User:Mew2001/Coney Island (Taylor Swift song)

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Most notably in the bridge of the song, Swift references lyrics of some of her previous songs. These lyrical parallels lead fans to believe Swift is reflecting on her relationships with ex-partners within the song. The first callback to one of Swift's previous songs in coney island is in the lyrics "Were you standing in the hallway with a big cake, happy birthday?" She sings about a partner missing her birthday in the song "The Moment I Knew," featured on the album Red, singing "And they're all standing around me singing 'happy birthday to you.' But there was one thing missing, and that was the moment I knew."

The next lyrical parallel comes from the line "Did I paint your bluest skies the darkest grey?" Swift similarly sings about a partner metaphorically painting her skies darker, insinuating the partner creates sadness within her life, in the song "Dear John," featured on her third studio album Speak Now. In "Dear John," she sings "You paint me a blue sky, and go back and turn it to rain." More recently, on her latest studio album Midnights, Swift continues to explore the metaphorical idea of paint being tampered with. In the song "Would've, Could've, Should've," she calls back to this specific partner's treatment of her, singing "If I was some paint, did it splatter on a promising grown man?"

The other lyrics in coney island that seemingly call back to another one of Swift's previous songs comes from the lines "And when I got into the accident, the sight that flashed before me was your face." In 2014, Swift and boyfriend at the time Harry Styles were in a snowmobile accident that resulted in serious injuries. Swift details this accident in her song "Out of the Woods," featured on the album 1989, singing "Remember when you hit the brakes too soon? Twenty stitches in a hospital room."