There are a lot of songs for this Swiftionary entry so I think it’ll get too long if we go over the...
Swiftionary: Cars/Driving & related [B. Meaning 7- Freedom]
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.
Feeling Free & less restricted
- I was riding shotgun with my hair undone in the front seat of his car [Our Song/Debut]
- She’s able to let loose
- He’s the song in the car I keep singing, don’t know why I do [Teardrops On My Guitar/Debut]
- Singing in the car is fun and carefree.
- She's comparing the person to that feeling.
- I know I’m laughing on the car ride home with you [The Best Day/Fearless]
- Peace and ease
- There’s a glow off the pavement/you walk me to the car [Fearless/Fearless]
- Emphasis is on the glow of the pavement which seems optimistic and magical.
- Car is a vessel where they have privacy, and she has more autonomy and freedom.
- We’re singing in the car, getting lost upstate [All Too Well/Red]
- Teardrops On My Guitar: He’s the song in the car I keep singing, don’t know why I do
- Together in privacy, carefree, and exploring
- Out the drive one evening/Ended with the slam of a door/But she's got the best stories/You can be sure/That as she was leaving/It felt like freedom[The Bolter/TTPD]