‘The Manuscript’ Lyrics: Why Taylor Swift Fans Think She's Singing About Jake Gyllenhaal

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may be closing the book on her brief, but pivotal relationship with with “The Manuscript.”On April 19, Swift dropped her , 31-track double album .

For the most part Swift appears to reflect on her summer situationship with the 1975 frontman following her six-year relationship with Joe Alwyn, but I'd like to draw your attention to one section of her from Target's exclusive Tortured Poets vinyl:And so I was out of the oven and into the microwaveOut of the slammer and into a tidal waveHow gallant to save the empress from her gilded towerSwinging a sword he could barely liftBut loneliness struck at that fateful hourLow hanging fruit on her wine stained lipsHe never even scratched the surface of meNone of them did“None of them" likely includes Gyllenhaal, whose with Swift in 2010 is to have inspired her 2012 heartbreak ballad “All Too Well” and its extended released in 2021.

Now, Swifties suspect “The Manuscript” closes the book depicted in Swift's “All Too Well” starring actors and .Many fans are connecting the songs' dissection of the central couple's .

In the bridge of “All Too Well,” Swift sings, “You said if we had been closer in age, maybe it would've been fine. And that made me want to die.” Swift was 20 when she dated 29-year-old Gyllenhaal dated in 2010.And no, he hasn't listened to Red (Taylor's Version).