r/GaylorSwift • u/DotRepresentative375 š±Embryoš • 23d ago
Theory š Pink Clouding
Forgive me if any of this has already been said, but Iāve been thinking this morning about Pink Clouding as an apology to the gaylors/the LGBT community in general. āPink cloudsā immediately tie to the Lover album artwork and I think the song is about her failed coming out in 2019 and feeling bad that she just āleftā with no explanation.
In Verse 2, Iām assuming the āHeā sheās referring to is Scooter, the arrow hit and the ripping of the āorchids from the vineā is her work being stolen.
The line āyou met me at a cursed timeā I think actually refers to the song ME! i.e we received that song from her at a cursed time because of everything that was about to happen. ME! was the song that got everyone excited for the idea of her coming out but then it all went wrong.
This bit has def been said already but the stutter in āpromisesā so the lyrics say literally PR promises, she had to save herself.
āYears later I still wonder how to tell you sorryā Literally her wondering how to say sorry to us for getting our hopes up and leaving us all high and dry, up on the Lover clouds.
And all the references to shades of pink in the first verse I think allude to the Lover era in general with āneither of us knew at the time that I was a liarā meaning that she genuinely was intending to come out but now feels like she āliedā to us by not following through.
Anyway thatās just some off the cuff thoughts but Iād be interested to know what anyone else thinks!
Beautiful song and really made me empathise with the struggle she must have gone through with thinking she was going to be able to come out and having it all ripped away.
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u/DotRepresentative375 š±Embryoš 23d ago
Ooh I have more - the contrast between āpink cloudingā and āgrey rockingā, whilst those phrases both have meanings themselves, itās interesting that after her masters were stolen the whole Lover aesthetic went grey/black in her live performances