TAYLOR Swift shocked her followers when she dropped her eighth studio album Folklore, with an indie vibe that could be a departure from her normal pop songs.
Folklore grew to become an prompt success, with Taylor Swift followers desirous to sing alongside to their standout favorite music, Cardigan.
Cardigan was the standout single from Swift’s new album FolkloreCredit score: Instagram
What are the lyrics to Taylor Swift’s new music Cardigan?
[Verse 1]Classic tee, model new cellphoneExcessive heels on cobblestones
When you find yourself younger, they assume you understand nothing
Sequined smile, black lipstick
Sensual politics
When you find yourself younger, they assume you understand nothing [Chorus]However I knew you
Dancin’ in your Levi’s
Drunk beneath a streetlight, I
I knew you
Hand beneath my sweatshirt
Child, kiss it higher, I
Underneath somebody’s mattress
You place me on and stated I used to be your favourite [Verse 2]A good friend to all is a good friend to none
Chase two women, lose the one
When you find yourself younger, they assume you understand nothing [Chorus]However I knew you
Enjoying hide-and-seek and
Giving me your weekends, I
I knew you
Your heartbeat on the Excessive Line
As soon as in twenty lifetimes, I
Underneath somebody’s mattress
You place me on and stated I used to be your favourite [Bridge]To kiss in automobiles and downtown bars
Was all we would have liked
You drew stars round my scars
However now I am bleedin’ [Chorus]‘Trigger I knew you
Steppin’ on the final prepare
Marked me like a bloodstain, I
I knew you
Tried to alter the ending
Peter shedding Wendy, I
I knew you
Leavin’ like a father
Operating like water, I
And if you end up younger, they assume you understand nothing
I knew you’d hang-out all of my what-ifs
The odor of smoke would cling round this lengthy
‘Trigger I knew every part once I was younger
I knew I would curse you for the longest time
Chasin’ shadows within the grocery line
I knew you’d miss me as soon as the fun expired
And you would be standin’ in my entrance porch mild
And I knew you’d come again to me
You’d come again to me
And also you’d come again to me
And also you’d come again [Refrain]And once I felt like I used to be an previous cardigan
Underneath somebody’s mattress
You place me on and stated I used to be your favourite
Cardigan is a heartfelt piano-driven balladCredit score: Taylor Swift/Youtube
What’s Cardigan about?
Taylor Swift defined the which means of Cardigan throughout a Twitter Q&A: “The music is a couple of misplaced romance and why younger love is usually mounted so completely inside our recollections. Why it leaves such an indelible mark.”
Followers speculate that Cardigan pays homage to Swift’s three-year relationship with Joe Alwyn.
Very similar to a Cardigan, Taylor and Joe at all times reported their relationship to be steady and comforting.
A supply informed Us Weekly : “Taylor considers Joe one of many solely secure constants in her life. He has at all times been an enormous assist and caught by her.”
The chorus lyrics “once I felt like I used to be an previous cardigan / Underneath somebody’s mattress / You place me on and stated I used to be your favorite” is likely to be a reference to Joe’s position within the 2018 hit film The Favorite.
Followers are additionally convinced that Joe Alwyn co-wrote at least two of the songs on her new album.
