The Taylor Swift songs I listened to during the progression of my last (brief) relationship.
The Fairy Tale
“Today was a fairytale/you were the prince/I used to be a damsel in distress/You took me by the hand, and you picked me up at six/Today was a fairytale…”
- Today Was A Fairytale (Taylor’s Version)
“Can I go where you go?/Can we always be this close forever and ever?/And ah, take me out, and take me home (forever and ever)/You’re my, my, my, my/Lover…”
- Lover
“I don’t wanna look at anything else now that I saw you/I don’t wanna think of anything else now that I thought of you/I’ve been sleeping so long in a 20-year dark night/And now I see daylight, I only see daylight… And I can still see it all (In my mind)/All of you, all of me (Intertwined)
I once believed love would be (Black and white)/But it’s golden (Golden)/And I can still see it all (In my head)/Back and forth from New York (Singing in your bed)/I once believed love would be (Burning red)/But it’s golden/Like daylight, like daylight…”
- Daylight
“And I never (never)/Saw you coming/And I’ll never (never)/Be the same/This is a state of grace/This is the worthwhile fight/Love is a ruthless game/Unless you play it good and right/These are the hands of fate/You’re my Achilles heel/This is the golden age of something good and right and real…”
- State of Grace (Taylor’s Version)
“We can’t make any promises/ Now can we, babe?/ But you can make me a drink/ Is it cool that I said all that?/ Is it chill that you’re in my head?/ ‘Cause I know that it’s delicate (Delicate)…”
- Delicate
The Realization
“You said it in a simple way/ 4:00 a.m. 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/ I told myself, don’t get attached/ But in my mind, I play it back/ Spinning faster than the plane that took you/ And this is when the feeling sinks in/ I don’t wanna miss you like this/ Come back, be here…”
- Come Back…Be Here (Taylor’s Version)
“All this time I didn’t know/ You were breakin’ down/ I’d fall to pieces on the floor/ If you weren’t around/ Too young to know it gets better/ I’ll be summer sun for you forever/ Forever winter if you go…”
- Forever Winter (Taylor’s Version) (From the Vault)
“Back when we were still changin’ for the better/ Wanting was enough/ For me, it was enough/ To live for the hope of it all/ Cancel plans just in case you’d call/ And say, “Meet me behind the mall”/ So much for summer love and saying “us”/ ‘Cause you weren’t mine to lose/ You weren’t mine to lose, no…”
- august
The Mourning
“And I was thinking on the drive down, any time now/ He’s gonna say it’s love, you never called it what it was/ ‘Til we were dead and gone and buried/ And I know it’s long gone and/ There was nothing else I could do/ And I forget about you long enough/ To forget why I needed to/ Cause there we are again in the middle of the night/ We’re dancing ’round the kitchen in the refrigerator light/ Down the stairs, I was there/ I remember it all too well/ And there we are again when nobody had to know/ You kept me like a secret, but I kept you like an oath/ Sacred prayer and we’d swear/ To remember it all too well, yeah…
Well, maybe we got lost in translation/ Maybe I asked for too much/ But maybe this thing was a masterpiece/ ‘Til you tore it all up/ Running scared, I was there/ I remember it all too well/ And you call me up again just to break me like a promise/ So casually cruel in the name of being honest/ I’m a crumpled up piece of paper lying here/ ‘Cause I remember it all, all, all…
Just between us, did the love affair maim you, too…”
- All Too Well (10 Minute Version) (Taylor’s Version) (From The Vault)
The Recompense
“I guess you never know, never know/ And if you wanted me, you really should’ve showed/ And if you never bleed, you’re never gonna grow/ And it’s alright now/ But we were something, don’t you think so?/ Roaring 20s, tossing pennies in the pool/ And if my wishes came true/ It would’ve been you/ In my defense, I have none/ For never leaving well enough alone/ But it would’ve been fun/ If you would’ve been the one…”
- the 1