Taylor Swift’s “1989 (Taylor’s Version)” album has lastly arrived, precisely 9 years since its 2014 launch, and we’re right here to verify that the long-awaited rerecording was completely well worth the wait. Along with the 13 normal version and three deluxe version tracks, the newly launched “Taylor’s Version” comprises 5 new never-before-heard “From the Vault” songs (in all probability as a result of “1989” was her fifth studio file and Swift is nothing if not a mastermind). Although every lyrical masterpiece affords a brand new side to the intricately woven, quintessential pop period that was “1989,” a type of beforehand unreleased songs is understandably drawing plenty of consideration amongst listeners because of its very particular, hyper-vivid, and pointed lyrics. We’re speaking in regards to the final observe on the rereleased album: “Is It Over Now? (Taylor’s Version).”
What Is Taylor Swift’s “Is It Over Now? (Taylor’s Version)” About?
“Is It Over Now?” charts the aftermath of a tumultuous romance which has many ups and downs that depart the narrator — presumably Swift — questioning whether or not the connection is actually achieved. Because it was initially written for inclusion on “1989,” the track naturally shares many thematic and sonic similarities with the remainder of the album, which makes determining its that means a little bit bit simpler.
Who Is “Is It Over Now? (Taylor’s Version)” About?
The track opens with a distorted reverberation of the phrases “Is it?” which echoes a state of agitation and nervousness, not not like the one expressed within the fourth observe off the album, “Out of the Woods,” rumored to be about Swift’s whirlwind romance with Harry Kinds between 2012 and 2013. Nonetheless, the parallels between the 2 songs do not finish there. “Once the flight had flown,” she sings dejectedly within the first verse, which may additional tie into “Out of the Woods,” the place she sings about “two paper airplanes flying.” “I slept all alone / You still wouldn’t go,” she provides, describing the loneliness that creeps in with heartache whereas nonetheless being hung up on what may’ve been.
Within the pre-chorus, Swift jumps forward to the bitter ending of a doomed love, the place she implies her ex’s infidelity to be the rationale the connection finally crashes down. “You dream of my mouth before it called you a lying traitor / You search in every maiden’s bed for somethin’ greater, baby,” she sings. It is value noting that Swift touches on comparable themes of unfaithfulness within the synth-heavy “Style,” which is — you guessed it — doubtless additionally impressed by Kinds.
The refrain highlights the shortage of closure and miscommunication between the previous couple, as Swift finds herself confusingly asking when precisely the connection ended. “Was it over when she laid down on your couch? / Was it over when he unbuttoned my blouse?” she sings, hinting that each have moved on however are nonetheless not totally letting go of one another. Moreover, the particular utilization of her ex’s “couch” calls to thoughts the same lyric from “Out of the Woods,” the place Swift is reminiscing over the completely happy instances of the previous relationship. “We were lying on your couch / I remember,” she sings.
The second verse delves additional into the particular particulars about Swift’s former important different. “When you lost control / Red blood, white snow,” she shares, alluding to Swift and Kinds’s 2012 notorious snowmobile accident, which reportedly left the previous One Path member injured — because the “Midnights” singer mentions in “Out of the Woods,” it brought on “20 stitches.” “Blue dress on a boat / Your new girl is my clone,” she continues, harkening again to a different public incident involving Kinds. The 12-time Grammy winner was noticed alone on a ship quickly after the information of her cut up with Kinds broke out. Within the footage, she was sporting a blue costume, which many imagine is just like the one she wore within the music video for “Out of the Woods.”
Right here, Swift additionally accuses her previous lover of relationship a look-alike, which, once more, tracks, as Kinds himself admits to doing so in his 2017 track “From the Dining Table”: “Woke up the girl who looked just like you / I almost said your name.” Swift’s flagrant implication is additional elaborated upon as she sheds gentle on her ex’s kind in ladies: “If she’s got blue eyes, I will surmise that you’ll probably date her.”
Within the bridge, Swift does away with any subtlety and point-blank calls out her former associate for his or her lack of discretion as they appeared to have publicly flaunted their new romance quickly after the breakup. “There were flashin’ lights / At least I had the decency / To keep my nights out of sight,” she sings in a scathing revelation. She then, in a second of absolute honesty, reveals that she even fantasized about placing herself in hurt’s method simply in order that her ex would come and specific their true emotions for her.
The second pre-chorus echoes an eerily comparable concord that we repeatedly hear within the vocal background for “Out of the Woods,” additional connecting the topics of the 2 songs. “Is It Over Now?” ends on a particular word because the outro implies that the 2 finally parted methods for good as the previous lover does not reveal his emotions for Swift as she would’ve appreciated. “I was hoping you’d be there / And say the one thing / I’ve been wanting / But no.”
Taylor Swift’s “Is It Over Now? (Taylor’s Version)” Lyrics
Try the “Is It Over Now? (Taylor’s Version)” lyrics of their entirety under (through Genius).
INTRO
(Is it? Is it? Is it? Is it? Is it?)
VERSE 1
As soon as the flight has flown (Uh-huh)
With the wilt of the rose (Uh-huh)
I slept on their lonesome (Uh-huh)
You continue to would not go
PRE-CHORUS
Let’s quick ahead to 300 takeout coffees later
I see your profile and your smile on unsuspecting waiters
You dream of my mouth earlier than it known as you a mendacity traitor
You search in each maiden’s mattress for somethin’ larger, child
CHORUS
Was it over when she laid down in your sofa?
Was it over when he unbuttoned my shirt?
“Come here,” I whispered in your ear
In your dream as you handed out, child
Was it over then?
And is it over now?
POST-CHORUS
(Is it? Is it? Is it?)
VERSE 2
While you misplaced management (Uh-huh)
Purple blood, white snow (Uh-huh)
Blue costume on a ship (Uh-huh)
Your new woman is my clone
BRIDGE
And did you assume I did not see you?
There have been flashin’ lights
At the least I had the decency
To maintain my nights out of sight
Solely rumors ’bout my hips and thighs
And my whispered sighs
Oh Lord, I take into consideration jumpin’
Off of very tall somethings
Simply to see you come runnin’
And say the one factor I have been wanting, however no
PRE-CHORUS
Let’s fast-forward to 300 awkward blind dates later (Oh)
If she’s received blue eyes, I’ll surmise that you’re going to in all probability date her (Oh, no)
You dream of my mouth earlier than it known as you a mendacity traitor (Oh)
You search in each mannequin’s mattress for somethin’ larger, child
CHORUS
Was it over when she laid down in your sofa?
Was it over when he unbuttoned my shirt?
“Come here,” I whispered in your ear
In your dream as you handed out, child
Was it over then?
And is it over now?
POST-CHORUS
Uh-huh
(Is it? Is it?)
Uh-huh
BRIDGE
Suppose I did not see you?
There have been flashin’ lights
At the least I had the decency
To maintain my nights out of sight
Solely rumors ’bout my hips and thighs
And my whispered sighs
Oh Lord, I take into consideration jumpin’
Off of very tall somethings
Simply to see you come runnin’ (Runnin’)
And say the one factor I have been wanting, however no
OUTRO
Flashin’ lights, oh, Lord (Oh)
Let’s quick ahead to 300 takeout coffees later (Oh)
(Flashin’ lights) I hoped you would be there
And say the one factor (Oh, Lord)
I have been wanting (Oh, Lord)
However no
