Taylor Swift - Long Live Lyrics Meaning

I was at her concert on june 4th and she even said this, im just going into greater detail about the lines and everything.

well, yes if you all are wondering, this song is about the relationship between her, her band & her fans. She wrote this song while she was on her 'Fearless' world tour. She remembered, how right before she went on stage
'I still remember this moment
In the back of my mind
The time we stood with our shaking hands
The crowds in stands went wild'
standing and listening to all the fans scream her name, and she would always remember that moment.

'We were the kings and the queens
And they read off our names
The night you danced like you knew our lives, would never be the same'
the kings and the queens part is showing an emotion, the felt like royalty and everyone praising them, and 'dance like....' meant from the first time they would step on stage to preform, sing and dance, they new from that point their lives would never be the same.

'You held your head like a hero
On a history book page
It was the end of a decade
But the start of an age'
this line can have many interpretations, but basically, they help their heads with pride like they were special and important like part of history and somethings might be bad, and times are ending, but music will always behold an new time.

(chorus explained at bottom)

'I said, remember this feeling
I passed the pictures around
Of all the years that we stood there on the sidelines,Wishing for right now'
She was going back to the time b4 she was famous, remembering how she dream-pt and how she longed to be heard, wishing for what she has right now.

'We are the kings and the queens
You traded your baseball cap for a crown
When they gave us our trophies
And we held them up for our town'
again feeling like there important, leaders. they traded friends, school, there past to be famous and travel the world to be a band.'gave us our...' showed people there talent, for there family to be proud.

'And the cynics were outraged
Screaming, this is absurd
'Cause for a moment a band of thieves
In ripped-up jeans got to rule the world'
people werent actually outraged, but they are showing what people might feel when they see a bunch of scrawgy kids are now at the top of the world, and everyone knows about them, as if they ruled the world.

(chorus)

'Hold on to spinning around
Confetti falls to the ground
May these memories break or fall'
holding on to the memories as at the end or concerts confetti falls to the ground and the memories can stay in there memories forever or be forgotten

And you take a moment
Promise me this
That you'll stand by me forever
But if God forbid fate should step in
she's talking to her fans and band here. Asking them to always be by her side but if fate should ever step in.

And force us into a goodbye
If you have children someday
When they point to the pictures
Please tell them my name
band & fans. As in the band separating and no more concerts for fans to go too, That they will keep their promise, so when a new generation comes in, if the see a picture of here the name, etc. that they will tell them of her.

'Tell them how the crowds went wild
Tell them how I hope they shine'
Tell them of her music and the relationship they shared, and that one day when they grow up, she hopes they'll follow their dream and they'll succeed and be the best of the best.

Chorus:
'Long, long live the walls we crashed through
All the kingdom lights shined just for me and you
And I was screaming, long live all the magic we made
And bring on all the pretenders, I'm not afraid

Singing, long live all the mountains we moved
I had the time of my life fighting dragons with you
And long, long live the look on your face
And bring on all the pretenders, one day we will be remembered'
She saying long live all the memories she and her band made, the lives the helped and brightened when they needed a hand, and all those people that dont like her music? to bring it on, tell her how much they dont like her, because she has all the happiness she needs from her memories.

long live all the things that they changed together and she had so much fun singing and creating music with you. and long live, the happiness you had listening to her music and seeing her.(again)and all those people that dont like her music? to bring it on, tell her how much they dont like her, because she has all the happiness she needs from her memories, and if the promises are kept, in the future, they'll always be remembered.

so thats basically it, hope that clarifies! and i saying this again, she said herself that it was about her experience as a singer/