) but she didn't really care. She loved him for it, and I think it was probably a different kind of love than she'd ever had, because she had never loved "in shades of wrong" before.
"We learn to live with the pain, mosaic broken hearts." --She knows that most relationships come to and end and finding love is just a cycle of being in love and then having your heart broken and being sad, and everyone must learn to live with the pain of heartbreak and keep putting it back together in order to find the one. I think she knows that this relationship may not last but she is just enjoying while it does.
"But this love is brave and wild" --again, this is a different kind of love than she's ever experienced. This song uses different kinds of words than she's ever written into her songs. Brave and wild is a unusual way to describe a love for taylor, considering all the past ways she described it, so I think this is a really different kind of love for her. But I think she really enjoyed it.
"This is a state of grace" --This just pretty much is talking about how she's in the period between finding love and breaking her heart where she feels really good and happy, and it feels like a state of grace.
"This is the worthwhile fight" --by "this" I think she just means love in general, not this specific relationship. If she was talking about this relationship she would say "A worthwhile fight," but she says "THE worthwhile fight" so i think she just means that love is the worthwhile fight. She thinks that love, despite the pain of heartbreak or the struggle of finding someone, is worth fighting for.
"Love is a ruthless game unless you play it good and right." --She is saying that unless you get it right, and you probably wont the first few times, love is ruthless and will put you through lots of pain.
"These are the hands of fate" --I think she is saying that all of these things that she's been through - the love that went wrong, the relationships she messed up, the times she's had her heart broken - all were meant to happen because they built her into the person she is now and she has become stronger in love because of it.
"You're my achilles heel." --An achilles heel is like a weakness, so she basically means that this guy is her one weakness.
"This is the golden age of something good and right and real." --This is kind of like the "state of grace" part. Before this relationship, she was alone and probably just getting over someone. After this relationship, she will be sad and have to get over someone all over again. But right now, she is in the golden age - the happy in between part. This song is a lot about that. She talks about the before and after of relationships compared to while they're actually happening ("this is a state of grace," "this is the golden age," "I never saw you coming and I'll never be the same.")
That's my interpretation of the song, I may have some parts wrong, but I think its probably pretty close to right!