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This Is Me Trying

## Lyric Video

**this is me trying** is the ninth track of Taylor Swift's eight album folklore. It was released on July 24, 2020.

## Meaning and Background

This song is about people who are suffering from addiction or mental illness who have an everyday struggle. Besides fighting everyday, nobody gives them credit for it and their best isn't good enough. Somebody like that must want everyone to know how hard it is for them, but you only know for yourself that you're trying your best.

The first verse is about someone who's in a life crisis, who has been trying and failing and it has been ruining relationships, they keep dissapointing everyone. They have driven to a cliff and could end it all, but chose to drive back home. Not driving off the cliff is the act of trying.

The second verse is about someone who felt like they had a lot of potential, but lost in life. They start drinking, but try not to every second.

The bridge is about the narrator not being able to drink, or to do things that cause them and others around them problems, when all they think about is someone important to them. And even when they aren’t doing those things, they still think about them.

## Lyrics

**[Verse 1]**
I've been having a hard time adjusting
I had the shiniest wheels, now they're rusting
I didn't know if you'd care if I came back
I have a lot of regrets about that
Pulled the car off the road to the lookout
Could've followed my fears all the way down
And maybe I don't quite know what to say
But I'm here in your doorway

**[Chorus]**
I just wanted you to know that this is me trying
I just wanted you to know that this is me trying

**[Verse 2]**
They told me all of my cages were mental
So I got wasted like all my potential
And my words shoot to kill when I'm mad
I have a lot of regrets about that
I was so ahead of the curve, the curve became a sphere
Fell behind all my classmates and I ended up here
Pouring out my heart to a stranger
But I didn't pour the whiskey

**[Chorus]**
I just wanted you to know that this is me trying
I just wanted you to know that this is me trying

[Post-Chorus]
At least I'm trying

**[Bridge]**
And it's hard to be at a party when I feel like an open wound
It's hard to be anywhere these days when all I want is you
You're a flashback in a film reel on the one screen in my town

**[Chorus]**
And I just wanted you to know that this is me trying
(And maybe I don't quite know what to say)
I just wanted you to know that this is me trying

**[Outro]**
At least I'm trying

## Videos

Taylor Swift – this is me trying (Official Lyric Video)This is me trying (the long pond studio sessions)This is me trying
Fearless

* Original version
* Taylor's Version

## Singles from *Fearless*

1. "Change"
August 8, 2008
2. "Love Story"
September 15, 2008
3. "White Horse"
December 8, 2008
4. "You Belong with Me"
April 18, 2009
5. "Fifteen"
August 31, 2009
6. "Fearless"
January 3, 2010

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

1. "Love Story"
February 12, 2021
2. "You All Over Me"
March 26, 2021
3. "Mr. Perfectly Fine"
April 7, 2021

**Fearless** is Taylor Swift's second studio album. The album was released on November 11, 2008 and the platinum edition was released on October 27, 2009. It includes 13 tracks on the standard edition and 19 tracks on the platinum edition.

The Taylor's Version of the album, titled "**Fearless (Taylor's Version)**", was announced on February 11, 2021 and was released on April 9, 2021. It's the first re-recorded album.

## Singles

* Love Story
* White Horse
* You Belong with Me
* Fifteen
* Fearless

## Taylor's Version

Taylor's Version of Fearless, which is the re-recorded version of the album, was announced on February 11, 2021 released on April 9, 2021. Taylor's Version of the lead single, Love Story, was released on February 12, 2021. This is the first album that was re-recorded and released, despite the original being her second album.

This version includes 26 tracks. Six of the songs are never released bonus tracks from the vault; they were written for the original Fearless album but didn't make the cut because of reasons such as Taylor not wanting too many break-up and down tempo songs and not being able to put that many songs on a physical CD. It also includes Today Was a Fairytale, which wasn't on the original album but was part of the Valentine's Day soundtrack.

The first song from the vault, You All Over Me, was released on March 26, 2021. On April 3, 2021, the names of all the vault songs were announced.

### Singles

* Love Story (Taylor's Version)
* You All Over Me (From the Vault)

## Trivia

* This album won 'Album of the Year' at the Grammys, making Taylor the youngest winner of this award at the time. She was 20 years old.
	+ It was also the first time Taylor won Album of the Year (arguably the most prestigious award in the music industry). The other albums that won this award are 1989 and folklore.

## Track List

* Standard edition
* Platinum edition
* Taylor's Version

## Music Videos

Taylor Swift - ChangeTaylor Swift - Love StoryTaylor Swift - White HorseTaylor Swift - You Belong With MeTaylor Swift - FifteenTaylor Swift - FearlessTaylor Swift - The Best Day
## References

1. ↑ Taylor Swift (@taylorswift) • Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/p/CLJzk9MjcCe
You All Over Me

## Lyric Video

**You All Over Me (From The Vault)** is the second single from Fearless (Taylor's Version) and first released song from The Vault. It was released on March 26, 2021. The song features Maren Morris.

## Background & Meaning

It was written for the original Fearless album, but didn't make the cut. It was leaked in 2017. On March 23, 2021, it was rumored to be on the re-recorded version of Fearless. This rumor was confirmed on March 24, 2021, when Taylor announced the song. A snippet was released the next morning on Good Morning America.

The original recording didn't include Maren Morris' background vocals, they were added because she likes to experiment with the unreleased songs and because Maren is one of Taylor's favorite artists.

## Lyrics

**[Verse 1: Taylor Swift]**
Once the last drop of rain has dried off the pavement
Shouldn't I find a stain, but I never do
The way the tires turn stones on old county roads
You leave it muddy underneath, reminds me of you
You find graffiti on the walls of old bathroom stalls
You know, you can scratch it right off, it's how we used to be
Like the dollar in your pocket, that's been spent and traded in
You can't change where it's been, reminds me of me

**[Chorus: Taylor Swift & Marren Morris]**
I lived, and I learned, had you, got burned
Held out, held on
God knows, too long, you wasted my time
Lost tears, swore that I'd get out of here
But no amount of freedom gets you clean
I still got you all over me

**[Verse 2 & Marren Morris]**
Guess the worst day of June
Was the one that I met you
With your hands in your pockets
And your "don't you wish you had me" grin
I did, so I smile, and I melted like a child
Now every breath of air I breathe reminds me of back then

**[Chorus 2 & Marren Morris]**
Well, I lived, and I learned, had you, got burned
Held out, held on
God knows, too long, you wasted my time
Lost tears, swore that I'd get out of here
No amount of freedom gets you clean
I still got you all over me

**[Bridge & Marren Morris]**
I lived, and I learned, and found out what it was to turn around
And see that we were never really meant to be
So I lied, and I tried, and I watched a part of myself die
No amount of freedom gets you clean
I still got you all over me
I still got you all, oh, over me

**[Outro & Marren Morris]**
Na na na, na na na, na na na, na na na na na
Na na na, na na na, na na na, na na, all over me
Na na na, na na na, na na na, na na na
Na na na, all over you, all over me
Oh oh oh oh oh yeah, oh oh oh yeah, yeah
Oh oh oh all over me

## Videos

Taylor Swift ft. Maren Morris - You All Over Me (From The Vault) (Official Lyric Video)You All Over Me (Taylor’s Version) (From The Vault)
Stay Beautiful

## Audio

**Stay Beautiful** is the eighth track of Taylor's debut album Taylor Swift. It was released on October 24, 2006.

## Meaning and Background

> "After hearing my songs, a lot of people ask me, 'How many boyfriends have you HAD?' And I always tell them that more of my songs come from observation than actual experience. In other words, you don't have to date someone to write a song about them. This is a song I wrote about a guy I never dated! Wow, right? Haha. This song is about a guy I thought was cute, and never really talked to him much. But something about him inspired this song, just watching him."
>
> - Taylor about Stay Beautiful

## Lyrics

**[Verse 1]**
Corey's eyes are like a jungle
He smiles, it's like the radio
He whispers songs into my window in words that nobody knows
These pretty girls on every corner
They watch him as he's walking home, saying, "Does he know?"
Will you ever know?

**[Chorus]**
You're beautiful
Every little piece, love
And don't you know
You're really gonna be someone
Ask anyone
And when you find everything you looked for
I hope your life will lead you back to my door
Oh, but if it don't
Stay beautiful

**[Verse 2]**
Corey finds another way to be the highlight of my day
I'm taking pictures in my mind so I can save them for a rainy day
It's hard to make a conversation when he's taking my breath away
I should say
Hey, by the way

**[Chorus]**
You're beautiful
Every little piece, love
And don't you know
You're really gonna be someone
Ask anyone
And when you find everything you looked for
I hope your life will lead you back to my door
Oh, but if it don't
Stay beautiful

**[Bridge]**
If you and I are a story
That never gets told
If what you are is a daydream
I'll never get to hold
At least you'll know

**[Chorus]**
You're beautiful
Every little piece, love
And don't you know
You're really gonna be someone
Ask anyone
And when you find everything you looked for
I hope your life will lead you back to my front door
Oh, but if it don't
Will you stay
Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful?
Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful?

**[Outro]**
La la la
Oh, oh, oh, oh
Oh, but if it don't
Stay beautiful
Stay beautiful
Na, na, na, na, na

## Videos

Stay BeautifulStay Beautiful (Instrumental w- BG vocals)
## References

1. ↑ http://www.taylorswift.com/music#/taylor\_swift/stay\_beautiful
If This Was a Movie

## Audio

**If This Was a Movie** is the sixteenth track of the deluxe edition of Taylor's third album Speak Now. It was released on October 25, 2010.

## Trivia

* This is the only Speak Now song that was co-written.

## Lyrics

**[Verse 1]**
Last night, I heard my own heart beating
Sounded like footsteps on my stairs
Six months gone and I'm still reaching
Even though I know you're not there
I was playing back a thousand memories, baby
Thinkin' 'bout everything we've been through
Maybe I've been going back too much lately
When time stood still and I had you

**[Chorus]**
Come back, come back, come back to me like
You would, you would if this was a movie
Stand in the rain outside till I came out
Come back, come back, come back to me like
You could, you could if you just said you're sorry
I know that we could work it out somehow
But if this was a movie you'd be here by now

**[Verse 2]**
I know people change and these things happen
But I remember how it was back then
Wrapped up in your arms and our friends were laughing
'Cause nothing like this ever happened to them
Now I'm pacing down the hall, chasing down your street
Flashback to the night when you said to me
"Nothing's gonna change, not for me and you"
Not before I knew how much I had to lose

**[Chorus]**
Come back, come back, come back to me like
You would, you would if this was a movie
Stand in the rain outside till I came out
Come back, come back, come back to me like
You could, you could if you just said you're sorry
I know that we could work it out somehow
But if this was a movie you'd be here by now

**[Bridge]**
If you're out there, if you're somewhere, if you're moving on
I've been waiting for you every day since you've been gone
I just want it back the way it was before
And I just want to see you back at my front door

**[Chorus]**
And I say, "Come back, come back, come back to me like
You would before you said it's not that easy
Before the fight, before I locked you out"
But I take it all back now

**[Chorus]**
Come back, come back, come back to me like
You would, you would if this was a movie
Stand in the rain outside till I came out
Come back, come back, come back to me like
You could, you could if you just said you're sorry
I know that we could work it out somehow
But if this was a movie you'd be here by now

**[Outro]**
You'd be here by now
It's not the kind of ending you want to see now
Baby, what about the ending?
Oh, I thought you'd be here by now
Thought you'd be here by now
Folklore: The Long Pond Studio Sessions

**folklore: the long pond studio sessions** is a concert film in which Taylor performs all songs of her album Folklore. She also tells the story behind every song, accompanied by co-producers Aaron Dessner and Jack Antonoff. It was filmed in the Long Pond Studios in New York.

The performances in the film are available as the *folklore: the long pond studio sessions (from the Disney+ special) deluxe edition album*. The film is available on Disney+.

## Synopsis

Taylor Swift performs this intimate concert of every song from her recent album, “folklore.” Accompanied by her co-producers and filmed at the historic Long Pond Studios, a setting that evokes the nostalgic, wistful nature of the album, Taylor discusses the creation and meaning of each song as they record their first in-person performance together, since remotely producing the collection.

## Cast

* Taylor Swift
* Jack Antonoff (record producer)
* Aaron Dessner (record producer)
* Justin Vernon (singer)

## Trivia

* In the film, it's revealed that William Bowery, the co-writer of Exile and Betty, is actually Taylor's boyfriend Joe Alwyn.
* This was the first time Aaron Dessner and Jack Antonoff were in a room together, as they worked together for folklore via online communication.

## Videos

Taylor Swift – folklore- the long pond studio sessions - Official Trailer - Disney+Taylor Swift - exile (folklore- the long pond studio sessions - Disney+) ft. Bon Iver

## Folklore: The Long Pond Studio Sessions

### Length

2:14:43 (full)
67:00 (disc 2)

The performances in the concert film were made into an album called *folklore: the long pond studio sessions (from the Disney+ special) deluxe edition album*. The album consists of two discs, the first disc being the original album and the second disc being the live performances.
Best Days of Your Life

## Music Video

**Best Days of Your Life** is a song from Kellie Pickler that features Taylor Swift. It was released on December 1, 2008.

## Meaning and Background

> "Taylor Swift and I actually wrote this song together while we were on tour with Brad Paisley. I had went through a really bad breakup a while back, so we wrote the song about the relationship that went sour. It’s so funny, because Taylor always says that she has the Picture [to Burn] song, and Carrie Underwood has Before He Cheats … and now Best Days of Your Life — that’s my kiss-off song! [My ex] has heard it, and so has the person he’s with now, so I guess it’s bittersweet."
>
> - Kellie about Best Days of Your Life.

## Lyrics

**[Chorus 1]**
'Cause I'll be there in the back of your mind
From the day we met 'til you were making me cry
And it's just too bad you already had the best days
The best days of your life

**[Verse 1]**
Ain't it a shame?
A shame that every time you hear my name
Brought up in a casual conversation
You can't think straight?
And ain't it sad
You can't forget about what we had?
Take a look at her and do you like what you see
Or do you wish it was me?

**[Chorus]**
'Cause I'll be there in the back of your mind
From the day we met to the very last night
And it's just too bad you already had the best days
The best days of your life

**[Verse 2]**
And does she know
Know about the times you used to hold me
Wrapped me in your arms and how you told me
I'd be the only one?
I heard about
Yeah, someone told me once when you were out
She went a little crazy, ran her mouth about me
Ain't jealousy funny?

**[Chorus]**
'Cause I'll be there in the back of your mind
From the day we met to the very last night
And it's just too bad you already had the best days
The best days of your life

**[Verse 3]**
Life with me was a fairytale love
I was head over heels 'til you threw away us
And it's just too bad you already had the best days
The best days of your life

**[Bridge]**
I heard you're gonna get married, have a nice little family
Live out my dreams with someone new
But I've been told that a cheater is always a cheater
So I've got my pride and she's got you

**[Chorus]**
'Cause I'll be there in the back of your mind
From the day we met 'til you were making me cry
And it's just too bad you already had the best days
The best days of your life

**[Outro]**
Of your life, oh, oh yeah
You're gonna think of me
You're gonna think of me in your life
Oh, oh, yeah
It's a shame
It's a shame
It's a shame, it's a shame, it's a shame

## Videos

Kellie Pickler - Best Days Of Your Life (Official Video)
## References

1. ↑ Kellie Pickler, 'Best Days of Your Life' | http://theboot.com/story-behind-the-song-best-days-of-your-life-kellie-pickler/?trackback=tsmclip
The Art Club

The Art Club was a club created and run by keeley2020. It was a club with weekly challenges, parties, and, as the name suggests, art! If you won a challenge, you'd get a specially designed badge made by one of the club members!

### Jobs:

President, Vice President, Head Artist, Artist, Challenge Creator, Badge Creator, Party Planner, Advertiser, Member, FM Knower

### Unique Club Features:

Members earn a specially designed badge if they win a contest.
Long Story Short

## Music Video

**long story short** is the twelfth track of Taylor's ninth album evermore. It was released on December 11, 2020.

## Meaning and Background

The song is about the 2016 drama, when she was "cancelled" for her feud with Kanye West.

## Lyrics

**[Verse 1]**
Fatefully
I tried to pick my battles 'til the battle picked me
Misery
Like the war of words I shouted in my sleep

**[Refrain]**
And you passed right by
I was in the alley, surrounded on all sides
The knife cuts both ways
If the shoe fits, walk in it 'til your high heels break

**[Chorus]**
And I fell from the pedestal
Right down the rabbit hole
Long story short, it was a bad time
Pushed from the precipice
Clung to the nearest lips
Long story short, it was the wrong guy

**[Post-Chorus]**
Now I'm all about you
I'm all about you, ah
Yeah, yeah
I'm all about you, ah
Yeah, yeah

**[Verse 2]**
Actually
I always felt I must look better in the rear view
Missing me
At the golden gates they once held the keys to

**[Refrain]**
When I dropped my sword
I threw it in the bushes and knocked on your door
And we live in peace
But if someone comes at us, this time, I'm ready

**[Chorus]**
'Cause I fell from the pedestal
Right down the rabbit hole
Long story short, it was a bad time
Pushed from the precipice
Clung to the nearest lips
Long story short, it was the wrong guy

**[Post-Chorus]**
Now I'm all about you
I'm all about you, ah
Yeah, yeah
I'm all about you

**[Bridge]**
No more keepin' score
Now I just keep you warm (Keep you warm)
No more tug of war
Now I just know there's more (Know there's more)
No more keepin' score
Now I just keep you warm (Keep you warm)
And my waves meet your shore
Ever and evermore

**[Verse 3]**
Past me
I wanna tell you not to get lost in these petty things
Your nemeses
Will defeat themselves before you get the chance to swing

**[Refrain]**
And he's passing by
Rare as the glimmer of a comet in the sky
And he feels like home
If the shoe fits, walk in it everywhere you go

**[Chorus]**
And I fell from the pedestal
Right down the rabbit hole
Long story short, it was a bad time
Pushed from the precipice
Climbed right back up the cliff
Long story short, I survived

**[Post-Chorus]**
Now I'm all about you
(And now) I'm all about you, ah
(And now) I'm all about you, ah
Yeah, yeah
I'm all about you
(And now) Yeah, yeah
I'm all about you

**[Outro]**
Long story short, it was a bad time
Long story short, I survived

## Videos

Taylor Swift - long story short (Official Lyric Video)Long story short
Welcome to New York

## Audio

**Welcome to New York** is the first track of Taylor's fifth album 1989. It was released on October 27, 2014.

## Meaning and Background

Taylor wanted to write a song about New York because she loves it, just moved there and nobody made one in a long time. She wanted it to sound like 1980s. Because of that Ryan Tedder, the co-writer, bought a 1980s keyboard. The song was written in three hours.

## Trivia

* The full song is featured during the opening scene of the animated movie *The Secret Life of Pets.*

## Lyrics

**[Verse 1]**
Walking through a crowd, the village is aglow
Kaleidoscope of loud heartbeats under coats
Everybody here wanted something more
Searching for a sound we hadn't heard before
And it said

**[Chorus]**
Welcome to New York, it's been waiting for you
Welcome to New York, welcome to New York
Welcome to New York, it's been waiting for you
Welcome to New York, welcome to New York
It's a new soundtrack, I could dance to this beat, beat, forevermore
The lights are so bright, but they never blind me, me
Welcome to New York, it's been waiting for you
Welcome to New York, welcome to New York

**[Verse 2]**
When we first dropped our bags on apartment floors
Took our broken hearts, put them in a drawer
Everybody here was someone else before
And you can want who you want
Boys and boys and girls and girls

**[Chorus]**
Welcome to New York, it's been waiting for you
Welcome to New York, welcome to New York
Welcome to New York, it's been waiting for you
Welcome to New York, welcome to New York
It's a new soundtrack, I could dance to this beat, beat, forevermore
The lights are so bright, but they never blind me, me
Welcome to New York, it's been waiting for you
Welcome to New York, welcome to New York

**[Bridge]**
Like any great love, it keeps you guessing
Like any real love, it's ever-changing
Like any true love, it drives you crazy
But you know you wouldn't change anything, anything, anything

**[Chorus]**
Welcome to New York, it's been waiting for you
Welcome to New York, welcome to New York
Welcome to New York, it's been waiting for you
Welcome to New York, welcome to New York
It's a new soundtrack, I could dance to this beat
The lights are so bright, but they never blind me
Welcome to New York (new soundtrack)
It's been waiting for you
Welcome to New York
The lights are so bright but they never blind me
Welcome to New York
So bright, they never blind me
Welcome to New York
Welcome to New York

## Gallery

* Videos
* Polaroids

Welcome To New York

## References

1. ↑ Ryan Tedder breaks down his biggest hits with Beyoncé, Adele, Taylor Swift, and more | EW.com - https://www.ew.com/music/ryan-tedder-songwriting-hits-beyonce-adele-taylor-swift/
Zecora

**Zecora** is a recurring character in Bride of Discord and minor character in Daughter of Discord, she was the only speaking creature living in the Everfree Forest until Discord.

## Appearance

A light gray zebra mare that has darker gray stripes along her body and the same colored gray and white mane and tail, on her flank is a gray sun surrounded by small gray triangles. She has black hooves, a matching pair of blue eyes and a set of jewelry hanging from her ear, around her neck and leg.

## Personality

Zecora is portrayed as a creature who speaks in rhymes all the time, she has proven to be a wise character and always willing to help her friends. A very patient character who is very caring but also stern.

## History

Nothing is known about Zecora's history including her tendency to speak in rhyme.

## Residence

Zecora lives in her hut/cottage which is located in the Everfree Forest seemingly near the Castle of Chaos and Screwball and Mothball's Little Cottage.

## Skills/Abilities

* **Zebra Physiology:** Zecora is a zebra and not much is known about the abilities that zebras posses.
* **Wisdom:** She has proven to be a very wise character and often advises the Mane 6 especially Fluttershy, Applejack and Rainbow Dash in their love lives.
* **Potion Knowledge:** Besides her wisdom. Zecora is a talented potion-maker and uses her knowledge to help others.
* **Tea Leaf Reading**: One of the skills that Zecora processes and uses to help aid Fluttershy and Applejack with their futures.
* **Palm Reading**: When Discord comes for advice, Zecora reads his palm and proves to be talented at it.
* **Rhyming**: Zecora speaks in rhyme whenever she talks to others but can stop if she loses her patience or wants to be blunt.

## Appearances

* Bride Of Discord
* Daughter of Discord

## Storyline

### Bride of Discord

Zecora is first mentioned by Applejack when she learns of Fluttershy's nightmares worsening, when Zecora is told of the nightmares she uses the tea cup Fluttershy drank to determine her future. After Applejack disagrees, Zecora asks if she needs help in her growing feelings for Spike, she would later be seen again when she visits Fluttershy and Applejack asking for help with Spike.
Mirrorball

## Lyric Video

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

## Meaning and Background

Mirrorballs are used as a metaphor. Mirrorballs are on the dancefloor because they reflect light, they have been broken a million times and that's why they shine. There are people like that too, they hang there and it entertains us everytime they break. When you shine a light on them, they shine, but when you don't, nobody looks at them even though they're still there. It's a metaphore for fame, but it's also about how people feel like you have to be different versions of yourself around different people, being duplicitous. It can become exhausting. You learn that everyone has the ability to become shapeshifter.

The lyrics "And they called off the circus, burned the disco down. When they sent home the horses and the rodeo clowns. I'm still on that tightrope. I'm still trying everything to get you laughing at me." was written after she heard her performances were cancelled because of the COVID-19 pandemic and lockdown. She tried to keep people laughing at her, by still writing music besides having an excuse not to.

## Lyrics

**[Verse 1]**
I want you to know
I'm a mirrorball
I'll show you every version of yourself tonight
I'll get you out on the floor
Shimmering beautiful
And when I break, it's in a million pieces

**[Chorus]**
Hush, when no one is around, my dear
You'll find me on my tallest tip-toes
Spinning in my highest heels, love
Shining just for you
Hush, I know they said the end is near
But I'm still on my tallest tip-toes
Spinning in my highest heels, love
Shining just for you

**[Verse 2]**
I want you to know
I'm a mirrorball
I can change everything about me to fit in
You are not like the regulars
The masquerade revelers
Drunk as they watch my shattered edges glisten

**[Chorus]**
Hush, when no one is around, my dear
You'll find me on my tallest tip-toes
Spinning in my highest heels, love
Shining just for you
Hush, I know they said the end is near
But I'm still on my tallest tip-toes
Spinning in my highest heels, love
Shining just for you

**[Bridge]**
And they called off the circus, burned the disco down
When they sent home the horses and the rodeo clowns
I'm still on that tightrope
I'm still trying everything to get you laughing at me
I'm still a believer, but I don't know why
I've never been a natural, all I do is try, try, try
I'm still on that trapeze
I'm still trying everything to keep you looking at me

**[Outro]**
Because I'm a mirrorball
I'm a mirrorball
And I'll show you every version of yourself tonight

## Videos

Taylor Swift – mirrorball (Official Lyric Video)Mirrorball (the long pond studio sessions)Mirrorball

## References

1. ↑ folklore: the long pond studio sessions
Cowboy like Me

## Lyric Video

**cowboy like me** is the eleventh track of Taylor's ninth album evermore. It was released on December 11, 2020.

## Meaning and Background

The song is about two people falling in love through a cat-and-mouse game.

## Trivia

* The song features backing vocals from The National and Mumford & Sons.

## Lyrics

**[Verse 1]**
And the tennis court was covered up
With some tent-like thing
And you asked me to dance
But I said, "Dancin' is a dangerous game"

**[Verse 2]**
Oh, I thought
This is gonna be one of those things
Now I know
I'm never gonna love again

**[Chorus]**
I've got some tricks up my sleeve
Takes one to know one
You're a cowboy like me

**[Verse 3]**
Never wanted love
Just a fancy car
Now I'm waiting by the phone
Like I'm sitting in an airport bar

**[Chorus]**
You had some tricks up your sleeve
Takes one to know one
You're a cowboy like me

**[Post-Chorus 1]**
Perched in the dark
Telling all the rich folks anything they wanna hear
Like it could be love
I could be the way forward
Only if they pay for it
You're a bandit like me

**[Post-Chorus 2]**
Eyes full of stars
Hustling for the good life
Never thought I'd meet you here
It could be love
We could be the way forward
And I know I'll pay for it

**[Chorus]**
You're a cowboy like me

**[Post-Chorus 1]**
Perched in the dark
Telling all the rich folks anything they wanna hear
Like it could be love
I could be the way forward
Only if they pay for it
You're a bandit like me

**[Post-Chorus 2]**
Eyes full of stars
Hustling for the good life
Never thought I'd meet you here
It could be love
We could be the way forward
And I know I'll pay for it

**[Bridge]**
And the skeletons in both our closets
Plotted hard to fuck this up
And the old men that I've swindled
Really did believe I was the one
And the ladies lunching have their stories about
When you passed through town
But that was all before I locked it down

**[Verse 4]**
Now you hang from my lips
Like the Gardens of Babylon
With your boots beneath my bed
Forever is the sweetest con

**[Chorus]**
I've had some tricks up my sleeve
Takes one to know one
You're a cowboy like me

**[Outro]**
And I'm never gonna love again
I'm never gonna love again
I'm never gonna love again

## Videos

Taylor Swift - cowboy like me (Official Lyric Video)Cowboy like me
The Lakes

## Lyric Video

**the lakes** is the seventeenth track of Taylor Swift's eight album folklore, the deluxe edition. It was released on August 18, 2020.

## Meaning and Background

The song is a testament of what she has wanted to escape from. It was inspired by the poet districts of the Lake District in England where many poets moved to. When she went there, she could see how someone would want to live there. Taylor mentioned that in most of her career, she has written about a "cottage backup plan" she has. These poets had the same exit plan and did it, she's not the first person who felt this way. She is now going there in her head, which is working as her escape plan.

## Trivia

* This song is the overarching theme of the album: trying to escape, having something you wanna protect and trying to protect your sanity.

## Lyrics

**[Verse 1]**
Is it romantic how all my elegies eulogize me?
I'm not cut out for all these cynical clones
These hunters with cell phones

**[Chorus]**
Take me to the Lakes where all the poets went to die
I don't belong and, my beloved, neither do you
Those Windermere peaks look like a perfect place to cry
I'm setting off, but not without my muse

**[Verse 2]**
What should be over burrowed under my skin
In heart-stopping waves of hurt
I've come too far to watch some namedropping sleaze
Tell me what are my words worth

**[Chorus]**
Take me to the Lakes where all the poets went to die
I don't belong and, my beloved, neither do you
Those Windermere peaks look like a perfect place to cry
I'm setting off, but not without my muse

**[Bridge]**
I want auroras and sad prose
I want to watch wisteria grow right over my bare feet
'Cause I haven't moved in years
And I want you right here
A red rose grew up out of ice frozen ground
With no one around to tweet it
While I bathe in cliffside pools
With my calamitous love and insurmountable grief

**[Chorus]**
Take me to the Lakes where all the poets went to die
I don't belong and, my beloved, neither do you
Those Windermere peaks look like a perfect place to cry
I'm setting off, but not without my muse
No, not without you

## Videos

Taylor Swift - the lakes (Official Lyric Video)The lakes (the long pond studio sessions)The lakes (bonus track)

## References

1. ↑ folklore: the long pond studio sessions
Ivy

## Lyric Video

**ivy** is the tenth track of Taylor's ninth album evermore. It was released on December 11, 2020.

## Meaning and Background

Ivy described a married woman falling in love with another man, having an affair with him.

## Lyrics

**[Verse 1]**
How's one to know?
I'd meet you where the spirit meets the bones
In a faith forgotten land
In from the snow
Your touch brought forth an incandescent glow
Tarnished but so gran

**[Pre-Chorus]**
And the old widow goes to the stone every day
But I don't, I just sit here and wait
Grieving for the living

**[Chorus]**
Oh, goddamn
My pain fits in the palm of your freezing hand
Taking mine, but it's been promised to another
Oh, I can't
Stop you putting roots in my dreamland
My house of stone, your ivy grows
And now I'm covered in you

**[Verse 2]**
I wish to know
The fatal flaw that makes you long to be
Magnificently cursed
He's in the room
Your opal eyes are all I wish to see
He wants what's only yours

**[Chorus]**
Oh, goddamn
My pain fits in the palm of your freezing hand
Taking mine, but it's been promised to another
Oh, I can't
Stop you putting roots in my dreamland
My house of stone, your ivy grows
And now I'm covered

**[Verse 3]**
Clover blooms in the fields
Spring breaks loose, the time is near
What would he do if he found us out?
Crescent moon, coast is clear
Spring breaks loose, but so does fear
He's gonna burn this house to the ground
How's one to know?
I'd live and die for moments that we stole
On begged and borrowed time
So tell me to run
Or dare to sit and watch what we'll become
And drink my husband's wine

**[Chorus]**
Oh, goddamn
My pain fits in the palm of your freezing hand
Taking mine, but it's been promised to another
Oh, I can't
Stop you putting roots in my dreamland
My house of stone, your ivy grows
And now I'm covered in you
And I'm covered in you

**[Bridge]**
So yeah, it's a fire
It's a goddamn blaze in the dark
And you started it
You started it
So yeah, it's a war
It's the goddamn fight of my life
And you started it
You started it

**[Chorus]**
Oh, I can't
Stop you putting roots in my dreamland
My house of stone, your ivy grows
And now I'm covered
In you, in you
Now I'm covered in you
In you

## Videos

Taylor Swift - ivy (Official Lyric Video)Ivy
Come Back... Be Here

## Audio

**Come Back... Be Here** is the eighteenth track of the deluxe version of Taylor's fourth album Red. It was released on October 22, 2012.

## Meaning and Background

> "There's a song I wrote with Dan Wilson called *Come Back... Be Here,* which I wrote about falling for someone and then they have to go away for work. They're traveling, you're traveling, and you're thinking about them, but you're wondering how it's gonna work when there's so much distance between you."
>
> - Taylor about Come Back... Be Here

## Lyrics

**[Verse 1]**
You said it in a simple way
4AM, the second day
How strange that I don't know you at all
Stumbled through the long goodbye
One last kiss, then catch your flight
Right when I was just about to fall

**[Pre-Chorus]**
I told myself, don't get attached
But in my mind, I play it back
Spinning faster than the plane that took you

**[Chorus]**
And this is when the feeling sinks in
I don't wanna miss you like this
Come back, be here, come back, be here
I guess you're in New York today
I don't wanna need you this way
Come back, be here, come back, be here

**[Verse 2]**
The delicate beginning rush
The feeling you can know so much
Without knowing anything at all
And now that I can put this down
If I had known what I know now
I never would've played so nonchalant

**[Pre-Chorus]**
Taxi cabs and busy streets
That never bring you back to me
I can't help but wish you took me with you

**[Chorus]**
And this is when the feeling sinks in
I don't wanna miss you like this
Come back, be here, come back, be here
I guess you're in London today
And I don't wanna need you this way
Come back, be here, come back, be here

**[Bridge]**
This is falling in love in the cruelest way
This is falling for you when you are worlds away
In New York, be here
But you're in London, and I break down
'Cause it's not fair that you're not around

**[Chorus]**
This is when the feeling sinks in
I don't wanna miss you like this
Come back, be here, come back, be here
I guess you're in New York today
And I don't wanna need you this way
Come back, be here, come back, be here

**[Outro]**
Oh-oh, oh-oh
I don't wanna miss you like this
Oh-oh, oh-oh
Come back, be here
Come back, be here

## References

1. ↑ Exclusive! Taylor Swift Sheds Light on ‘Red’ Bonus Tracks… And ‘The Worst Experience Ever’ (yahoo.com) - https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/blogs/our-country/exclusive-taylor-swift-sheds-light-red-bonus-tracks-180547365.html
Treacherous

## Audio

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

## Meaning and Background

> "That song was about a person that I knew, from the minute I saw him, that it would end in fiery, burning wreckage. There's something about that magnetic draw that doesn't really let up. You walk toward it anyway."
>
> - Taylor about Treacherous

## Lyrics

**[Verse 1]**
Put your lips close to mine
As long as they don't touch
Out of focus, eye to eye
'Til the gravity's too much
And I'll do anything you say
If you say it with your hands
And I'd be smart to walk away
But you're quicksand

**[Chorus]**
This slope is treacherous
This path is reckless
This slope is treacherous
And I-I-I like it

**[Verse 2]**
I can't decide if it's a choice
Getting swept away
I hear the sound of my own voice
Asking you to stay
And all we are is skin and bone
Trained to get along
Forever going with the flow
But you're friction

**[Chorus]**
This slope is treacherous
This path is reckless
This slope is treacherous
And I, I, I like it

**[Bridge]**
Two headlights shine through the sleepless night
And I will get you, get you alone
Your name has echoed through my mind
And I just think you should, think you should know
That nothing safe is worth the drive
And I will follow you, follow you home
Follow you, follow you home

**[Chorus]**
This hope is treacherous
This daydream is dangerous
This hope is treacherous
I-I-I, I-I-I, I-I-I

**[Breakdown]**
Two headlights shine through the sleepless night
And I will get you, get you alone
Your name has echoed through my mind
And I just think you should, think you should know
That nothing safe is worth the drive
And I will follow you, follow you home
Follow you, follow you home
I'll follow you, follow you home
Follow you, follow you home

**[Outro]**
This slope is treacherous
I-I-I like it

## References

1. ↑ USA TODAY - https://eu.usatoday.com/story/life/music/2012/10/17/taylor-swift-red-interview/1637307/
Champagne Problems

## Lyric Video

**champagne problems** is the second track of Taylor's ninth album evermore. It was released on December 11, 2020.

## Meaning and Background

The songs describes a rejected proposal.

> "Joe and I really love sad songs. We've always bonded over music. He started that one and came up with the melodic structure of it. I say it with a surprise that we started writing together, but in a way it wasn't because we've also bonded over music and have the same musical taste. He's always the person who's showing me songs by arists and then they become my favorites songs or whatever. Champagne problems was one of my favorite bridges to write. I really love a bridge where you tell the full story, where you really like shift gears."
>
> - Taylor about *champagne problems*

## Trivia

* Taylor is excited to perform the song in front of a crowd where they all sing *She would've made such a lovely bride / What a shame she's fucked in the head*.

## Lyrics

**[Verse 1]**
You booked the night train for a reason
So you could sit there in this hurt
Bustling crowds or silent sleepers
You're not sure which is worse

**[Chorus]**
Because I dropped your hand while dancing
Left you out there standing
Crestfallen on the landing
Champagne problems
Your mom's ring in your pocket
My picture in your wallet
Your heart was glass, I dropped it
Champagne problems

**[Verse 2]**
You told your family for a reason
You couldn't keep it in
Your sister splashed out on the bottle
Now no one's celebrating

**[Chorus]**
Dom Pérignon, you brought it
No crowd of friends applauded
Your hometown skeptics called it
Champagne problems
You had a speech, you're speechless
Love slipped beyond your reaches
And I couldn't give a reason
Champagne problems

**[Bridge]**
Your Midas touch on the Chevy door
November flushed and your flannel cured
"This dorm was once a madhouse"
I made a joke, "Well, it's made for me"
How evergreen, our group of friends
Don't think we'll say that word again
And soon they'll have the nerve to deck the halls
That we once walked through
One for the money, two for the show
I never was ready so I watch you go
Sometimes you just don't know the answer
'Til someone's on their knees and asks you
"She would've made such a lovely bride
What a shame she's fucked in the head," they said
But you'll find the real thing instead
She'll patch up your tapestry that I shred

**[Chorus]**
And hold your hand while dancing
Never leave you standing
Crestfallen on the landing
With champagne problems
Your mom's ring in your pocket
Her picture in your wallet
You won't remember all my
Champagne problems

**[Outro]**
You won't remember all my
Champagne problems

## Videos

Taylor Swift - champagne problems (Official Lyric Video)Champagne problems

## References

1. ↑ Taylor Swift: folklore, evermore and Songwriting | Apple Music Awards 2020 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CQacWbsLbS4
Invisible

## Music Video

**Invisible** is the thirteenth track of the deluxe edition of Taylor's debut album Taylor Swift. It was released on November 6, 2007.

## Meaning and Background

> "Then there's the song "Invisible," which is about the son of my parents' friends. They were always at my house and their son was my age, and he would always tell me about other girls he liked. I felt, well, invisible. Obviously. So I wrote that song about it, and it was a bonus track on my first album."
>
> - Taylor about Invisible

## Lyrics

**[Verse 1]**
She can't see the way your eyes
Light up when you smile
She'll never notice how you stop and stare
Whenever she walks by

**[Pre-Chorus]**
And you can't see me wanting you the way you want her
But you are everything to me

**[Chorus]**
And I just wanna show you
She don't even know you
She's never gonna love you like I want to
And you just see right through me
But if you only knew me
We could be a beautiful
Miracle
Unbelievable
Instead of just invisible

**[Verse 2]**
There's a fire inside of you
That can't help but shine through
She's never gonna see the light
No matter what you do

**[Pre-Chorus]**
And all I think about is how to make you think of me
And everything that we could be

**[Chorus]**
I just wanna show you
She don't even know you
She's never gonna love you like I want to
And you just see right through me
If you only knew me
We could be a beautiful
Miracle
Unbelievable
Instead of just invisible

**[Bridge]**
Like shadows in a faded light
Oh, we're invisible
I just wanna open your eyes
And make you realize

**[Chorus]**
I just wanna show you
She don't even know you
Baby, let me love you
Let me want you
You just see right through me
But if you only knew me
We could be a beautiful
Miracle
Unbelievable
Instead of just invisible

**[Outro]**
She can't see the way your eyes
Light up when you smile

## Videos

InvisibleInvisible (Instrumental w- BG vocals)
## References

1. ↑ Taylor Swift's Stone Harbor (inquirer.com) -https://www.inquirer.com/philly/news/nation\_world/20090515\_Taylor\_Swift\_s\_Stone\_Harbor.html
The Moment I Knew

## Audio

**The Moment I Knew** is the seventeenth track of the deluxe version of Taylor's fourth album Red. It was released on October 22, 2012.

## Meaning and Background

The song is about Taylor's 21st birthday party, which she called "the worst experience ever". It describes Taylor waiting for her then-boyfriend to show at her birthday party, but he never came.

## Lyrics

**[Verse 1]**
You should've been there
Should've burst through the door
With that "Baby, I'm right here" smile
And it would've felt like
A million little shining stars had just aligned
And I would've been so happy

**[Verse 2]**
Christmas lights glisten
I've got my eye on the door
Just waiting for you to walk in
But the time is ticking
People ask me how I've been
As I comb back through my memory
How you said you'd be here
You said you'd be here

**[Chorus]**
And it was like slow motion
Standing there in my party dress
In red lipstick
With no one to impress
And they're all laughing
As I'm looking around the room
But there was one thing missing
And that was the moment I knew

**[Verse 3]**
And the hours pass by
Now I just wanna be alone
But your close friends always seem to know
When there's something really wrong
So they follow me down the hall
And there in the bathroom
I try not to fall apart
And the sinking feeling starts
As I say hopelessly
"He said he'd be here"

**[Chorus]**
And it was like slow motion
Standing there in my party dress
In red lipstick
With no one to impress
And they're all laughing
And asking me about you
But there was one thing missing (missing)
And that was the moment I knew

**[Bridge]**
What do you say
When tears are streaming down your face
In front of everyone you know?
And what do you do
When the one who means the most to you
Is the one who didn't show?

**[Breakdown]**
You should've been here
And I would've been so happy

**[Chorus]**
And it was like slow motion
Standing there in my party dress
In red lipstick
With no one to impress
And they're all standing around me, singing
"Happy birthday to you"
But there was one thing missing
And that was the moment I knew
Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh, I knew
Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh

**[Outro]**
You called me later
And said, "I'm sorry I didn't make it"
And I said, "I'm sorry, too"
And that was the moment I knew

## References

1. ↑ Exclusive! Taylor Swift Sheds Light on ‘Red’ Bonus Tracks… And ‘The Worst Experience Ever’ (yahoo.com) - https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/blogs/our-country/exclusive-taylor-swift-sheds-light-red-bonus-tracks-180547365.html