"and i was right there beside him all summer long, and then the time we woke up to find that summer gone"
fearless (2008)
"but no matter what love throws at you, you have to believe in it. you have to believe in love stories and prince charmings and happily every after. that's why i write these songs. because i think love is fearless."
speak now (2010)
"there is a time for silence. there is a time for waiting your turn. but if you know how you feel, and you so clearly know what you need to say, you’ll know it. i don't think you should wait. i think you should speak now."
red (2012)
"these are moments of newfound hope, extreme joy, intense passion, wishful thinking, and in some cases, the unthinkable letdown. and in my mind, every one of these memories looks the same to me. i see all of these moments in bright, burning red."
1989 (2014)
"from the girl who said she would never cut her hair or move to new york or find happiness in a world where she is not in love..."
reputation (2017)
"and in the death of her reputation, she felt truly alive."
lover (2019)
"i wanna be defined by the things that i love,
not the things i hate,
not the things i'm afraid of, i'm afraid of
the things that haunt me in the middle of the night.
i just think that you are what you love."
folklore (2020)
"stars drawn around scars. a cardigan that still bears the scent of loss twenty years later. battleships sinking into the ocean, down, down, down. the tree swing in the woods of my childhood. hushed tones of “let’s run away” and never doing it. the sun drenched month of august, sipped away like a bottle of wine. a mirrored disco ball hovering above a dance floor. a whiskey bottle beckoning. hands held through plastic. a single thread that, for better or for worse, ties you to your fate."