What Taylor Swift's You All Over Me Lyrics Really Mean

Posted by Mittie Cheatwood on Thursday, June 6, 2024

As outlined by Seventeen, "You All Over Me" gives clues that it might be about Joe Jonas. The two dated from July to October 2008, and since the song was also written in 2008, the lyric about meeting in June matches with the relationship. Moreover, the sadness and anger portrayed in the song could represent how Joe reportedly broke up with Taylor over the phone.

Throughout the chorus, Swift sings, "Held out, held on, God knows, too long you wasted time. Lost tears," which would make sense after a phone call breakup. The focus on wasted time and lost tears symbolizes feeling like the sadness isn't even worth it, while the line "I still got you all over me" makes clear the difficulty of getting over it.

The second verse's "with your hands in your pockets and your 'don't you wish you had me' grin," recalls another one of Swift's songs titled "Last Kiss." Also reported to be about Jonas, Swift sings, "I love how you walk with your hands in your pockets, how you'd kiss me when I was in the middle of saying something." This pattern has fans spinning, with one listener even tweeting, "I didn't think a new Taylor Swift song about Joe Jonas could hurt me this bad in the year 2021." We're feeling all the emotions, but thankfully both Swift and Jonas are living their own happily ever afters now.

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