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I'm Only Me When I'm with You

## Music Video

**I'm Only Me When I'm with You** is the twelfth track of the deluxe edition of Taylor's debut album Taylor Swift. It was released on November 6, 2007.

## Meaning and Background

The song is said to be about Taylor's friend Abigail Anderson.

## Music Video

The music video was released on March 3, 2008. It's a complication of home videos of Taylor with her family, with Abigail and with other friends. It also includes some clips of Taylor performing and on vacation.

## Lyrics

**[Verse 1]**
Friday night beneath the stars
In a field behind your yard
You and I are painting pictures in the sky
And sometimes we don't say a thing
Just listen to the crickets sing
Everything I need is right here by my side
And I know everything about you
I don't wanna live without you

**[Chorus]**
I'm only up when you're not down
Don't wanna fly if you're still on the ground
It's like no matter what I do
Well you drive me crazy half the time
The other half I'm only tryna let you know that what I feel is true
And I'm only me when I'm with you

**[Verse 2]**
Just a small town boy and girl
Living in a crazy world
Tryna figure out what is and isn't true
And I don't try to hide my tears
My secrets or my deepest fears
Through it all nobody gets me like you do
And you know everything about me
You say that you can't live without me

**[Chorus]**
I'm only up when you're not down
Don't wanna fly if you're still on the ground
It's like no matter what I do
Well, you drive me crazy half the time
The other half I'm only tryna let you know that what I feel is true
And I'm only me when I'm with you

**[Bridge]**
When I'm with anybody else it's so hard to be myself
And only you can tell

**[Chorus]**
That I'm only up when you're not down
Don't wanna fly if you're still on the ground
It's like no matter what I do
Well you drive me crazy half the time
The other half I'm only tryna let you know that what I feel is true
And I'm only me
Who I wanna be
Well, I'm only me when I'm with you
With you

**[Outro]**
Uh-huh
Yeah

## Videos

Taylor Swift - I'm Only Me When I'm With YouI'm Only Me When I'm With YouI'm Only Me When I'm With You (Instrumental w- BG vocals)
So It Goes...

## Audio

**So It Goes...** is the seventh track of Taylor Swift's sixth album reputation. It was released on November 10, 2017.

## Meaning and Background

The song is about a romantic relationship.

## Lyrics

**[Verse 1]**
See you in the dark
All eyes on you, my magician
All eyes on us
You make everyone disappear, and
Cut me into pieces
Gold cage, hostage to my feelings
Back against the wall
Trippin', trip-trippin' when you're gone

**[Pre-Chorus]**
'Cause we break down a little
But when you get me alone, it's so simple
'Cause baby, I know what you know
We can feel it

**[Chorus]**
And all our pieces fall
Right into place
Get caught up in the moments
Lipstick on your face
So it goes…
I'm yours to keep
And I'm yours to lose
You know I'm not a bad girl, but I
Do bad things with you
So it goes…

**[Verse 2]**
Met you in a bar
All eyes on me, your illusionist
All eyes on us
I make all your grey days clear and
Wear you like a necklace
I'm so chill, but you make me jealous
But I got your heart
Skippin', skip-skippin' when I'm gone

**[Pre-Chorus]**
'Cause we break down a little
But when I get you alone, it's so simple
'Cause baby, I know what you know
We can feel it

**[Chorus]**
And all our pieces fall
Right into place
Get caught up in the moments
Lipstick on your face
So it goes…
I'm yours to keep
And I'm yours to lose
You know I'm not a bad girl, but I
Do bad things with you
So it goes…

**[Refrain]**
Come here, dressed in black now
So, so, so it goes
Scratches down your back now
So, so, so it goes

**[Bridge]**
You did a number on me
But, honestly, baby, who's counting?
I did a number on you
But, honestly, baby, who's counting?
You did a number on me
But, honestly, baby, who's counting?
Who's counting?
(1, 2, 3)

**[Chorus]**
And all our pieces fall (pieces fall)
Right into place
Get caught up in the moments (caught up, caught up)
Lipstick on your face
So it goes (goes)…
I'm yours to keep (oh)
And I'm yours to lose (baby)
You know I'm not a bad girl, but I
Do bad things with you
So it goes…

**[Refrain]**
Come here, dressed in black now
So, so, so it goes
Scratches down your back now
So, so, so it goes
Come here, dressed in black now
So, so, so it goes
Scratches down your back now
So, so, so it goes

## Videos

So It Goes...So It Goes... (Karaoke Version)
Two Is Better Than One

**Two Is Better Than One** is a song from the band Boys Like Girls that features Taylor Swift. It was released on October 19, 2009.

## Lyrics

**[Verse 1: Boys Like Girls]**
I remember what you wore on the first day
You came into my life and I thought
Hey, you know, this could be something
'Cause everything you do and words you say
You know that it all takes my breath away
And now I'm left with nothing

**[Chorus: Boys Like Girls & Taylor Swift]**
So maybe it's true that I can't live without you
And maybe two is better than one
But there's so much time to figure out the rest of my life
And you've already got me coming undone
And I'm thinking two is better than one

**[Verse 2: Boys Like Girls & Taylor Swift]**
I remember every look upon your face
The way you roll your eyes, the way you taste
You make it hard for breathing
'Cause when I close my eyes and drift away
I think of you and everything's okay
I'm finally now believing

**[Chorus: Boys Like Girls & Taylor Swift]**
Then maybe it's true that I can't live without you
And maybe two is better than one
But there's so much time to figure out the rest of my life
And you've already got me coming undone
And I'm thinking two is better than one
Yeah, yeah

**[Bridge: Boys Like Girls]**
I remember what you wore on the first day
You came into my life and I thought, hey (hey, hey)

**[Chorus: Boys Like Girls & Taylor Swift]**
Maybe it's true that I can't live without you
And maybe two is better than one
But there's so much time to figure out the rest of my life
And you've already got me coming undone

**[Outro: Boys Like Girls & Taylor Swift]**
And I'm thinking, ooh, I can't live without you
'Cause, baby, two is better than one
There's so much time to figure out the rest of my life
But I'll figure out with all that's said and done
Two is better than one
Two is better than one
Superman

## Audio

**Superman** is the seventeenth track of the deluxe edition of Taylor's third album Speak Now. It was released on October 25, 2010.

## Meaning and Background

> "This is about, well, a guy, as usual. This was a guy that I was sort of enamored with. This song got its title by something that I just said randomly in conversation. He walked out of the room, I turned to one of my friends and said, ‘It’s like watching Superman fly away.’"
>
> - Taylor about Superman

## Lyrics

**[Verse 1]**
Tall, dark, and superman
He puts papers in his briefcase and drives away
To save the world or go to work
It's the same thing to me
He's got his mother's eyes, his father's ambition
I wonder if he knows how much that I miss him
I hang on every word you say, yay
And you smile and say, "How are you?”
I say, "Just fine"
I always forget to tell you, I love you
I love you forever

**[Chorus]**
I watch superman fly away
You've got a busy day today
Go save the world, I'll be around
I watch superman fly away
Come back, I'll be with you someday
I'll be right here on the ground
When you come back down

**[Verse 2]**
Tall, dark and beautiful
He's complicated, he's irrational
But I hope someday you'll take me away and save the day, yeah
Something in his deep brown eyes has me sayin'
He's not all bad like his reputation
And I can't hear one single word they say
And you'll leave, got places to be and I'll be okay
I always forget to tell you I love you
I loved you from the very first day

**[Chorus]**
I watch superman fly away
You've got a busy day today
Go save the world, I'll be around
I watch superman fly away
Come back, I'll be with you someday
I'll be right here on the ground
When you come back down

**[Bridge]**
And I watch you fly around the world
And I hope you don't save some other girl
Don't forget, don't forget about me
I'm far away, but I never let you go
I'm love-struck and looking out the window
Don't forget, don't forget where I'll be

**[Breakdown]**
Right here, wishing the flowers were from you
Wishing the card was from you
Wishing the call was from you
'Cause I loved you from the very first day

**[Chorus]**
I watch superman fly away
You've got a busy day today
Go save the world, I'll be around
Forever and ever here
I watch superman fly away
I swear, I'll be with you someday
I'll be right here on the ground
When you come back down

**[Outro]**
La, la, la, la, la, la
La, la, la, la, la, la
When you come back down
Afterglow

## Audio

**Afterglow** is the fifteenth track of Taylor Swift's seventh album Lover. It was released on August 23, 2019.

## Meaning and Background

Afterglow is about acknowledging your mistakes in a romantic relationship.

## Lyrics

**[Verse 1]**
I blew things out of proportion, now you're blue
Put you in jail for something you didn’t do
I pinned your hands behind your back, oh
Thought I had reason to attack, but no

**[Pre-chorus]**
Fighting with a true love is boxing with no gloves
Chemistry 'til it blows up, 'til there’s no us
Why'd I have to break what I love so much?
It's on your face, and I'm to blame, I need to say

**[Chorus]**
Hey, it's all me, in my head
I'm the one who burned us down
But it's not what I meant
Sorry that I hurt you
I don't wanna do, I don’t wanna do this to you (Ooh)
I don’t wanna lose, I don't wanna lose this with you (Ooh)
I need to say, hey, it’s all me, just don't go
Meet me in the afterglow

**[Verse 2]**
It's so excruciating to see you low
Just wanna lift you up and not let you go
This ultraviolet morning light below
Tells me this love is worth the fight, oh

**[Pre-Chorus]**
I lived like an island, punished you with silence
Went off like sirens, just crying
Why'd I have to break what I love so much?
It’s on your face, don't walk away, I need to say

**[Chorus]**
Hey, it's all me, in my head
I'm the one who burned us down
But it's not what I meant
I'm sorry that I hurt you
I don't wanna do, I don't wanna do this to you (Ooh)
I don't wanna lose, I don't wanna lose this with you (Ooh)
I need to say, hey, it's all me, just don't go
Meet me in the afterglow

**[Bridge]**
Tell me that you're still mine
Tell me that we'll be just fine
Even when I lose my mind
I need to say
Tell me that it's not my fault
Tell me that I'm all you want
Even when I break your heart
I need to say

**[Chorus]**
Hey, it's all me, in my head
I'm the one who burned us down
But it's not what I meant
Sorry that I hurt you
I don't wanna do, I don't wanna do this to you (Ooh)
I don't wanna lose, I don't wanna lose this with you (Ooh)
I need to say, hey, it's all me, just don't go
Meet me in the afterglow

## Videos

Taylor Swift - Afterglow (Official Audio)Afterglow
The Other Side of the Door

* Original
* Taylor's Version

## Lyric Video

**The Other Side of the Door** is the sixth track of the platinum edition of Taylor's second album Fearless. It was released on October 26, 2009. Taylor's Version was released on April 9, 2021.

## Meaning and Background

The song describes Taylor and her boyfriend getting into a fight with Taylor telling him to leave. However, in reality she still wants him and didn't mean what she said.

## Lyrics

**[Verse 1]**
In the heat of the fight I walked away
Ignoring words that you were saying
Trying to make me stay
I said, "This time I've had enough"
And you've called a hundred times
But I'm not picking up
'Cause I'm so mad I might tell you that it's over
But if you look a little closer

**[Chorus]**
I said, "Leave," but all I really want is you
To stand outside my window throwing pebbles
Screaming, "I'm in love with you"
Wait there in the pouring rain
Come back for more
And don't you leave 'cause I know
All I need is on the other side of the door

**[Verse 2]**
Me and my stupid pride are sitting here alone
Going through the photographs, staring at the phone
I keep going back over things we both said
And I remember the slamming door
And all the things that I misread
So babe if you know everything
Tell me why you couldn't see
When I left, I wanted you to chase after me

**[Chorus]**
Yeah, I said, "Leave," but all I really want is you
To stand outside my window throwing pebbles
Screaming, "I'm in love with you"
Wait there in the pouring rain
Come back for more
And don't you leave 'cause I know
All I need is on the other side of the door

**[Bridge]**
And I'll scream out the window
I can't even look at you
I don't need you but I do, I do, I do
I say, "There's nothing you can say
To make this right again, I mean it, I mean it"
What I mean is

**[Chorus]**
I said, "Leave," but baby, all I want is you
To stand outside my window throwing pebbles
Screaming, "I'm in love with you"
Wait there in the pouring rain
Come back for more
And don't you leave 'cause I know
All I need is on the other side of the door

**[Outro]**
With your face and the beautiful eyes
And the conversation with the little white lies
And the faded picture of a beautiful night
You carried me from your car up the stairs
And I broke down crying, was she worth this mess?
After everything and that little black dress
After everything I must confess, I need you

## Videos

Taylor Swift - The Other Side Of The Door (Taylor’s Version) (Lyric Video)The Other Side Of The Door
Swifties

**Swifties** is the name of Taylor Swift's fans. The name simply comes from the name 'Swift'. It's a nickname that distinguishes Taylor Swift fans from other fan communities.

Taylor has trademarked the word 'Swifties'.

You know you're a swiftie if you, #1, love Taylor, but really, how much do you know about her?

What is her 5th studio album (don't look it up)

What does (Taylor's Version) mean?

Why does she rerecord her albums?

These are simple questions, so if you know these you're on a roll!

1. ↑ Taylor Swift Trademarks 'Swifties,' But Why? | Billboard | Billboard
Folklore

## Singles from *Folklore*

1. "cardigan"
July 27, 2020
2. "exile"
August 3, 2020
3. "betty"
August 17, 2020
4. "the 1"
October 9, 2020

**folklore** is Taylor Swift's eight studio album. It was announced on July 23, 2020 and released a day later on July 24, 2020. It includes 16 tracks on the standard edition and 17 tracks on the deluxe edition.

Taylor said the following about the album: “folklore is wistful and full of escapism. Sad, beautiful, tragic. Like a photo album full of imagery, and all the stories behind that imagery.”

## Announcement

The album was announced on July 23, 2020 (a day before release), along with the track list. Taylor had been secretly working on it in secret during quarantine, not even her friends knew. About the release date, Taylor stated the following: "Before this year I probably would’ve overthought when to release this music at the ‘perfect’ time, but the times we’re living in keep reminding me that nothing is guaranteed."

## Trivia

* The next album, evermore, is folklore's sister album.
* Taylor started writing in April 2020.

## Track List

* Standard edition
* Deluxe edition

## Music Videos

Taylor Swift - cardigan (Official Music Video)
## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 YouTube Q&A - Cardigan premiere
2. ↑ Taylor Swift (@taylorswift) • Instagram-foto's en -video's - https://www.instagram.com/p/CC--mL3jpx3/
American Boy

**American Boy** is an unreleased song by Taylor Swift. It was recorded in 2002.

## Lyrics

**[Verse 1]**
American boy, living life as it goes
Sitting on the fence posts
Living in the lie
American boy, living in the real world
Trying just to get the girl
Trying to survive

**[Chorus]**
The simple things in life are always new
Growing up on Sam Hill avenue
Mama makes her cookies and daddy's just
The greatest living hero that ever was
Nothing in the world can ever once destroy
The hope of an American boy

**[Verse 2]**
Living off of bar tips, trying for relationships
Looking for the love
Suddenly rise, an American beauty
Suddenly he cheats, sent from above

**[Chorus]**
The simple things in life are always new
Growing up on Sam Hill avenue
Mama makes her cookies and daddy's just
The greatest living hero that ever was
Nothing in the world can ever once destroy
The hope of an American boy

**[Verse 3]**
American boy, raising little babies
Hearing daddy maybe, I'll be like you
Suddenly life, seems just like a new dawn
That's grown up, American boy

**[Chorus]**
The simple things in life are always new
Growing up on Grandview avenue
Mama makes her cookies and daddy's just
The greatest living hero that ever was
Nothing in the world will ever once destroy
No, nothing in the world will ever once destroy
The hope of an American boy
Jump Then Fall

## Lyric Video

**Jump Then Fall** is the first track of the platinum edition of Taylor's second album Fearless. It was released on October 26, 2009.

## Meaning and Background

> "It's really bouncy and happy and lovey. It's got this really cool banjo part that's, like, bouncy and... I don't know, it just has a really good feel-good vibe to me."
>
> - Taylor about Jump Then Fall

## Lyrics

**[Verse 1]**
I like the way you sound in the morning
We're on the phone and without a warning
I realize your laugh is the best sound
I have ever heard
I like the way I can't keep my focus
I watch you talk, you didn't notice
I hear the words but all I can think is
We should be together
Every time you smile, I smile
And every time you shine, I'll shine for you

**[Chorus]**
Whoa oh, I'm feeling you, baby
Don't be afraid to
Jump then fall
Jump then fall into me
Baby, I'm never gonna leave you
Say that you wanna be with me too
So I'ma stay through it all
So jump then fall

**[Verse 2]**
Well I like the way your hair falls in your face
You got the keys to me
I love each freckle on your face, oh
I've never been so wrapped up, honey
I like the way you're everything I ever wanted
I had time to think it oh, over
And all I can say is come closer
Take a deep breath and jump then fall into me
'Cause every time you smile, I smile
And every time you shine, I'll shine for you

**[Chorus]**
Whoa oh, I'm feeling you, baby
Don't be afraid to
Jump then fall
Jump then fall into me
Baby, I'm never gonna leave you
Say that you wanna be with me too
'Cause I'm gonna stay through it all
So jump then fall

**[Bridge]**
The bottom's gonna drop out from under our feet
I'll catch you, I'll catch you
When people say things that bring you to your knees
I'll catch you
The time is gonna come when you're so mad you could cry
But I'll hold you through the night until you smile
Whoa oh, I need you, baby
Don't be afraid, please
Jump then fall
Jump then fall into me

**[Chorus]**
Baby, I'm never gonna leave you
Say that you wanna be with me too
'Cause I'm gonna stay through it all
So jump then fall
Jump then fall, baby
Jump then fall into me, into me

**[Outro]**
Every time you smile, I smile
And every time you shine, I shine
And every time you're here
Baby, I'll show you, I'll show you
You can jump then fall, jump then fall
Jump then fall into me, into me, yeah

## Videos

Taylor Swift - Jump Then Fall (Taylor's Version) (Lyric Video)Jump Then Fall

## References

1. ↑ Taylor Swift Talks Fearless Re-Release, New Songs - MTV - http://www.mtv.com/news/1625536/taylor-swift-talks-fearless-re-release-new-songs/
Illicit Affairs

## Lyric Video

**illicit affairs** is the tenth track of Taylor Swift's eight album folklore. It was released on July 24, 2020.

## Trivia

* Taylor mentioned that this song isn't autobiographical.

## Lyrics

**[Verse 1]**
Make sure nobody sees you leave
Hood over your head, keep your eyes down
Tell your friends you're out for a run
You'll be flushed when you return
Take the road less travelled by
Tell yourself you can always stop
What started in beautiful rooms
Ends with meetings in parking lots

**[Chorus]**
And that's the thing about illicit affairs
And clandestine meetings and longing stares
It's born from just one single glance
But it dies and it dies and it dies
A million little times

**[Verse 2]**
Leave the perfume on the shelf
That you picked out just for him
So you leave no trace behind
Like you don't even exist
Take the words for what they are
A dwindling, mercurial high
A drug that only worked
The first few hundred times

**[Chorus]**
And that's the thing about illicit affairs
And clandestine meetings and stolen stares
They show their truth one single time
But they lie and they lie and they lie
A million little times

**[Verse 3]**
And you wanna scream
Don't call me "kid," don't call me "baby"
Look at this godforsaken mess that you made me
You showed me colors you know I can't see with anyone else
Don't call me "kid," don't call me "baby"
Look at this idiotic fool that you made me
You taught me a secret language I can't speak with anyone else
And you know damn well
For you, I would ruin myself
A million little times

## Videos

Taylor Swift – illicit affairs (Official Lyric Video)Illicit affairs (the long pond studio sessions)Illicit affairs
Gasoline

## Audio

**Gasoline** is a song from the HAIM that was released on June 26, 2020. The remix features Taylor Swift, which was released on February 18, 2021.

## Meaning and Background

On February 17, 2021, HAIM released a snippet of the Gasoline remix that featured Taylor's harmonies. The video included the number 13, Taylor's lucky number.

## Trivia

* This is the second time Taylor and HAIM collaborated, the first being no body, no crime.

## Lyrics

**[Verse 1: HAIM]**
You took me back
But you shouldn't have
Now it's your fault if I mess around
I took a drag
But I shouldn't have
Now I'm coughing up like I
Never smoked a pack

**[Chorus: HAIM]**
Gasoline, pretty please
I want to get off
But you're such a tease
Throw the keys back to me
Go on and kick off your boots
In the passenger seat

**[Verse 2: Taylor Swift]**
I get sad, you know I get sad
And I can't look past what I'm sad about
You did me bad
And I did it back
You needed ass, well, what's
Wrong with that?

**[Chorus: HAIM & Taylor Swift]**
Gasoline, pretty please
I want to get off
But you're such a tease
Throw the keys back to me
Go on and kick off your boots
In the passenger seat

**[Bridge: HAIM & Taylor Swift]**
We're watching the sunrise from the kitchen counter
When you lie in between my legs, it doesn't matter
You say you wanna go slower but I wanna go faster
Faster and faster

[Outro: HAIM]
Gasoline, pretty please
I want to get off
But you're such a tease
Cornelia Street

## Audio

**Cornelia Street** is the ninth track of Taylor Swift's seventh album Lover. It was released on August 23, 2019.

## Meaning and Background

> “It’s about the things that took place and the memories that took place on that street… all the nostalgia. Sometimes we bond our memories to the places that they happen. I wrote it alone and it ended up being one of my favorite songs.”
>
> - Taylor about Cornelia Street

## Lyrics

**[Verse 1]**
We were in the backseat
Drunk on something stronger than the drinks in the bar
"I rent a place on Cornelia Street"
I say casually in the car
We were a fresh page on the desk
Filling in the blanks as we go
As if the street lights pointed in an arrow head
Leading us home

**[Chorus]**
And I hope I never lose you, hope it never ends
I'd never walk Cornelia Street again
That's the kinda heartbreak time could never mend
I'd never walk Cornelia Street again
And baby, I get mystified by how this city screams your name
And baby, I'm so terrified of if you ever walk away
I'd never walk Cornelia Street again
I'd never walk Cornelia Street again

**[Verse 2]**
Windows flung right open, autumn air
Jacket 'round my shoulders is yours
We bless the rains on Cornelia Street
Memorize the creaks in the floor
Back when we were card sharks, playing games
I thought you were leading me on
I packed my bags, left Cornelia Street
Before you even knew I was gone

**[Pre-chorus]**
But then you called, showed your hand
I turned around before I hit the tunnel
Sat on the roof, you and I

**[Chorus]**
I hope I never lose you, hope it never ends
I'd never walk Cornelia Street again
That's the kinda heartbreak time could never mend
I'd never walk Cornelia Street again
And baby, I get mystified by how this city screams your name
And baby, I'm so terrified of if you ever walk away
I'd never walk Cornelia Street again
I'd never walk Cornelia Street again

**[Bridge]**
You hold my hand on the street
Walk me back to that apartment
Years ago, we were just inside
Barefoot in the kitchen
Sacred new beginnings
That became my religion, listen

**[Chorus]**
I hope I never lose you
I'd never walk Cornelia Street again
Oh, never again
And baby, I get mystified by how this city screams your name
And baby, I'm so terrified of if you ever walk away
I'd never walk Cornelia Street again
I'd never walk Cornelia Street again

**[Post-chorus]**
I don't wanna lose you (Hope it never ends)
I'd never walk Cornelia Street again
I don't wanna lose you (Yeah)

**[Outro]**
"I rent a place on Cornelia Street"
I say casually in the car

## Videos

Taylor Swift - Cornelia Street (Official Audio)Cornelia StreetTaylor Swift - Cornelia Street (Live From Paris)
The Outside

## Audio

**The Outside** is the sixth track of Taylor's debut album Taylor Swift. It was released on October 24, 2006.

## Meaning and Background

> "This is one of the first songs I ever wrote, and it talks about the very reason I ever started to write songs. It was when I was twelve years old, and a complete outcast at school. I was a lot different than all the other kids, and I never really knew why. I was taller, and sang country music at karaoke bars and festivals on weekends while other girls went to sleepovers. Some days I woke up not knowing if anyone was going to talk to me that day. I think every person comes to a point in their life when you have a long string of bad days. You can choose to let it drag you down, or you can find ways to rise above it. I came to the conclusion that even though people hadn't always been there for me, music had. It's strange to think how different my life would be right now if I had been one of the cool kids."
>
> - Taylor about The Outside

## Lyrics

**[Verse 1]**
I didn't know what I would find
When I went looking for a reason, I know
I didn't read between the lines
And, baby, I've got nowhere to go
I tried to take the road less traveled by
But nothing seems to work the first few times
Am I right?

**[Chorus]**
So how can I ever try to be better?
Nobody ever lets me in
I can still see you, this ain't the best view
On the outside looking in
I've been a lot of lonely places
I've never been on the outside

**[Verse 2]**
You saw me there, but never knew
I would give it all up to be
A part of this, a part of you
And now it's all too late so you see
You could've helped if you had wanted to
But no one notices until it's too
Late to do anything

**[Chorus]**
So how can I ever try to be better?
Nobody ever lets me in
I can still see you, this ain't the best view
On the outside looking in
I've been a lot of lonely places
I've never been on the outside

**[Bridge]**
Oh yeah

**[Chorus]**
So how can I ever try to be better?
Nobody ever lets me in
I can still see you, this ain't the best view
On the outside looking in
I've been a lot of lonely places
I've never been on the outside

**[Outro]**
Oh-oh
Oh, oh-oh
Oh-oh
Oh-oh

## Videos

The OutsideThe Outside (Instrumental w- BG vocals)
## References

1. ↑ http://www.taylorswift.com/music#/taylor\_swift/the\_outside/
Mary's Song (Oh My My My)

## Audio

**Mary's Song (Oh My My My)** is the tenth track of Taylor's debut album Taylor Swift. It was released on October 24, 2006.

## Meaning and Background

> "I wrote this song about a couple who lived next door to us. They'd been married forever and they came over one night for dinner, and were just so cute. They were talking about how they fell in love and got married, and how they met when they were just little kids. I thought it was so sweet, because you can go to the grocery store and read the tabloids, and see who's breaking up and cheating on each other (or just listen to some of my songs, haha). But it was really comforting to know that all I had to do was go home and look next door to see a perfect example of forever."
>
> - Taylor about Mary's Song (Oh My My My)

## Lyrics

**[Verse 1]**
She said, I was seven and you were nine
I looked at you like the stars that shined
In the sky, the pretty lights
And our daddies used to joke about the two of us
Growing up and falling in love and our mamas smiled
And rolled their eyes and said, "Oh my my my"

**[Chorus]**
Take me back to the house in the backyard tree
Said you'd beat me up, you were bigger than me
You never did, you never did
Take me back when our world was one block wide
I dared you to kiss me and ran when you tried
Just two kids, you and I
Oh my my my my

**[Verse 2]**
Well, I was sixteen when suddenly
I wasn't that little girl you used to see
But your eyes still shined like pretty lights
And our daddies used to joke about the two of us
They never believed we'd really fall in love
And our mamas smiled and rolled their eyes
And said, "Oh my my my"

**[Chorus]**
Take me back to the creek beds we turned up
Two A.M. riding in your truck, and all I need is you next to me
Take me back to the time we had our very first fight
The slamming of doors instead of kissing goodnight
You stayed outside till the morning light
Oh my my my my

**[Verse 3]**
A few years had gone and come around
We were sitting at our favorite spot in town
And you looked at me, got down on one knee

**[Chorus]**
Take me back to the time when we walked down the aisle
Our whole town came and our mamas cried
You said "I do" and I did too
Take me home where we met so many years before
We'll rock our babies on that very front porch
After all this time, you and I

**[Outro]**
I'll be eighty-seven; you'll be eighty-nine
I'll still look at you like the stars that shine
In the sky, oh my my my

## References

1. ↑ http://www.taylorswift.com/music#/taylor\_swift/marys\_song
1989

## Singles from *1989*

1. "Shake It Off"
August 19, 2014
2. "Blank Space"
November 10, 2014
3. "Style"
February 9, 2015
4. "Bad Blood"
May 17, 2015
5. "Wildest Dreams"
August 31, 2015
6. "Out of the Woods"
January 19, 2016
7. "New Romantics"
February 23, 2016

## Singles from *1989 (Taylor's Version)*

1. "Wildest Dreams"
September 17, 2021

**1989** is Taylor Swift's fifth studio album. The album was announced on August 18, 2014 and was released on October 27, 2014. It includes 13 tracks on the standard edition and 16 on the deluxe edition.

## Announcement

The album was announced on August 18, 2014, along with the release of the lead single Shake It Off.

## Singles

* Shake It Off
* Blank Space
* Style
* Bad Blood
* Wildest Dreams
* Out of the Woods
* New Romantics

## Track List

* Standard edition
* Deluxe edition

## Music Videos

Taylor Swift - Shake It OffTaylor Swift - Blank SpaceTaylor Swift - StyleTaylor Swift - Bad Blood ft. Kendrick LamarTaylor Swift - Wildest DreamsTaylor Swift - Out Of The WoodsTaylor Swift - New Romantics
Change

## Lyric Video

**Change** is the thirteenth and final track of the standard edition of Taylor's second album Fearless. It was released on August 8, 2008. It was a single for the AT&T Team USA Soundtrack.

## Meaning and Background

> "At one point, I began to understand that it would be harder for me on a smaller record label to get to the places and accomplish the things that artists were accomplishing on bigger record labels. I realized that I wouldn't get favors pulled for me because there weren't any other artists on the label to pull favors from. It was going to be an uphill climb and all that I had to encourage me was the hope that someday things would change. That things would be different. After so many times of just saying that to myself over and over, I finally wrote it down in a song."
>
> - Taylor about The Best Day

## Trivia

* All proceeds where donated to the United States Olympics Team.

## Music Video

The video was released on August 8, 2008. It was directed by Shawn Robbins. The video shows Taylor singing to the camera with a band behind her in an empty ballroom.

## Lyrics

**[Verse 1]**
And it's a sad picture, the final blow hits you
Somebody else gets what you wanted again and
You know it's all the same, another time and place
Repeating history and you're getting sick of it
But I believe in whatever you do
And I'll do anything to see it through

**[Chorus]**
Because these things will change
Can you feel it now?
These walls that they put up to hold us back will fall down
This revolution, the time will come
For us to finally win
And we'll sing hallelujah, we'll sing hallelujah
Oh, oh

**[Verse 2]**
So we've been outnumbered, raided, and now cornered
It's hard to fight when the fight ain’t fair
We're getting stronger now, finding things they never found
They might be bigger but we're faster and never scared
You can walk away, say we don't need this
But there's something in your eyes says we can beat this

**[Chorus]**
'Cause these things will change
Can you feel it now?
These walls that they put up to hold us back will fall down
This revolution, the time will come
For us to finally win
And we'll sing hallelujah, we'll sing hallelujah
Oh, oh

**[Bridge]**
Tonight we stand, get off our knees
Fight for what we've worked for all these years
And the battle was long, it's the fight of our lives
But we'll stand up champions tonight

**[Chorus]**
It was the night things changed
Can you see it now?
These walls that they put up to hold us back fell down
It's a revolution, throw your hands up
'Cause we never gave in
And we'll sing hallelujah, we sang hallelujah
Hallelujah

## Videos

Taylor Swift - Change (Taylor's Version) (Lyric Video)Taylor Swift - ChangeChange (Instrumental with BGV)

## References

1. ↑ http://www.taylorswift.com/music#/fearless/change
Sweeter Than Fiction

## Audio

**Sweeter Than Fiction** is a song by Taylor Swift that was written for the 2013 movie One Chance. It was released on October 21, 2013.

## Meaning and Background

> "I'm very inspired by the concept of love. And this movie is, in a lot of ways, a love story. You're expecting to go in and see a movie of someone who makes his dreams come true, but what you don't realize is you're actually being told a story of the love his wife... has for him. That was the story that hit me and really affected me. I wanted to tell a story musically from that perspective."
>
>

## Trivia

* This marks the first time Taylor worked with Jack Antonoff, who Taylor wrote and produced many songs with for her latest five albums.

## Lyrics

**[Verse 1]**
Hit the ground, hit the ground, hit the ground (oh, oh)
Only sound, only sound that you hear is "no"
You never saw it coming
Slipped when you started running
And now you've come undone and (I, I, I, I)
Seen you fall, seen you crawl on your knees (eh, eh)
Seen you lost in a crowd, seen your colors fade
Wish I could make it better
Someday you won't remember
This pain you thought would last forever and ever

**[Chorus]**
There you stand, ten feet tall
I will say, "I knew it all along"
Your eyes are wider than distance
This life is sweeter than fiction

**[Verse 2]**
Just a shot, just a shot in the dark (oh, oh)
All you got, all you got are your shattered hopes
They never saw it coming
You hit the ground running
And now you're on to something
I, I, I say
What a sight, what a sight when the light came on
Proved me right, proved me right when you proved them wrong
And in this perfect weather
It's like we don't remember
The rain we thought would last forever and ever

**[Chorus]**
There you stand, ten feet tall
I will say, "I knew it all along"
Your eyes are wider than distance
This life is sweeter than fiction
There you stand, next to me
All at once, the rest is history
Your eyes are wider than distance
This life is sweeter than fiction, fiction

**[Bridge]**
I’ll be one of the many saying
Look at you now, look at you now, now
I’ll be one of the many saying
You made us proud, you made us proud, proud
I’ll be one of the many saying
Look at you now, look at you now, now
I’ll be one of the many saying
You made us proud, you made us proud, proud
And when they call your name
And they put your picture in a frame
You know that I’ll be there time and again
'Cause I loved you when
When you hit the ground, hit the ground, hit the ground, oh oh
Only sound, only sound that you heard was "no"
Now in this perfect weather
It's like we don't remember
The rain we thought would last forever and ever

**[Chorus]**
There you stand, ten feet tall
I will say, "I knew it all along"
Your eyes are wider than distance
This life is sweeter than fiction
There you stand, next to me
All at once, the rest is history
Your eyes are wider than distance
This life is sweeter than fiction, fiction

## Videos

Sweeter Than Fiction (From "One Chance" Soundtrack)
This Is Why We Can't Have Nice Things

## Audio

**This Is Why We Can't Have Nice Things** is the thirteenth track of Taylor Swift's sixth album reputation. It was released on November 10, 2017.

## Meaning and Background

This song is heavily speculated to be about her feud with Kanye West and/or the media.

The making of the song was recorded and released for Taylor Swift NOW.

## Lyrics

**[Verse 1]**
It was so nice throwing big parties
Jumping to the pool from the balcony
Everyone swimming in a champagne sea
And there are no rules when you show up here
Bass beat rattling the chandelier
Feeling so Gatsby for that whole year

**[Pre-Chorus 1]**
So why'd you have to rain on my parade?
I'm shaking my head and locking the gates

**[Chorus]**
This is why we can't have nice things, darling
Because you break them
I had to take them away
This is why we can't have nice things, honey (oh)
Did you think I wouldn't hear all the things you said about me?
This is why we can't have nice things

**[Verse 2]**
It was so nice being friends again
There I was, giving you a second chance
But then you stabbed my back while shaking my hand
And therein lies the issue
Friends don't try to trick you
Get you on the phone and mind-twist you
And so I took an axe to a mended fence

**[Pre-Chorus 2]**
But I'm not the only friend you've lost lately (mm-mm)
If only you weren't so shady

**[Chorus]**
This is why we can't have nice things, darling (yeah)
Because you break them
I had to take them away
This is why we can't have nice (nice thing) things (baby), honey
Did you think I wouldn't hear all the things you said about me?
This is why we can't have

**[Bridge]**
Here's a toast to my real friends
They don't care about that he-said-she-said
And here's to my baby
He ain't reading what they call me lately
And here's to my mama
Had to listen to all this drama
And here's to you
‘Cause forgiveness is a nice thing to do
Haha, I can't even say it with a straight face

**[Chorus]**
This is why we can't have nice things, darling (darling)
Because you break them
I had to take them away
This is why we can't have nice things, honey (baby)
Did you think I wouldn't hear all the things you said about me?
This is why we can't have nice things, darling
(And here's to my real friends)
Because you break them
I had to take them
(And here's to my baby)
Nice things, honey
(He didn't care about that he-said-she-said)
Did you think I wouldn't hear all the things you said about me?
This is why we can't have nice things

## Videos

This Is Why We Can't Have Nice ThingsThis Is Why We Can't Have Nice Things (Karaoke Version)
Safe & Sound

## Music Video

**Safe & Sound** is a song from Taylor that was featured on the The Hunger Games: Songs from District 12 and Beyond album, a compilation of songs that were inspired by the movie The Hunger Games. It was released on December 26, 2011. It features The Civil Wars.

## Meaning and Background

> “The Civil Wars had a show that night in L.A., so they raced right over to T Bone’s house. There’s so many things he could’ve done production-wise to make that song bigger sonically than it is, but I think that would have possibly been a mistake. For him to have left the song as a lullaby is brilliant."
>
> - Taylor about writing the song with The Civil Wars

## Trivia

* Taylor has another song on The Hunger Games: Songs from District 12 and Beyond album, called Eyes Open.

## Music Video

The video premiered on February 13, 2012. It was directed by Philip Andelman.

**Storyline**

The video starts with The Civil War playing guitar at the fireplace of a cottage house. Throughout the video they sing along with the song. It then shows Taylor walking barefoot through a forest. She's wearing a long white dress. At some point, she sits on a couple of graves. She later finds a cottage house and enters it. Here, she finds a mockingjay pin (a reference to the movie The Hunger Games). At some point in the forest, Taylor sees a deer that dissolves into air.

## Lyrics

**[Verse 1: Taylor Swift]**
I remember tears streaming down your face
When I said I'll never let you go
When all those shadows almost killed your light
I remember you said, "Don't leave me here alone"
But all that's dead and gone and passed tonight

**[Chorus: Taylor Swift & Joy Williams of the Civil Wars]**
Just close your eyes
The sun is going down
You'll be alright
No one can hurt you now
Come morning light
You and I'll be safe and sound

**[Verse 2: Taylor Swift & John Paul White of the Civil Wars]**
Don't you dare look out your window
Darling, everything's on fire
The war outside our door keeps raging on
Hold on to this lullaby
Even when the music's gone
Gone

**[Chorus]**
Just close your eyes
The sun is going down
You'll be alright
No one can hurt you now
Come morning light
You and I'll be safe and sound

**[Bridge: Taylor Swift & The Civil Wars]**
Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, oh, oh

**[Chorus]**
Just close your eyes
You'll be alright
Come morning light
You and I'll be safe and sound

**[Outro: Taylor Swift & The Civil Wars]**
Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh oh oh

## Videos

Safe & Sound feat. The Civil Wars (The Hunger Games- Songs From District 12 And Beyond)Safe & Sound (from The Hunger Games Soundtrack)Taylor Swift feat. The Civil Wars "Safe & Sound" (from The Hunger Games Soundtrack)
## References

1. ↑ Taylor Swift, Arcade Fire Talk 'Hunger Games' - Rolling Stone - https://www.rollingstone.com/movies/movie-news/taylor-swift-arcade-fire-talk-hunger-games-248041/
Beautiful Eyes

**Beautiful Eyes** is Taylor Swift's second EP. The EP was released on July 15, 2008. It includes 4 alternative versions of songs from her self-titled album Taylor Swift and 2 new songs: Beautiful Eyes and I Heart ?. It also features various music videos, and behind the scenes videos on its DVD edition.

## Trivia

* This is one of the most hardest pieces of music to stream online, as Spotify, and others have not been given permission to put the songs in their apps.

## Track List

* Standard edition
* DVD
Starlight

## Audio

**Starlight** is the fifteenth track of Taylor's fourth album Red. It was released on October 22, 2012.

## Meaning and Background

> "Starlight is a song I wrote actually after seeing a picture of, Ethel and Bobby Kennedy when they were seventeen. I saw this picture about a year a half ago, and I didn’t know anything about like, what they were doing or what was going on in the picture, but I just thought ‘They look like they’re having the best night.’ So I wrote this song about what the night might’ve been like. And I ended up meeting Ethel and going and playing it for her and she just loved it. It was such a fun moment when she was just in love with the song and so happy about it. It’s just this adorable picture that to me, it just like brought forth all these potentials for how that night could’ve been.”
>
> - Taylor about Starlight

## Lyrics

**[Chorus]**
I said, "Oh, my, what a marvelous tune"
It was the best night, never would forget how we moved
The whole place was dressed to the nines
And we were dancing, dancing
Like we're made of starlight
Like we're made of starlight

**[Verse 1]**
I met Bobby on the boardwalk, summer of '45
Picked me up, late one night at the window
We were 17 and crazy, running wild, wild
Can't remember what song it was playing when we walked in
The night we snuck into a yacht club party
Petending to be a duchess and a prince

**[Chorus]**
And I said, "Oh, my, what a marvelous tune"
It was the best night, never would forget how we moved
The whole place was dressed to the nines
And we were dancing, dancing
Like we're made of starlight, starlight
Like we're made of starlight, starlight

**[Verse 2]**
He said, "Look at you
Worrying so much about things you can't change
You'll spend your whole life singing the blues
If you keep thinking that way"
He was trying to skip rocks on the ocean, saying to me
"Don't you see the starlight, starlight?
Don't you dream impossible things?"

**[Chorus]**
Like, "Oh, my, what a marvelous tune"
It was the best night, never would forget how we moved
The whole place was dressed to the nines
And we were dancing, dancing
Like we're made of starlight, starlight
Like we're made of starlight, starlight

**[Bridge]**
Ooh, ooh, he's talking crazy
Ooh, ooh, dancing with me
Ooh, ooh, we could get married
Have ten kids and teach 'em how to dream

**[Chorus]**
Oh, my, what a marvelous tune
It was the best night, never would forget how we moved
The whole place was dressed to the nines
And we were dancing, dancing
Like we're made of starlight, starlight
Like we're made of starlight, starlight

**[Breakdown]**
Like we're made of starlight, starlight
Like we dream impossible dreams
Like starlight, starlight
Like we dream impossible dreams

**[Outro]**
Don't you see the starlight, starlight?
Don't you dream impossible things?
Valentine's Day

* Movie poster
* Felicia Miller

**Valentine's Day** is a romantic comedy that premiered on Februari 12, 2010. Taylor stars in it as Felicia Miller. She also contributed to the soundtrack with her songs Today Was a Fairytale and Jump Then Fall.

## Synopsis

*In a series of interconnected stories, various Los Angeles residents (Jessica Alba, Jessica Biel, Bradley Cooper) wend their way through the highs and lows of love during a single day. As the holiday unfolds, they experience first dates, longtime commitments, youthful crushes and connections to old flames.*

## Felicia Miller

Felicia is a high school girl, whose the girlfriend of Willy (Taylor Lautner). Felicia isn't the sharpest tool in the shelf.

She's first seen walking into an elevator with a giant teddy bear. She starts talking to Julia and starts telling about how her boyfriend put the teddy bear in front of her door for Valentine. She then asks Julia if she also lives in the building.

Felicia is next seen talking with a friend and getting excited about lattés being put in the vending machine. She talks to a teacher about it. Felicia and her boyfriend Willy meet up and she encourages him to open her Valentine's gift. Willy is confused because it's just his track shirt, but Felicia explained that she ironed his lucky number '13' on the back. Willy points out that 13 is her own lucky number, which offends Felicia as she claims he doesn't appreciate her gift. Willy then pretends to like it and says he'll wear it later.

When Willy is on the running track, Felicia is getting interviewed by a news station. She tells him that she's on the dance team and shows him some of her (awkward) dance moves. Willy arrives and they start making out in front of the camera. They tell the interviewer how much they love each other. After Willy returns to the running track, Felicia tells the story of how they met. She claims she wasn't into him at first because he'd shoot spit wads at her in class, but one day she found a spit wad in her hair which turned out to be a note from Willy. She thought it was cute. Willy then trips on the running track and Felicia yells at him to walk it off and that he's still hot. Willy returns and they start making out again.

Later, Felicia and Willy kiss in an elevator until Taylor has to get out. After she stepped out, Willy stops the doors from closing and they kiss again. When Willy is gone, Taylor sits down and smiles from excitement.

## Trivia

* Taylor dated her on-screen love interest, Taylor Lautner, in real life after meeting on set.
* Taylor's character Felicia lucky number is thirteen, which she has written on her hand: Taylor's lucky number is also thirteen and was also written on the back of her hand during the Fearless Tour.