closure
Written By Taylor Swift & Aaron Dessner
Produced By Aaron Dessner, BJ Burton & James McAlister
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Track 14 on "evermore".
"closure" is the 14th track on evermore. It is a wild industrial-folk number with Nine Inch Nails-style drums.
In her Apple Music Awards 2020 interview, Taylor notes that closure is one of the overarching themes in the album: "Evermore deals a lot in endings of all sorts, shapes, and sizes, all the kinds of ways we can end a relationship, a friendship, something toxic, and the pain that goes along with that."
The track is supposedly about Taylor's former friendship with model Karlie Kloss. Lyrics like "staying friends" and "new life" suggest that they are no longer friends, especially as Taylor and Karlie have no longer been seen together. As she recently married, Karlie's "new life" has spent large amounts of time with her extended Kushner family, Scooter Braun, and new friends.
Lyrics
[Verse 1]
It's been a long time
And seeing the shape of your name
Still spells out pain
It wasn't right
The way it all went down
Looks like you know that now
[Chorus]
Yes, I got your letter
Yes, I'm doing better
It cut deep to know ya, right to the bone
Yes, I got your letter
Yes, I'm doing better
I know that it's over, I don't need your
Closure, your closure
[Verse 2]
Don't treat me like
Some situation that needs to be handled
I'm fine with my spite
And my tears, and my beers and my candles
I can feel you smoothing me over
[Chorus]
Yes, I got your letter
Yes, I'm doing better
It cut deep to know ya, right to the bone
Yes, I got your letter
Yes, I'm doing better
I know that it's over, I don't need your
Closure, your closure
Your closure, your closure
[Bridge]
I know I'm just a wrinkle in your new life
Staying friends would iron it out so nice
Guilty, guilty, reaching out across the sea
That you put between you and me
But it's fake and it's oh so unnecessary
[Chorus]
Yes, I got your letter
Yes, I'm doing better
It cut deep to know ya, right to the bone
Yes, I got your letter
Yes, I'm doing better
I know that it's over, I don't need your
Closure, closure, your closure
Your closure