The opening song on Taylor Swift‘s The life of a showgirl reference to the character Ophelia of William Shakespeare‘s Hamletwho faces a tragic fate.
According to the song’s lyrics, Taylor “could have drowned in melancholy” if she had not been saved by her true love.
“I heard you calling / on the megaphone,” Taylor sings. “You want to see me alone.”
The lyrics seem to be a nod to Travis Kelce Call Taylor on his New heights Podcast for not meeting him on his ERA tour, which is how their romance began.
“I have judged myself and my loyalty,” the lyrics continue. “Just before you light up my sky.”
Before meeting Travis, Taylor was fresh out of a breakup. Matty Healydeclared herself one of the “independent girlies” in July 2023.
But after Travis went to her concert in Kansas City that same month, Sparks started stealing.
Now, Taylor’s fiancé is even into his Easter egg game, teasing the lyrics to “The Fate of Ophelia” on Instagram in July. (Had affairs this offseason,” he captioned photos with Taylor, adding, “kept (100).”)
How does this connect to Taylor’s song? Well, as the lyrics go, “you took me out of my grave and saved my heart from Ophelia’s fate/Keep it a hundred.”
