Miss Americana & The Heartbreak Prince Lyric Interpretation

You know I adore you

I'm crazier for you

Then I was at sixteen

Teenage and adolescent years are complex and vulnerable, because those are the moments when children aren't children anymore, and they have to do things for themselves which others once did for them. Sometimes, you don't know about what you are supposed to do, and you're just left so confused, because every sign you see points you towards a different direction, and you don't know which one is the right one.

Lost in a film scene

Waving homecoming queens

Taylor has this metaphor of the entire country being a “school” because even though adults are in it, not all of them are mature. “Queens” are bossy people who might be willing to step on others to get ahead of the path, who have a lot of control. Taylor was in a film scene when she was 19 and had a song called "Crazier". It could also be a reference to that.

Marching band playing

There are people on the sidelines watching, regardless of whether or not they have the ability to change things, and they play "music". This "music" could be words, corresponding to things that they see. The marching band doesn't often take part in the main action, however they are always near it.

I'm lost in the lights

“The lights” means people are looking up to her, because she is the one with control now. When you shine a light on someone, you are looking at them, and people are giving her a voice, an opportunity to do things, but she doesn't know what to do.

American glory

Faded before me

Things that used to be there are “fading”. She is losing them. Her secure, peaceful world is no more, and she is looking at it all "before her". None of this was done in secret, quite the opposite.

Now I'm feeling hopeless

Ripped up my prom dress

“Prom dress”—It is worn during special events... but nothing feels special anymore, and she just wants to "rip up" it because it hurts that everything else nice is fading, what is the point of having this?

Running through rose thorns

She risks a lot of things that harm her, “Rose thorns” are beautiful but leave awful marks, just to venture far.

I saw the scoreboard

And ran for my life

Ah, ah, ah

The “scoreboard” is the result—the thing that lets you know what is happening. This could possibly mean the media. She sees what is happening. She "ran for her life" meaning, she turned back and ran away from the action.

No cameras catch my pageant smile

When she has power, possibly caused by her wealth, she is surrounded by “cameras” or people waiting to see her actions. No one can see how happy she is with the “Heartbreak prince”. Maybe that is why he is called the heartbreak prince; a lot of emotional support seems to be from him, so he can mend Taylor's heartbreak.

I counted days, I counted miles

To see you there

To see you there

She is waiting, but hopeful, and even though “it’s been a long time coming” meaning it should have happened a while ago, she isn’t giving up in trying to find him.

It’s been a long time coming but

It’s you and me

That’s my whole world''

Her world is what matters to her. When she is with the Heartbreak Prince, she isn’t even afraid of everything happening, because she doesn’t care.

They whisper in the hallway, "she's a bad, bad girl" (okay!)

She has a bad reputation...

The whole school is rolling fake dice

You play stupid games, you win stupid prizes

There is no point in the petty little “games” when people actually get harmed for it—games conducted by the one and only Republicans.

It's you and me

There's nothing like this

Stories don’t tell everything because there will always be more. Nothing is ever “supposed to” happen, it just does, and that can always be changed. There is “nothing like this” meaning the Heartbreak Prince and her probably do somethings against regulations.

Miss Americana and The Heartbreak Prince (okay!)

We're so sad, we paint the town blue

For Taylor Swift, Miss Americana, the colour blue means both sadness and Democrats support. She is “painting” blue everywhere—showing Democrat support everywhere.

Voted most likely to run away

With you

She is scared to see what will happen, and she thinks she might have to run and hide with the person she feels secure with— the Heartbreak Prince.

My team is losing

Battered and bruising

Success rings in the other side—- the “bad guys”, who are proud of their success. Her side is losing hope. This could be reference to when the Democrats lost the majority vote in 2016.

I see the high fives

Between the bad guys

Leave with my head hung

You are the only one

Who seems to care

There are many people out on the sidelines who may or may not see everything happening. Either way, they’re not doing anything about it.

American stories

Burning before me

I'm feeling helpless

The damsels are depressed

Boys will be boys, then

Where are the wise men?

She tries to find help, but can’t have it, because even though they are physically adults, they are acting immature like children, and she is looking for mature people but can’t find them. Which is unfair to her, because if they are acting less mature than they need to be, she needs to be more mature than them.

Darling, I'm scared

Ah, ah, ah

No cameras catch my muffled cries

The people aren’t noticing her sadness. Since she is not surrounded by “cameras”, this may mean she is further away from the action.They don’t know that she is really falling apart on the inside.

I counted days, I counted miles

To see you there

To see you there

She is really desperate for hope—and it can only come through the Heartbreak Prince, because he is the only one that has ever been able to help her.

And now the storm is coming, but

Something bad is going to happen—and she is scared if results are similar. But they will prepare.

It's you and me

That's my whole world

They whisper in the hallway, "she's a bad, bad girl" (okay!)

The whole school is rolling fake dice

You play stupid games, you win stupid prizes

It's you and me

There's nothing like this

Miss Americana and The Heartbreak Prince (okay!)

We're so sad, we paint the town blue

Voted most likely to run away

With you

And I don't want you to (go)

I don't really wanna (fight)

'Cause nobody's gonna (win)

She knows there is no point in having to fight like that. They have to win so that they don’t have to fight anymore. They have to win so that it’s over. But if they don’t do it, they are giving up.

I think you should come home

And I don't want you to (go)

I don't really wanna (fight)

'Cause nobody's gonna (win)

I think you should come home

And I don't want you to (go)

I don't really wanna (fight)

'Cause nobody's gonna (win)

I just thought you should know

She wants the Heartbreak Prince to hear all her thoughts—all her Heartbreak, everything the “cameras” don’t catch. She doesn’t want the Heartbreak Prince to have to go through everything she went through, because she cares about him. He is the only one willing to stay by her side amidst all the noise. The noise is only in the background when they are together fighting.

And I'll never let you (go)

'Cause I know this is a (fight)

That someday we're gonna (win)

They are never going to stop fighting.

It's you and me

That's my whole world

They whisper in the hallway, "she's a bad, bad girl"

Oh, I just thought you should know

You should know

It's you and me

There's nothing like this

Miss Americana and The Heartbreak Prince (okay!)

We're so sad, we paint the town blue (paint it blue)

Voted most likely to run away

With you

I don't really wanna (fight)

'Cause nobody's gonna (win)

I think you should come home

And I'll never let you (go)

'Cause I know this is a (fight)

That someday we're gonna (win)

Just thought you should know

You and me

That's my whole world

They whisper in the hallway, "she's a bad, bad girl"

"She's a bad, bad girl"

They think she is bad just for standing up in what she believes in—but that won’t stop her from doing it.

It is quite obvious that Taylor is Miss Americana, she even has a Netflix documentary named after it. There are so many clues. But, who is the Heartbreak Prince? A possibility is Karlie Kloss. Karlie is also an active democrat, even married to Kushner. Could this be about her? See Kaylor Theory for more about Kaylor.