![]() When she first went to Centennial Park she was young and spent her time daydreaming ("I used to think I would meet somebody there") when she goes back there with Joe she's older and more mature.Īs for the color of the shirt, I just think it's a parallel to the green grass lyric and isn't particularly significant, it just sounded good. I think this is a literal retelling of events but also the change in the colors represent the changes in her life. At the end, the leaves are gold, indicating that she took him there in the fall. At the beginning of the song, the grass is green, the way it would be in spring/summer. of the grass / Where I used to read at Centennial Park / I used to think I would meet somebody there / Msica y lyrics invisible string Taylor Swift. Seasons are a common metaphor for the periods in a person's life - spring is youth, summer is young adulthood, fall is middle adulthood, winter is old age. This might be where I'm overthinking things lol, but I suffer from chronic English Teacher Brain so I can't help myself. In the first verse the grass is green, in the last the leaves are gold. ![]() I think it's significant that she repeats the color of the grass/leaves in the first and last verse. The chorus after this verse says "Time, curious time, gave me no compasses, gave me know signs" - she's saying at this point in time there was no way for her to know she'd end up with Joe, because their lives were so different and they were so far apart. She was at Centennial Park, daydreaming about meeting somebody there, and all the while the person she was meant to be with was on the other side of the ocean, oblivious to her existence. Joe was working at a yogurt shop in England, Taylor was in Nashville, where she had moved to pursue her music career. ![]() The song opens describing where Taylor and Joe were in their lives when they were teenagers. ![]() I myself might be overthinking it lol, but here's my interpretation. I mean what other color would the grass be? I guess I don't quite understand how the colors help develop the story. I'm probably overthinking it, but what is the reason for pairing the color of the grass in the park with the color of the shirt? How do these lyrics connect to the "invisible string" or fate that she introduces in the chorus that follows? ![]()
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