Lyrics

Midnight
You come and   me up, no headlights
Long  
Could end in   flames or  
Fade into   , oh
It's been a   since I have even   from you
(Heard from you)

I should just tell you to   'cause I
Know   where it   but I
Watch us go 'round and 'round   time

You got that James Dean daydream   in your eye
And I got that     classic thing that you like
And when we go   down
We come   every time
'Cause we never go out of style
We never go out of style

You got that long   , slicked back, white t-shirt
And I got that good girl   and a   little skirt
And when we go crashing down
We come back every time
'Cause we never go out of style
We never go out of style

So it  
He can't keep his   eyes on the road
Takes me home
Lights are off, he's   off his coat
I say, "I heard, oh
That you've been   and   with some other girl,
Some other girl."

He says, "What you've heard is true but I
Can't stop   about you," and I...
I said, "I've been   too a few times."

'Cause you got that James Dean daydream look in your eye
And I got that red lip classic thing that you like
And when we go crashing down
We come back every time
'Cause we never go out of style
We never go out of style

You got that long hair, slicked back, white t-shirt
And I got that good girl faith and a tight little skirt
And when we go crashing down
We come back every time
'Cause we never go out of style
We never go out of style

Take me  
Just take me home, yeah.
Just take me home
(Out of style)

You got that James Dean daydream look in your eye
And I got that red lip classic thing that you like
And when we go crashing down
We come back every time
'Cause we never go out of style
We never go out of style
Legend

Meaning

Swift explained the meaning and inspiration of the song to Ryan Seacrest during an interview on iHeartRadio in October 2014.


"I loved comparing these timeless visuals with a feeling that never goes out of style ... It's basically one of those relationships that's always a bit off ... The two people are trying to forget each other. So, it's like, "All right, I heard you went off with her," and well, I've done that, too ... My previous albums have also been sort of like, "I was right, you were wrong, you did this, it made me feel like this"—a righteous sense of right and wrong in a relationship. What happens when you grow up is you realize the rules in a relationship are very blurred and that it gets very complicated very quickly, and there's not a case of who was right or who was wrong"

Vocabulary

pick me up

To pick someone up, means go somewhere to collect someone, typically in one’s car:

Fade into

To gradually assume a new degree or quality of visibility, brightness, or color
Each scene of the movie fades into black before the next one starts.

go 'round and 'round

To quarrel; squabble; fight
They went round and round on the same issues for hours

go out of style

Become unfashionable, This usage is sometimes amplified to go out of fashion or go out of style,
This kind of film has gone out of fashion
These boots are going out of style.

I've been there

It is common expression to mean that someone's gone through something similar to your circumstance.
2 girls talking to each other, one says," I always pick the wrong guy." The other responds by saying, "I've been there (before)."

So it goes

C'est la vie. Thats life, thats how it is. Life goes on. This is from Vonnegut's classic Slaughter House V.

out and about

If someone is out and about, they have left their home and are getting things done that they need to do.

slicked back

made smooth by applying a sticky or glossy substance. The slicked back undercut is a hairstyle that involves keeping the sides and back of your head in an undercut haircut while the hair on the top is kept long enough to be able to slick it back. Such a hairstyle setup keeps the hair polished and sharp as the hair on the top is slicked flat so that it blends into the undercut on the sides and back of the head.

tight

close-fitting

crashing down

collapse, fall

headlights

often plural (vehicle's front light)

Go out

1. To be extinguished (light, fire:) 2. exit, go outdoors
Could you put another log on the fire, please, before it goes out