Whether you like her or not, there’s no denying that Taylor Swift is a lyrical genius. From heartbreak to love stories and friendship feuds in between – she’s poetically written a song about it all. And if you’re a Swiftie, you’ll know how much these songs hit home. So here are some of her best lyrics.
Taking us throughout our teenage years
With not only the song ‘Fifteen’ being part of our teens, if you’re a true Swiftie, you’d be lying to say you haven’t cried at Taylor’s song ‘Never Grow Up’ too. Bringing nostalgia to a whole new level, the lyric ‘so here I am in my new apartment. In a big city, they just dropped me off’, really hits home when you move into your uni halls. Prepare for the tears.
Through the heartbreak
Heartbroken or not, you’ll be able to scream ‘All too Well’ passionately at the top of your lungs. And if you’re a true fan, you’ll know every single word of her ten-minute version too. If you’ve been heartbroken before you’ll know that time is the best healer. Taylor grasps this feeling in the lyric ‘time won’t fly, it’s like I’m paralysed by it.’ The feeling of nothing moving on and yet the clock is still ticking.
If you haven’t been heartbroken yet, you’re going to want to save Taylor’s All too Well ten-minute version to the archives. Trust me.
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And when you’re over the heartbreak
You’ll want to save Taylor’s song ‘Clean’ to your Spotify playlist. Not only does this song show the journey of heartbreak but it also shows that you will find your way out of it. And it will be better than it was before. Through the lyric ‘when I was drowning, that’s when I could finally breathe. And by morning, gone was any trace of you, I think I came finally clean.’ It shows that it gets worst to get better.
Eventually, you will be clean of your heartbreak. You will feel whole again. Save this song and sing it until you mean it!
She’s even taken us through the fight against the patriarchy
Every Swiftie will love Taylor’s patriarchy-smashing song ‘The Man’. For its tactically smooth lyrics, there’s one line that holds itself which is ‘I’m so sick of running as fast as I can, wondering if I’d get there quicker if I was a man.’ In a world where we constantly fight for gender equality, we need more artists blasting songs that state facts like this.
As we’ve grown up, we’ve become wiser
And Taylor shows this delicately in her song ‘Miss Americana and the Heartbreak Prince’ stating ‘you play stupid games, you win stupid prizes’, which is true, right?
Every Swiftie has been there from the beginning. From the Tim McGraw days to Dear John, to Hey Stephen. We’ve been through them all together. Taylor Swift’s lyrics help you find your way to contentment by taking you on an emotional journey. Making you feel understood no matter what’s going on in your life.
And that’s why Taylor Swift is, and always will be, a lyrical genius.
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