Song
Out of the Woods
1989 · 2014 · Track 4
Co-written
Written byTaylor Swift, Jack Antonoff
Produced byTaylor Swift, Jack Antonoff, Max Martin
Also known as: OOTW
Mash-ups & Live Pairings
- Out of the Woods / Is It Over Now? (TV) (Eras Tour, Buenos Aires)
- Is It Over Now? (TV) / Out of the Woods (Eras Tour, Paris)
- Out of the Woods / Is It Over Now? (TV) / Clean (Eras Tour, London)
- Getaway Car / Out of the Woods (Eras Tour, Milan)
- Out of the Woods / All You Had to Do Was Stay (Eras Tour, Miami Gardens)
- / Out of the Woods (Eras Tour, Toronto)
Redemption
Incidental
Identity & Self
A catalogue observation marking the Redemption theme in this song. The full reading will follow when Out of the Woods is the discussion's seed song.
Personal
Photographs
Incidental
Mementos
“You took a Polaroid of us, then discovered the rest of the world was black and white but we were in screaming color”
Personal
Drowning
Incidental
Nature & Landscape
In the song's music video the speaker plunges into the sea and is nearly drowned, the descent washing away the relationship she is fighting to survive - the same water-as-cleansing image Clean turns into lyric. Here the drowning is staged rather than sung.
Personal
Dancing
Incidental
Movement
“To move the furniture so we could dance, baby, like we stood a chance”
Personal
Flying
Incidental
Movement
“Two paper airplanes flying, flying, flying”
Personal
Cars
Incidental
Cars & Travel
“Remember when you hit the brakes too soon”
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