some of the lyrical similarities between cardigan and betty, a thread

“high heels on cobblestone” (cardigan)

“i was walking home on broken cobblestone” (betty)

“when you are young they assume you know nothing” / “i knew everything when i was young” cardigan)

“i’m only 17 i don’t know much of anything” (betty)

“drunk under a streetlight” (cardigan)

“stopped at a streetlight” (betty)

not really a similarity, but “chase two girls, lose the one” james cheated on betty during illicit affairs then tried to come back to betty (“the worst thing i ever did is what i did to you”)

“heartbeat on the high line” (cardigan) - the high line is a park in nyc

“in the garden, would you trust me” (betty)

“to kiss in cars and downtown bars” (cardigan)

“kissing in your car again” (betty)

“and you’d be standing in my front porch light” (cardigan)

“will you kiss me on the porch” (betty)

and the most obvious one, the song is named cardigan and in betty she says “standing in your cardigan”

so yeah end thread idrk why i made this i just thought it was really interesting (also maybe i’ll add similarities in illicit affairs to this too?) it’s just so cool how she made this one storyline !! if you have anything to add comment