When "Shallow" became a duet in the film – performed by two people who were in the deep end of a love story at two different points in their individual lives – it became a way for them to communicate with one another. The most memorable lyrics explains, "I'm off the deep end, watch as I dive in. I'll never meet the ground. Crash through the surface where they can't hurt us, we're far from the shallow now."
Lady Gaga, who wrote the piece with Andrew Wyatt, Anthony Rossomando, and Mark Ronson, according to Cheat Sheet, believes the song represents men and women talking and listening to one another, something that isn't always common.
"We are living in a time where there's so much conversation about women's voices being heard," Gaga told Variety. "Men listening to those voices. And also, men not listening to those voices. Women being silenced in very public ways, like Dr. [Christine Blasey] Ford with Justice [Brett] Kavanaugh. Judge Kavanaugh being appointed is basically like telling every single woman in the country that's been assaulted, 'We don't care. Or we don't believe you.'"
She continued, "To me, that conversation is what makes the song successful and beautiful and why people cry when they hear it. It's because that man and woman connect, and they are listening to each other."
