 Genius Meanings
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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 – marjorie
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“marjorie” is track 13 off of Taylor Swift’s ninth album evermore, and is a tribute to her late grandmother Marjorie Finlay. Appropriately, “epiphany” (the 13th track on evermore’s
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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 (Ft. Bon Iver) – evermore
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The titular closing track on the standard edition of evermore is a meditative piano ballad tracking the narrator’s journey from a seemingly unending period of deep depression and
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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 – All Too Well (10 Minute Version) (Taylor’s Version) [From The Vault]
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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 – 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 – 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 Archer
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“The Archer” is a mid-tempo track about Swift’s insecurities in a relationship. It’s the third song released from 2019’s Lover, preceded by “ME!” and “You Need To Calm Down.”
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Taylor Swift – my tears ricochet
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Swift shared via Instagram that “my tears ricochet” is about an “embittered tormentor showing up at the funeral of his fallen object of obsession.” She revealed in a YouTube
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Taylor Swift – Would’ve, Could’ve, Should’ve
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In “Would’ve, Could’ve, Should’ve”, Taylor uses morbid and religious overtones in order to express regret for a youthful relationship that left her deeply scarred. This draws on
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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 – 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.
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Taylor Swift – Maroon
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“Maroon” is the second song on Taylor Swift’s tenth album Midnights. It has similarities to “Red” and “Clean.”
While “Red” describes a love that was “burning red,” this track is a
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Taylor Swift – Afterglow
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In “Afterglow,” Taylor sings about self-sabotaging a relationship, overreacting about a misunderstanding. Taking blame for the fight, she asks for forgiveness from her partner in
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Taylor Swift – Why She Disappeared [Poem]
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“Why She Disappeared” is one of the poems featured in the Target-exclusive reputation magazines. Here, Taylor discusses the downfall of her reputation and the aftermath that made
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Taylor Swift – Blank Space
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Taylor Swift plays her “serial dater” image to her advantage with “Blank Space,” a synth-pop anthem that the RIAA certified 8x platinum in July 2018. Swift explained to GQ in
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Taylor Swift (Ft. The Civil Wars) – Safe & Sound (from "the Hunger Games" Soundtrack)
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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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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 – 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 – Dark Blue Tennessee
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“Dark Blue Tennessee” is one of Taylor Swift’s unreleased songs.
Taylor tells a tragic story of a boy and a girl who broke up, and the boy keeps calling her, saying that his life
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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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Taylor Swift – peace
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“peace” is a calm tune describing Swift’s maturation and changing view of romance. Like August 2019’s “The Archer,” Swift explains her shortcomings in a relationship and hopes that
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Taylor Swift (Ft. The Chicks) – Soon You'll Get Better
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Swift dedicates this heartbreaking tune to her mother, Andrea, who was diagnosed with cancer in April 2015, then re-diagnosed some time in 2018. Swift previously spoke about her
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Taylor Swift – gold rush
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“gold rush” is a song depicting the jealousy the narrator has because she is attracted to someone who everyone admires.
Because of this, she has to stop picturing her life with
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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 – Shake It Off
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“Shake It Off” is an upbeat track that encourages listeners to let go of small problems. It spent four weeks at #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 song chart, staying on the chart for a
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Taylor Swift – London Boy
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“London Boy” is most likely an ode to Swift’s boyfriend as of the song’s release, British actor Joe Alwyn. Other songs on the album, including the title track, are assumed to be
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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 – This Love (Taylor’s Version)
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The “Taylor’s Version” of Swift’s 2014 song was released in May 2022 as part of the soundtrack on Prime Video’s TV series, The Summer I Turned Pretty. It followed the release of “
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Taylor Swift (Ft. Ed Sheeran) – Everything Has Changed
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“Everything Has Changed” is a song about realizing your life has flipped upside down after falling for someone new. The track appears on Taylor’s fourth album, Red, and features
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Taylor Swift – Forever Winter (Taylor’s Version) [From The Vault]
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On the passionate winter ballad dubbed “Forever Winter,” Swift sings about her constant worry and stress over the actions of her friend. The heartfelt track describes Taylor’s
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Taylor Swift – So It Goes...
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The 7th track on Swift’s 2017 album, reputation, details a sexual relationship between Taylor and her partner, which is something she also sings about on some other tracks
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Taylor Swift – mad woman
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Much like her previous songs “Blank Space” and “Look What You Made Me Do,” which she references throughout the song, Swift connects the concept of a delusional woman to her
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Taylor Swift (Ft. HAIM) – no body, no crime
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“no body, no crime” is an imaginative take on Swift’s part on a true crime story, featuring HAIM band member Este Haim—good friends of Swift's—as the center of a missing persons
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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 – Hits Different
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“Hits Different” was a bonus track on the Target-exclusive Midnights: Lavender Edition. However, due to requests from fans, Taylor announced on May 24, 2023 that the track would be
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Taylor Swift – epiphany
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“epiphany” describes someone hoping to find peace in their dreams despite living in a world of chaos and violence, specifically in the midst of the current COVID-19 pandemic. In
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Taylor Swift – Lover
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The title track of Lover was first unveiled in Swift’s September 2019 Vogue cover story, along with a pair of lyrics from its bridge. The interviewer described the song as a “
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Taylor Swift – False God
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“False God” uses heavy religious imagery to compare Swift’s relationship with her then boyfriend, Joe Alwyn, to something all-powerful and greater than themselves.
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Taylor Swift – ...Ready for It?
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The first promotional single from Taylor Swift’s sixth album, reputation, debuted in an ad shown during a college football game between Florida State and Alabama. After its TV
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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 – cowboy like me
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“cowboy like me” is the 11th track on Taylor Swift’s ninth studio album, evermore. It is a country song reminiscent of Taylor’s early days. It tells the story of two swindlers who
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