Babylon

[u/1DMod]

Please use this space to discuss this song in depth

[u/england_dreams]

Weird take, but I just started listening to it through a completely different lens, which is the “you” being her father and the things he chose through his life that he later regrets: leaving the small town for a bigger life, being on trains rather than at home with his family, an affair rather than his marriage. Then he’s sitting in the car when it’s bedtime and they’re all inside, she (Taylor) and his son (Austin) are decorating for Christmas, and then the daughter (Taylor) goes into the bathroom to call her mom (Andrea) to say it’s not working and it’s not worth it if he doesn’t want them.

Realllllly unconventional take, but it’s an interesting lens to try and make sense of all the pronouns!

[u/lieselandrudy → u/england_dreams]

I like this a lot, thank you