Today, on Wednesday, in a café, I heard "Every Breath You Take", by The Police, from their 1983 album "Synchronicity", and a phrase in the chorus struck me: "Oh can't you see / you belong to me." Here, "you belong to me" is the phrase of a possessive lover, or even a stalker, while in Taylor Swift's "You Belong With Me" (from the album "Fearless", 2008), the similar phrase is an appeal by a girl to a boy who is dating someone else to realize that she would be a better girlfriend. The echo of Sting's lyric gives a twist to Swift's: "Why can't you see / You bеlong with me." (Andrew Shields, #111words, 12 February 2025)
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