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Taylor Swift<\/a>\u2018s new song \u201cBabylon\u201d is here and we\u2019re going to breakdown the lyrics to the track. <\/p>\n The Grammy-winning singer has released four new songs on The Life of a Showgirl: The Encore, the deluxe version of her album from last year. <\/p>\n Fans have already noticed that the song title has connections to some of Taylor\u2018s previous songs. <\/p>\n \u201cBabylon\u201d is mentioned in two previous Taylor Swift songs<\/p>\n Taylor first referenced the Gardens of Babylon on her song \u201ccowboy like me\u201d from the 2020 album evermore. She described an elusive romance: \u201cNow you hang from my lips \/ Like the Gardens of Babylon.\u201c<\/p>\n Taylor later co-wrote and appeared on Gracie Abrams<\/a>\u2018 2024 song \u201cus.,\u201d<\/a> which also invokes Babylon while describing lovers and a relationship destined to fall apart: \u201cBabylon lovers hangin\u2019 lifetimes on a vine.\u201d<\/p>\n What is Babylon and what is it\u2019s meaning?<\/p>\n The Hanging Gardens of Babylon<\/a> are one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, but historians have debated whether they actually existed at all, which has made Taylor\u2018s original metaphor especially intriguing.<\/p>\n Fans have interpreted her earlier use<\/a> of Babylon in different ways: a romance that was never real, or a love whose existence is impossible to prove. Those interpretations have resurfaced now that Taylor has named an entire song \u201cBabylon.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p>\n What are the lyrics for \u201cBabylon\u201d and what do they mean?<\/p>\n Taylor\u2018s song \u201cBabylon\u201d appears to be about an ex-boyfriend and not her current relationship with husband Travis Kelce<\/a>. The song appears to be about appreciating what you have while it\u2019s there in front of you, because you never know when you won\u2019t have it anymore. <\/p>\n The idea of \u201cBabylon\u201d explores the bittersweet idea of two people pouring everything they have into creating something extraordinary, only to watch it slowly transform into something they never could have imagined.<\/p>\n \u201cYou hate this song, but you wake up on the train with your headphones gone \/ Then that melody is all you want \/ You never knew that it was Babylon \u2019til it was gone,\u201d she sings in the chorus. <\/p>\n She sings in the bridge:<\/p>\n You\u2019re using nostalgia as a weapon to hurt yourself Read the full lyrics for the song below.<\/p>\n Posted To:Lyrics<\/a> Music<\/a> Taylor Swift<\/a> The Life of a Showgirl<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Credit: Getty Taylor Swift\u2018s new song \u201cBabylon\u201d is here and we\u2019re going to breakdown the lyrics to the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":905037,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[64,63,134,136],"class_list":["post-905036","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-music","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-entertainment","tag-music"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/905036","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=905036"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/905036\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/905037"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=905036"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=905036"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=905036"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
But darling, you end up hurting everybody else
The self-harm of never being where you are
It\u2019s bedtime, but you\u2019re sitting in your car
You\u2019re missing all the best parts
And they\u2019re all at home
She\u2019s hanging Christmas lights with your son
Sneak into the bathroom to call her mom
And say, \u201cIt\u2019s not working, it\u2019s just not worth it if we\u2019re not what he wants\u201d<\/p>\n