Find out the meaning of Taylor Swift’s August as the track takes over social media. The song is all over social media this week.
The track was released in 2020 as part of the singer’s eighth studio album Folklore, a surprise drop which arrived on July 24 during the covid-19 pandemic.
Meaning of Taylor Swift’s August
August doesn’t have any reference to Taylor Swift’s life. It’s about a fictional high school love story and links to two other songs on the album.
In her documentary Folklore: The Long Pond Studio Sessions, the star confirmed that August, Cardigan and Betty are all linked together.
All three tell the story of a triangle of love between two girls, a boy and their respective perspectives. August tells the story of a girl named Augusta, or Augustine.
“August was about the girl that James had this summer with,” she said. “She seems like she’s a bad girl, but really she’s not.”
“She’s a sensitive person who really fell for him, she was trying to seem cool and seem like she didn’t care…but she really did, and she thought they had something really real.”
Betty Cardigan and Cardigan have a connection
Taylor went on to explain that Cardigan is Betty’s perspective from 20 to 30 years later, “looking back on this love that was this tumultuous thing”.
“In my head, I think Betty and James ended up together. So, in my head, she ends up with him, but he really put her through it,” she said.
“And then he goes back to Betty. So, the idea that there’s some bad, villain girl in any type of situation who takes your man is actually a total myth because that’s not usually the case at all.”
“Everybody has feelings, everybody wants to be seen and loved and all Augustine wanted was love,” the singer concluded.
Taylor Swift’s August lyrics
Now you know the context, the August lyrics will make a lot more sense…
You can see the salt on your front door
Never before have I needed more
Whispers of “Are you sure?”
“Never have I ever before”
We are lost in our memories, I see.
August has slipped into the past.
‘Cause it was never mine
We are twisted up in our bedsheets, I see it.
The month of August was sipped like a wine bottle
‘Cause you were never mine
You can see your back in the sun
Wishin’ I could write my name on it
Will you call when you’re back at school?
I remember thinkin’ I had you
We are lost in our memories, I see.
August has slipped into the past.
‘Cause it was never mine
We are twisted up in our bedsheets, I see it.
The month of August was sipped like a wine bottle
‘Cause you were never mine
Back when we were still changin’ for the better
The desire to want is enough
It was sufficient for me
Live for the Hope of It All
Cancel plans just in case you’d call
And say, “Meet me behind the mall”
So much for summer love and saying “us”
‘Cause you weren’t mine to lose
You weren’t mine to lose, no
We are lost in our memories, I see.
August has slipped into the past.
‘Cause it was never mine
We are twisted like bedsheets, I see it.
The month of August was sipped like a wine bottle
‘Cause you were never mine
‘Cause you were never mine, never mine
What do you recall?
Remember when I pulled up and said, “Get in the car”
And then canceled my plans just in case you’d call?
Back when I was livin’ for the hope of it all, for the hope of it all
“Meet me behind the mall”
Remember when I pulled up and said, “Get in the car”
And then canceled my plans just in case you’d call?
Back when I was livin’ for the hope of it all (for the hope of it all)
The hope of all things
The hope of all things
For the Hope of It All
For the Hope of It All