Anyone who knows me know that I love Taylor Swift to an almost abnormal degree. I stumbled across her music on Youtube in 2009, and from there I genuinely think I’ve listened to her music everyday of my life since. From 95% of my tattoos referencing her work to forcing everyone in my life to listen to her, it’s undeniable. There is so so so much I could talk about in relation to Taylor (and I’m sure I will more in the future), but today I’m going to go through some of my favourite lyrics that ‘altered my brain chemistry’. From her debut album to Midnights, let’s do this;
‘And you come away with a great little story, of a mess of a dreamer with the nerve to adore you’
Cold As You – Taylor Swift (Debut)
‘You used to shine so bright but I watched all of it fade’
You’re Not Sorry – Fearless
‘So here’s to everything coming down to nothing, here’s to silence that cuts me to the core’
Forever & Always – Fearless
‘You paint me a blue sky and go back and turn it to rain. And I lived in your chess game but you changed the rules every day’
Dear John – Speak Now
‘All the girls that you’ve run dry have tired lifeless eyes ’cause you burned them out. But I took your matches before fire could catch me so don’t look now – I’m shining like fireworks over your sad empty town’
Dear John – Speak Now
‘This night is sparkling, don’t you let it go – I’m wonderstruck, blushing all the way home’
Enchanted – Speak Now
‘Lost your balance on a tightrope, lost your mind trying to get it back’
Innocent – Speak Now
‘You and I walk a fragile line, I have known it all this time. But I never thought I’d live to see it break’
Haunted – Speak Now
‘You can plan for a change in the weather and time, but I never planned on you changing your mind’
Last Kiss – Speak Now
‘Hold on to spinning around, confetti falls to the ground. May these memories break our fall’
Long Live – Speak Now
‘All we are is skin and bone, trained to get along’
Treacherous – Red
‘This is falling in love in the cruelest way, this is falling for you when you are worlds away’
Come Back… Be Here – Red
‘If I was standing there in your apartment, I’d take that bomb in your head and disarm it’
Forever Winter – Red
‘They say all’s well that ends well but I’m in a new hell every time you double-cross my mind’
All Too Well (10 Minute Version) – Red
‘And I was never good at telling jokes, but the punch line goes – I’ll get older but your lovers stay my age’
All Too Well (10 Minute Version) – Red
‘Did the twin flame bruise paint you blue? Just between us, did the love affair maim you too?
All Too Well (10 Minute Version) – Red
‘When you’re young, you just run but you come back to what you need’
This Love – 1989
‘The water filled my lungs, I screamed so loud but no one heard a thing’
Clean – 1989
‘Ten months sober, I must admit – just because you’re clean don’t mean you don’t miss it. Ten months older, I won’t give in – now that I’m clean I’m never gonna risk it’
Clean – 1989
‘It’s all fun and games ’til somebody loses their mind’
Wonderland – 1989
‘And you understand now why they lost their minds and fought the wars, and why I’ve spent my whole life trying to put it into words’
You Are In Love – 1989
‘They’re burning all the witches even if you aren’t one, they got their pitchforks and proof, their receipts and reasons’
I Did Something Bad – Reputation
‘X marks the spot where we fell apart. He poisoned the well, every man for himself. I knew it from the first old-fashioned we were cursed, it hit you like a shotgun shot to the heart’
Getaway Car – Reputation
‘I’m in a getaway car, I left you in the motel bar. Put the money in the bag and I stole the keys, that was the last time you ever saw me’
Getaway Car – Reputation
‘Is this the end of all the endings? My broken bones are mending’
King Of My Heart – Reputation
‘And therein lies the issue, friends don’t try to trick you, get you on the phone and mind twist you. So I took an axe to a mended fence’
This Is Why We Can’t Have Nice Things – Reputation
‘All the liars are calling me one, nobody’s heard from me for months. I’m doing better than I ever was’
Call It What You Want – Reputation
‘Please don’t ever become a stranger whose laugh I could recognise anywhere’
New Year’s Day – Reputation
‘Devils roll the dice, angels roll their eyes and if I bleed, you’ll be the last to know’
Cruel Summer – Lover
‘And I scream for whatever it’s worth, I love you ain’t that the worst thing you’ve ever heard?
Cruel Summer – Lover
‘I get mystified by how this city screams your name’
Cornelia Street – Lover
‘I ask the traffic lights if it’ll be alright, they say I don’t know’
Death by a Thousand Cuts – Lover
‘You said it was a great love, one for the ages – but if the story’s over, why am I still writing pages?’
Death by a Thousand Cuts – Lover
‘Paper cut stings from our paper thin plans’
Death by a Thousand Cuts – Lover
‘I’ve been sleeping so long in a 20-year dark night, and now I see daylight’
Daylight – Lover
‘I once believed love with be burning red, but it’s golden like daylight’
Daylight – Lover
‘You know the greatest films of all time were never made’
the 1 – folklore
‘When you are young they assume you know nothing – but I knew you’
cardigan – folklore
‘You drew stars around my scars, but now I’m bleeding’
cardigan – folklore
‘I knew I’d curse you for the longest time, chasing shadows in the grocery line’
cardigan – folklore
‘And if I’m dead to you, why are you at the wake? Cursing my name, wishing I stayed – look at how my tears ricochet’
my tears ricochet – folklore
‘And you can aim for my heart, go for blood – but you would still miss me in your bones’
my tears ricochet – folklore
‘I was so ahead of the curve, that the curve became a sphere. Fell behind all my classmates and I ended up here. Pouring out my heart to a stranger, but I didn’t pour the whiskey’
this is me trying – folklore
‘And women like hunting witches too, doing your dirtiest work for you. It’s obvious that wanting me dead has really brought you two together’
mad woman – folklore
‘She would’ve made such a lovely bride, what a shame she’s fucked in the head’
champagne problems – evermore
‘The road not taken looks real good now – and it always leads to you in my hometown’
’tis the damn season – evermore
‘And he’s passing by – rare as the glimmer of a comet in the sky. And he feels like home – if the shoe fits, walk in it everywhere you go’
long story short – evermore
‘I cause no harm, mind my business. If our love died young, I can’t bear witness’
right where you left me – evermore
‘I hosted parties and starved my body, like I’d be saved by a perfect kiss’
You’re On Your Own, Kid – Midnights
‘And if I was a child did it matter, if you got to wash your hands?
Would’ve, Could’ve, Should’ve – Midnights
‘And I damn sure never would’ve danced with the devil, at nineteen’
Would’ve, Could’ve, Should’ve – Midnights
‘And now that I’m grown I’m scared of ghosts, memories feel like weapons. And now that I know, I wish you’d left me wondering’
Would’ve, Could’ve, Should’ve – Midnights
‘Living for the thrill of hitting you where it hurts, give me back my girlhood it was mine first’
Would’ve, Could’ve, Should’ve – Midnights
If you sat and read all of those, I can assume one of two things – you’re either already a swiftie or you need to start listening to her music. I’ve put together a Spotify playlist of all these songs, check it out here. Honestly, I could’ve included so many more, particularly from Speak Now and folklore. What’s your favourite Taylor Swift song? Let me know below! If you can’t pick one, give me a few!
with love
becky
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