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 unique creation of the the 2008 album that did not make the reduce. A type of songs, “Mr. Perfectly Fine,” rapidly turned a fan favourite thank to its catchy lyrics and tune. And many Swifties theorized that the tune 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 associate and feeling deep ache. “Mr. Perfectly Fine” additionally references one other tune about Jonas: “Better Than Revenge,” off of “Speak Now.” In that tune, she accused Jonas of breaking apart together with her for one more woman.
Plus, we acquired yet another seeming affirmation that the monitor is about Jonas. When it got here out, Sophie Turner (who married Jonas in 2019; the couple have since break up) reacted to the tune 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 function 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”
Every thing 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 acquired to know Mr. “Change of heart”
Mr. “Leaves me all alone,” I crumble
It takes the whole lot in me simply to rise up every day
Nevertheless it’s fantastic to see that you just’re okay
CHORUS
Hi there, Mr. “Perfectly fine”
How’s your coronary heart after breakin’ mine?
Mr. “Always at the right place at the right time,” child
Hi there, 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 title
Properly, I assumed you is perhaps totally different than the remaining, I assume you are all the identical
PRE-CHORUS
‘Trigger I hear he is acquired his arm ‘spherical a brand-new woman
I have been pickin’ up my coronary heart, he is been pickin’ up her
And I by no means acquired previous what you place me by way of
Nevertheless it’s fantastic to see that it by no means phased you
CHORUS
Hi there, Mr. “Perfectly fine”
How’s your coronary heart after breakin’ mine?
Mr. “Always at the right place at the right time,” child
Hi there, 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 go well with
So strategized, all of the eyes on you
Sashay your method to your seat
It is one of the best seat, in one of the best room
Oh, he is so smug, Mr. “Always wins”
Up to now above me in each sense
Up to now 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 possibly 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
