Taylor Swift: The Last Time Meaning

Song Released: 2013

The Last Time Lyrics

The Last Time lyrics

Gary Lightbody:
I find myself at your door,
Just like all those times before,
I’m not sure how I got there,
All roads they lead me here.

I imagine you are home,
In your room, all alone,
And you open your eyes into...

1. anonymous

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   Sep 24th 2016 !⃝

   She is home to him that's why all roads lead him back to her. He's a lost soul trying to find his way but. Like a lot of people, we hurt the ones that care about us , that's why it hurts them. He can't seem to be complete tho and leaves and she is ready to love him, she wants to be the one, she wants to be enough but she's also at her breaking point where enough is enough. She wants to be the main one Not the side chick or flavor of the week. She wants him to want her to be at ease with her and complete.... I think They wind up back together again at the end....
   
   
   I've experienced this with a guy that I was so much like and I just want him to come back to my door one last time because I wouldn't let him leave. It's crazy and hard to explain, but when you love someone you have to just let them go sometimes... And pray that your roads cross again.....
2. anonymous

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   Mar 18th 2014 !⃝

   Here is an extract from Taylor's interview with NPR:
   
   Q: There's one song on the new album called "The Last Time," which you sing with Gary Lightbody of the band Snow Patrol, that's particularly heartbreaking. Where does that come from? You have this bright, upbeat personality and this charisma that's been written about so much, and yet there's a lot of pain in what you write about.
   
   A: The idea was based on this experience I had with someone who was kind of this unreliable guy. You never know when he's going to leave, you never know when he's going to come back, but he always does come back. My visual for this song is, there's a guy on his knees sitting on the ground outside of a door. And on the other side of the door is his girlfriend, who he keeps on leaving — and he keeps coming back to her, but then he leaves again. He's saying, "This is the last time I'm going to do this to you." And she's saying, "This is the last time I'm asking you this: Don't do this again." And she's wondering whether to let him in, and he just wants her to give him another chance, but she doesn't know if he's going to break her heart again. It's a really fragile emotion you're dealing with when you want to love someone, but you don't know if it's smart to.
   
   So yeah, I guess this pretty much sums up the meaning of the song.
3. anonymous

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   Jan 9th 2014 !⃝

   I think that this song is telling a story of how a guy made several mistake. And when he left, he couldn't find anyone else so he always went back to her. Like she was always his second choice. She couldn't make up her mind of what to do so she let him in one more time. Waiting for him to make another mistake...
4. anonymous

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   Apr 25th 2013 !⃝

   I recently got out of a relationship like this.
   He comes back. Not because he loves her. But because he cannot find anyone else. Or maybe he just feels safe. So she's letting him in for one last time. But somehow, I believe he messes it up. I know how I felt & I can really relate to this song. Because I swore this was the last time. & I can tell that she's hurt.
5. anonymous

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   Jan 20th 2013 !⃝

   She can't move on from this guy. This guy keeps going back to her because he needs someone that will understand him. But she had had enough of him. She's hurt. The guy is asking for another chance to come back to her whilst she is asking for him to not leave her or make her a priority.
6. anonymous

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   Jan 4th 2013 !⃝

   The boy wants to try to save this relationship, because whatever he did he is truly sorry for. He loves her with all his heart. But the girl doesn't see that. She is so blinded by her anger that she just doesn't want to see him again.
7. anonymous

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   Oct 30th 2012 !⃝

   She is done giving more chances. He keeps coming back and doesn't even know why, its not cuz he loves her its cuz it feels safe. She wants to let him in but only if he really has changed and has affection for her and wants her forever. So she is going to let him in one last time. This is the last time she'll ask him o put her first

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