Forgive me if this has been discussed on here - but does anyone feel convinced Joe and Taylor have been over awhile and Midnights is a break up album? There is so much evidence to speculate over in the lyrics now, reading them with that possibility - and to be honest it makes it a more cohesive album…
I suspect that just because we know about it now doesn’t mean it happened now. The PR team surrounding Taylor will have planned for this meticulously- hence the pap walks, the friends unfollowing in unison, her ability to do the shows without having a meltdown!! I think it’s very possible that the pressure has come from Joe’s camp because he’s met someone and doesn’t want to be branded a cheater… even if he is.
there are many lyrics in Midnights to hint at a Joe split inspiring the writing:
“How'd we end up on the floor anyway?" You say
"Your roommate's cheap-ass screw-top rosé, that's how" - followed by
And I wake with your memory over me/ That's a real bleeping legacy to leave
One day I'll watch as you're leaving
And life will lose all its meaning
But it's been two thousand one hundred and 90 days of our love blackout
The system's breaking down (the system's breaking down)
If you knew where I was walking
To a house, not a home, all alone 'cause nobody's there
Where I pace in my pen and
My friends found friends who care
No one sees when you lose
When you're playing solitaire
And the last line of the whole album is ‘you should find another’!! Another what?!
thoughts??
sorry. I will die on this hill.
It’s so catchy and… jolly.
