Taylor Swift's 'coney island' features some of the album's best callbacks as it features The National. Swift here faces a relationship at its tail end. This song features several different lines from her previous work, both verbally and in spirit. This is a nod to her previous albums and lyrics. 'coney island' has some of the most mournful lyrics of evermore. Swift laments, "Break my soul in two/ Looking for you, but you're right here/ If I can't relate to you anymore/ Then who am I related to?". She remembers all the great memories they had together but does not want her lover to face a lifetime of regret. Wondering, "What’s a lifetime of achievement?/ If I pushed you to the edge/ But you were too polite to leave me”. ‘coney island’ is a song that mourns what once was. Still, in her lover's interests, Swift is willing to let them go and not face the regret of staying with her when they become older.
Taylor Swift's 'coney island' features some of the album's best callbacks as it features The National. Swift here faces a relationship at its tail end. This song features several different lines from her previous work, both verbally and in spirit. This is a nod to her previous albums and lyrics. 'coney island' has some of the most mournful lyrics of evermore. Swift laments, "Break my soul in two/ Looking for you, but you're right here/ If I can't relate to you anymore/ Then who am I related to?". She remembers all the great memories they had together but does not want her lover to face a lifetime of regret. Wondering, "What’s a lifetime of achievement?/ If I pushed you to the edge/ But you were too polite to leave me”. ‘coney island’ is a song that mourns what once was. Still, in her lover's interests, Swift is willing to let them go and not face the regret of staying with her when they become older.