exile (feat. Bon Iver)

This is two parallel monologues: she asks "why'd you go," he answers "you never heard me." Haven't you been in a relationship where you felt exiled to two different planets?

The Bon Iver duet is two walls colliding. Taylor writes "failed communication" icy and raw: not unloving, just the wire won't connect. You'll go silent — too many breakups die right here.

This is an interpretation based on publicly available material. Not official commentary.

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