"Back when you fit in my poems like a perfect rhyme" – "Holy Ground" from "Red" Wish you could go back and tell yourself that.Ĥ4. "Back then I swore I was gonna marry him someday but I realized some bigger dreams of mine / And Abigail gave everything she had to a boy who changed his mind" – "Fifteen" from "Fearless"īigger dreams? Try 11-time winner and 41-time nominee at the Grammys, two-time Time 100 Most Influential People recipient and 2019 American Music Awards Artist of the Decade honoree. Review: Taylor Swift is a kid again on 'Lover,' a big, messy embrace of a new albumĤ5. No, you're crying over a musical instrument.
"He says he's so in love / He's finally got it right / I wonder if he knows he's all I think about at night" – "Teardrops on My Guitar" from "Taylor Swift" "Cold was the steel of my axe to grind for the boys who broke my heart / Now I send their babies presents" – "Invisible String" from "Folklore"įrom exposing your teenage ex-boyfriend for dumping you over the phone to sending gifts to his newborn: That's forever and always for you.Ĥ6. The Dear John letters continue - and only get more vitriolic.Ĥ7. Luckily, her rerecordings have begun to serve as a triumphant reclaiming of the old works that got her here.Ĥ8. "And if you never saved me from boredom / I could have gone on as I was / But, lord, you made me feel important / And then you tried to erase us" – "Would've Could've Should've" from "Midnights (3am Edition)" This melancholy summation of Swift's public battle against music executive Scooter Braun for her masters (the reason she's rerecording her first six studio albums) is heartbreakingly weary. “He's got my past frozen behind glass / But I've got me” – “It’s Time To Go - Bonus Track” from “Evermore” "Back then we didn't know / We were built to fall apart / We broke the status quo / Then we broke each other's hearts" – "The Very First Night (Taylor's Version) (From The Vault)" from "Red (Taylor's Version)"Ĭould this be the prequel to "Out of The Woods?" Again, referencing your own past lyrics is simply iconic, legendary behavior.Ĥ9.
We love this moment in the song where terror twists into triumph.ĥ0.
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