Swiftionary:  Cars/Driving & related [B. Meaning 11- Alone]

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.

Breaking-up, Lonely, Alone

• So I drive home alone, as I turn out the light [Teardrops On My Guitar/Debut]
  • Drive home alone = single, lonely, relationship over
• I see your face in my mind as I drive away [Breathe/Fearless]
  • Leaving in a regretful way
• I’m driving away and I guess you could say this is the last time I’ll drive this way again [Bye Bye Baby/Fearless]
  • Breaking up, relationship ending
• And we walked down the block to my car and I almost brought him up [Begin Again/Red]
  • Leaving.  Symbol of the date ending and her being alone again.
  • He's over.
• I remember the drive home, when the blind hope turned to crying and screaming, “Why?” [Ronan/Red]
  • A gutting lyric.  The drive home is without the baby, alone. And it gives time to think-which is terrible.
• I was riding in a getaway car, I was crying in a getaway car, I was dying in a getaway car, said goodbye in a getaway car [Getaway Car/Reputation]
  • Truths were told, and the relationship ended during this chaotic escape
• Ended with the slam of a door/Then he'll call her a whore [The Bolter/TTPD]
  • There has been a dispute and another person becomes abusive towards Taylor

So cut the headlights, summer’s a knife [Cruel Summer/Lover]

• • It's private.
  • The summer hurts.
  • The headlights cut off symbolizing dates have ended, which cuts Taylor's heart out
• I'm an Aston Martin/That you steered straight into the ditch [Imgonnagetyouback/TTPD]
  • The end of the relationship is compared to a sudden car accident, with the other person, the driver, at fault.
  • Similar to All You Had To Do Was Stay: All I know is that you drove us off the road
• All I know is that you drove us off the road [All You Had To Do Was Stay/1989]
  • The end of the relationship is compared to a sudden car accident, with the other person, the driver, at fault.

• Pulled the car off the road to the lookout/Could've followed my fears all the way down [This Is Me Trying/folklore]
  • Something so bad happened that she is having suicidal ideology