August

**august** is the eighth track on Taylor Swift's 2020 album "Folklore." This is the second part of the 'teenage love triangle' along with "cardigan" and "betty," and is from the point of view of the girl James cheated on Betty with. It was released on July 24th, 2020.

## Lyrics

[Verse 1]

Salt air, and the rust on your door

I never needed anything more

Whispers of "Are you sure?"

"Never have I ever before"

[Chorus]

But I can see us lost in the memory

August slipped away into a moment in time

'Cause it was never mine

And I can see us twisted in bedsheets

August sipped away like a bottle of wine

'Cause you were never mine

[Verse 2]

Your back beneath the sun

Wishin' I could write my name on it

Will you call when you're back at school?

I remember thinkin' I had you

[Chorus]

But I can see us lost in the memory

August slipped away into a moment in time

'Cause it was never mine

And I can see us twisted in bedsheets

August sipped away like a bottle of wine

'Cause you were never mine

[Bridge]

Back when we were still changin' for the better

Wanting was enough

For me, it was enough

To live for the hope of it all

Cancel plans just in case you'd call

And say, "Meet me behind the mall"

So much for summer love and saying "us"

'Cause you weren't mine to lose

You weren't mine to lose, no

[Chorus]

But I can see us lost in the memory

August slipped away into a moment in time

'Cause it was never mine

And I can see us twisted in bedsheets

August sipped away like a bottle of wine

'Cause you were never mine

[Outro]

'Cause you were never mine

Never mine

But do you remember?

Remember when I pulled up and said "Get in the car"

And then canceled my plans just in case you'd call?

Back when I was livin' for the hope of it all, for the hope of it all

"Meet me behind the mall"

(Remember when I pulled up and said "Get in the car")

(And then canceled my plans just in case you'd call?)

(Back when I was livin' for the hope of it all, for the hope of it all)

("Meet me behind the mall")

Remember when I pulled up and said "Get in the car"

And then canceled my plans just in case you'd call?

Back when I was livin' for the hope of it all (For the hope of it all)

For the hope of it all, for the hope of it all

(For the hope of it all, for the hope of it all)

## Commentary

* Jack tweeted, "august & my tears ricochet are my favorite things we’ve done together" on July 23, 2020.
* "'august' was obviously about the girl that James had this summer with, right? So she seems like she's a bad girl, but really, she's not a bad girl. She's a really sensitive person who really fell for him. And she was trying to seem cool and seem like she didn't care because that's what girls have to do. And she was trying to let him think that she didn't care, but she really did and she thought they had something very real. And then he goes back to Betty. So the idea that there’s some bad, villain girl in any type of situation who takes your man is actually a total myth because that’s not usually the case at all. Everybody has feelings and wants to be seen and loved. Just like Augustine, all she wanted was love." -Taylor Swift, folklore: the long pond studio sessions

## Trivia

* It is part of Taylor's *folklore: the saltbox house chapter* and *the "ladies lunching" chapter* playlists.
* August is the eighth month of the year, and this song is the eighth track on the album.
* “august” debuted at #23 on the Billboard Hot 100 during the chart week of August 8, 2020.