 Genius Meanings
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Taylor Swift (Ft. Ed Sheeran) – Run (Taylor’s Version) [From The Vault]
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[Intro: Ed Sheeran] / One, two, three, four / [Verse 1: Taylor Swift, Taylor Swift & Ed Sheeran] / Give me the keys, I'll bring the car back around / We shouldn't be in this town
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Taylor Swift – I Almost Do
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“I Almost Do,” is a song that describes the internal conflict that goes on when reminiscing about a romance. Taylor commented on the song saying—
“I Almost Do'” is a song I wrote
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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 – 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 – Only The Young
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“Only The Young” is a political anthem encouraging young adults and teenagers to use their voice for what they believe in. Swift first announced the song in an interview with
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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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Taylor Swift – Forever & Always
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“Forever & Always” is the eleventh track off Taylor Swift’s second studio album, Fearless.
The song was inspired by her recent break up with Joe Jonas. She described it as a song
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Taylor Swift – The Man
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“The Man” was confirmed as an official Lover track in Taylor’s Vogue interview from August 8, 2019. In the song, Taylor “plays with the idea of perception.” According to Vogue, "
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Taylor Swift – Call It What You Want
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“Call It What You Want” was first announced on social media on November 2nd, 2017, which was coincidentally the 13th anniversary of Taylor meeting the man who signed her to Big
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Taylor Swift – The Best Day
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Swift wrote “The Best Day” about her mother, Andrea Swift, and the good effects her mother had on her growing up.
In an interview with Taste of Country, Swift talked about how
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Taylor Swift – Better Man (Taylor's Version) [From The Vault]
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A cut from the original 2012 Red album, “Better Man” captures the feeling of getting out of a toxic, perhaps abusive, relationship and accepting the sorrow that follows the breakup
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Taylor Swift – Sparks Fly
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“Sparks Fly” was written when Taylor was sixteen, after playing with her crush Jake Owen in a bar in Portland, Oregon. Due to the demand from fans after a performance of the song
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Taylor Swift – seven
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This song is about one of Taylor’s childhood friends who seemed to have had an unhappy life at home. Taylor reflects back on her innocence back then, how she thought that their
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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 – All Too Well
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Widely regarded as one of Swift’s best songs, “All Too Well” sees her picking up shards of memories after a gut-wrenching breakup. She jumps through time to reflect on her best and
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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 – I Wish You Would
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This is a song about an ex-lover who she doesn’t exactly think she will never ever get back together with. Although their relationship is over, she has no bitter feelings towards
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Taylor Swift – Mine
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“Mine” is the lead single from Taylor’s third studio album Speak Now.
It tells the story of a girl whose parents' failed marriage has caused her to take a pessimistic view on love
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Taylor Swift – Tell Me Why (Taylor's Version)
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[Verse 1] / I took a chance, I took a shot / And you might think I'm bulletproof, but I'm not / You took a swing, I took it hard / And down here from the ground, I see who you are
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Taylor Swift – I Know Places
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The twelfth song on Swift’s first all-pop album 1989 is about the difficulty of a high-profile couple finding any privacy from paparazzi and gossip magazines. It uses the metaphor
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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 – it’s time to go
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In addition to the fifteen tracks released on the standard issue of evermore, two bonus tracks–“it’s time to go” and “right where you left me”–were made available on the physical
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Taylor Swift – 'tis the damn season
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“‘tis the damn season” is the fourth track on evermore, and marks the first time that Taylor Swift has cursed in a song title.
In the liner notes of the album, Swift wrote that
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Taylor Swift – the last great american dynasty
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“the last great american dynasty” follows the story of Rebekah Harkness, a patron of the arts, and founder of the Rebekah Harkness Foundation.
In 2013, Swift bought a Rhode Island
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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 – Style
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“Style” details a tumultuous relationship between two people who keep coming back to each other. Swift seems to have taken inspiration from her romance with Harry Styles, even
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Taylor Swift (Ft. Gary Lightbody) – The Last Time
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This song ties into the theme of what can happen throughout a relationship similar to one in songs like “I Almost Do” or “We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together”. The relationship
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Taylor Swift – ivy
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“ivy,” the tenth track from evermore, tells the story of a married woman falling in love with a person who is not her husband, leading to an affair.
Swift has sung about
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Taylor Swift – I Know Places (Taylor’s Version)
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[Intro] / I-I-I-I, I-I-I-I / I-I-I-I, I-I-I-I / I-I-I-I, I-I-I-I, I-I (I, I) / [Verse 1] / You stand with your hand on my waistline / It's a scene and we're out here in plain sight
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Taylor Swift – cardigan
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Accompanied by the release of her project written and recorded during the lockdown due to COVID-19, “cardigan” is the lead single from Taylor Swift’s eighth studio album, folklore.
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Taylor Swift – Fearless (Taylor's Version)
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A snippet of “Fearless (Taylor’s Version)” was released on April 8th, on Good Morning America. According to Swift herself, this track is lyrically about “the fearlessness of
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Taylor Swift – Miss Americana & The Heartbreak Prince
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“Miss Americana & The Heartbreak Prince” is a layered song that can be interpreted as describing a high school romance or Swift’s reasons for becoming politically vocal. It
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Taylor Swift – You're On Your Own, Kid
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“You’re On Your Own, Kid” recounts a young person who longs for love but eventually understands that they are on their own as the song progresses toward its conclusion. The verses
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Taylor Swift – This Love
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The 11th track on 1989 finds Taylor using cyclical metaphors to ponder on the cycles of a relationship. Sometimes it’s good, sometimes it’s bad, but regardless, it’s still love. It
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Apple Music – Taylor Swift Essentials
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1. Taylor Swift- All Too Well (Taylor's Version) / 2. Taylor Swift- Run (Taylor's Version) (From The Vault) [feat. Ed Sheeran] / 3. Taylor Swift- The Very First Night (Taylor's
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Taylor Swift – right where you left me
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In addition to the fifteen tracks released on the standard issue of evermore, two bonus tracks–“right where you left me” and “it’s time to go”–were made available on the physical
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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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Taylor Swift – Ronan
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Swift wrote “Ronan” about a three-year-old boy named Ronan Thompson, who died of neuroblastoma after an eight-month battle in 2011. Ronan’s mother, Maya Thompson, who gets credit
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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 – 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 – 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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