Taylor appears to make direct referrals to the end of her relationship with Harry in “Is It Over Now?”– which she called a “sister” tune to “Out of the Woods” and “I Wish You Would.”
“Whеn you lost control / Red blood, white snow,” she sings in the 2nd verse, which connects back to a mishap Taylor discussed in “Out of the Woods.” (Remember when you struck the brakes prematurely? Twenty stitches in the health center space.)
“Blue dress on a boat,” Taylor continues, a nod to aJan 2013 picture of her leaving a getaway with Harry after their reported break up. “Your new girl is my clone.”
The Grammy winner likewise consists of the vibrant lyric, “You search in every model’s bed for somethin’ greater, baby,” in “Is It Over Now?” as an obvious recommendation to Harry’s relationships that followed their break up. (He’s been connected to designs Kendall Jenner, Nadine Leopold and Camille Rowe throughout the years.)
The lyrics likewise provide a connection to another cherished 1989 tune, “Clean.” In “Clean,” Taylor information the consequences of heartbreak and how she will not run the risk of returning to a relationship after calling it stops with that individual. “Ten months sober, I must admit,” she sings on that track, “just because you’re clean, don’t mean you don’t miss it.”
In “Is It Over Now?,” Taylor blogs about a comparable period: “Let’s fast forward to 300 takeout coffees later,” which, if you had one coffee a day, would be almost 10 months. So, as they state, the mathematics is mathing.
1989 (Taylor’s Version) is out now.
