Pre-Chorus 2īut if he drops my name, then I owe him nothin'Īnd if he spends my change, then he had it comin' When she breaks up with them, 'They never see it comin'.' She's the one who breaks it off, and she does so because she's learned that this is how the world works: 'You gotta leave before you get left.' Instead of waiting for someone she's interested in to hurt her, she decides she needs to be the one to initiate the breaking up. They see themselves as some sort of savior who could be the 'one and only' that Taylor needs. When she refers to them thinking they saved her, she seems to be referring to arrogant men who see her as someone who only their true love or relationship will help. Having more money than them, she flies ''em all around the world' and lets 'them think they saved me,' but she's truly the one in control of the situation. She recognizes them and doesn't trust them even though she inspires actual 'love' in them. While the first verse was about narcissists, verse two has her going after 'playboy' who think they're good with women and can 'play' them. The post-chorus seems to be Swift describing herself as a 'death trap' for those who doublecross or try to use her. Ra-ta-ta-ta-ta-ta-ta-ta-ta-ta, death trap She goes so far as to say that it was the 'most fun I ever had / And I'd do it over and over and over again if I could.' While she's not clear about what exactly this action was, she's happy that she took it. When she uses someone who has hurt her, the world claims she 'did something bad,' but she wonders why 'it feel so good.' The feeling and the claim are opposite to each other, and she seems pretty confident that the feeling is the correct one.

In the chorus lyrics of 'I Did Something Bad,' Swift reflects on how the media and perhaps her fans see her actions. ChorusĪnd I'd do it over and over and over again if I could And she doesn't regret using a man who does it because 'he had it coming.' He deserved everything he got and everything that she gave him. She's not going to try to appease anyone or to make them feel good when they hurt her. nothing' to a man who 'talks shit' about her. In the pre-chorus, Taylor Swift powers up for the chorus by singing about 'flames on my skin' and 'crimson red paint on my lips'-perhaps she's talking about tattoos and lipstick-and claims that she 'owe. I don't regret it one bit, 'cause he had it coming If a man talks shit, then I owe him nothing She justifies her actions further by claiming that 'his is how the world works.' She's playing by the rules her enemies have set, and she's come out on top because 'all he thinks about is me.' She's made even a narcissist's focus around her. Interestingly, those narcissists can't get enough of her and want to be in her crew, so she 'play 'em like a violin and makes 'it look oh-so-easy.' And she doesn't feel bad about using them or manipulating them because even though she's lying to them, they're lying to her far more. Taylor is clear that she doesn't trust those who see themselves as the most important person (which serves as an interesting foil to the self-obsessed persona that she seems to be trying on now).

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