Guilty as Sin?

On "Guilty As Sin," lush harmonies that stretch out like taffy are wrapped around a tale of adult desire and internal conflict. Taylor Swift's got a hankering for someone, but it's all tangled up in guilt because things haven't exactly gone beyond, well, daydreams. "Without ever touching his skin how can I be guilty as sin?" she sings about her crush.

Many Swifties believe that "Guilty As Sin?" is about Matty Healy, whom Taylor was romantically linked with for a short period in 2023. There are several clues in the lyrics. Clue One: He sent me "Downtown Lights" I hadn't heard it in a while The Blue Nile is a Scottish group whose biggest hit in the US was "The Downtown Lights." Healy once told Vulture that The Blue Nile were his "favorite band of all time." He also named their album Hats, which includes "Downtown Lights," his favorite '80s album. Clue Two: I keep recalling things we never did Messy top-lip kiss, how I long for our trysts Swift and Healy first met in 2014, and it's rumored they casually dated back then, but it seems like it never went anywhere. Maybe she's pining over a romance that never got off the ground, which would explain this whole forbidden crush business. Clue Three: What if I roll the stone away? They're gonna crucify me anyway Healy's not exactly known for being shy and retiring. The guy has said some things that raised eyebrows, to put it mildly. And Taylor seems to be aware that diving headfirst into a relationship with him might not exactly win her sainthood with her fans.

One slip and fallin' back into the hedge maze The lyric echoes Swift's Midnights track "Labyrinth," where she compares falling in love to a maze.