I'm walking fast through the traffic lights
Busy streets and busy lives
And all we know is touch and go
We are alone with our changing minds
We fall in love 'til it hurts or bleeds
Or fades in time
[Chorus]
And I never (Never)
Saw you coming
And I’ll never (Never)
Be the same
[Verse 2]
You come around and the armor falls
Pierce the room like a cannonball
Now, all we know is don’t let go
We are alone, just you and me
Up in your room and our slates are clean
Just twin fire signs, four blue eyes
[Pre-Chorus]
So you were never a saint
And I've loved in shades of wrong
We learn to live with the pain
Mosaic broken hearts
But this love is brave and wild
And I never (Never)
Saw you coming
And I’ll never (Never)
Be the same
[Bridge]
This is a state of grace
This is the worthwhile fight
Love is a ruthless game
Unless you play it good and right
These are the hands of fate
You’re my Achilles heel
This is the golden age
Of something good and right and real
[Chorus]
And I never (Never)
Saw you coming
And I’ll never
Be the same
[Chorus]
And I never (Never)
Saw you coming
And I’ll never (So you were never a saint)
(And I've loved in shades of wrong)
Be the same (We learn to live with the pain)
(Mosaic broken hearts)
(But this love is brave and wild)
About
“State of Grace” was released as the fourth and final promotional single from Red, and was the only promotional single that wasn’t re-issued as an official single.
Lyrically, the song serves as a warning for what love can be – both amazing and devastating. Essentially it can go both ways, depending on how we go about it.
Throughout the song, we see Swift detailing the beginning of a love with all its possibilities, as well an utterly romantic sentiment and charm about the uncertainty and expectations that come along with any new beginning.
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During her preview of the song on ABC’s Good Morning America, Swift described the song as such:
I wrote this song about when you first fall in love with someone — the possibilities, kind of thinking about the different ways that it could go. It’s a really big sound. To me, this sounds like the feeling of falling in love in an epic way.
The song peaked at #13 on the Hot 100 chart in 2012.
- 1.State of Grace
- 2.Red
- 3.Treacherous
- 5.All Too Well
- 6.22
- 7.I Almost Do
- 10.The Last Time
- 11.Holy Ground
- 13.The Lucky One
- 15.Starlight
- 16.Begin Again
- 19.Girl at Home