There are a lot of songs for this Swiftionary entry so I think it’ll get too long if we go over the meanings all in one post as we have for the other words. I already put them into categories so we’ll do a small series within the series to keep things readable.
Similes and Metaphors
Comparing this person's emotions to what the car is doing
- Just a boy in a Chevy truck that had a tendency of getting stuck on back roads at night [Tim McGraw/Debut]
- Associating a person with their vehicle
- Ulterior motive of orchestrating a make-out session?
- I drive down different roads but they all lead back to you [The Very First Night/Red]
- Taylor has tried different things, dated different people, but can't match the spark she has with this person.
- That nothing safe is worth the drive and I would follow you, follow you home [Treacherous/Red]
- Taylor is tired of the safe boys she's dated-they're not even worth the trouble.
- She wants to feel something, and would follow this person.
- It’s 2 AM in your car, windows down, you pass my street, the memories start [I Wish You Would/1989]
- When they drive past a landmark, Taylor is reminded of problems the two of them had in the past
- Taylor associates passing her street w/their fight, and her own feelings
- Taylor's street symbolizes Taylor's feelings
- Think about the place where you first met me, in a getaway car [Getaway Car/Reputation]
- Escaping other things is the crux of their relationship--it's not a great long-term plan
- Taylor is a flight risk in the relationship like the car is escaping things
- We’re riding in a getaway car, there were sirens in the beat of your heart [Getaway Car/Reputation]
- The car is taking them away from obligations, but the sirens are slowing down the romance, pulling it over
- This other person is slowing down the relationship out of fear and reluctance
- You Midas touch on the Chevy door [Champagne Problems/evermore]
- Midas is fake, this person is fake
- The Chevy is from Big Sur and the Delicate music video so ties these 3 songs and that person
- Time flies, messy as the mud on your truck tires [‘Tis The Damn Season/evermore]
- Speaks to rural living, harkens back to Taylor's country songs.
- This person is a bit rough and tumble
- The love is not organized or picture perfect.
- Like waiting for a bus that never shows, you just start walking on [Hits Different/Midnights]
- A feeling of waiting so long that you lose hope and just leave
- And this city reeks of driving myself crazy [Florida/TTPD]
- Driving as in crazy, not cars
- Taylor overthinks, and the city keeps reminding her of bad/sad times
state of the relationship to what the car is doing
- Loving him is like driving a new Maserati down a dead-end street [Red/Red]
- New fancy speedy car and all the excitement to try it out. But there is no room to really go for it.
- Ride ends before it begins. It's a disappointment.
- This love is exciting, but induces anxiety in Taylor
- Long drive, could end in burning flames or paradise [Style/1989]
- The trip away from others, has an unknown ending. It might be perfect, or it might end in disaster.
- You say it’s in the past, you drive straight ahead [I Wish You Would/1989]
- Neither one of them has really talked about these past problems.
- Taylor never told the person her feelings. The person doesn't want to discuss past events.
- I’m standing on the sidewalk alone, I wait for you to drive by [Say Don’t Go/1989]
- Taylor is all caught up, but this person acts indifferent.
- I can tell that it's gonna be a long road [New Years Day/Reputation]
- Is it romantic, like she knows it’ll last forever
- Or is it cynical, like this is going to be a tough and strenuous journey
- Like waiting for a bus that never shows, you just start walking on [Hits Different/Midnights]
- A feeling of waiting so long that you lose hope and just leave
