Midas myth

“Your Midas touch on the Chevy door”

Angela & Uncle Jerry identify 'Your Midas touch' as an allusion to the myth of King Midas, who received the Golden Touch. Uncle Jerry notes there are multiple versions of the Midas story, in one his food turns to gold so he can't eat, in another he hugs his daughter and she turns to gold. The allusion in the lyric connects the man's touch to something transformative but ultimately destructive.

Uncle Jerry invokes the Midas myth as a thematic parallel for obsession, a figure so obsessed with gold that he loses the most precious thing in his life, turning his own daughter into gold. He uses this to illustrate how obsession is one of the most typical themes in folklore, and connects it to the antagonist's obsession with money/possession at the expense of the relationship with Taylor. Angela then links this to the Evermore song 'champagne problems,' which contains the lyric 'your Midas touch on the chevy door,' suggesting the pattern recurs across Taylor's catalogue.