You Are in Love

**You Are in Love** is the fifteenth track on 1989. It was released on October 27, 2014.
The song is loosely based on what Swift's friend Lena Dunham had told her about her longtime relationship with Jack Antonoff.

## Lyrics

[Verse 1]

One look, dark room

Meant just for you

Time moved too fast, you play it back

Buttons on a coat, lighthearted joke

No proof, not much, but you saw enough

Small talk, he drives

Coffee at midnight

The light reflects the chain on your neck

He says, "Look up"

And your shoulders brush

No proof, one touch, but you felt enough

[Chorus]

You can hear it in the silence (Silence), silence (Silence), you

You can feel it on the way home (Way home), way home (Way home), you

You can see it with the lights out (Lights out), lights out (Lights out)

You are in love, true love

You are in love

[Verse 2]

Morning, his place

Burnt toast, Sunday

You keep his shirt, he keeps his word

And for once, you let go

Of your fears and your ghosts

One step, not much, but it said enough

You kiss on sidewalks

You fight and you talk

One night, he wakes

Strange look on his face

Pauses, then says "You're my best friend"

And you knew what it was, he is in love

[Chorus]

You can hear it in the silence (Silence), silence (Silence), you

You can feel it on the way home (Way home), way home (Way home), you

You can see it with the lights out (Lights out), lights out (Lights out)

You are in love, true love

[Bridge]

And so it goes

You two are dancing in a snow globe, 'round and 'round

And he keeps a picture of you in his office downtown

And you understand now

Why they lost their minds and fought the wars

And why I've spent my whole life trying to put it into words

[Breakdown]

'Cause you can hear it in the silence

You can feel it on the way home

You can see it with the lights out

You are in love, true love

You are in love

[Chorus]

You can hear it in the silence (Silence), silence (Silence), you

You can feel it on the way home (Way home), way home (Way home), you

You can see it with the lights out (Lights out), lights out (Lights out)

You are in love, true love

You are in love

You can hear it in the silence (Silence), silence (Silence), you

You can feel it on the way home (Way home), way home (Way home), you

You can see it with the lights out (Lights out), lights out (Lights out)

You are in love, true love

You are in love

## Commentary

> It’s a song I wrote that is loosely based on… I wrote it with my friend Jack Antonoff (of Fun. and Bleachers) who’s dating my friend Lena [Dunham]. Jack sent me this song, it was just an instrumental track he was working on and immediately I knew the song it needed to be. And I wrote it as a kind of commentary on what their relationship has been like. So it’s actually me looking and going and ‘this happened and that happened then that happened’ and that’s how you knew, “You are in love”.
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-Taylor Swift, in an interview with Jimmy Kimmel

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## Trivia

* In October 2014, Lena Dunham replied to Taylor's tweet saying "my someday wedding song, as you know" in reference to the song "You Are in Love" . However, Dunham and Antonoff split in 2018, and she was married to Luis Felber in 2021. Taylor Swift was a bridesmaid at the wedding.

## References

1. ↑ https://twitter.com/lenadunham/status/523026624468373506?ref\_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E523026624468373506%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1\_&ref\_url=https%3A%2F%2Fgenius.com%2FTaylor-swift-you-are-in-love-lyrics