Joe was the only man Taylor has dated in this era…therefore, all love songs have to have some connection to him, as this album is written majority about her own life

Taylor wanted to be with Joe forever, which the term End Game refers to. They were together for 6ish years- much longer than her previous relationships

“I’ve been breaking hearts a long time, and toying with them older guys” is referring to the fact that Taylor would usually date guys older than her…but Joe was actually a year younger than her

Taylor met and talked to Joe for the first time  in a dive bar…which is mentioned in this song. The dive bar is also mentioned in Invisible String from Folklore

Taylor met and talked to Joe for the first time  in a dive bar…which is mentioned in this song. The dive bar is also mentioned in Invisible String from Folklore and Delicate

Taylor told fans in the Reputation Secret Sessions that if someone tried to say she was already dating someone new for her fans to tell them the song is about her boyfriend of a year (at the time)

“Say you fancy me not fancy stuff” is a lyric, and is referring to the way many people from England say “I love you”...Joe is from London

Taylor told fans in the Reputation Secret Sessions that this song came about after she tried to break up with Joe because of all the Kimye Drama happening, and he straight up told her no

“Flashback when you met me; your buzz cut and my hair bleached” is referring to Taylors “Bleachella” phase when she went to her last known met gala, which Joe also attended…with a buzz cut

This song is expressing the indecisions she kept having when dating Tom Hiddleston and if she wanted to leave him for Joe or not

“I take this magnetic force of a man to be my lover” is a parallel to the song Gorgeous from Reputation which is confirmed to be about Joe

“He got that boy-ish look that I like in a man” can refer to the fact that Joe is a year younger than Taylor, and how it was unusual for her not to date someone who was not older than her

Joe was the only man Taylor has dated in this era…therefore, all love songs have to have some connection to him, as this album is written majority about her own life

Joe was the only man Taylor has dated in this era…therefore, all love songs have to have some connection to him, as this album is written majority about her own life

Taylor had bought an apartment on Cornelia Street in New York for her a Joe to live in

It’s pretty obvious…at the time he was the only dude she dated that currently resides in England

The “West Village” is mentioned in a lyric, which is in England

Taylor was learning new things about her new relationship with Joe after her unhealthy previous relationships…this can be tied to Dancing With Our Hands Tied, which Taylor expressed to fans that the song came out of her trying to break up with Joe because of her drama and wrong-doings

This song takes the same kind of story line from Invisible String from Folklore of which it was a slow falling in love with Joe and the beginning of the relationship

“Back in forth from New York” is describing her constant moving around from living in London and New York because of/with Joe during their relationship

The title refers similarly to the theory of “End Game”, which is a song rumored to be about Joe from Reputation

Many lyrics point specifically to Joe; working at a yogurt shop and the “Dive Bar” reference that is also included in Delicate from Reputation

This song references many traits about Taylor’s at-the-time new and improved relationship from her previous ones

The Lakes are an area in England, where Joe resides, as well as The Lakes is mentioned in Invisible String

“All they keep asking me ‘is someone gonna be your bride?” is referring to when the press was constantly trying to rumor and speculate more about the state of Joe and Taylor’s relationship. She also explained in an Instagram reel (now removed) the meaning of the song and talked about her current 6 year relationship, which we know is with Joe, even though he was not named

Taylor says this song is about falling in love unexpectedly which has the same theme as the theme present in Invisible String from Folklore

Once again, Taylor's talking about the being lost in herself and coming out of breakups and being heartbroken and eventually finding long term and comfortable love from Joe at the time

Joe is an official co-writer to this song credits, which can be inferred that the song about the relationship

It can only be assumed that this is about Joe–the way she most likely went about getting into their relationship seems to be along the lines of the topic of this song

This song is describing the drama battle both Taylor and Joe went through during her Reputation Era–and how he helped her through it

“No I didn’t see the news 'cause we were somewhere else” referring to the escape from the media Taylor found in her relationship with Joe

“I’ll go back to wanting dudes who give nothing” is referring to her past [toxic] relationships that she did not find happiness in and usually criticized her partner for any lack thereofs