An Interpretation of Taylor Swift Lyrics:

I Know Places by Taylor Swift
Interpretation by Allison Pope
You stand with your hand on my waistline
It’s a scene and we’re out here in plain sight
The song starts with Taylor and her boyfriend in public for the first time together, making it clear to the public that they are dating.
I can hear them whisper as they pass by
It’s a bad sign, a bad sign
She shows clear anxiety at people starting to talk about their relationship, scared of what may happen.
Something happens when everybody finds out
See the vultures circling dark clouds
She can already feel people judging them, and she feels it’s not in a good way.
Love’s a fragile little flame it could burn out
It could burn out
She recognizes that a new relationship is already fragile when you’re just starting out, and she’s afraid that the media attention and judgement could end it.
Cause they got the cages, they got the boxes
And guns
They are the hunters, we are the foxes
And we run
Taylor compares her relationship as an animal being hunted, obviously portraying her feeling that people are out to sabotage their relationship.
Baby, I know places we can’t be found
And they’ll, be, chasing their tails tryna track us down
Cause I, I know places we can hide
I know places
I know places
She dreams of just running away from the attention, taking her boyfriend away from the media and hiding somewhere they won’t be found or bothered.
Lights flash and we run for the fences
This refers to paparazzi, being ambushed by them and their cameras and trying to run away, a common occurrence as a celebrity. Especially one in a relationship.
Let them say what they want we won’t hear it
Loose lips sink ships all of the time
Not this time
Taylor shows confidence in their relationship, she is basically saying that they love each other and are stable enough that what people and the media says won’t affect them.
Just grab my hand and don’t ever drop it
My love
They are the hunters, we are the foxes
And we run
She’s clinging to her boyfriend, desperately trying to convince him to just run away with her.
Chorus
They take their shots, we’re bulletproof
I know places
And you know for me it’s always you
I know places
She’s saying that their love can protect them from the media opinion, that they are strong enough that the public can’t stop them.
In the dead of night, your eyes so green
I know places
And I know for you it’s always me
I know places
She knows that he echoes her thoughts on the strength of their relationship, that they can take it.