According to the Innocent Songfacts, this song is about someone who has lost his path their life, but whose "streaming lights are bright to me." Various media reported after Swift’s VMA performance that the song is about Kanye West, who caused controversy at the previous year’s award show. The rapper upset Taylor when he came on stage and grabbed the microphone from her when she was accepting the award for Best Female Video. Taylor Swift comments on "Innocent" on her official website:

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