What is the meaning behind “Every dead-end street led you straight to me”? All Of The Girls by Taylor Swift
- by imrk
- March 06, 2023
The relationships that led nowhere and ended put him in a position to be with Taylor. The idea of a dead-end street has also been mentioned in the opening line of “Red”. She sings “Loving him is like driving a new Maserati down a dead-end street / faster than the wind / passionate as sin / ended so suddenly.” Since the road or street is a very common metaphor for a journey, the “street” in this line is metaphorically talking about the finished journeys. Finally, the line is clever because it contains a contradiction. The idea of a dead-end street is that it leads nowhere, and yet it’s leading “straight to me.” She’s saying in the grand scheme of things, those experiences led him to her.