tldr: i think invisible string is about how, although it would be nice to believe that fate brought her and joe together, in reality it was a compulsory bearding arrangement forced upon her to make up for her gay past.
this is probably a huge stretch, and idk if there is currently a gaylor theory on invisible string, but here is my messy and maybe scattered thoughts on the song
invisible string has always been a little confusing to me in a gaylor context, as it seems to be clearly about joe. when i was reading the lyrics for invisible string, something stuck out to me:
>"and isn't it just so pretty to think . . . some invisible string was tying you to me?"
now i haven't read Hemingway's The Sun Also Rises, but i do understand that "isn't it pretty to think" is a very, very popular line from it. and given taylor's habit of making literature references, i find it hard to believe that this line isn't a hemingway reference
from my google search of the context of the line, it does not seem to have positive connotations (people who have read The Sun Also Rises please feel free to add input). these two screenshots seem to summarize a lot of what i was seeing:
https://preview.redd.it/xc8sxhg1cq881.png?width=1953&format=png&auto=webp&s=91f47834d69db182b69453f767b58d7dbfdaa0d8
https://preview.redd.it/2exdn0bc9p881.jpg?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=d176ddce8ad73d259728d83348bd2c06eabb4281
It seems to me that "isn't it pretty to think?" is a sort of dismissal of an idealistic view of something. this point is key to why i think this song is "joe skepticism" and sets the entire tone of the song
in the invisible string context, this line makes me think that taylor is directly saying that her story with joe is an imaginary ideal: "isn't it just so pretty to think all along there was some invisible string tying you to me?" sounds like "wouldn't it be nice if this was part of fate and we were meant to be together? isn't the idea of us being connected on an almost divine level a wonderful story?" but in reality, that isn't the case.
this theme of false fate is continued in other lyrics. the song seems to show that there is no reason that joe and her would have ended up together unless there was an external force: it would be nice ("pretty") to think that the external force was fate, but in reality, the external force was those around her forcing a bearding arrangement.
>"Gave me no compasses, gave me no signs
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I don't want to step on anybody's toes here, but the amount of non-dad jokes here in this subreddit really annoys me. First of all, dad jokes CAN be NSFW, it clearly says so in the sub rules. Secondly, it doesn't automatically make it a dad joke if it's from a conversation between you and your child. Most importantly, the jokes that your CHILDREN tell YOU are not dad jokes. The point of a dad joke is that it's so cheesy only a dad who's trying to be funny would make such a joke. That's it. They are stupid plays on words, lame puns and so on. There has to be a clever pun or wordplay for it to be considered a dad joke.
Again, to all the fellow dads, I apologise if I'm sounding too harsh. But I just needed to get it off my chest.
Alot of great jokes get posted here! However just because you have a joke, doesn't mean it's a dad joke.
THIS IS NOT ABOUT NSFW, THIS IS ABOUT LONG JOKES, BLONDE JOKES, SEXUAL JOKES, KNOCK KNOCK JOKES, POLITICAL JOKES, ETC BEING POSTED IN A DAD JOKE SUB
Try telling these sexual jokes that get posted here, to your kid and see how your spouse likes it.. if that goes well, Try telling one of your friends kid about your sex life being like Coca cola, first it was normal, than light and now zero , and see if the parents are OK with you telling their kid the "dad joke"
I'm not even referencing the NSFW, I'm saying Dad jokes are corny, and sometimes painful, not sexual
So check out r/jokes for all types of jokes
r/unclejokes for dirty jokes
r/3amjokes for real weird and alot of OC
r/cleandadjokes If your really sick of seeing not dad jokes in r/dadjokes
Punchline !
Edit: this is not a post about NSFW , This is about jokes, knock knock jokes, blonde jokes, political jokes etc being posted in a dad joke sub
Edit 2: don't touch the thermostat
The doctor says it terminal.
Do your worst!
How the hell am I suppose to know when it’s raining in Sweden?
Ants don’t even have the concept fathers, let alone a good dad joke. Keep r/ants out of my r/dadjokes.
But no, seriously. I understand rule 7 is great to have intelligent discussion, but sometimes it feels like 1 in 10 posts here is someone getting upset about the jokes on this sub. Let the mods deal with it, they regulate the sub.
We told her she can lean on us for support. Although, we are going to have to change her driver's license, her height is going down by a foot. I don't want to go too far out on a limb here but it better not be a hack job.
They were cooked in Greece.
I'm surprised it hasn't decade.
He lost May
Now that I listen to albums, I hardly ever leave the house.
Don't you know a good pun is its own reword?
Two muffins are in an oven, one muffin looks at the other and says "is it just me, or is it hot in here?"
Then the other muffin says "AHH, TALKING MUFFIN!!!"
For context I'm a Refuse Driver (Garbage man) & today I was on food waste. After I'd tipped I was checking the wagon for any defects when I spotted a lone pea balanced on the lifts.
I said "hey look, an escaPEA"
No one near me but it didn't half make me laugh for a good hour or so!
Edit: I can't believe how much this has blown up. Thank you everyone I've had a blast reading through the replies 😂
