You people have all got it wrong. Just like every Taylor Swift song, this song is about KURT COBAIN. "My depression works the graveyard shift... all the people I've ghosted stand in the room." (Kurt was depressed and he's dead now. Taylor is depressed because of his death, clearly.) The "I'll stare directly at the sun but never in the mirror" line is a reference to two Nirvana songs "Seasons of the Sun" and "Sappy." She'll stare directly at "Seasons of the Sun" but wants to avoid the more melancholic Nirvana songs like "Sappy" where Kurt was clearly depressed. The whole dream sequence might be confusing in any other context, but not when you listen to "Lake of Fire." I mean C'MON people. It's OBVIOUS.
You people have all got it wrong. Just like every Taylor Swift song, this song is about KURT COBAIN. "My depression works the graveyard shift... all the people I've ghosted stand in the room." (Kurt was depressed and he's dead now. Taylor is depressed because of his death, clearly.) The "I'll stare directly at the sun but never in the mirror" line is a reference to two Nirvana songs "Seasons of the Sun" and "Sappy." She'll stare directly at "Seasons of the Sun" but wants to avoid the more melancholic Nirvana songs like "Sappy" where Kurt was clearly depressed. The whole dream sequence might be confusing in any other context, but not when you listen to "Lake of Fire." I mean C'MON people. It's OBVIOUS.