Referencing your own lyrics? Ultimate power move.Ĥ4. 'My castle crumbled overnight / I brought a knife to a gunfight / They took the crown but it's alright' – 'Call It What You Want' from 'Reputation' This is a very tall castle, if you think about Scooter Braun, Katy Perry and Kimye.Ĥ5. 'I could build a castle out of all the bricks they threw at me' – 'New Romantics' from '1989' Swift's storytelling works best with tiny details like these.Ĥ6. 'Barefoot in the kitchen / Sacred new beginnings / That became my religion, listen' – 'Cornelia Street' from 'Lover' We’re bleeding (metaphorically) with you, Taylor.Ĥ7. But the violent shift to “bleeding” shows how even though we may heal, it doesn’t take much to send us spiraling now and again. OK, the rhyming of “stars” and “scars” on its own is enough to send our hearts all a-flutter. 'You drew stars around my scars but now I’m bleeding' – “Cardigan” from “Folklore” Review: 'Folklore' is the album Taylor Swift was born to makeĤ8. Snappy, romantic, poetic: The Taylor Swift trifecta. 'Untouchable, burning brighter than the sun / And when you’re close I feel like coming undone' – 'Untouchable' from 'Fearless' Spoiler alert: It only gets messier from there.

Phoebe Bridgers) (Taylor’s Version)' from 'Red (Taylor's Version)' Squeeze our hand three times, why don't you.ĥ0. 'How can a person know everything at eighteen / But nothin' at twenty-two?' – 'Nothing New (feat. 'Please don't ever become a stranger whose laugh I could recognize anywhere' – 'New Year's Day' from 'Reputation' Go ahead and save this one for your next Instagram caption.ĥ1. 'I had a marvelous time ruining everything' – 'The Last Great American Dynasty' from 'Folklore' “Did you hear about the girl who lives in delusion? / Breakups happen every day, you don't have to lose it / She's still 23 inside her fantasy” – “Right Where You Left Me - Bonus Track” from “Evermore”Īnother case of tongue-in-cheek self-awareness from the queen of breakup songs reminds us that we're totally fine living inside the fantasy of Swift’s discography.ĥ2. 'Evermore' review: Taylor Swift returns to the woods for a spellbinding 'Folklore' companionĥ4. “Clover blooms in the fields / Spring breaks loose, the time is near” – “ivy” from “Evermore”ĥ3. Self-aware self-correction: classic Swift. 'You play stupid games, you win stupid prizes' – 'Miss Americana and the Heartbreak Prince' from 'Lover'ĥ5. “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.ĥ6. We ranked Swift's 62 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 the moody surprise quarantine albums 'Folklore' and 'Evermore' and now a triumphant return to her past with her 'Red (Taylor's Version)' rerecording.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.

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