The opening song on Taylor Swiftpp The life of a showgirl referring to the character Ophelia from William Shakespearepp Small villagewho meet a tragic fate.
According to the song’s lyrics, Taylor “might have drowned in melancholy” if she hadn’t been saved by her true love.
“I heard you calling / On the megaphone,” sings Taylor. “You want to see me all alone.”
The text seems to be a nod to Travis Kelce Taylor exclaims at his New heights podcast for not meeting him on her Eras Tour, which is how their romance began.
“I swore loyalty to me, myself and I,” the lyrics continue. “Right before you lit up my sky.”
Before meeting Travis, Taylor was fresh off a breakup from Matty Healyhave explained himself one of the “independent girls” in July 2023.
But after Travis went to his concert in Kansas City that month, sparks started to fly.
Now Taylor’s fiance is also in on her Easter egg game, teasing ‘The Fate of Ophelia’ lyrics on Instagram back in July. (Had some adventures in the offseason,” he captioned the photos with Taylor, adding, “Kept it (100).”)
How does that relate to Taylor’s song? Well, as the lyrics go, “You dug me out of my grave and saved my heart from Ophelia’s fate / Keep it a hundred.”
