Oh what a shame, what a rainy ending given to a perfect day.
For me this is a song about experiencing deep grief, a song I still need to this day. Grief often accompanies loss, and there are many ways to lose something. For me this song highlights the grief felt with the loss of what you believed to be true. It seems like there was a relationship that came into her life and that she had an idea of what the relationship was. Someone showed up and gave her love or kindness and she reciprocated it back. It felt safe and had potential until the mask came off and she realized the relationship was just someone who wanted to take advantage of her. Thinking you have a friend for them only to be someone who was using you is a devastating loss. You were living in a perfect day only to realize that at the end it would turn rainy and gray.
I think she captures this loss so beautifully. I have felt anger that leads to a desire to start a fight just because I need to feel something. It absolutely feels condescending for someone to fake a smile after betraying a friendship that was real to me and only just learned that it was one sided. I have sat in rumination counting all the scars you made.
I’ve never been anywhere cold as you is such a thoughtful and healthy recognition in the end. It cuts to the core but is also so honest and real that it is simply just a statement. It is easier to move on from a conclusion than it is to move on from wondering. Being wishy washy is confusing. Are you good? Are you bad? Are you mean? Are you kind? Likely the answer is yes. And what do you do with a person like that in your life? Give them grace, hope they change, continue to give yourself to them. Maybe yes maybe no? But by declaring that being with someone is simply cold, you can leave. They can simply be a place that does not provide a safe landing for you and nothing else really matters. Leave them with their story of a mess of a dreamer with a nerve to adore you, but don’t stop being the dreamer.
I've never been anywhere cold as you is such a thoughtful and healthy recognition in the end. Some people simply do not provide a safe landing place for you and nothing else really matters.I love Taylor Swift’s music and have a deep curiosity about who it is so meaningful to so many people. If you have any thoughts about this song in particular please share it in the comments below so that me and the Swiftie community that finds this space can enjoy your insights.
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