When Taylor believed in a strong love between the two, she gained strong feelings that she had never had before, but then gets left in the dust when she thought everything was going great. It seems like this happens fairly often.

He’s got her in his sights an makes her feel like the only one on this earth.

When she fell for him, he got distracted and moved on without catching her. Kinda like this!

When somebody grows, they change the notch they hook their belt buckle. Metaphorically, this means Taylor is just one of the notches that he has changed into and out of.

He may be physically next to her, but he’s showing no interest anymore and Taylor is sensing that.

Taylor realizes that she has this history of dating people that screws her over, she realizes that it is becoming her fault that she doesn’t see it ahead of time.

Ellie Goulding literally made this song about being afraid of the dark when she was a child and how the lights comforted her fears.

Politicians trigger wars amongst other countries, the citizens actually fight them.