Sesta traccia di The Tortured Poets Department, il nuovo album di Taylor Swift, scritta in collaborazione con Dessner, But Daddy I Love Him presenta uno stile e un insieme di riferimenti che sono notevolmente diversi rispetto alle altre canzoni dell’album in questione. Nel brano si parla di una scelta piuttosto contestata della popstar, che ha parlato della sua ex relazione nel testo di Loml e che però ha deciso comunque di intraprendere le sue esperienze: di seguito, si indica tutto ciò che c’è da sapere su testo, traduzione e significato di But Daddy I Love Him.
Il testo di But Daddy I Love Him di Taylor Swift
Prima di proseguire con l’analisi della canzone e con il suo significato, vale la pena indicare innanzitutto il testo di But Daddy I Love Him. Si tratta del seguente:
[Verse 1]
I forget how the west was won
I forget if this was ever fun
I just learned these people only raise you
To cage you
Sarahs and Hannahs in their Sunday best
Clutchin’ their pearls saying, “What a mess”
I just learned these people try and save you
‘Cause they hate you[Pre-Chorus]
Too high a horse for a simple girl
To rise above it
They slammed the door on my whole world
The one thing I wanted[Chorus]
Now I’m running with my dress unbuttoned
Scrеamin’, “But, daddy, I love him”
I’m having his baby, no, I’m not
But you should see your faces
I’m telling him to floor it through thе fences
No, I’m not coming to my senses
I know it’s crazy
But he’s the one I want[Verse 2]
Beautiful daughter on the plans relate
Tendrils tucked into a woven braid
Growing up precocious sometimes means not growing up at all
You’re this chaos he was revelry
Bedroom eyes like a remedy
Soon enough the elders had convened down at the city hall[Pre-Chorus]
“Stay away from her,” the saboteurs
Protested too much
Lord knows the words we never heard
Just screeching tires of true love[Chorus]
And I’m running with my dress unbuttoned
Screaming, “But daddy I love him”
I’m having this baby
No, I’m not, but you should see your faces
I’m telling him to floor it through the fences
No, I’m not coming to my senses
I know it’s crazy
But he’s the one I want
I’ll tell you something right now
I’d rather burn my whole life down
Than listen to one more second of all this bitchin’ and moanin’
I’ll tell you something ‘bout my good name
It’s mine along with all the disgrace
I don’t cater to all these vipers dressed in empire’s clothing[Bridge]
God save the most judgmental creeps
Who say they want what’s best for me
Sanctimoniously performing soliloquies I’ll never see
Thinking it can change the beat of my heart when he touches me
And counteract the chemistry
And undo the destiny
You ain’t gotta pray for me
Me and my wild boy
And all of this wild joy
If all you want is gray for me
It’s just white noise
It’s just my choice[Verse 3]
There’s a lot of people in town that I bestow upon my fakest smiles
Scandal does funny things to pride but brings lovers closer
We came back when the heat died down
Went to my parents and they came around
All the wine moms are still holding out
But fuck ‘em, it’s over[Chorus]
Now I’m dancing in my dress in the sun and
Even my daddy just loves him
I’m his lady
And oh my God you should see your faces
Time, doesn’t it give some perspective
I know you can’t come to the wedding
I know it’s crazy but he’s the one I love
I’ll tell you something right now
You ain’t gotta pray for me
Me and my wild boy, and all of this wild joy
[?] it was revelry
It’s all you want, it’s gray for me
It’s just white noise, it’s my choice[Outro]
Screaming, “But, daddy, I love him”
I’m having this baby
No, I’m not
But you should see your faces
And oh my God you should see your faces
[?] it was revelry
La traduzione di But Daddy I Love Him, la nuova canzone di Taylor Swift
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Il significato di But Daddy I Love Him: di che cosa parla la canzone e a chi si riferisce?
Venendo al significato di But Daddy I Love Him, si può considerare adesso di che parla il brano in questione e a chi si riferisce. Ammesso che ci sia un soggetto destinatario di questa canzone, quest’ultimo sembra essere Matty Healy, ultima fidanzato di Taylor Swift: a giustificare questa sensazione sono alcuni versi della canzone, tra cui quelli in cui si fa riferimento ad una scelta molto contestata (all’inizio della relazione ci fu una protesta da parte dei fan), oltre che quelli che invece fanno riferimento ai suoi manager, che le sconsigliarono di intraprendere questo rapporto. But Daddy I Love Him, allora, è una canzone in cui Taylor Swift parla della sua volontà di contrastare chi si opponeva alle sue scelte, nonostante l’esito di una relazione durata pochissimo.
