To me this is about someone she has a situatioship with. A relationship that wasn’t supposed to turn into a real relationship. But Taylor has fallen in love with this man. The lies she’s keeping is both her real feelings and them hiding their relationship from the public/friends. It’s a cruel summer because even if this situation ship is amazing she’s tortured because she feels and wants more. The line I love you ain’t that the worst thing you ever heard is in relationships to them (at the beginning) deciding not to be in a real relationship and now Taylor is thinking she’s going to lose what she has because she’s fallen in love.
Youre very insightful. I would love to see you react to down bad, loml, fresh out the slammer, death by a thousand cuts (live from paris). Since you are able to understand her lyrics really well so it would be a nice reaction