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“So Long, London” is rumored to be about Taylor’s British ex-boyfriend, Joe Alywn, whom she dated from 2016 to 2023.
This is the second time Swift has used London in a track title. The first being “London Boy” off of 2019’s Lover, which is also about Alwyn.
Before the release of The Tortured Poets...
[Intro]
So (So), long (Long), London (London)
So (So), long (Long), London (London)
So (So), long (Long), London (London)
[Verse 1]
I saw in my mind fairy lights through the mist
I kept calm and carried the weight of the rift
Pulled him in tighter each time he was driftin' away
My spine split from carrying us up the hill
Wet through my clothes, weary bones caught the chill
I stopped tryna make him laugh, stopped tryna drill the safe
[Chorus]
Thinkin', "How much sad did you think I had
Did you think I had in me?"
Oh, the tragedy
So long, London
You'll find someone
[Verse 2]
I didn't opt in to be your odd man out
I founded the club she's heard great things about
I left all I knew, you left me at the house by the Heath
I stoppеd CPR, after all, it's no use
The spirit was gonе, we would never come to
And I'm pissed off you let me give you all that youth for free
[Chorus]
For so long, London
Stitches undone
Two graves, one gun
I'll find someone
[Bridge]
And you say I abandoned the ship
But I was going down with it
My white-knuckle dying grip
Holding tight to your quiet resentment
And my friends said it isn't right to be scared
Every day of a love affair
Every breath feels like rarest air
When you're not sure if he wants to be there
[Chorus]
So how much sad did you think I had
Did you think I had in me?
How much tragedy?
Just how low did you
Think I'd go 'fore I'd self-implode?
'Fore I'd have to go be free?
[Verse 3]
You swore that you loved me, but where were the clues?
I died on the altar waitin' for the proof
You sacrificed us to the gods of your bluest days
And I'm just getting color back into my face
I'm just mad as hell 'cause I loved this place for
[Chorus]
So (So), long (Long), London (London)
Had (Had), a (A), good (Good), run (Run)
A moment (Moment), of warm sun (Sun)
But I'm (I'm), not (Not), the (The), one (One)
So (So), long (Long), London (London)
Stitches (Stitches), undone (Undone)
Two (Two), graves (Graves), one gun (Gun)
You'll (You'll), find (Find), someone
So Long, London was written by Taylor Swift & Aaron Dessner.
So Long, London was produced by Aaron Dessner & Taylor Swift.
Taylor Swift released So Long, London on Fri Apr 19 2024.
The meaning of “So Long, London” by Taylor Swift is that Taylor is letting go of the emotions surrounding a relationship. All signs point to the song being about her British ex-boyfriend Joe Alwyn who she broke up with around a year before this song came out.