The opening song on Taylor Swift’s The Life of a Showgirl references the character Ophelia from William Shakespeare’s Hamlet, who faces a tragic fate.<\/p>\n
According to the song’s lyrics, Taylor “might’ve drowned in the melancholy” if she hadn’t been saved by her true love.<\/p>\n
“I heard you calling \/ On the megaphone,” Taylor sings. “You wanna see me all alone.”<\/p>\n
The lyrics appear to be a nod to Travis Kelce calling Taylor out on his New Heights podcast for not meeting him at her Eras Tour, which is how their romance began.\u00a0<\/p>\n
“I swore loyalty to me, myself and I,” the lyrics continue. “Right before you lit my sky up.”<\/p>\n
Before meeting Travis, Taylor was fresh off a breakup from Matty Healy, having declared herself<\/a> one of the “independent girlies” in July 2023.\u00a0<\/p>\n But after Travis went to her concert in Kansas City that same month, sparks began to fly.<\/p>\n Now, Taylor’s fianc\u00e9 is even in on her Easter egg game, teasing “The Fate of Ophelia” lyrics on Instagram<\/a> back in July. (Had some adventures this offseason,” he captioned pics with Taylor, adding, “Kept it [100].”)<\/p>\n How does that connect to Taylor’s song? Well, as the lyrics go, “You dug me out of my grave and saved my heart from the fate of Ophelia \/ Keep it one hundred.”<\/p>\n