11. Innocent
On a tenderness scale, this song is a filet mignon. This song truly demonstrates Taylor's forgiving and optimistic Sagittarius nature. She looks for the best in people, and she isn't afraid to shoot a few sharp arrows of truth.
Most nostalgic line: Wasn't it easier in your lunchbox days
Most optimistic and hopeful line: Your string of lights is still bright to me
10 I Almost Do
How many times have we given in to those urges to call or text someone we know we shouldn't? I can remember every single one of the times that's happened to me because it's never happened to me. Exactly zero. The tenderness, longing, and desperation in Taylor's voice on this song make me want to drunk dial her.
Most heart-melting lines:
And I confess, babe
That in my dreams you're touching my face
9. Teardrops on My Guitar
This song is about that person who doesn't notice you and your secret romantic feelings for them. I can't relate to this song because I take what I want, but I can empathize and that's what makes this song special to me - how Taylor tests my emotional limits.
Most heart-breaking line: I wonder if he knows he's all I think about
8. Change
An uplifting song about faith and perseverance. Stick with it.
Most Zen line: These things will change
7. Forever & Always (piano version)
The heartbreak of a collapsing relationship - the hurt, the disillusion, the flood of bittersweet memories.How many times have we given in to those urges to call or text someone we know we shouldn't? I can remember every single one of the times that's happened to me because it's never happened to me. Exactly zero. The tenderness, longing, and desperation in Taylor's voice on this song make me want to drunk dial her.
Most heart-melting lines:
And I confess, babe
That in my dreams you're touching my face
9. Teardrops on My Guitar
This song is about that person who doesn't notice you and your secret romantic feelings for them. I can't relate to this song because I take what I want, but I can empathize and that's what makes this song special to me - how Taylor tests my emotional limits.
Most heart-breaking line: I wonder if he knows he's all I think about
8. Change
An uplifting song about faith and perseverance. Stick with it.
Most Zen line: These things will change
7. Forever & Always (piano version)
Most emasculating line: Did I say something way too honest that made you run and hide like a scared little boy
6. Sparks Fly
The excitement and rush of a new experience.
Sexiest command: Drop everything now!
5. Treacherous
The intensity of this song bristles like a smoldering desire for a forbidden fruit. The irresistible siren call of the wild beast.
Most mind-bending line: I can't decide if it's a choice
4. Haunted
If you're not singing about your pain then you don't know anything about music and you're doing it wrong.
Most haunting line: The whole time I'm wishing he was you
3. Begin Again
The mind is like a puddle, when it's disrupted, it becomes cloudy. After enough time passes and the dirt settles, it becomes clear once again. That's where love happens, in puddles, so the next time you step in one remember how lucky you are.
Most hopeful lines:
I've been spending the last 8 months
Thinking all love ever does is break and burn and end
But on a Wednesday in a cafe, I watched it begin again
The heart needs time to heal, and when it does painful memories fade like an old t shirt. Maybe that's what the healing is, forgetting.
Favorite lines:
'Cause here we are again in the middle of the night
We're dancing in the kitchen in the refrigerator light
1. Long Live
Life is about sharing time with people and connecting, making sweet memories and sharing wonderful moments. Long live, indeed.
Line that gets me amped:
When they gave us our trophies
And we held them up for our town
Also:
When they point to the pictures
Please tell them my name
Tell them how the crowds went wild
Tell them how I hope they shine
Should've Said No
This song didn't quite make my list, but this performance in a breakaway hoodie followed by the singing in the rain, on a scale of 1 to 10, is a 69, and a half.
This song didn't quite make my list, but this performance in a breakaway hoodie followed by the singing in the rain, on a scale of 1 to 10, is a 69, and a half.
