#i’m sure that you got a wife out there kids and christmas but i’m unaware cause i’m right where you left me

[sealedfates]

thinking about right where you left me and i look in people’s windows

[teabookgremlin]

listening to right where you left me is such a trip bc it is both a van song and a jackieshauna song and which one it is changes by the line so i’m just laying in bed rn consumed by thoughts i am unwell

[daveyjacobss]

i won’t confess that i waited but i’m right where you left me. if you ever think you got it wrong, i let the lamp burn. you said you were gonna grow up (i’m sure you got a wife out there, kids and christmas) then you were gonna come find me (but i’m unaware). time went on for everybody else, she won’t know it. the woman who sits by the window—still sitting in the corner i haunt, cross-legged in the dim light—has turned out the light. if our love died young (the goddess of timing once found us beguiling) i can’t bear witness (i thought it was just goodbye for now). if you ever think you got it wrong, i hope you’d return. cause love’s never lost when perspective is earned (they expected me to find somewhere, some perspective, but i sat and stared). did you hear about the girl who lives in delusion? forgive me peter, you left me no choice but to stay here forever.

[havenwithleeknow]

Right where you left me….

lee know x reader; angst

I’m sure that you got a wife out there, kids and Christmas but I’m unaware ‘cause I’m right where you left me.

You couldn’t think of anything worst happening today; customers being asshole to you, your boss constantly screaming at your face the whole day and accidentally spilling hot coffee in your hands, that’s why there’s a prominent red burnt area in your hands right now.

But you none of these things matter, because what’s important to you right now is you’re currently sitting at your favorite restaurant with your boyfriend, lee minho. All your worries and sadness suddenly disappear when you’re with him. You can’t see yourself without him, especially in the future.

“Let’s stop this. Let’s break up” he said and at that time, his words felt like ringing into your ears and stabbing your chest. “What?” you said wanting to see if he could repeat himself. “I know you heard what I just said, don’t make me repeat myself” “no, I really can’t hear you” he sighed and took a deep breath before saying it again “let’s break up” and again, it felt like your world stopped with just three words.

“But why? Did I do something wrong? Tell me, how can I make it right?” you reached for his hand, ready to beg for him to stay. You couldn’t breathe, your world will collapse if he leaves. You felt lost right now and you will do anything to fix what’s broken. “We were okay this morning when I kissed you goodbye, so what’s going on baby? What happened? Please tell me and i’ll fix it” you didn’t notice your tears streaming down your face and you couldn’t care less about it.

He shook his head and said “it’s not working anymore, I felt like everything is forced. I don’t love you anymore and I can’t keep pretending that I still do” you thought you’re already broken until you hear this sentence that totally broke you into pieces. Everything was forced? He doesn’t love me anymore? You were so speechless so minho took the opportunity to leave you at the restaurant where you used to spend time with him, your favorite restaurant.

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That’s what happened four years ago but you still find yourself sitting at the very restaurant where he broke your heart. You laughed at yourself while sipping the wine you used to drink on dates with minho. You feel like a big idiot pretending everything’s alright.

People passing by are looking at you in pity with your current state; spacing out, mascara running yet you’re laughing alone.

After minho left your shared apartment, he blocked you in every contacts possible and made it impossible for you to reach out to him. You never heard from him after he left you hanging, asking questions “what went wrong?”

Four years felt like yesterday because of how still bruised and wounded your soul is. He destroyed everything in you, he made your world crumble.

You’re miserable but for sure, he’s the opposite. He has a wife, and a kid spending christmas, thanksgiving, holloween and every holiday possible together meanwhile you’re waking up alone, lonely and couldn’t move forward no matter how much you tried.

You felt pathetic and you wanted this stupidity to end but what can you do? Maybe the only way to end this is to see him and ask for a closure, but how?

Lee Minho, the man that you love and despise at the same time. You hate him because no matter how hard you try, you still find yourself longing for him and you hope that one day, these damned feelings for him finally disappear. That’s when you know you won. Won the war against yourself, not only just against Minho.

[redbullhateblog]

friends break up friends get married strangers get born and strangers get buried trends change rumors fly through new skies but i’m right where you left me matches burn after the other pages turn and stick to eachother wages earned and lessons learned but i i’m right where you left me help i’m i’m still at the restaurant still sitting in the corner i haunt cross legged in the dim light they say what a sad sight i swear you could hear a hairpin drop right when i felt the moment stop glass shattered in the white cloth everybody moved on i i stayed there dust collected on my pinned up hair they expected me to find somewhere some perspective but i sat and stared because i’m right where you left me you left me no you left me no you left me no choice but to stay here forever did you ever hear about the girl who got frozen time went on for everybody else she won’t notice she’s still twenty three inside her fantasy right where she’s supposed to be did you hear about the girl who lives in delusion break ups happen every day you don’t have to lose it she’s still twenty three inside her fantasy and you’re sitting in front of me at the restaurant when i was still the one you want cross legged in the dim light everything was just right i i could feel the mascara run you told me that you met someone glass shattered on the white cloth everybody moved on help i’m still at the restaurant still sitting in a corner i haunt cross legged in the dim light they say what a sad sight i i stayed there dust collected on my pinned up hair i’m sure that you’ve got a wife out there kids and christmas but i’m unaware because i’m right where i cause no harm mind my business if our love died young i can’t bare witness and it’s been so long but if you ever think you got it wrong then i’m right where you left me you left me no you left me no you left me no choice but to stay here forever you left me you left me no you left me no you left me no choice but to stay here forever

[bucky-bucky-bucky-bucky]

I’m sure that

you’ve got a wife out there,

kids and Christmas,

But I’m unaware,

Cause I’m right where

You left me

[womanexile]

Chole or Sam or Sophia or Marcus

Your hologram stumbled into my apartment

Hands in the hair of somebody in darkness

Named Chloe or Sam or Sophia or Marcus

Medicine-“the boys and the girls are in, I mess around with them and I’m ok with it”

And I just watched it happen

As the decade would play us for fools

And you saw my bones out with somebody new

Who seemed like he would've bullied you in school

And you just watched it happen

Complicated Freak-“she got wrapped up in somebody else”

IION?-“was it over when she laid down on your couch? Was it over when he unbuttoned my blouse?”

This Love-“tossing turning, stuggled through the night with someone new”

Harry might have watched her date other people but he didn’t like it.

Happily-“you don’t understand, what you do to me when you hold his hand”

Just a Little Bit of Your Heart-“I don’t ever ask you where you’ve been and I don’t feel the need to know who your with” “I know I’m not your only but at least I’m one”

Without You (HS unreleased)-“Now you’re with him, I must admit I’m missing, The part of your skin, You always liked me kissing”

Him (HS unreleased)-“I don’t want to hear about him”

Woman-“I’m selfish, I know but I don’t ever want to see you with him” “He’s right where I should, where I should be”

Someday-“and I won’t lie, its hard seeing you with him”

If you wanna break my cold, cold heart

Just say, "I loved you the way that you were"

This could be a reference to Taylor feeling like she has to constantly reinvent herself in order to stay relevant. Him saying ‘I loved you the way that you were’ means that he didn’t need her to stay relevant, he would love anyway.

Lay Down (HS unreleased)-“‘Cause you’re wonderful”

Fool’s Gold-“and in knew that you turned it on for everyone that you met”

Make My Day (HS unreleased)-“I don’t want you perfect, Don’t want you sweet, But you make my day and make my whole week”

If you wanna tear my world apart

Just say you've always wondered

You said some things that I can't unabsorb

You turned me into an idea of sorts

This suggests that he put her up on a pedestal, so that the idea of her was better than she herself was.

Trouble-“if I could have a hundred things, not one of them could compare to you”

You needed me, but you needed drugs more

Question…?-“but you were something, it was one drink after the other”

As It Was-“why are you sitting at home on the floor? What kind of pills are you on?”

Harry has several song on his album about cocaine usage and he did admit to writing some of Fine Line on psychedelic drugs.

And I couldn't watch it happen

I changed into goddesses, villains, and fools

Changed plans and lovers and outfits and rules

Right where you left me-“Trends change, rumors fly through new skies, But l'm right where you left me”

All to outrun my desertion of you

And you just watched it

If the glint in my eye traced the depths of your sigh

Down that passage in time back to the moment

I crashed into you, like so many wrecks do

Too impaired by my youth to know what to do

She analyzes every ‘sigh’ from her partner, strolling down memory lane in search of clues that might explain his departure. Taylor questions whether she appeared ‘too much’ like previous girls (crashed into him), perhaps overly enthusiastic (too impaired by her youth)

So if I sell my apartment

And you have some kids with an internet starlet

The 1-“You meet some woman on the internet and take her home”

Right where you left me-“I’m sure that you got a wife out there, kids and Christmas but I’m unaware”

Will that make your memory fade from this scarlet maroon?

Maroon-“and I wake with your memory over me”

Like it never happened

Could it be enough to just float in your orbit?

Satellite-“I go round and round, satellite”

Can we watch our phantoms like watching wild horses?

Can we watch the ghosts of us with the same reverence, admiration and respect we watch wild horses? Wild horses are beautiful in their wildness, but man always want to tame them. Can we look at them without wanting them to be anything else than exactly what they are?

This Love-“your smile, my ghost, I fell to my knees”

Two Ghosts-“We’re just two ghosts standing in the place of you and me”

…Ready for It?-“but if he’s a ghost, then I can be a phantom”

Cooler in theory, but not if you force it to be

It just didn't happen

The 1-“and if you wanted me, you really should’ve showed”

So if you wanna break my cold, cold heart

Say you loved me

And if you wanna tear my world apart

Say you'll always wonder

'Cause I wonder

Will I always

Will I always wonder?

Without You (HS unreleased)-“I know we’ll move on, As time carries on, I still leave an open door”

The 1-“I persist and resist the temptation to ask you if one thing had been different would everything be different today?”

Cardigan-“I knew you’d haunt all of my what-if?”

Question…?-“does it ever feel like everything just like second best after that meteor strike”

Guilty As Sin?-“they don’t know how you’ve haunted me so stunningly”

Super Pretty(HS unreleased)-“I was waiting here, my love, After all these years, do you think of me, In the way I think of you?

[peachykneesjellybees]

biting my leg thinking about van “i’m sure that you’ve got a wife out there. kids and christmas’s but i’m unaware cause i’m right where- i cause no harm, mind my business. if our love died young i can’t bare witness and it’s been so long but if you ever think you’ve got it wrong i’m right where you left me. you left me no, you left me no, you left me no choice but the stay here forever” palmer

[wouldvecouldveshouldve]

rank Taylor songs which feature Christmas in the lyrics?

right where you left me - "i’m sure that you got a wife out there, kids, and christmas but i'm unaware"

the moment i knew - "christmas lights glisten, i’ve got my eye on the door just waiting for you to walk in"

lover - "we could leave the christmas lights up 'til january"

christmases when you were mine - "but there were christmases when i didn’t wonder how you are tonight"

christmas tree farm - "in my heart is a christmas tree farm"

begin again - "but you start to talk about the movies that your family watches every single christmas"

christmas must be something more - "what would happen if christmas carols told a lie?"

merry christmas to all of my followers! happy holidays <3

[bisluthq]

Songs about her struggling with marriage and or forever on Evermore: Willow (love song about her man and tricking him to stay forever), Champagne Problems (engagement failing), Tolerate It (unhappy marriage), No Body No Crime (murderous marriage), Happiness (Is just shit we're dividing up and 7 years in heaven(Forever worries)), Coney Island (And if this is the long haul How'd we get here so soon? / The mischief, the gift wrapped suburban dreams (marriage) Sorry for not winning you an arcade ring), Ivy (Cheating in a marriage), Cowboy Like Me (forever is the sweetest con), Long Story Short (And my waves meet your shore Ever and evermore), Evermore (that this pain would and would not be forever), it's time to go (Or trying to stay for the kids, when keeping it how it is Will only break their hearts worse), Right Where You Left Me (I'm sure that you got a wife out there Kids and Christmas, but I'm unaware). Tis The Damn Season Dorothea is her struggling with her rejection of marriage + commitment in her younger years. I can't account for Gold Rush, Closure, and Marjorie. Closure is about saying goodbye forever, which also kind of fits I guess. Gold Rush dreams about a life which can never be which might be set when she was younger. Marjorie is about her deceased grandma which also also kind of fits into worrying about forever if you squint. To me the album is clearly from a place worrying about her what forever would really mean and how she's not picked that choice in her life before. I also point to Happiness maybe about her friends divorce as proof that was the worry and theme behind the project. To me it's crystle heart breakingly clear.

I do like your take but I think we can develop it further lol because I think actually if we’re going to talk about forever (or evermore as the actual title states) then Marjorie is very much part of that. I’m not sure if MARRIAGE is the central theme, because I still think a lot of songs don’t fit that, but perhaps time is? So what is time and how does time fit with timing, right, in relation to the concept of life and, well, forevermore. We know we’re all gonna die and even if we live a long and productive life, and even if we leave behind a legacy both in terms of work and in terms of progeny, it may not feel like we had enough time for the people left behind (the core thesis of Marjorie). So if we explicitly don’t have enough time, and can never have enough time, what do we do with the time we have? Do we feel stuck in time (RWYLM, TDDS, Dorothea)? Do we try to make the most of our time, because we know we won’t have enough of it (Happiness, ITTG, closure) so even though it’s difficult to leave situations, we should because otherwise we’re wasting our time? Do we “end” people’s time if they suck (NBNC)? Is unhappiness sometimes a result of bad timing (Champagne Problems and also TDDS) rather than inherent issues? What about flights of fantasy that never happen in a moment in time (Gold Rush)? Is forever - when we know there’s no such thing because, well, we all die - magic/a con/fantasy (CLM, Willow, LSS)? I just thought of this now and I like it a great deal as an explanation of what it’s about lol and how it ties to the title 😂

[cornerihaunt]

i stayed there… dust collected on my pinned up hair… i’m sure that you got a wife out there… kids and christmas but i’m unaware… ‘cause i’m right where i cause no harm… mind my business if our love died young i can’t bear witness and it’s been so long but if you ever think you got it wrong i’m right where you… leeeeweeft me

[if-you-dont-ask-me-to-stay]

I am also doing my top lyric from each song :)

Show me the places where the others gave you scars (ms/mt)

And soon they’ll have the nerve to deck the halls that we once walked through (jc/ac)

I don’t like that falling feels like flying till the bone crush (super nice lyric)

I won’t ask you to wait if you don’t ask me to stay :’( (hence the url) (jc/gm)

What would you do if I break free and leave us in ruins, took this dagger in me and removed it? (wonderful lyric)

And his mistress moved in, sleeps in Este’s bed and everything (utter vibe)

I guess that’s the price I pay for seven years in heaven, and I pulled your body into mine every goddamn night, now I get fake niceties? (yeah um. don’t mind me sobbing. *ten years. jc/gm)

Are you still the same soul I met under the bleachers? I guess I’ll never know (I do not like this song this is the best I could come up with)

Do you miss the rogue that coaxed you into paradise and left you there? (Delicious lyric, jc/ac)

He wants what’s only yours (love the whole vibe, kf/pr, jc/ac)

And the skeletons in both our closets plotted hard to fuck this up (I love this lyric so much it’s genius and also f[insert last name initial]/ct)

Your nemeses will defeat themselves before you get a chance to swing (again I don’t like the song that much)

Should have kept every grocery store receipt, cause every scrap of you would be taken from me (yeah um. I use the time in lss to mentally prepare for this. tears.)

Don’t treat me like some situation that needs to be handled, I’m fine with my spite and my tears and my beers and my candles (jc/gm, I do not think you are fine with your beers actually)

I retrace my footsteps on each stepping stone, trying to find the one where I went wrong, writing letters addressed to the fire (jc/gm except you can’t write)

I’m sure that you’ve got a wife out there, kids and Christmas, but I’m unaware (love this lyric its my favourite part)

He sits on a throne in his palace of bones, praying to his greed, he’s got my past frozen behind glass, but I’ve got me (ms/mt)

[itspileofgoodthings]

I stayed there dust collected on my pinned up hair I’m sure that you got a wife out there kids and Christmas but I’m unaware cause I’m right where—

I cause no harm mind my business—if our love died young I can’t bear witness and it’s been so long but if you ever think you got it wrong I’m right where you left me

[taylorswiftandx]

Taylor Swift and Spouses

'Taylor Swift'

(no spouses)

'Fearless (Taylor's Version)'

(no spouses)

'Speak Now (Taylor's Version)'

(no spouses)

'Red (Taylor's Version)'

(no spouses)

'1989 (Taylor's Version)'

(no spouses)

'reputation'

(no spouses)

'Lover'

(no spouses)

'folklore'

Mad Woman: The master of spin has a couple side flings, good wives always know

'evermore'

No Body, No Crime: Este's been losing sleep, her husband's acting different and it smells like infidelity

No Body, No Crime: He reports his missing wife and I notice when I passed his house, his truck has got some brand new tires

Ivy: So tell me to run or dare to sit and watch what we'll become and drink my husband's wine

Right Where You Left Me: I'm sure that you got a wife out there, kids and Christmas, but I'm unaware

'Midnights'

Lavender Haze: The only kind of girl they see is a one-night or a wife

Vigilante Shit: Picture me thick as thieves with your ex-wife

High Infidelity: Storm coming, good husband, bad omen, dragged my feet right down the aisle

Other Songs written by Taylor

(no spouses)

Official Alternate Releases

(no spouses)

[imhereonthekitchenfloor]

Also on the topic of midnight rain the right where you left me parallels between “It came like a postcard, Picture perfect, shiny family Holiday, peppermint candy, But for him it's every day” and rwylm with “I’m sure that you’ve got a wife out there, Kids and Christmas but I’m unaware” like it just makes me think of that picture perfect family on the Christmas card but you never know who or what affected them in their lives previously. Many thoughts to be had

@taylorswiftdebut has more on this theory. Please take this away because I am Thinking

[stood-onthecliffside]

i’ll get your longing glances, but she'll get your ring // and clandestine meetings and longing stares // so much for summer love and saying "us" ‘cause you weren't mine to lose // your mom's ring in your pocket her picture in your wallet // i’m sure that you got a wife out there kids and christmas, but i’m unaware

i like shiny things but i would marry you with paper rings// the only kind of girl they see is a one-night or a wife//she would've made such a lovely bride what a shame she's fucked in the head//and i wouldn’t marry me either