Taylor Swift: The Story Of Us Meaning
The Story Of Us Lyrics
How we met
And the sparks flew instantly
And people would say we're the lucky ones
I used to know my place was the spot next to you,
Now I'm searching the room for an empty seat
Cause...
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lovelaughsing24 Nov 23rd 2010, 17:50 report
The Story of Us is sort of a "tragedy", as Taylor puts it. She has admitted that she frequently runs into exes, and it is very awkward and sometimes painful. This song in particular tells of one time when Taylor ran into an ex at an awards show (only Taylor Swift can do that :D). At the beginning of the second verse, she states "how'd we end up this way, see me nervously pulling at my clothes and trying to look busy" meaning she tries to pretend she's having a wonderful time without him and is not missing him at all, while in the meantime her ex is "doing your best to avoid me". But secretly, she sort of misses him. ("I'd tell you I miss you, but I don't know how")
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anonymous Feb 10th 2011, 22:18 report
It is about Joe Jonas. She thought that they would be together but it turned out badly. During an awards show she was a couple seats away from Joe Jonas, in the song she says "Now I'm standing alone in a crowded room
And we're not speaking
And I'm dying to know
Is it killing you
Like it's killing me?"
She also tries to look perfectly fine without Joe Jonas. -
anonymous Oct 14th 2012, 01:36 report
This song is about the awkwardness of seeing an ex. She thought that they would last forever, but something went wrong. Now, seeing each other is super awkward, and neither of them know how to act, both trying to look busy without the other.
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anonymous Aug 26th 2012, 22:03 report
The person who said that this song is about two friends... this is how i've interpreted this song, because that has exactly happened to me
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anonymous Jun 10th 2012, 04:30 report
This is a song about a girl who is not sure what is going to happen with him and her.
She likes him a lot. And one day, he says, I love you to her.
but she is not sure if that was for real or for joke. her friends say that they think that he likes her but...the truth is unknown.
she can't be sad and be heart broken because... nothing real has happened.
she is afraid to know his real feelings for her, and cannot say anything because in the high school world, she was in a low rank status.
all the walls she had to face.
i dont kno how this story will end. but right now, that boy is going out with a popular and pretty girl in the school. -
anonymous Jun 5th 2012, 10:44 report
Well its about how she and he boyfriend weren't speaking at a party or something and in the part were shes like "I've never heard silence quite this loud" it means that she and her boyfriend haven't been speaking. I should know how she feels in this song cuz of my BF. We barley speak:(
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anonymous Mar 24th 2012, 12:50 report
Its about love pain and break up. The story before and aftermath...
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anonymous Feb 2nd 2012, 19:04 report
In this song Taylor swift is talking about her best friend, at the least, (or as some interpreted as her ex). At first they were really really close, but hearing the lyrics, "so many things that I wish you knew" gave me the impression that she was to late to tell him and eventually someone more open with their feelings got to tell him first.
P.S. I know it's not like other interpretations so I know its probably off... -
anonymous Nov 13th 2011, 07:30 report
Ok nobody cares about the person it's about they want to know the meaning of the song.
Ir's about somebody who believed a relationship would last forever and people wold look at them as the 'Lucky Ones' but those daydreams came crashing down when they broke up. I think they haven't seen each other for a while but now they've bumped into one another again and it's awkward. She wants to put down the awkwardness and be friends again (or maybe even something more...?) -
anonymous Aug 3rd 2011, 06:04 report
In the first verse, it meant that she thought everything was going so well when they were together that everyone would envy them.
In the second verse, it meant that she thought
only she was the only person who is meant to be with him. However, nowadays, he's drifting further and further that she doesn't understand him anymore.
Then,she said, because of something they did or said had created an awkward situation which lead them to misunderstanding each other. She wished he knew how she really felt.
Now, she's all alone and they're not speaking. She wants to talk to him but she doesn't know how he feels about it. So now, she regrets because they can't turn back to how they used to be anymore.
Now, she's thinking about why she needs to pretend that she's better off without him and why he's avoiding her.
She wished that one day she could tell him how she felt and how keeping everything to herself is killing her and how he avoids her is hurting her. She doesn't know what to do because she thinks this is fate's doing.
She can't imagine how they'd end and she hopes that she can stop pretending that she's okay and she wants to tell him how she really feels about it all.
She thinks this is like a game where they see who can hold their pride longer. But she said, if there's a choice, she's rather surrender to the silent war first if he'd say he loves her too. She thinks he must have things he wants from her but she thinks it's not possible anymore. -
anonymous Jul 31st 2011, 20:35 report
Well, this song is about when a boy and a girl are friends. Really good friends. The girl even has semi-romantic feelings for the boy. And then, all of a sudden, they stop talking and sitting with each other and just being friends. The girl misses him--a lot--and wonders if he misses her. The silence seems so loud, because she can't bear to not be around him. But pride is keeping these two people apart, even if they really do miss each other.
Or maybe this is just how my life fits into this. -
This interpretation has been marked as poor. view anyway
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anonymous Jul 18th 2011, 09:52 report
This is about her and her ex/ boyfriend and Taylor seeing their relationship ending. She uses book metaphors like next chapter to explain that she wants to move on to the part of the story where the problem is resolved. It's probably a singer, because the encoded message in the lyrics is 'CMT AWARDS'. It would have to be someone who attended the 2009 CMT awards. It would be hard to tell exactly who because it could've been...someone she dated/experienced a break up around June 17th? Anyways, the main idea is Taylor's fantasy colliding with reality and realizing that some things that happen in books and fairy tales won't happen in real life.
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anonymous Jul 10th 2011, 12:34 report
In the beginning of the song Taylor tells that she thought that their relationship will last forever but one complication is been enough to end it.She is now confused because she doesn't now how to live without him.
In the second part of the song she tells that their are to proud to overcome there fight.
At the end she is ready to surrender if he recognize that he love her but unfortunately he doesn't say nothing and their love is ended.
Ivana -
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Lucky24 Jun 28th 2011, 21:55 report
It's a song about a relationship between two people gone wrong, and taylor tells it like a story. At the beginning of the 'story' of her and this guy, she met him and they connected instantly, and she knew she could trust him and rely on him. The beginnings of most storys start of happy & perfect, with no conflict; sort of like their relationship. As she gets to the middle of their story, something goes wrong in the relationship, and she loses him. From that point on, it becomes really awkward when they have to see each other. In The middle of any story, there's usually a problem and they are trying to right it, in the middle of their relationship, theyre problem was that it went wrong, but she's trying to right it, but doesn't know how. The 'end' of their story hasn't happened yet, but she's trying to shape it so that the ending turns out alright; by telling him that she still loves him and it's up to him to make things right.
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Melissa Dela Cruz Jun 24th 2011, 02:41 report
I think it's about joe jonas because,there is one awards night that they both attended and pretending that they didn't see each other!"i'd tell you i'd miss you but i don't know how" it means that taylor miss joe so much
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anonymous Jun 21st 2011, 19:20 report
"The Story of Us," is the song everybody thought was about Joe Jonas. Which is not to be confused with the one that really is about Joe Jonas, "Last Kiss." Or the numbers about Taylor Lautner or Owl City's Adam Young.
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anonymous Jun 13th 2011, 04:02 report
Honestly? I think she's just trying to explain how difficult it is to break up with someone who's near us a lot. It doesn't matter which of her boyfriend it's about, because that isn't what she wants us to focus on. It's about how awkward things can get and all the questions that always run through our heads when we see an ex who we thought was our fairytale prince.
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anonymous Jun 12th 2011, 09:16 report
It's about a messy break up, she's still completely in love with 'this boy/man/thing' and she thinks he doesn't care and it's only affected her. she thought they'd last forever. She brings across that she's trying to show him that she doesn't need him but inside it's killing her.
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anonymous Jun 11th 2011, 11:40 report
John Mayer. He slept with her when she was 19 and then he left her. She is trying to make him think that he is fine without him but is not succeeding. "How'd we end up this way? See me nervously pulling at my clothes and trying to look busy"
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