Meaning of the Music

Author’s Note: In my Point of View piece I wrote about the song “Stay Stay Stay” by Taylor Swift and what her song might mean to her as well as her the boy she is writing the song about. I also included a part where the boyfriend is talking and what his point of view might be.

Not many people listen to music for the meaning of the lyrics. You may memorize the song, do  you memorize the meaning? In the song “Stay Stay Stay” by Taylor Swift you really notice the importance of the song to the artist. When you are listening to the song  you feel as if the boyfriend may have done something wrong, and is the main reason why they are going through many fights. However, the real situation could have been different, but since the song was coming from the girlfriends point of view she sounds like the innocent one and he is the problem.

Throughout the song Taylor, encourages herself to stay, because no matter what happens she know she will always love this boy, especially when treats her with respect and shows that he really cares for her. “I’m pretty sure we almost broke up last night. I threw my phone across the room at you.” During this verse of the song, you are lead to believe that the boyfriend was the jerk in this situation and she was mad at him. Yet, she continuously explains her reasoning to stay, so in reality was she the one who messed up?  

Another line in the song that could mislead the listener says “Before you I only dated self-indulgent takers, who took all of their problems out on me.” This confuses the listener because you could take this in two different ways. Either she was overprotective for herself about getting hurt again, or the boyfriend was just like the others. On the other hand,  the next line states “But you carry my groceries and now I’m always laughing and I love you because you have given me no choice but to stay.” This line proves that she was wrong about him always being mad, but was it her choice to stay, or did the boyfriend apologized again?

Also when she says “you took the time to memorize me, my fears, my hopes, and dreams, I just like hanging out with you all the time.” You see that the boyfriend in this scenario is the one saving the relationship. “All those times that you didn’t leave its been occurring to me that I’d like to hang out with you for my whole life. Stay.” This line is a definite game changer. It proves that the boyfriend could have left time after time, but yet he decided to stay, which helped them stay together.

Boyfriend’s Point of View:

“Why are you making a big deal about this?” Reading the text over and over in my head trying to get the frustration out. I could not understand why she would take advantage of me. Making me feel bad time after time. As I sat there hating myself for always asking for forgiveness. It didn’t matter how much anger I had towards her, I would never be able to stop loving her. Reading her hurtful messages I could not read any longer. She was killing me from the inside out. Finally redeeming myself I picked up the phone to answer back. “Why are we even fighting anyways? You know how much I care about you!” Almost immediately she responded with “Oh, I don’t either, but I’ve been loving you for quite some time now and I really think that we should both stay. Right in that moment I knew that through thick and thin, we would always stay by each other’s side.

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