I don't know how well I'm going to explain this, but I'm going to try! The way that I interpret the first line is that he's accusing her of not carrying her weight in their relationship. They get into an argument and he says, "I do all this stuff for you, I took you out on your birthday, I go out to dinner with your family, I got you flowers last week, I watched that show you like with you, I do this and that and the other thing, and you don't ever do anything for me, you didn't even say thank you when I made the bed for you last week, you're just coasting on my feelings for you,"(1) and she's just completely caught off guard. It's not even that their relationship is even actually that one-sided, but she wasn't ready for him to pull this out in an argument and she hasn't been keeping track of what either one of them does for each other, so it's not like she can just pull out "WELL ACTUALLY just last month I went out with your awful friends to that thing YOU wanted to do SO THERE". He's been keeping track of every imagined slight and is ready to pull it out at a moment's notice and that's not a thing that even occurred to her. The second line I think is related but not quite the same - it's about letting go of grudges entirely. Like the rest of long story short, it's about moving on from old wounds and just letting herself be in the moment. No more tallying up past wounds, now I'm just here with you! (1)all examples completely invented, obviously. Answer from falldiewakefly on reddit.com
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High Infidelity Lyrics: Lock broken, slur spoken / Wound open, game token / I didn't know you were keeping count / Rain soaking, blind hoping / You said I was freeloading / I didn't know you were keeping
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You know there's many different ways that you can kill the one you love The slowest way is never loving them enough High infidelity Put on your records and regret meeting me I bent the truth too far tonight I was dancing around, dancing around it High infidelity Put on your headphones and burn my city Your picket fence is sharp as knives I was dancing around, dancing around it Oh, there's many different ways that you can kill the one you love And it's never enough, it's never enough Lock broken Slur spoken Wound open Game token I didn't know you were keeping count Rain soaking Blind hoping You said I was freeloading I didn't know you were keeping count But, oh, you were keeping count
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Are Taylor Swift’s ‘High Infidelity’ Lyrics About Calvin Harris? - April 29 Reference Explained
October 21, 2022 - You know there’s many different ways that you can kill the one you love The slowest way is never loving them enough High infidelity Put on your records and regret meeting me I bent the truth too far tonight I was dancing around, dancing around it High infidelity Put on your headphones and burn my city Your picket fence is sharp as knives I was dancing around, dancing around it Oh, there’s many different ways that you can kill the one you love And it’s never enough, it’s never enough Lock broken Slur spoken Wound open Game token I didn’t know you were keeping count Rain soaking Blind hoping You said I was freeloading I didn’t know you were keeping count But, oh, you were keeping count
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r/TaylorSwift on Reddit: High Infidelity lyric?
January 5, 2023 -

I’ve been wondering ever since I fell in love with this song—what do you think she meant in the line “you said I was freeloading/I didn’t know you were keeping count.”

In long story short there’s also the line “no more keepin score now.” Keeping score of what? Freeloading what? What do you think??

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I don't know how well I'm going to explain this, but I'm going to try! The way that I interpret the first line is that he's accusing her of not carrying her weight in their relationship. They get into an argument and he says, "I do all this stuff for you, I took you out on your birthday, I go out to dinner with your family, I got you flowers last week, I watched that show you like with you, I do this and that and the other thing, and you don't ever do anything for me, you didn't even say thank you when I made the bed for you last week, you're just coasting on my feelings for you,"(1) and she's just completely caught off guard. It's not even that their relationship is even actually that one-sided, but she wasn't ready for him to pull this out in an argument and she hasn't been keeping track of what either one of them does for each other, so it's not like she can just pull out "WELL ACTUALLY just last month I went out with your awful friends to that thing YOU wanted to do SO THERE". He's been keeping track of every imagined slight and is ready to pull it out at a moment's notice and that's not a thing that even occurred to her. The second line I think is related but not quite the same - it's about letting go of grudges entirely. Like the rest of long story short, it's about moving on from old wounds and just letting herself be in the moment. No more tallying up past wounds, now I'm just here with you! (1)all examples completely invented, obviously.
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makes me think of so it goes; honestly baby, who's counting?
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October 21, 2022 - Listen to High Infidelity on Spotify. Song · Taylor Swift · 2022
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Lyrics for High Infidelity by Taylor Swift. Lock broken, slur spoken Wound open, game token I didn′t know you were keeping count Rain ...
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The Meaning Of Taylor Swift's "High Infidelity" Lyrics & April 29, Explained
October 24, 2022 - On “High Infidelity,” one of Taylor Swift’s bonus tracks on the surprise “3 a.m. edition” of Midnights, Swift broaches the topic of cheating and leaving a loveless relationship, specifically singing that April 29 was a major turning point.
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Taylor Swift - High Infidelity (Lyrics) - YouTube
Taylor Swift - High Infidelity (Lyrics)--All the rights go to their rightful owners. No copyright intended.Stream all of the Taylor owned music 'cause it's h...
Published   November 18, 2022
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Taylor Swift - High Infidelity (Letra e música para ouvir) - High infidelity / Put on your records and regret me / I bent the truth too far tonight / I was dancing around, dancing around it
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Taylor Swift - High Infidelity (Lyrics) "Do you really wanna know where I was April 29th?" - YouTube
Taylor Swift - High Infidelity (Lyrics) "Do you really wanna know where I was April 29th?"📝Lyrics[Verse 1]Lock broken, slur spokenWound open, game tokenI di...
Published   May 1, 2023
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Taylor Swift’s ‘High Infidelity’ Lyrics—and That ‘April 29’ Line—Seem to Recount End of Calvin Harris Romance
The lyrics paint a seemingly candid picture of the state of affairs between Swift and Harris during their last days as a couple. Here, take them in with contextual annotations, and listen to the song below, too. Lock broken Slur spoken Wound open Game token I didn’t know you were keeping count Rain soaking Blind hoping You said I was freeloading I didn’t know you were keeping count High infidelity Put on your records and regret me I bent the truth too far tonight I was dancing around, dancing around it High infidelity Put on your headphones and burn my city Your picket fence is sharp as knives I was dancing around, dancing around it
Published   October 21, 2022
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Taylor Swift - High Infidelity (Official Lyric Video) - YouTube
Listen to "High Infidelity" by Taylor Swift from the album ‘Midnights (3am Edition)’Buy/Download/Stream ‘Midnights (3am Edition)’: https://taylor.lnk.to/tayl...
Published   October 22, 2022
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Taylor Swift - High Infidelity lyrics
Taylor Swift High Infidelity lyrics: <strong>[Verse 1]</strong> / Lock broken, slur spoken / Wound open, game...
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High Infidelity lyrics (Taylor Swift)
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High Infidelity – Taylor Swift: Lyrics & Translation
Song Taylor Swift – High Infidelity Lyrics and translations: music und text. All tracks from Midnights Album.