Ivy
Taylor Swift Lyrics

How's one to know?
Uncertainty in a relationship.

I'd meet you where the spirit meets the bones
Willingness to go beyond physical boundaries for love.

In a faith forgotten land
A place where love is harder to come by.

In from the snow
Finding refuge in someone's love.

Your touch brought forth an incandescent glow
Feeling an intense spark of passion.

Tarnished but so grand
Despite struggles in the relationship, it's still worth holding onto.

And the old widow goes to the stone every day
Comparing a widow's devotion to the singer's lack of devotion.

But I don't, I just sit here and wait
Highlighting that the artist is not actively seeking love, but rather waiting for it to come to her.

Grieving for the living
Feeling emotional pain for not being able to experience love like others.

My pain fits in the palm of your freezing hand
Feeling hurt by the person's actions, yet still drawn to them.

Taking mine, but it's been promised to another
Feeling guilty for wanting someone who is unavailable.

Stop you putting roots in my dreamland
Trying to resist being consumed by the relationship.

My house of stone, your ivy grows
Comparing the relationship to ivy growing on a house, symbolizing how the person is slowly taking over the singer's life.

And now I'm covered in you
Feeling consumed by the relationship.

I wish to know
Desire to understand the person's motivations.

The fatal flaw that makes you long to be
Trying to understand why the person is drawn to a doomed relationship.

Magnificently cursed
Feeling that the relationship is both beautiful and doomed.

He's in the room
Feeling guilty for wanting someone else while in a relationship.

Your opal eyes are all I wish to see
Feeling drawn to the person's eyes.

He wants what's only yours
Feeling guilty for being wanted by someone else while in a relationship.

Clover blooms in the fields
Signifying the newness of the relationship.

Spring breaks loose, the time is near
Feeling the rush of emotions and new possibilities in the relationship.

What would he do if he found us out?
Feeling guilty for being in a relationship with someone else.

Crescent moon, coast is clear
Feeling that the situation is still safe for the time being.

Spring breaks loose, but so does fear
Ambivalent feelings about the future of the relationship.

He's gonna burn this house to the ground
Feeling that the relationship will eventually end badly.

I'd live and die for moments that we stole
Highlighting the excitement of being in a forbidden relationship.

On begged and borrowed time
Acknowledging that the relationship is temporary and borrowed.

So tell me to run
Asking for someone to tell the artist to leave the relationship.

Or dare to sit and watch what we'll become
Deciding whether to stay in the relationship and see where it leads.

And drink my husband's wine
Feeling guilty for wanting to be with someone else while married.

So yeah, it's a fire
Acknowledging the intensity and passion in the relationship.

It's a goddamn blaze in the dark
Emphasizing the extreme nature of the relationship.

And you started it
Feeling drawn to the person who initiated the relationship.

It's the goddamn fight of my life
Feeling that the relationship is a battle.

Now I'm covered in you
Feeling consumed and overwhelmed by the relationship.