<aside> 💡 Analysis - “Crossing a line” means to do something that is not socially acceptable
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<aside> 👸 Relevance to Taylor’s Life:
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<aside> 🌈 Queer History: When Lil Nas X came out as gay in June 2019, he told people to look at the lyrics to his song C7osure more closely - this song has the lyrics “it’s time to cross the line”
https://genius.com/Lil-nas-x-c7osure-you-like-lyrics
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<aside> ➕ See also: Line/Tightrope/Thin Line/Fine Line/Balancing Rebelling/Against the status quo/Not Acceptable/Different/Subversive/Making Our Own Rules/breaking rules/propriety
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Angelina (unreleased, 2002)- Stardom pushed across the line Tripped over my two feet hey oh yeah
Interview with NPR - November 2nd 2012:
Interview: Is there a line that you won't cross when it comes to writing about how you feel?
Taylor: I don't think that I've ever experienced that line before.
https://www.npr.org/2012/11/03/164186569/taylor-swift-my-confidence-is-easy-to-shake