During the song, Swift gives a solemn send-off to a lover that she can no longer help through his own struggles, having already carried their relationship through many storms. 'Pulled him in tighter each time he was drifting away,' she sings. 'My spine split from carrying us up the hill.'
Swift goes on to allude that her mental health would suffer if she didn't leave. 'I stopped trying to make him laugh, stopped trying to drill the safe, thinking, 'How much sad did you think I had in me?' she sings. When she gets to the bridge, she goes as far as singing about feeling unloved and waiting for affirmations that never came.
'You swore that you loved me but where were the clues?' she asks. 'I died on the altar waiting for the proof / You sacrificed us to the gods of your bluest days.'
Naturally, her haunting final words are apt for a funeral. 'So long, London / Stitches undone / Two graves, one gun / You'll find someone,' she sings.
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