“So Long, London” seems to track the final days of Joe and Taylor’s relationship as she recalls leaving the city they called home. The lyrics also appear to suggest that Joe was experiencing depressive episodes that put a strain on their bond, as Taylor sings: “I died on the altar waitin’ for the proof / You sacrificed us to the gods of your bluest days.”
Meanwhile, Taylor said that “My Boy Only Breaks His Favourite Toys” is “a song about denial” towards the end of a relationship that’s not working. “It’s a metaphor of… being somebody’s favorite toy, until they break you, and then don’t want to play with you anymore, which is… how a lot of us are in relationships,” she explained to Amazon Music.
