Taylor Swift is referred to among fans as the “Shakespeare” of this generation. She is known for her amazing and thought-provoking lines in her songs. There is a running joke in the fandom that when Swift releases a new album it is best to have a dictionary on hand while listening to really understand the meanings and lines in her songs.
Here are some of Swift’s most complex and intricate lines:
- “Is it romantic how all my elegies, eulogize me” – “The Lakes” from the album, Folklore
- “Did you hear my covert narcissism like described as altruism like some sport of congressman” – “Anti-Hero” from Midnights
- “Your Midas touch on the Chevy door, November flush, and your flannel cure” – “Champagne Problems ” from the album Evermore
- “I could still melt your world! Argumentative, antithetical dream girl” -“Hits Different” from the album Midnights
Taylor Swift is great at telling an entire story in one line. Where her words are so complex, she can get her audiences to understand an entire lifetime of a character or an entire relationship. Here are a couple of fan-favorite lines from various albums:
- “Give me back my girlhood it was mine first” – “Would’ve Could’ve Should’ve” from the album, Midnights.
- “You showed me colors you know I can’t see with anyone else.” – ” Illicit Affairs” from the album, Folklore
- “You made a rebel of a careless man’s careful daughter.” – “Mine” from the album, Speak Now
- “You kept me like a secret but I kept you like an oath.” – “All Too Well” from the album, Red
Swift is also known for her punch lines, the lines that hit you right in the gut. Here are some examples of gut-wrenching lines:
- “I stayed there, blood collected on my pinned up hair.” – “Right Where you Left Me” from the album, Evermore
- “You had to kill me, but it killed you just the same” – “My Tears Ricochet” from the album, Folklore
- “A never needy, ever lovely jewel, who’s shine reflects on you”- “All Too Well” from the album, Red