Song Meanings and Facts

Song Meanings and Facts

Author: SMF

Taylor Swift

Taylor Swift

“Afterglow” by Taylor Swift

“Afterglow” is a song in which Taylor Swift is basically acknowledging her own shortcomings in a romantic relationship. Or more specifically, she is for the most part taking the blame for the relationship with the man she...

Taylor Swift

Taylor Swift

“Daylight” by Taylor Swift

For the most part, “Daylight” reads like a love song, one in which Taylor Swift is celebrating the realization of true love after waiting many years for it to arrive. But on a higher level,...

Swift

Taylor Swift

“I Think He Knows” by Taylor Swift

“I Think He Knows” is a song that is based on Taylor Swift being infatuated with a certain romantic interest. She is seemingly admiring minute details about him from afar, as in not stating...

Taylor Swift

Taylor Swift

“London Boy” by Taylor Swift

The easiest way to understand the song “London Boy” is as it being an ode to Taylor Swift‘s three-year long beau at the time of its release, English actor Joe Alwyn.  She does not...

Taylor Swift

Taylor Swift

“The Man” by Taylor Swift

“The Man” is a brilliant tune in which Taylor Swift is using the issue of double standards in the entertainment industry and indeed society as a whole to both criticize sexism whilst simultaneously bigging...

Shelter

FINNEAS

“Shelter” by FINNEAS

This is a love song in which Finneas is referring to his significant other as his “shelter”. This means that, particularly from an emotional standpoint, she is his refuge when the outer world becomes unfavorable...

Special Needs

Placebo

Placebo’s “Special Needs” Lyrics Meaning

It seems as if the title of this track (“Special Needs”) is supposed to allude to the idea of the singer being emotionally-dependent, if you will, on his ex. So now that they have...

Playing Games

Summer Walker

“Playing Games” by Summer Walker

Summer Walker’s “Playing Games” interpolates and arguably is even based on Destiny’s Child classic track “Say My Name” (1999). That is to say that “Playing Games” is centered on the emotional state of a lady who feels...