When Taylor Swift launched “Fearless (Taylor’s Version)” again within the spring of 2021, the album contained six “From the Vault” tracks — songs she wrote through the authentic creation of the the 2008 album that did not make the reduce. A kind of songs, “Mr. Perfectly Fine,” rapidly turned a fan favourite thank to its catchy lyrics and tune. And plenty of Swifties theorized that the track was about Swift’s ex-boyfriend Joe Jonas. Here is what to know concerning the monitor and why it factors to Jonas.
Who Is “Mr. Perfectly Fine” About?
In “Mr. Perfectly Fine,” Swift sings about an ex who fed her false guarantees that he would by no means go away and can be together with her perpetually. However then he had a “change of heart” and left her on their own. However now, she realizes he was by no means Mr. Proper, or the one — he is simply “Mr. Perfectly Fine.” She additionally sings that he is already moved on, saying, “‘Cause I hear he’s got his arm ’round a brand-new girl / I’ve been picking up my heart, he’s been picking up her.”
Swift and Jonas dated till simply earlier than the unique “Fearless” album got here out in 2008, and Swift beforehand confirmed “Forever and Always,” which is on the unique album, is about Jonas. “Mr. Perfectly Fine” picks up with the identical themes of being deserted by a accomplice and feeling deep ache. “Mr. Perfectly Fine” additionally references one other track about Jonas: “Better Than Revenge,” off of “Speak Now.” In that track, she accused Jonas of breaking apart together with her for an additional lady.
Plus, we obtained yet one more seeming affirmation that the monitor is about Jonas. When it got here out, Sophie Turner (who married Jonas in 2019; the couple have since cut up) reacted to the track on her Instagram story. “It’s not NOT a bop,” she wrote alongside the monitor. Swift reposted it and wrote, “Forever bending the knee to the [queen] of the north,” a reference to Turner’s position of “Game of Thrones.” Followers took it as a transparent affirmation that the monitor is about Jonas and the heartbreak he left in his wake.
“Mr. Perfectly Fine” Lyrics
VERSE 1
Mr. “Perfect face”
Mr. “Here to stay”
Mr. “Looked me in the eye and told me you would never go away”
All the things was proper
Mr. “I’ve been waitin’ for you all my life”
Mr. “Every single day until the end, I will be by your side”
PRE-CHORUS
However that was after I obtained to know Mr. “Change of heart”
Mr. “Leaves me all alone,” I disintegrate
It takes every thing in me simply to rise up every day
However it’s fantastic to see that you simply’re okay
CHORUS
Hey, Mr. “Perfectly fine”
How’s your coronary heart after breakin’ mine?
Mr. “Always at the right place at the right time,” child
Hey, Mr. “Casually cruel”
Mr. “Everything revolves around you”
I have been Miss Distress since your goodbye
And also you’re Mr. “Perfectly fine”
VERSE 2
Mr. “Never told me why”
Mr. “Never had to see me cry”
Mr. “Insincere apology so he doesn’t look like the bad guy”
He goes about his day
Forgets he ever even heard my identify
Properly, I assumed you may be totally different than the remaining, I suppose you are all the identical
PRE-CHORUS
‘Trigger I hear he is obtained his arm ‘spherical a brand-new lady
I have been pickin’ up my coronary heart, he is been pickin’ up her
And I by no means obtained previous what you set me by way of
However it’s fantastic to see that it by no means phased you
CHORUS
Hey, Mr. “Perfectly fine”
How’s your coronary heart after breakin’ mine?
Mr. “Always at the right place at the right time,” child
Hey, Mr. “Casually cruel”
Mr. “Everything revolves around you”
I have been Miss Distress since your goodbye
And also you’re Mr. “Perfectly fine”
VERSE 3
So dignified in your well-pressed swimsuit
So strategized, all of the eyes on you
Sashay your approach to your seat
It is the perfect seat, in the perfect room
Oh, he is so smug, Mr. “Always wins”
To date above me in each sense
To date above feeling something
BRIDGE
And it is actually such a disgrace
It is such a disgrace
‘Trigger I used to be Miss “Here to stay”
Now I am Miss “Gonna be alright someday”
And sometime perhaps you will miss me
However by then, you will be Mr. “Too late”
CHORUS
Goodbye, Mr. “Perfectly fine”
How’s your coronary heart after breakin’ mine?
Mr. “Always at the right place at the right time,” child
Goodbye, Mr. “Casually cruel”
Mr. “Everything revolves around you”
I have been Miss Distress for the final time
And also you’re Mr. “Perfectly fine”
OUTRO
You are completely nice
Mr. “Looked me in the eye and told me you would never go away”
You mentioned you’d by no means go away