"Spiderboy, king of thieves / Weave your little webs of opacity" – "Karma" from "Midnights" Self-aware self-correction: classic Swift.Ħ7. "You play stupid games, you win stupid prizes" – "Miss Americana and the Heartbreak Prince" from "Lover"Ħ8. “Sorry, I can't see facts through all of my fury” – “Happiness” from “Evermore”
Putting specific and universal feelings into words: What Swift does best.Ħ9. Two people finding love against all odds: we love to see it.ħ1. "I find it dizzying / They're bringing up my history / But you weren’t even listening" – "Lavender Haze" from "Midnights"Ī prerequisite to dating Swift: not caring that she’s got a big reputation.ħ0. "You understand now why they lost their minds and fought the wars / And why I've spent my whole life trying to put it in words." – "You Are in Love" from "1989 (Deluxe Edition)" We’ve been feverishly washing our hands after listening to this lyric and are *looks in mirror* still messes.ħ2. “The skeletons in both our closets plotted hard to f- this up” – “Cowboy Like Me” from “Evermore” "I washed my hands of us at the club / you made a mess of me" - "Hits Different (Taylor's Version)" from "Midnights (The Til Dawn Edition)" "Your faithless love's the only hoax I believe in" – “Hoax” from "Folklore"īelieving in “faithless” love?! We have no choice but to stan a paradoxical queen.ħ3. We can never run away from our problems Swift (and Morris) articulate that like the country queens they are.ħ4. Maren Morris) (Taylor’s Version) (From The Vault)” from “Fearless (Taylor’s Version)” “No amount of freedom gets you clean / I’ve still got you all over me” – “You All Over Me (feat. Is "No Body, No Crime" … not a work of fiction? For those keeping score at home, this is the first cocaine reference of Swift's discography.ħ5. "Don’t treat me like some situation that needs to be handled / I’m fine with my spite and my tears, and my beers and my candles" – "Closure" from "Evermore"Ī line that will go down in Swift’s breakup song hall of fame.ħ6. "While he was doing lines and crossing all of mine / someone told his white collar crimes to the FBI" – "Vigilante S-" from "Midnights" More: Billie Eilish, Taylor Swift, and the pressure – and shaming – of celebrity women changing their imageħ7. "I used to switch out these Kens, I'd just ghost / Rip the Band-Aid off and skip town like an asshole outlaw" - "Hits Different (Taylor's Version)" from "Midnights (The Til Dawn Edition)"Įven more than a Barbie reference, we love this playful acknowledgement of less-than-ideal past behaviors.
#WAS IT GOOD FOR YOU LYRICS UPDATE#
Phoebe Bridgers) (Taylor’s Version)" from "Red (Taylor's Version)"Īlso us every time we update this article. "Lord, what will become of me / Once I've lost my novelty?" – "Nothing New (feat.
We don’t even care if the "Conversations With Friends" PR team put her up to this one.ħ9. Review: Taylor Swift returns to pop with poetic 'Midnights,' her most deeply personal album yetĨ0. "Karma is the guy on the screen coming straight home to me" – "Karma" from “Midnights” We ranked Swift's 80 best song lyrics from over the years – some heartbreaking, some triumphant – all works of lyrical genius that her biggest fans can't help but to sing again and again. If I continue to write songs about my life, and my life is always changing, then my music will always be changing," Swift told USA TODAY in 2010. Longtime listeners know her discography all too well: They associate certain albums with specific periods of their lives and tether some of her most memorable lines to moments of their own. Taylor Swift's years in the spotlight have taken listeners from her country roots in 2006's self-titled "Taylor Swift" to pop stardom, then surprise quarantine albums "Folklore" and "Evermore, a triumphant return to her past with "(Taylor's Version)" re-recordings, and the vulnerable pop grooves of "Midnights."Ĭrossing genres and countless style choices, Swift has taken her place as a music icon. From "I hope you think of me" to "all's well that ends well to end up with you," Taylor Swift’s lyrics have “enchanted” us for more than a decade and a half.
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