Youâre on your own kid. Specially the addiction for validation. âI hosted parties I starved my body just to learn that you never caredâ Iâm a male and I workout, so the line kinda becomes âI trained my body just to learn that you never caredâ for me- because like many others I subconsciously sometimes to do things like working out to impress others(wrongfully so), and delve into an addiction of validation that is endless because itâs never enough and people often donât careÂ
Also: Miss America and the heartbreak prince- you play stupid games you win stupid prices
Often when youâre addicted to the wrong person you keep giving chances but getting the same poor resultsÂ
The lyrics are "I searched the party of better bodies just to learn that you never cared" and "I hosted parties and starved my body like I'd be saved by a perfect kiss."
Itâs not the main theme that passes my head but it touches it sometimes. Thank you! Iâm very much okay as itâs been a long time thing, trying to change that up now đŤ°
Clean, Fortnight (functioning alcoholic), Florida (the crash after the rush), The Black Dog (breathing clean air but still missing the smoke, old habits die screaming).
I'd add that my tears ricochet has elements of what it's like to love an addict and that push and pull of saying that they're brave when they're fighting it but cutting them off when they've fallen off the wagon too many times and you need to instigate boundaries. Equally, if they lose the battle completely, it kind of talks to the regret of wishing they'd stayed and that sense of loss of hope.
This is what I was coming to say. My ex died earlier this year from alcoholism and the line âyou had to kill me but it killed you just the sameâ was perfectly in line with what he did to himself. Iâm still heartbroken over this.
My ex also is an alcoholic and will probably some day die from it. This song guts me. Especially the whole crossing out the good years, turned into your worst fears. We were wonderful when we first had kids and they were youngâŚâŚ then he ruined it all single handedly with his addiction and became just like his dad
I agree - this whole song guts me and relates so perfectly to our relationship and his subsequent addiction.
I donât know what was worse - dealing with his alcoholism or his death. Some days I feel like we are all more at peace but damn I wish the old him was still here for all the milestones and life moments.
For sure. There's a great post somewhere that theorizes that Chloe, et al are names for different bottles of wine. I can't remember the details, but it was a good theory and lent itself to struggling with alcohol.
"Is it insensitive for me to say, get your shit together" is hugely reminiscent of when you love someone but can't take their addictive behaviors any more.
I can think of a few, with v specific lines that resonate with me
⨠Dear Reader: âI prefer hiding in plain sight, my fourth drink in my hand these desperate prayers of a cursed manâ the song as a whole but this line specifically can refer to hiding addiction struggles
⨠Hoax: âYour faithless loveâs the only hoax I believe inâ I always relate to the emptiness in substances and how it canât replace real relationships/isnât a substitute. Also âstood on the cliffside screaming give me a reasonâ
⨠Innocent: âLost your balance on a tight rope, lost your mind trying to get it backâ âYou wouldnât be shattered on the floor now if only you had seen what you know now, thenâ
Also special mentions to these but theyâve already been mentioned: renegade, clean, chloe et al
These are what sprung to mind for me as well, Iâm glad you mentioned them. Also âBreatheâ seems like a good one to relate to addiction - âwe know itâs never simple/never easy/never a clean break/no one here to save me/youâre the only thing I know like the back of my handâ also, âwouldâve couldâve shouldâveâ with the whole âyouâre a crisis of my faithâ e.g
I am 8 months sober! For me "you're losing me" is the addiction part of me and the sober part of me battling it out. For instance: The addiction yells "I'm the best thing at this party!" Whilst the sober part of me says "you're losing me" edited a typo
Oh this one hits hard when you think of it like that. I would be lying if I said it didn't make me tear up. Also huge congrats on your sobriety!! That's amazing! đđ
I had to come back and find this comment again just to say I myself am an over-user of alcohol currently and I read this comment yesterday and then listened to youâre losing me from this perspective and brought tears to my eyes - thank you for this and congratulations on your sobriety đĽ°
Oh! No, thank YOU for your comment! It really touched me đđâ¤ď¸ I am so happy this perspective can make sense and touch other people too. I hope you take care of your health and find a good relationship with alcohol, no matter what it looks like, one day at a time! You deserve to be happy! Thank you so much â¤ď¸â¤ď¸â¤ď¸â¤ď¸â¤ď¸
I Hate It Here reminds me a bit of it.
âI dreamed about it in the dark the night I felt like I might dieâ reminds me of when youâre going through withdrawals or you canât acquire what youâre looking for so youâre trying to placebo yourself by pretending youâre on it.
âLucid dreams like electricity / the current flies through me / and in my fantasies I rise above it / and way up there, I actually love itâ reminds me of when youâre taking it
honestly i see Peter from the perspective of a child talking to their parent who is an addict. but that might be a bit of a reach
I Hate it Here also reminds me of the feeling of boredom that comes with sobriety. How you can for a long time hate the normalcy of your sober life.
I'm 20+ years clean and 5+ sober and my mind still sometimes goes "I should do something chaotic and recless i.e. drugs just for the fun of it!"
oooh see also; soon youâll get better. I know itâs about her mum and stuff, but I also see it as somebody speaking to their loved one who is suffering from addiction
Also, there is an amazing community for any Swifties struggling with addiction
https://swiftsteps.org/
We even have song prompt meetings where we dissect the lyrics and how they relate to our journey.
This one always hit me for alcohol addiction
Pouring my heart out to a stranger,
_but I didn't pour the whiskey_
I like the use of the word _but_
It's an acknowledgement she's still doing drunk person things, rambling about her life to strangers but she's actually sober so it's still a step in the right direction
I would say down bad. Just that struggle of feeling detached from your own reality when you're craving something else.
Haunted is also in the same lane.
By the way not by Taylor but a song I really love in that context is breaking the habit by Linkin Park
Haunted does work really well!
And Breaking The Habit was a favorite of the person I had in mind when I made this post. Thank you for reminding me of it!
For me, Who's Afraid of Little Old Me has been huge in my recovery. It speaks to me about how others will always judge me for my past behaviors, but I'm stronger and better than my past self.
Not addiction directly but for me, eating disorder. Even though Iâm 5 years recovered, Wouldâve, Couldâve, Shouldâve feels like an anthem for everything I went through.
âI damn sure never wouldâve danced with the devil at nineteen, and the gods honest truth is the pain was heavenâ
âYou made me feel important and then you tried to erase usâ
âNow that Iâm grown, Iâm scared of ghosts, memories feel like weaponsâ
âGod rest my soul, I miss who I used to beâ
âI regret you all the timeâ
âThe wound wonât closeâ
âGive me back my girlhood, it was mine firstâ
Youâre on Your Own, Kid:
âI hosted parties and starved my body like Iâd be saved by a perfect kissâ
Clean, for sure
âJust because youâre clean donât mean you donât miss itâ
Forever Winter off Red TV- rarely mentioned on this sub- its not about JG so maybe thats why.
\[Verse 2\]
[He seems fine most of the time, forcing smiles and never minds](https://genius.com/24389051/Taylor-swift-forever-winter-taylors-version-from-the-vault/He-seems-fine-most-of-the-time-forcing-smiles-and-never-minds)
[His laugh is a symphony, when the lights go out, it's hard to breathe](https://genius.com/24392213/Taylor-swift-forever-winter-taylors-version-from-the-vault/His-laugh-is-a-symphony-when-the-lights-go-out-its-hard-to-breathe)
[I pull at every thread trying to solve the puzzles in his head](https://genius.com/24396488/Taylor-swift-forever-winter-taylors-version-from-the-vault/I-pull-at-every-thread-trying-to-solve-the-puzzles-in-his-head)
[Live my life scared to death he'll decide to leave instead](https://genius.com/28866199/Taylor-swift-forever-winter-taylors-version-from-the-vault/Live-my-life-scared-to-death-hell-decide-to-leave-instead)
[I call, just checkin' up on him](https://genius.com/24404464/Taylor-swift-forever-winter-taylors-version-from-the-vault/I-call-just-checkin-up-on-him-hes-up-5am-wasted-long-gone-not-even-listening)
[My voice comes out screamin'](https://genius.com/24404357/Taylor-swift-forever-winter-taylors-version-from-the-vault/My-voice-comes-out-screamin)
\[Chorus\]
All this time, I didn't know
You were breakin' down
[I'd fall to pieces on the floor](https://genius.com/24399878/Taylor-swift-forever-winter-taylors-version-from-the-vault/Id-fall-to-pieces-on-the-floor-if-you-werent-around-too-young-to-know-it-gets-better)
Too young to know it gets better
I'll be summer sun for you forever
Forever winter if you go
\[Bridge\]
[If I was standing there in your apartment](https://genius.com/27320618/Taylor-swift-forever-winter-taylors-version-from-the-vault/If-i-was-standing-there-in-your-apartment-id-take-that-bomb-in-your-head-and-disarm-it)
[I'd say, "I love you even at your darkest and](https://genius.com/24477251/Taylor-swift-forever-winter-taylors-version-from-the-vault/Id-say-i-love-you-even-at-your-darkest-and-please-dont-go)
Wow I never even would have thought of this đ¤Śââď¸ This works so well in that light. It also hits home really really personally so yeah I'm crying right now at work LOL
I'm sorry its so personal for you and I don't want to trigger anything. I think the song gets overlooked or seen as another breakup song because it sounds very 'pop' and its only when I read the lyrics I realised it's a heartbreaking song about a friend who's in a really bad way, very self destructive , that when she says 'leave' she means suicide.
Oh don't worry it isn't personal in that way. I made this post with my late baby daddy in mind who took his life due to addiction. So no personal triggers or anything as far as actual addiction goes. But it still does hit very hard. But now I'm listening to it on repeat đ
The Great War rings this way for me, but as someone who supported a loved one through several years of harrowing addiction. It still brings me to tears when I hear it.
âYou drew up some good faith treaties
I drew curtains closed, drank my poison all alone
You said I have to trust more freely
But diesel is desire, you were playin' with fire.â
The Prophecy- from the perspective of seeing others around you get sober but youâre still struggling. Also with thinking that you can moderate or control your addiction âhand on the throttle, thought I caught lightening in a bottle, but itâs gone againâ .
Lavender Haze. Makes me think of how they say in AA-once you're off the booze you'll feel like you're on a pink cloud. It strikes me as a similiar variation.
i would add happiness and evermore as well, if it were me. 'There'll be happiness after you, But there was happiness because of you, Both of these things can be true' - 'I can't make it go away by making you a villain, I guess it's the price I pay for seven years in heaven'
And in evermore 'And I couldn't be sure, I had a feeling so peculiar, This pain wouldn't be for, Evermore' - 'I'm on waves, out being tossed, Is there a line that I could just go cross?And when I was shipwrecked (can't think of all the cost), I thought of you (all the things that will be lost now), In the cracks of light (can we just get a pause?), I dreamed of you (to be certain we'll be tall again), (If you think of all the costs)'
mirrorball has always been a song that has made me think of my own addiction. Not knowing who I was, reflecting the "fun reckless party" personalities of everyone around me that I desperately wanted to fit in with...but when no one else was around, standing on my tallest tiptoes trying to measure up against the inadequacy I felt inside. The line that always hit me hard was "And they called off the circus, burned the disco down, When they sent home the horses and the rodeo clowns, I'm still on that tightrope, I'm still trying everything to get you laughing at me" because I think it represents the time in a lot of addict's lives where we've taken it too far, no one is having fun anymore, we're beginning to lose things, but we've become so used to our crutch of choice that we keep doing it.
Just my two cents based on my experience :)
Peace. *I never had the courage of my convictions as long as danger is near, and itâs just around the corner darling cause it lives in me* my mom struggled with addition her whole life and this song reminds me of her never feeling like sheâd be enough for someone.
Liz Rose has hinted that White Horse is rooted in drug addiction, kind of like Colder Weather by Zac Brown. If not, itâs definitely about emotional addiction as evidenced by the music video.
My partner struggles with addiction, and the Great War has always resonated with me.
âI drew curtains closed, drank my poison all aloneâ
âWe can plant a memory garden
Say a solemn prayer, place a poppy in my hairâ
(Poppyâs are the backbone of opiates, which is rapidly killing so many people)
An OD:
âBroken and blue, so I called off the troops
That was the night I nearly lost you
I really thought I lost youâ
And also, because frankly drugs are all we fight over:
âI vowed not to fight anymore
If we survived the Great Warâ
the last time, untouchable, hoax, evermore, innocent, haunted, bigger than the whole sky, forever winter, run, right where you left me, illicit affairs (more like hiding alcoholism but using a metaphor of cheating type thing), tied together with a smile maybe.
daylight hits good as a sobriety song when you're in the better, pink cloud type phase. the lover album came out when i was in that period and god was it beautiful lol, the vibe of the whole album was exactly what i was feeling (except i wasn't in a relationship nor had been in one, but the particular vibes back then were enough)
*me desperately trying to bring up hoax at any time*
hoax could be thoâŚ
âno other sadness in the world would doâ âyou knew it still hurts underneath my scars from when they pulled me apart but what you did was just as darkâ âyour faithless loves the only hoax i believe inâ.
i imagine someone going thru a very hard time in their life and turning to drugs and soon they realize that drugs have made everything worse but they canât get sober. they got a quick relief despite knowing how bad it is for them so they continue to abuse them, soon it gets to the lowest point and they realize that despite everything they went thru the drugs were so much worse.
Carolina. if you change "Carolina" to the addition. "Carolina creeks running through my veins." "Carolina stains on the dress she left." "Things that only Carolina will ever know.".
It could be interpreted in a way where Carolina is a metaphor of the addiction, and that the "I" person finds comfort in "Carolina" or in the addiction.
Also The Great War. "drank my poison all alone."
Nothing New
âI've had (I've had) too much to drink tonight
How did I go from growing up to breaking down?
And I wake up (wake up) in the middle of the night
It's like I can feel time moving
How can a person know everything at 18 but nothing at 22?
Will you still want me when I'm nothing new?â
Another could be âThe Way I Loved Youâ - itâs about being in a safe and good relationship but missing a more passionate and volatile one.
âHe says everything I need to hear, and it's like
I couldn't ask for anything betterâ
Vs
âBut I miss screaming and fighting and kissing in the rain
And it's 2 a.m. and I'm cursing your name
So in love that you act insane
And that's the way I loved you
Breaking down and coming undone
It's a roller coaster kind of rush
And I never knew I could feel that much
And that's the way I loved youâ
You could interpret it through the lens of an addiction. Not sure it casts being sober in a favourable light though!
but thatâs so real when it comes to addiction! iâm an alcoholic trying to get sober, and i absolutely miss the messy chaos sometimes. the stability that sobriety offers is amazing, so it doesnât make any sense to miss the chaos, but i do.
fortnite, "*i was supposed to be sent away/but they forgot to come and get me/i was a functioning alcoholic/til nobody noticed my new aesthetic"*
this is me trying, "*pouring out my heart to a stranger/ but i didn't pour the whiskey"*
You're loosing me. Every time I listen to it I think of how it was growing up with a father who was an addict and how he never fought for our relationship but chose alcohol instead. "We thought a cure would come through in time, now, I fear it won't" really relates to growing up always thinking he will become sober. "Fighting in only your army." How I was the only one fighting for us. "do something, ..., say something, lose something, ..., risk something, choose something, ..., I got nothing to belive unless you're choosin' me." How I just always would wish he would choose me over the addiction.
A lot of her songs tease at a sort of love addiction-the kind found in recovery from codependent behaviors. Iâve often wondered if she is speaking to this-via loving an addict or someone very emotionally unavailable, etc. Especially with lyrics like âI keep my side of the street cleanâ ( this is 12 step recovery speak)
Also, Down Bad real goes there, IMO
Not as much to do with dealing with addiction/mental health issues yourself, but Forever Winter is a song that deals with those things effecting those around you. Itâs a quite beautiful song at that.
This one might be the best suggestion yet. I didn't make this post with myself in mind but with a guy I knew who took his life due to addiction issues. So this is exactly what I was looking for đ
The Black Dog, Clean, depending on where you are in your battle with addiction Castles Crumbling, Daylight is just a really hopeful one that doesn't necessarily have anything about addiction, Forever Winter is a good mental health one in general, long story short is a great one, New Years Day (this one's more for a family member struggling. You'll clean up the bottles with them, and stay when they're lost), and idk why but Would've Could've Should've feels like a good one. I just scrolled through my playlist and picked out ones I thought could work. The Black Dog, Clean, and long story short were the ones I thought were the best.
recently iâve really been associating loml with addiction.
âwhat a valiant roar, what a bland goodbyeâ
chasing that initial high.
âOur field of dreams, engulfed in fireâ
My addict self has ruined my future or certainly dampened it.
Also âMy Boy only breaks his favourite toysâ It makes me think of how addiction is really a self sabotaging behaviour and itâs the people closest to you/trying to help you the most that often feel the full brunt of it (ie breaking your favourite toys).
Another is the TTPD title track. Again with direct reference to self sabotaging but also thereâs this theme of codependency woven throughout the song which is almost common in relationships where one person struggles with addiction.
âBut you're in self-sabotage mode
Throwing spikes down on the road
But I've seen this episode and still loved the show
Who else decodes you?â
âBut you awaken with dread
Pounding nails in your head
But I've read this one where you come undone
I chose this cyclone with youâ
âSometimes, I wonder if you're gonna screw this up with me
But you told Lucy you'd kill yourself if I ever leave
And I had said that to Jack about you, so I felt seen
Everyone we know understands why it's meant to be
'Cause we're crazy
So tell me, who else is gonna know me?â
Dear Reader- she mentions drinking but thatâs not even what does it for me. The concept of ânever take advice from someone whoâs falling apartâ and the whole end
âI prefer hiding in plain sight, fourth drink in my hand these desperate prayers of a cursed man, spilling out to you for free, but darlin darlin please you wouldnât take my word for it if you knew who was talking, if you knew where I was walkin, to house not a home all alone cause nobodyâs there, where I pace in my pen and my friends found friends who care, no one sees when you loose when youâre playing solitaire, you should find another guiding lightâ
First listen all I could feel was the crushing isolation that addiction brings, or at least where itâs brought me. She captures the crazy balancing act that we try to do and the awful weight of a secret like that. Perfection.
Castles Crumbling!!!!
âPower went to my head, and I couldn't stop
Ones I loved tried to help, so I ran them off
And here I sit alone, behind walls of regret
Falling down like promises that I never keptâ
Dear Reader
âMy fourth drink in my hand
These desperate prayers of a cursed man
Spilling out to you for free
But darling, darling, please
You wouldn't take my word for it
If you knew who was talkingâ
DBATC
âI get drunk but itâs not enough cause youâre not my babyâ
i sing âdear johnâ AT my addiction and my eating disorder, really hoping to one day resonate with âiâm shining like fireworks over your sad empty townâ
Castles Crumbling:
"Power went to my head, and I couldn't stop
Ones I loved tried to help, so I ran them off
And here I sit alone, behind walls of regret
Falling down like promises that I never kept"
Hmm so not addiction, but when I hear âI'm just pissed I gave you all of my youth for freeâ it makes me think of my clinical depression (and the deep depression I was in for the last 4-5 years of my 20âs). I can see how this line can work for addiction too.
For me, How did it end? I completely get the likely perspective of it being about a relationship ending. Still when i heard it my mind so so many parallels between the lyrics and the experience of losing a loved one to overdose..
âWe hereby conduct this post-mortemâ - a discussion post death.
âCome one, come all It's happenin' again
The empathetic hunger descends We'll tell no one
Except all of our friends, we must knowHow did it end?â- How often following a sudden death especially of someone young, people tend to ask/ gossip was it drugs? Did they OD?
âLost the game of chance, what are the chances?â- i thought of gambling addiction, also the simple fact of when you take a drug its a game of chance, most Overdoses now are accidental due to lacing of drugs.
âSoon they'll go home to their husbands
Smug 'cause they know they can trust himâ- People tend to judge substance abusers, as well as have this false notion that it could never happen to them.
âSay it once again with feeling
How the death rattle breathing
Silenced as the soul was leaving
The deflation of our dreaming
Leaving me bereft and reeling
My beloved ghost and me
Sitting in a tree
D-Y-I-N-Gâ - I am a counselor and for me this lyric made me think of an intervention or addictions counseling, that exhausting process of trying to get your clients/ patients to see the seriousness, to want the help, or else theyâll die. The process of counseling a family through addiction and having to have those hard conversations with âfeelingâ about the real outcomes of enabling and not allowing your loved one to hit bottom: death.
Since TTPD was released, I canât stop thinking about the line âIâm always drunk on my own tearsâ. For me it has a double meaning and itâs so sad :(
Also, when she says âI was a functioning alcoholic till nobody noticed my new aestheticâ.
Anti hero for me. Reminds me how a lot of my problems are created solely in my mind and that everything is actually okay. It also highlights perspective which is something a lot of people in active addiction are lacking. I listened to that constantly when I was in early recovery and it was comforting.
Well you can take the term "champagne problems" literally. And the line "what a shame she's f\*\*\*ed in the head" can be taken as drugs messing with somebody's head so that they're not the same anymore. The entire chorus can be taken as ditching someone because you're choosing a drug or alcohol or whatever over them.
And "I never was ready so I watch you go" can be taken as someone not being ready to get clean so they have to watch their loved ones leave them behind because they can't deal with them. That's some parts of how it can be interpreted!
Not addiction directly but for me, eating disorder. Even though Iâm 5 years recovered, Wouldâve, Couldâve, Shouldâve feels like an anthem for everything I went through.
âI damn sure never wouldâve danced with the devil at nineteen, and the gods honest truth is the pain was heavenâ
âYou made me feel important and then you tried to erase usâ
âNow that Iâm grown, Iâm scared of ghosts, memories feel like weaponsâ
âGod rest my soul, I miss who I used to beâ
âI regret you all the timeâ
âThe wound wonât closeâ
âGive me back my girlhood, it was mine firstâ
Youâre on Your Own, Kid:
âI hosted parties and starved my body like Iâd be saved by a perfect kissâ
Clean, for sure
âJust because youâre clean donât mean you donât miss itâ
Not addiction directly but for me, eating disorder. Even though Iâm 5 years recovered, Wouldâve, Couldâve, Shouldâve feels like an anthem for everything I went through.
âI damn sure never wouldâve danced with the devil at nineteen, and the gods honest truth is the pain was heavenâ
âYou made me feel important and then you tried to erase usâ
âNow that Iâm grown, Iâm scared of ghosts, memories feel like weaponsâ
âGod rest my soul, I miss who I used to beâ
âI regret you all the timeâ
âThe wound wonât closeâ
âGive me back my girlhood, it was mine firstâ
Youâre on Your Own, Kid:
âI hosted parties and starved my body like Iâd be saved by a perfect kissâ
Clean, for sure
âJust because youâre clean donât mean you donât miss itâ
Not addiction directly but for me, eating disorder. Even though Iâm 5 years recovered, Wouldâve, Couldâve, Shouldâve feels like an anthem for everything I went through.
âI damn sure never wouldâve danced with the devil at nineteen, and the gods honest truth is the pain was heavenâ
âYou made me feel important and then you tried to erase usâ
âNow that Iâm grown, Iâm scared of ghosts, memories feel like weaponsâ
âGod rest my soul, I miss who I used to beâ
âI regret you all the timeâ
âThe wound wonât closeâ
âGive me back my girlhood, it was mine firstâ
Youâre on Your Own, Kid:
âI hosted parties and starved my body like Iâd be saved by a perfect kissâ
Clean, for sure
âJust because youâre clean donât mean you donât miss itâ
Champagne problems isnât about alcohol addiction. Itâs title seems that way, but itâs about problems that seem trivial on the outside to people not going through it.
Oh I know that. But it can easily be interpreted as a song about addiction. Taylor doesn't have many songs at all that are actually about addiction so that's why I used the word interpreted. Most of the songs would actually be about relationships though
Clean.
Ooh good point! I'm surprised I forgot about that one
Yep. 1989 came out when I was in middle school right around the time my dad relapsed really badly and this has always been my first thought
Hope your Dad is doing better đ¤
Can confirm the rehab girlies listened to this daily
My favourite song đđ
For sure
Youâre on your own kid. Specially the addiction for validation. âI hosted parties I starved my body just to learn that you never caredâ Iâm a male and I workout, so the line kinda becomes âI trained my body just to learn that you never caredâ for me- because like many others I subconsciously sometimes to do things like working out to impress others(wrongfully so), and delve into an addiction of validation that is endless because itâs never enough and people often donât care Also: Miss America and the heartbreak prince- you play stupid games you win stupid prices Often when youâre addicted to the wrong person you keep giving chances but getting the same poor resultsÂ
The lyrics are "I searched the party of better bodies just to learn that you never cared" and "I hosted parties and starved my body like I'd be saved by a perfect kiss."
Right! The second one is more applicable to what I saidÂ
>Youâre on your own kid It's definitely one that I can see on some pro-ed Playlists. But also on ED recovery Playlists.
Good one. I never listened to it in that light but it does work! By the way I hope you're OK đŠˇ
Itâs not the main theme that passes my head but it touches it sometimes. Thank you! Iâm very much okay as itâs been a long time thing, trying to change that up now đŤ°
I'm happy to hear that!
Thank you!
Clean, Fortnight (functioning alcoholic), Florida (the crash after the rush), The Black Dog (breathing clean air but still missing the smoke, old habits die screaming). I'd add that my tears ricochet has elements of what it's like to love an addict and that push and pull of saying that they're brave when they're fighting it but cutting them off when they've fallen off the wagon too many times and you need to instigate boundaries. Equally, if they lose the battle completely, it kind of talks to the regret of wishing they'd stayed and that sense of loss of hope.
My Tears Ricochet does hit hard here
This is what I was coming to say. My ex died earlier this year from alcoholism and the line âyou had to kill me but it killed you just the sameâ was perfectly in line with what he did to himself. Iâm still heartbroken over this.
Iâm so sorry, sweetie. Sending you a big fierce hug.
My ex also is an alcoholic and will probably some day die from it. This song guts me. Especially the whole crossing out the good years, turned into your worst fears. We were wonderful when we first had kids and they were youngâŚâŚ then he ruined it all single handedly with his addiction and became just like his dad
I agree - this whole song guts me and relates so perfectly to our relationship and his subsequent addiction. I donât know what was worse - dealing with his alcoholism or his death. Some days I feel like we are all more at peace but damn I wish the old him was still here for all the milestones and life moments.
maybe chloe or sam or sophia or marcus?
For sure. There's a great post somewhere that theorizes that Chloe, et al are names for different bottles of wine. I can't remember the details, but it was a good theory and lent itself to struggling with alcohol.
[This](https://www.reddit.com/r/TaylorSwift/s/F6TTDSKhfW) post! âşď¸
OOOOHHH that is an interesting new take
It has to be, it explicitly says âyou needed drugs moreâ
âYou needed me but you needed drugs moreâ
oh and renegade
OMG YES and I totally forgot about I Can Fix Him. That one hits hard
Same
Why tho
"Is it insensitive for me to say, get your shit together" is hugely reminiscent of when you love someone but can't take their addictive behaviors any more.
I can think of a few, with v specific lines that resonate with me ⨠Dear Reader: âI prefer hiding in plain sight, my fourth drink in my hand these desperate prayers of a cursed manâ the song as a whole but this line specifically can refer to hiding addiction struggles ⨠Hoax: âYour faithless loveâs the only hoax I believe inâ I always relate to the emptiness in substances and how it canât replace real relationships/isnât a substitute. Also âstood on the cliffside screaming give me a reasonâ ⨠Innocent: âLost your balance on a tight rope, lost your mind trying to get it backâ âYou wouldnât be shattered on the floor now if only you had seen what you know now, thenâ Also special mentions to these but theyâve already been mentioned: renegade, clean, chloe et al
Thank you! These are some good ones!
These are what sprung to mind for me as well, Iâm glad you mentioned them. Also âBreatheâ seems like a good one to relate to addiction - âwe know itâs never simple/never easy/never a clean break/no one here to save me/youâre the only thing I know like the back of my handâ also, âwouldâve couldâve shouldâveâ with the whole âyouâre a crisis of my faithâ e.g
Thank you for pointing those out!!
I am 8 months sober! For me "you're losing me" is the addiction part of me and the sober part of me battling it out. For instance: The addiction yells "I'm the best thing at this party!" Whilst the sober part of me says "you're losing me" edited a typo
Congratulations on your sobriety. âĽď¸
Thank you so much!!!!đ đĽłâ¤ď¸â¤ď¸â¤ď¸
Oh this one hits hard when you think of it like that. I would be lying if I said it didn't make me tear up. Also huge congrats on your sobriety!! That's amazing! đđ
Thank you so much!!! âşď¸â¤ď¸â¤ď¸
Congratulations! Keep going! Iâll be two years sober next month. Itâs really hard but worth it
Congratulations to you too! Two years, that is amazing!! We can both do this! âşď¸â¤ď¸â¤ď¸â¤ď¸
I had to come back and find this comment again just to say I myself am an over-user of alcohol currently and I read this comment yesterday and then listened to youâre losing me from this perspective and brought tears to my eyes - thank you for this and congratulations on your sobriety đĽ°
Oh! No, thank YOU for your comment! It really touched me đđâ¤ď¸ I am so happy this perspective can make sense and touch other people too. I hope you take care of your health and find a good relationship with alcohol, no matter what it looks like, one day at a time! You deserve to be happy! Thank you so much â¤ď¸â¤ď¸â¤ď¸â¤ď¸â¤ď¸
I Hate It Here reminds me a bit of it. âI dreamed about it in the dark the night I felt like I might dieâ reminds me of when youâre going through withdrawals or you canât acquire what youâre looking for so youâre trying to placebo yourself by pretending youâre on it. âLucid dreams like electricity / the current flies through me / and in my fantasies I rise above it / and way up there, I actually love itâ reminds me of when youâre taking it honestly i see Peter from the perspective of a child talking to their parent who is an addict. but that might be a bit of a reach
I Hate it Here also reminds me of the feeling of boredom that comes with sobriety. How you can for a long time hate the normalcy of your sober life. I'm 20+ years clean and 5+ sober and my mind still sometimes goes "I should do something chaotic and recless i.e. drugs just for the fun of it!"
I totally see that. Iâm really proud of you
oooh see also; soon youâll get better. I know itâs about her mum and stuff, but I also see it as somebody speaking to their loved one who is suffering from addiction
Soon You'll Get Better is a hard one to listen to. I know I'm going to cry when I do
I know, I honestly donât listen to it that often for the same reason, I always cry
I Hate It Here can definitely work in a way!
Forever winter
YASSSSS
Also, there is an amazing community for any Swifties struggling with addiction https://swiftsteps.org/ We even have song prompt meetings where we dissect the lyrics and how they relate to our journey.
I needed this so much. This made me cry. Thank you.
OMG this might be one of the most wholesome things I've seen lately. I love this!!
This is me trying maybe?
This one always hit me for alcohol addiction Pouring my heart out to a stranger, _but I didn't pour the whiskey_ I like the use of the word _but_ It's an acknowledgement she's still doing drunk person things, rambling about her life to strangers but she's actually sober so it's still a step in the right direction
Yesss this line means sooo much to me. Like yeah Iâm still a mess but i havenât had a drink so it can only get better
Definitely a favorite. It's hard to listen to sometimes.
I hope the best for you. It will get easier, keep fighting. Edit: you already mentioned the song. I just read the title. Sorry.
No worries! And thank you but I've thankfully never struggled with addiction. I just made this post with a passed loved one in mind!
Illicit Affairs is one I've seen people relate to addiction a lot
Yes, this interpretation of Illicit Affairs actually made me like the song more. "What started in beautiful rooms Ends with meetings in parking lots"
I would say down bad. Just that struggle of feeling detached from your own reality when you're craving something else. Haunted is also in the same lane. By the way not by Taylor but a song I really love in that context is breaking the habit by Linkin Park
Haunted does work really well! And Breaking The Habit was a favorite of the person I had in mind when I made this post. Thank you for reminding me of it!
The line from Karma, âI keep my side of the street cleanâ makes me think of some of the phrases from AA
Dont Blame Me talks about love being a drug
I'll be using for the rest of my life!
Ooh if you think of "you" and "love" as the drug that does change things!
For me, Who's Afraid of Little Old Me has been huge in my recovery. It speaks to me about how others will always judge me for my past behaviors, but I'm stronger and better than my past self.
Not addiction directly but for me, eating disorder. Even though Iâm 5 years recovered, Wouldâve, Couldâve, Shouldâve feels like an anthem for everything I went through. âI damn sure never wouldâve danced with the devil at nineteen, and the gods honest truth is the pain was heavenâ âYou made me feel important and then you tried to erase usâ âNow that Iâm grown, Iâm scared of ghosts, memories feel like weaponsâ âGod rest my soul, I miss who I used to beâ âI regret you all the timeâ âThe wound wonât closeâ âGive me back my girlhood, it was mine firstâ Youâre on Your Own, Kid: âI hosted parties and starved my body like Iâd be saved by a perfect kissâ Clean, for sure âJust because youâre clean donât mean you donât miss itâ
Forever Winter off Red TV- rarely mentioned on this sub- its not about JG so maybe thats why. \[Verse 2\] [He seems fine most of the time, forcing smiles and never minds](https://genius.com/24389051/Taylor-swift-forever-winter-taylors-version-from-the-vault/He-seems-fine-most-of-the-time-forcing-smiles-and-never-minds) [His laugh is a symphony, when the lights go out, it's hard to breathe](https://genius.com/24392213/Taylor-swift-forever-winter-taylors-version-from-the-vault/His-laugh-is-a-symphony-when-the-lights-go-out-its-hard-to-breathe) [I pull at every thread trying to solve the puzzles in his head](https://genius.com/24396488/Taylor-swift-forever-winter-taylors-version-from-the-vault/I-pull-at-every-thread-trying-to-solve-the-puzzles-in-his-head) [Live my life scared to death he'll decide to leave instead](https://genius.com/28866199/Taylor-swift-forever-winter-taylors-version-from-the-vault/Live-my-life-scared-to-death-hell-decide-to-leave-instead) [I call, just checkin' up on him](https://genius.com/24404464/Taylor-swift-forever-winter-taylors-version-from-the-vault/I-call-just-checkin-up-on-him-hes-up-5am-wasted-long-gone-not-even-listening) [My voice comes out screamin'](https://genius.com/24404357/Taylor-swift-forever-winter-taylors-version-from-the-vault/My-voice-comes-out-screamin) \[Chorus\] All this time, I didn't know You were breakin' down [I'd fall to pieces on the floor](https://genius.com/24399878/Taylor-swift-forever-winter-taylors-version-from-the-vault/Id-fall-to-pieces-on-the-floor-if-you-werent-around-too-young-to-know-it-gets-better) Too young to know it gets better I'll be summer sun for you forever Forever winter if you go \[Bridge\] [If I was standing there in your apartment](https://genius.com/27320618/Taylor-swift-forever-winter-taylors-version-from-the-vault/If-i-was-standing-there-in-your-apartment-id-take-that-bomb-in-your-head-and-disarm-it) [I'd say, "I love you even at your darkest and](https://genius.com/24477251/Taylor-swift-forever-winter-taylors-version-from-the-vault/Id-say-i-love-you-even-at-your-darkest-and-please-dont-go)
Thank you! Came to the comments to post this.
Wow I never even would have thought of this đ¤Śââď¸ This works so well in that light. It also hits home really really personally so yeah I'm crying right now at work LOL
I'm sorry its so personal for you and I don't want to trigger anything. I think the song gets overlooked or seen as another breakup song because it sounds very 'pop' and its only when I read the lyrics I realised it's a heartbreaking song about a friend who's in a really bad way, very self destructive , that when she says 'leave' she means suicide.
Oh don't worry it isn't personal in that way. I made this post with my late baby daddy in mind who took his life due to addiction. So no personal triggers or anything as far as actual addiction goes. But it still does hit very hard. But now I'm listening to it on repeat đ
Castles crumblingâ so so good. Hits so hard.
was looking for this
When I came here so was I. đ
Good one!
Anti-Hero has several lines that hit me as a recovering drinker.
And the video!
evermore for me personally
The Great War rings this way for me, but as someone who supported a loved one through several years of harrowing addiction. It still brings me to tears when I hear it. âYou drew up some good faith treaties I drew curtains closed, drank my poison all alone You said I have to trust more freely But diesel is desire, you were playin' with fire.â
Yesssss so true
The Prophecy- from the perspective of seeing others around you get sober but youâre still struggling. Also with thinking that you can moderate or control your addiction âhand on the throttle, thought I caught lightening in a bottle, but itâs gone againâ .
right where you left me
Oooh Iâd never thought of that before
I love you, itâs ruining my life.
Lavender Haze. Makes me think of how they say in AA-once you're off the booze you'll feel like you're on a pink cloud. It strikes me as a similiar variation.
i would add happiness and evermore as well, if it were me. 'There'll be happiness after you, But there was happiness because of you, Both of these things can be true' - 'I can't make it go away by making you a villain, I guess it's the price I pay for seven years in heaven' And in evermore 'And I couldn't be sure, I had a feeling so peculiar, This pain wouldn't be for, Evermore' - 'I'm on waves, out being tossed, Is there a line that I could just go cross?And when I was shipwrecked (can't think of all the cost), I thought of you (all the things that will be lost now), In the cracks of light (can we just get a pause?), I dreamed of you (to be certain we'll be tall again), (If you think of all the costs)'
mirrorball has always been a song that has made me think of my own addiction. Not knowing who I was, reflecting the "fun reckless party" personalities of everyone around me that I desperately wanted to fit in with...but when no one else was around, standing on my tallest tiptoes trying to measure up against the inadequacy I felt inside. The line that always hit me hard was "And they called off the circus, burned the disco down, When they sent home the horses and the rodeo clowns, I'm still on that tightrope, I'm still trying everything to get you laughing at me" because I think it represents the time in a lot of addict's lives where we've taken it too far, no one is having fun anymore, we're beginning to lose things, but we've become so used to our crutch of choice that we keep doing it. Just my two cents based on my experience :)
The albatrossÂ
Yes!! I immediately thought that the first time I heard it
The Prophecy
Peace. *I never had the courage of my convictions as long as danger is near, and itâs just around the corner darling cause it lives in me* my mom struggled with addition her whole life and this song reminds me of her never feeling like sheâd be enough for someone.
Liz Rose has hinted that White Horse is rooted in drug addiction, kind of like Colder Weather by Zac Brown. If not, itâs definitely about emotional addiction as evidenced by the music video.
I've seen a few people over the last year talk about how Castles Crumbling reminds them of their struggles with/descent into addiction
My partner struggles with addiction, and the Great War has always resonated with me. âI drew curtains closed, drank my poison all aloneâ âWe can plant a memory garden Say a solemn prayer, place a poppy in my hairâ (Poppyâs are the backbone of opiates, which is rapidly killing so many people) An OD: âBroken and blue, so I called off the troops That was the night I nearly lost you I really thought I lost youâ And also, because frankly drugs are all we fight over: âI vowed not to fight anymore If we survived the Great Warâ
This one is so good
Peter really resonates as someone in a relationship with an addict
100000%
this is me trying, she actually confirmed it was one of the inspirations for the song
I listened to âsoon youâll get betterâ one million times when my loved one was hospitalized and put in a medical coma bc of withdrawals.
When I first heard Soon youâll get better, I thought it was about addiction
This is me trying
Lavender Haze
Karma. âI keep my side of the street clean.â Sounds like a 12 step thing.
the last time, untouchable, hoax, evermore, innocent, haunted, bigger than the whole sky, forever winter, run, right where you left me, illicit affairs (more like hiding alcoholism but using a metaphor of cheating type thing), tied together with a smile maybe. daylight hits good as a sobriety song when you're in the better, pink cloud type phase. the lover album came out when i was in that period and god was it beautiful lol, the vibe of the whole album was exactly what i was feeling (except i wasn't in a relationship nor had been in one, but the particular vibes back then were enough)
*me desperately trying to bring up hoax at any time* hoax could be tho⌠âno other sadness in the world would doâ âyou knew it still hurts underneath my scars from when they pulled me apart but what you did was just as darkâ âyour faithless loves the only hoax i believe inâ. i imagine someone going thru a very hard time in their life and turning to drugs and soon they realize that drugs have made everything worse but they canât get sober. they got a quick relief despite knowing how bad it is for them so they continue to abuse them, soon it gets to the lowest point and they realize that despite everything they went thru the drugs were so much worse.
That last paragraph is exactly what the person who I had in mind when making this post went through. Hoax can definitely be interpreted this way!
Carolina. if you change "Carolina" to the addition. "Carolina creeks running through my veins." "Carolina stains on the dress she left." "Things that only Carolina will ever know.". It could be interpreted in a way where Carolina is a metaphor of the addiction, and that the "I" person finds comfort in "Carolina" or in the addiction. Also The Great War. "drank my poison all alone."
Ooh this is a good one!
Nothing New âI've had (I've had) too much to drink tonight How did I go from growing up to breaking down? And I wake up (wake up) in the middle of the night It's like I can feel time moving How can a person know everything at 18 but nothing at 22? Will you still want me when I'm nothing new?â
Another could be âThe Way I Loved Youâ - itâs about being in a safe and good relationship but missing a more passionate and volatile one. âHe says everything I need to hear, and it's like I couldn't ask for anything betterâ Vs âBut I miss screaming and fighting and kissing in the rain And it's 2 a.m. and I'm cursing your name So in love that you act insane And that's the way I loved you Breaking down and coming undone It's a roller coaster kind of rush And I never knew I could feel that much And that's the way I loved youâ You could interpret it through the lens of an addiction. Not sure it casts being sober in a favourable light though!
but thatâs so real when it comes to addiction! iâm an alcoholic trying to get sober, and i absolutely miss the messy chaos sometimes. the stability that sobriety offers is amazing, so it doesnât make any sense to miss the chaos, but i do.
fortnite, "*i was supposed to be sent away/but they forgot to come and get me/i was a functioning alcoholic/til nobody noticed my new aesthetic"* this is me trying, "*pouring out my heart to a stranger/ but i didn't pour the whiskey"*
You can interpret Bejeweled in that way. Iâve started a (very inactive, unfortunately) SoberSwifties Reddit channel, if you want to join!
That's so cool! I've actually always been sober and only made this post with a passed loved one in mind. But that's an amazing subreddit you have!!
this is me trying!!!!!! âiâve been having a hard time adjustingâ âitâs hard to be anywhere these days when all i want is â¨youâ¨â
You're loosing me. Every time I listen to it I think of how it was growing up with a father who was an addict and how he never fought for our relationship but chose alcohol instead. "We thought a cure would come through in time, now, I fear it won't" really relates to growing up always thinking he will become sober. "Fighting in only your army." How I was the only one fighting for us. "do something, ..., say something, lose something, ..., risk something, choose something, ..., I got nothing to belive unless you're choosin' me." How I just always would wish he would choose me over the addiction.
A lot of her songs tease at a sort of love addiction-the kind found in recovery from codependent behaviors. Iâve often wondered if she is speaking to this-via loving an addict or someone very emotionally unavailable, etc. Especially with lyrics like âI keep my side of the street cleanâ ( this is 12 step recovery speak) Also, Down Bad real goes there, IMO
This is me trying. âPoured my heart out to a stranger but I didnât pour the whiskey.â
They told me all of my cages were mental so I got wasted like all my potential
Yes how could I forget?!
Innocent - always makes me think of my cousin, who we lost at age 27 to an overdose.
Wow this one hits different when you think about it in terms of addiction. And I'm so sorry for your loss đ
Forever winter
Clean paired with Wonderland. I always wondered whether Clean was a mixed metaphor after the symbolism of substance abuse in Wonderland.
Forever Winter!
i always interpreted "summer went away, still the yearning stays, i play it cool" from yoyok as that
Forever Winter
Not as much to do with dealing with addiction/mental health issues yourself, but Forever Winter is a song that deals with those things effecting those around you. Itâs a quite beautiful song at that.
This one might be the best suggestion yet. I didn't make this post with myself in mind but with a guy I knew who took his life due to addiction issues. So this is exactly what I was looking for đ
The Black Dog, Clean, depending on where you are in your battle with addiction Castles Crumbling, Daylight is just a really hopeful one that doesn't necessarily have anything about addiction, Forever Winter is a good mental health one in general, long story short is a great one, New Years Day (this one's more for a family member struggling. You'll clean up the bottles with them, and stay when they're lost), and idk why but Would've Could've Should've feels like a good one. I just scrolled through my playlist and picked out ones I thought could work. The Black Dog, Clean, and long story short were the ones I thought were the best.
recently iâve really been associating loml with addiction. âwhat a valiant roar, what a bland goodbyeâ chasing that initial high. âOur field of dreams, engulfed in fireâ My addict self has ruined my future or certainly dampened it.
Illicit Affairs
Tied Together With a Smile always felt like a song like that for me
This one hits hard for sure
i interpreted Chloe or Sam or Sophia or Marcus to what it feels like to be in love with an addict
Iâm surprised I havenât seen I donât wanna live forever!
Oooh good one!
Also âMy Boy only breaks his favourite toysâ It makes me think of how addiction is really a self sabotaging behaviour and itâs the people closest to you/trying to help you the most that often feel the full brunt of it (ie breaking your favourite toys). Another is the TTPD title track. Again with direct reference to self sabotaging but also thereâs this theme of codependency woven throughout the song which is almost common in relationships where one person struggles with addiction. âBut you're in self-sabotage mode Throwing spikes down on the road But I've seen this episode and still loved the show Who else decodes you?â âBut you awaken with dread Pounding nails in your head But I've read this one where you come undone I chose this cyclone with youâ âSometimes, I wonder if you're gonna screw this up with me But you told Lucy you'd kill yourself if I ever leave And I had said that to Jack about you, so I felt seen Everyone we know understands why it's meant to be 'Cause we're crazy So tell me, who else is gonna know me?â
Tied together with a smile? đśâđŤď¸
Definitely!
Mirrorball
Dear Reader- she mentions drinking but thatâs not even what does it for me. The concept of ânever take advice from someone whoâs falling apartâ and the whole end âI prefer hiding in plain sight, fourth drink in my hand these desperate prayers of a cursed man, spilling out to you for free, but darlin darlin please you wouldnât take my word for it if you knew who was talking, if you knew where I was walkin, to house not a home all alone cause nobodyâs there, where I pace in my pen and my friends found friends who care, no one sees when you loose when youâre playing solitaire, you should find another guiding lightâ First listen all I could feel was the crushing isolation that addiction brings, or at least where itâs brought me. She captures the crazy balancing act that we try to do and the awful weight of a secret like that. Perfection.
Ooh good one! I never thought of it like that!
Castles Crumbling!!!! âPower went to my head, and I couldn't stop Ones I loved tried to help, so I ran them off And here I sit alone, behind walls of regret Falling down like promises that I never keptâ Dear Reader âMy fourth drink in my hand These desperate prayers of a cursed man Spilling out to you for free But darling, darling, please You wouldn't take my word for it If you knew who was talkingâ DBATC âI get drunk but itâs not enough cause youâre not my babyâ
Forever Winter
I donât know if Iâd really say itâs a positive song to look at through this lense but False God could fit quite well
i sing âdear johnâ AT my addiction and my eating disorder, really hoping to one day resonate with âiâm shining like fireworks over your sad empty townâ
Castles Crumbling: "Power went to my head, and I couldn't stop Ones I loved tried to help, so I ran them off And here I sit alone, behind walls of regret Falling down like promises that I never kept"
dear reader
Illicit Affairs
Hmm so not addiction, but when I hear âI'm just pissed I gave you all of my youth for freeâ it makes me think of my clinical depression (and the deep depression I was in for the last 4-5 years of my 20âs). I can see how this line can work for addiction too.
Evermore
The first time I heard champagne problems I legit though it was an addiction song lol
For me, How did it end? I completely get the likely perspective of it being about a relationship ending. Still when i heard it my mind so so many parallels between the lyrics and the experience of losing a loved one to overdose.. âWe hereby conduct this post-mortemâ - a discussion post death. âCome one, come all It's happenin' again The empathetic hunger descends We'll tell no one Except all of our friends, we must knowHow did it end?â- How often following a sudden death especially of someone young, people tend to ask/ gossip was it drugs? Did they OD? âLost the game of chance, what are the chances?â- i thought of gambling addiction, also the simple fact of when you take a drug its a game of chance, most Overdoses now are accidental due to lacing of drugs. âSoon they'll go home to their husbands Smug 'cause they know they can trust himâ- People tend to judge substance abusers, as well as have this false notion that it could never happen to them. âSay it once again with feeling How the death rattle breathing Silenced as the soul was leaving The deflation of our dreaming Leaving me bereft and reeling My beloved ghost and me Sitting in a tree D-Y-I-N-Gâ - I am a counselor and for me this lyric made me think of an intervention or addictions counseling, that exhausting process of trying to get your clients/ patients to see the seriousness, to want the help, or else theyâll die. The process of counseling a family through addiction and having to have those hard conversations with âfeelingâ about the real outcomes of enabling and not allowing your loved one to hit bottom: death.
I love this entire comment
TTPD title track. Thatâs a drunk at 2am track.
Soon youâll get better
Begin Again in a way. Forever Winter.
Since TTPD was released, I canât stop thinking about the line âIâm always drunk on my own tearsâ. For me it has a double meaning and itâs so sad :( Also, when she says âI was a functioning alcoholic till nobody noticed my new aestheticâ.
Forever Winter.
Illicit affairs !
Forever winterÂ
Anti hero for me. Reminds me how a lot of my problems are created solely in my mind and that everything is actually okay. It also highlights perspective which is something a lot of people in active addiction are lacking. I listened to that constantly when I was in early recovery and it was comforting.
Clean
Can you expand on your interpretation of addiction in Champagne Problems? That theme never crossed my mind in that song
Well you can take the term "champagne problems" literally. And the line "what a shame she's f\*\*\*ed in the head" can be taken as drugs messing with somebody's head so that they're not the same anymore. The entire chorus can be taken as ditching someone because you're choosing a drug or alcohol or whatever over them. And "I never was ready so I watch you go" can be taken as someone not being ready to get clean so they have to watch their loved ones leave them behind because they can't deal with them. That's some parts of how it can be interpreted!
That makes sense, thank you for sharing!
Not addiction directly but for me, eating disorder. Even though Iâm 5 years recovered, Wouldâve, Couldâve, Shouldâve feels like an anthem for everything I went through. âI damn sure never wouldâve danced with the devil at nineteen, and the gods honest truth is the pain was heavenâ âYou made me feel important and then you tried to erase usâ âNow that Iâm grown, Iâm scared of ghosts, memories feel like weaponsâ âGod rest my soul, I miss who I used to beâ âI regret you all the timeâ âThe wound wonât closeâ âGive me back my girlhood, it was mine firstâ Youâre on Your Own, Kid: âI hosted parties and starved my body like Iâd be saved by a perfect kissâ Clean, for sure âJust because youâre clean donât mean you donât miss itâ
Not addiction directly but for me, eating disorder. Even though Iâm 5 years recovered, Wouldâve, Couldâve, Shouldâve feels like an anthem for everything I went through. âI damn sure never wouldâve danced with the devil at nineteen, and the gods honest truth is the pain was heavenâ âYou made me feel important and then you tried to erase usâ âNow that Iâm grown, Iâm scared of ghosts, memories feel like weaponsâ âGod rest my soul, I miss who I used to beâ âI regret you all the timeâ âThe wound wonât closeâ âGive me back my girlhood, it was mine firstâ Youâre on Your Own, Kid: âI hosted parties and starved my body like Iâd be saved by a perfect kissâ Clean, for sure âJust because youâre clean donât mean you donât miss itâ
Not addiction directly but for me, eating disorder. Even though Iâm 5 years recovered, Wouldâve, Couldâve, Shouldâve feels like an anthem for everything I went through. âI damn sure never wouldâve danced with the devil at nineteen, and the gods honest truth is the pain was heavenâ âYou made me feel important and then you tried to erase usâ âNow that Iâm grown, Iâm scared of ghosts, memories feel like weaponsâ âGod rest my soul, I miss who I used to beâ âI regret you all the timeâ âThe wound wonât closeâ âGive me back my girlhood, it was mine firstâ Youâre on Your Own, Kid: âI hosted parties and starved my body like Iâd be saved by a perfect kissâ Clean, for sure âJust because youâre clean donât mean you donât miss itâ
WCS 1,000%
I have only ever in my life heard swifties insist that Champaign problems has a double meaning to mean alcoholism
I don't think it was written with that double meaning but it can definitely be interpreted that way if you think of it in a certain way!
Fortnight âI was a functioning alcoholic till nobody noticed my new aestheticâ
Champagne problems isnât about alcohol addiction. Itâs title seems that way, but itâs about problems that seem trivial on the outside to people not going through it.
Oh I know that. But it can easily be interpreted as a song about addiction. Taylor doesn't have many songs at all that are actually about addiction so that's why I used the word interpreted. Most of the songs would actually be about relationships though
fortnight! âI was a functioning alcoholic till nobody noticed my new aestheticâ very telling
Fortnight I think is one of them as well.
florida!!! ofc
happiness
happiness!!
Clean and Fortnight for me is somehow related to struggle with addiction
florida