 Genius Meanings
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Taylor Swift – Don't You (Taylor's Version) [From the Vault]
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Formerly one of Taylor Swift’s rarest unreleased songs, “Don’t You” was added to the tracklist of Swift’s re-release of her sophomore album.
It describes Swift running into her ex
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Taylor Swift – Dear John
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“Dear John” is a reflection on Taylor’s short-lived relationship with fellow singer-songwriter John Mayer. Taylor conveys her feelings of frustration over the way she was treated
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Taylor Swift – the 1
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“the 1,” the second single from the album, centers around the nostalgic remembrance of myths and lost loves. Taylor contemplates an alternate life in which her old wishes had “come
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Taylor Swift – Don't Blame Me
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On this midtempo synthpop track, Taylor compares being in love to drug addiction.
The track notably has significant sonic and thematic similarities to Hozier’s 2013 track, “Take
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Taylor Swift – Enchanted
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“Enchanted” details Taylor’s infatuation with Owl City’s Adam Young, who Taylor corresponded with via email for quite some time. When she finally met him in New York City, she was
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Taylor Swift – Ours
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“Ours” is a track on the deluxe edition of Taylor Swift’s 2010 album Speak Now. Like her song “Love Story,” it tells the tale of a love frowned upon by others.
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Taylor Swift – You’re Losing Me (From The Vault)
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“You’re Losing Me” is a From The Vault track of her tenth studio album, Midnights. At first, the track was available to purchase for 24 hours on Taylor’s website, then released
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Taylor Swift – Stay Beautiful
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“Stay Beautiful” is a cute, heartfelt song about a boy Taylor had a crush on in high school. It epitomizes high school relationships, acknowledging that things may not work out
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Taylor Swift – Never Grow Up
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“Never Grow Up” is track number eight off Taylor Swift’s third album, Speak Now.
She wrote the song when she was in her late teens, but during one of her performances, she
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Taylor Swift – Karma
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On “Karma,” Taylor confronts people from her past, warning them about the consequences of their actions. Considering the way they acted towards her previously, Taylor is relieved
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Taylor Swift (Ft. The Civil Wars) – Safe & Sound
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Inspired by the first Hunger Games movie, “Safe & Sound” is a lullaby sung by Katniss' character to her 12-year-old sister Prim. In the song, Katniss promises to protect her and
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ZAYN & Taylor Swift – I Don't Wanna Live Forever
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“I Don’t Wanna Live Forever” is a sultry ode about feeling like life is hopeless without an ex-lover, written for the Fifty Shades of Grey sequel, Fifty Shades Darker. The song is
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Taylor Swift – Wonderland
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“Wonderland” is a bonus track from the Deluxe Edition of 1989. It is a description of a toxic relationship, from beginning to end. It uses the story of Alice In Wonderland as
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Taylor Swift – Cruel Summer
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“Cruel Summer” narrates the fragility and uncertainty at the beginning of Taylor’s relationship with Joe Alwyn. The two met officially at the Met Gala in May 2016, although she was
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Taylor Swift – Say Don't Go (Taylor's Version) [From The Vault]
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“Say Don’t Go” presents a heartfelt narrative of longing and heartbreak. The second vault track from Taylor Swift’s re-released version of 1989, it delves into the complexities of
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Taylor Swift – Now That We Don't Talk (Taylor's Version) [From The Vault]
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“Now That We Don’t Talk” explores the feelings that arise as a once-important relationship fades away, painting a picture of change and distance between two people who used to be
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Taylor Swift – Dear John (Live/2011)
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Live version of Taylor’s song, Dear John, on the Speak Now World Tour.
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Taylor Swift (Ft. Kendrick Lamar) – Bad Blood (Remix)
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On May 17, 2015, Taylor Swift debuted her “Bad Blood” video at the Billboard Music Awards.
The premiere was highly anticipated and featured a slew of notable actors and performers
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Taylor Swift – Bejeweled
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“Bejeweled” describes the narrator’s frustration with her lover, who does not value her as she deserves. In retaliation, she goes out for a night on the town. Despite her lover no
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Taylor Swift – Girl at Home
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“Girl at Home” is a song off the deluxe edition of Taylor Swift’s fourth studio album, Red.
Taylor describes a man who attempted to hit on her even though he already had a
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Taylor Swift – Dear Reader
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“Dear Reader” is the final track of the 3AM edition of Taylor Swift’s 2022 album Midnights. The song is written from the perspective of an advice columnist, and in it, Taylor
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Taylor Swift – The Other Side of the Door (Taylor's Version)
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[Verse 1] / In the heat of the fight, I walked away / Ignorin' words that you were sayin', tryna make me stay / I said, "This time I've had enough" / And you've called a hundred
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Taylor Swift – betty
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“betty” touches on the aftermath of “august,” which describes a summer love that was doomed from the start. Listeners learn that while the summer affair was going on, the speaker
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Taylor Swift (Ft. Chris Stapleton) – I Bet You Think About Me (Taylor's Version) [From the Vault]
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In “I Bet You Think About Me,” Taylor confronts her ex now that she was able to move on, knowing he still hasn’t. Using an angry and disappointed tone, Taylor puts the blame on her
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Taylor Swift – Death By A Thousand Cuts
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“Death By A Thousand Cuts” compares the possible break-up of a relationship to a slow, painful death. It was inspired by the Netflix film Someone Great, rather than an aspect of
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Taylor Swift – Daylight
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In the final song on her album Lover, Taylor Swift sings about struggling through previous relationships, beginning to doubt her ability to find true love, until she meets someone
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Taylor Swift – Come Back... Be Here
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On “Come Back…Be Here”, Swift croons about a lover lost to time over a simple production reminiscent of her Speak Now days. On the deluxe version of Red, it appears as the 18th
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Taylor Swift (Ft. Ed Sheeran & Future) – End Game
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This star-studded track is the sole collaboration on reputation. Before it was announced, “Eddie” and “Future” were written in graffiti in certain shots of the “…Ready For It
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Taylor Swift – Dear John (Taylor's Version)
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[Verse 1] / Long were the nights / When my days once revolved around you / Counting my footsteps / Prayin' the floor won't fall through again / And my mother accused me of losin
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Tim McGraw (Ft. Keith Urban & Taylor Swift) – Highway Don't Care
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Three of country’s brightest stars team up for a song about both relationships and road safety. Tim McGraw tells a story in which a not-so-great driver is distracted, and turns on
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The National (Ft. Taylor Swift) – The Alcott
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“The Alcott” is the final single from The National’s ninth studio album First Two Pages of Frankenstein .
Matt Berninger was inspired by his wife, Carin Besser, for the concept of
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Carly Simon – You're So Vain
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“You’re So Vain” is an infamously mysterious song about someone’s arrogance. It was inspired by several subjects — Simon told People in November 2015 that the second verse is about
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Taylor Swift – Fearless
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“Fearless” is about the feelings present when a new relationship begins. It is the title track of Taylor’s sophomore album and has become a fan-favorite over the years.
Taylor
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Taylor Swift – 22
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The sixth track on Red finds Taylor Swift celebrating her early twenties by having some (reckless) fun.
The song was written when Taylor Swift celebrated her 22nd birthday. The
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Taylor Swift – Timeless (Taylor's Version) [From The Vault]
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In the nostalgic “Timeless,” the narrator ruminates on the idea of fate, wistfully imagining herself and her lover throughout time. The song is ultimately about a love so powerful
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Taylor Swift – illicit affairs
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“illicit affairs” tackles the idea of infidelity, which she first discussed on 2006’s “Should’ve Said No.” In the decade since she released “Should’ve Said No,” Swift’s conception
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Taylor Swift – Look What You Made Me Do
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The lead single from the highly anticipated follow-up to 1989 takes shots at several unnamed rivals, who most fans suspect to be Kanye West, Kim Kardashian West, and Katy Perry
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Taylor Swift – The Story Of Us
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Swift wrote “The Story of Us” after an awkward encounter with ex John Mayer at the 2010 CMT Music Awards, where both parties tried to ignore each other’s presence. She told USA
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Taylor Swift – New Year's Day
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The closing track on reputation uses a New Year’s party as a metaphor to discuss holding on to people and memories from both good and bad times. Taylor recognizes that when the ‘
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Taylor Swift – Last Kiss
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In this emotional ballad, Taylor describes her feelings surrounding her break up with Jonas Brothers member Joe Jonas. The secret message for this song is “forever and always
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Taylor Swift – Love Story
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Taylor was inspired to write “Love Story” when she was going through a difficult situation with a boy she liked, whom she wasn’t “officially” dating. The song has been rumored to
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