Unlike some of the other singles from the "Lover" album, the title track includes some very pointed references to her romance with Alwyn. One lyric in particular is when she talks about loving someone for three summers now but wanting them all. Swift and Alwyn first met in May 2016 at the Met Gala, so this could be her way of saying it was love at first sight when they first met. The song is a tribute to the romantic life they were building together, where they played by their own rules and block out the naysayers.