"You Belong With Me"
You're on the phone with your girlfriend
She's upset, she's going off about something that you said
'Cause she doesn't get your humor like I do.
I'm in the room, it's a typical Tuesday night.
I'm listening to the kind of music she doesn't like.
And she'll never know your story like I do.
But she wears short skirts
I wear T-shirts
She's cheer captain
And I'm on the bleachers
Dreaming about the day when you wake up and find
That what you're looking for has been here the whole time.
If you could see
That I'm the one
Who understands you.
Been here all along.
So, why can't you see
You belong with me,
You belong with me.
Walk in the streets with you in your worn-out jeans
I can't help thinking this is how it ought to be.
Laughing on a park bench thinking to myself,
"Hey, isn't this easy?"
And you've got a smile
That could light up this whole town.
I haven't seen it in a while
Since she brought you down.
You say you're fine I know you better than that.
Hey, what you doing with a girl like that?
She wears high heels,
I wear sneakers.
She's cheer captain,
And I'm on the bleachers.
Dreaming about the day when you wake up and find
That what you're looking for has been here the whole time.
If you could see
That I'm the one
Who understands you,
Been here all along.
So, why can't you see
You belong with me.
Standing by and waiting at your backdoor.
All this time how could you not know, baby?
You belong with me,
You belong with me.
[Instrumental]
Oh, I remember you driving to my house
In the middle of the night.
I'm the one who makes you laugh
When you know you're 'bout to cry.
I know your favorite songs,
And you tell me about your dreams.
Think I know where you belong,
Think I know it's with me.
Can't you see
That I'm the one
Who understands you?
Been here all along.
So, why can't you see
You belong with me.
Standing by and waiting at your backdoor.
All this time how could you not know, baby?
You belong with me,
You belong with me.
You belong with me.
Have you ever thought just maybe
You belong with me?
You belong with me.
Taylor Swift’s song, “You Belong to Me” is an allusion of the popular movie, “Mean Girls” (2004). “You Belong to Me”, plot centers on an average girl pining after a boy who is in a relationship with the typical popular, girly girl which alludes to Mean Girl’s plot which is, about the protagonist who is also average longs to be with the guy of her dreams, who is with the popular mean girl.
Evidence:
For instance, “She wears high heels, I wear sneakers. She's cheer captain, And I'm on the bleachers” from “You Belong to Me”. This alludes to the the mean girl from “Mean Girls”, who not only literally wears high heels but has a very posh, girl aura on her. In addition, this lyric alludes to how the Mean Girl’s protagonist is bland in contrast by saying, “I’m on the bleachers,” because there is nothing special about being amongst the crowds.
Another example that the song alludes to the movie, “I'm the one who makes you laugh. When you know you're 'bout to cry. I know your favorite songs, And you tell me about your dreams. Think I know where you belong, Think I know it's with me”. This alludes to how the protagonist believes that the mean girl is not suited for him because she feels that she is the better option, since she bonds with him in the movie.
Lastly in the song it says, “And you've got a smile. That could light up this whole town”. This alludes to how the Mean Girl’s protagonist sees her crush’s beauty as otherwordly. In multiple scenes throughout the movie, the protagonist is seen in awestruck or happy at the sight of her crush. In conclusion, the song, “You Belong to Me”, is an allusion to “Mean Girls”.
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