'Don’t treat me like some situation that needs to be handled / I’m fine with my spite and my tears, and my beers and my candles' – 'Closure' from 'Evermore'Ī line that will go down in Swift’s breakup song hall of fame.ħ6. 'While he was doing lines and crossing all of mine / someone told his white collar crimes to the FBI' – 'Vigilante S-' from 'Midnights' More: Billie Eilish, Taylor Swift, and the pressure – and shaming – of celebrity women changing their imageħ7. 'I used to switch out these Kens, I'd just ghost / Rip the Band-Aid off and skip town like an asshole outlaw' - 'Hits Different (Taylor's Version)' from 'Midnights (The Til Dawn Edition)'Įven more than a Barbie reference, we love this playful acknowledgement of less-than-ideal past behaviors. Phoebe Bridgers) (Taylor’s Version)' from 'Red (Taylor's Version)'Īlso us every time we update this article. 'Lord, what will become of me / Once I've lost my novelty?' – 'Nothing New (feat. We don’t even care if the 'Conversations With Friends' PR team put her up to this one.ħ9. Review: Taylor Swift returns to pop with poetic 'Midnights,' her most deeply personal album yetĨ0. 'Karma is the guy on the screen coming straight home to me' – 'Karma' from “Midnights” We ranked Swift's 80 best song lyrics from over the years – some heartbreaking, some triumphant – all works of lyrical genius that her biggest fans can't help but to sing again and again. If I continue to write songs about my life, and my life is always changing, then my music will always be changing,' Swift told USA TODAY in 2010. Longtime listeners know her discography all too well: They associate certain albums with specific periods of their lives and tether some of her most memorable lines to moments of their own. Taylor Swift's years in the spotlight have taken listeners from her country roots in 2006's self-titled 'Taylor Swift' to pop stardom, then surprise quarantine albums 'Folklore' and 'Evermore, a triumphant return to her past with '(Taylor's Version)' re-recordings, and the vulnerable pop grooves of 'Midnights.'Ĭrossing genres and countless style choices, Swift has taken her place as a music icon. From 'I hope you think of me' to 'all's well that ends well to end up with you,' Taylor Swift’s lyrics have “enchanted” us for more than a decade and a half.

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