“Hoax” is the sixteenth and final track on the standard edition of Taylor Swift’s 2020 album ‘Folklore.’ Taylor talks about a toxic relationship that she is stuck in because she is unable to move on from it.
Taylor Swift announced her 8th studio album ‘Folklore‘ just a few hours ahead of the album release on July 24, 2020. The album had no singles prior to the album release, and Taylor stated the reason for the ‘surprise’ album release as the “uncertainty” surrounding the world right now.
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In the song, Taylor talks about how this fake love has broken her down to pieces and left her scarred. The two verses of the song list down all the ways Taylor perceives this toxic relationship as.
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“hoax” Lyrics Meaning and Song Review
Verse 1
Taylor Swift lists down all the ways she perceives him/this relationship-and they are not pretty. An eclipsed sun is dark and gloomy. A smoking gun has just been shot, and guns don’t shoot for fun. A twisted knife would cut horribly, not serving its purpose. And more metaphors follow!
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These are all the ways Taylor symbolizes her broken/twisted/useless relationship with this person she is in love with.
However, the fact that the song starts with “My only one,” makes us reazlie that she is unable to move on from this relationship no matter how unappealing it has become.
Chorus
In the chorus of the song, we find Taylor Swift standing at the edge of a cliff screaming “give me a reason” to stay in this relationship! This is just after she listed down so many ugly metaphors to describe her relationship. Maybe it is just that the love has fallen through the cracks of the relationship that only a pale and tasteless pulp is all that remains between them. Maybe there is no exact reason for her to move on.
But… in the next line, Taylor says “your faithless love,” which is a certain reference to an adultery situation. Isn’t that reason enough?
Verse 2
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In the second verse of “hoax,” Taylor admits that this relationship was the most work she put in to. But it was all ruined with his “sleight of hand,” referring to a misconception, possibly hinting at cheating. And this fire (not the good kind) in their relationship has burnt her to a crisp. Possibly no flowers of love will ever bloom in Taylor’s barren lands again.
Bridge
In these lyrics, Taylor talks about the movie that was never made based off of their great love story. The hero (love) is already dead in the script, so there is no point of making a movie based on this story!
It still hurts from all the deceit that took place in the relationship and every day that she spends in this relationship, it is as if he is pulling out the bullets from her healing scars! Ouch!
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