You’ll be hard-pressed to find a Taylor Swift lyric that doesn’t perfectly sum up how you’re feeling on any given day. Whether it’s love, heartbreak, a friendship gone wrong, or having “The Best Day” with your mom, Taylor has a song for absolutely everything.
Taylor not only gave us folklore in 2020 but she also surprise-announced its sister album, evermore, which dropped Friday (December 11). In usual Taylor fashion, the lyrics are just as beautiful, whimsical, and special as ever as the tracks parallel what we heard in folklore.
In honor of her ninth release, here are 18 of our favorite lyrics from the pop titan that will make the perfect caption for all of your (cottagecore) Instagram posts.
1. Filled the pool with champagne and swam with the big names - "the last great american dynasty"
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2. But I knew you'd linger like a tattoo kiss/I knew you'd haunt all of my what-ifs - "cardigan"
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3. You're a flashback in a film reel on the one screen in my town. - "this is me trying"
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4. Now I breathe flames each time I talk/My cannons all firin' at your yacht. - "mad woman"
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5. I'm doing good, I'm on some new sh** - "the 1"
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6. But I can see us lost in the memory/August slipped away into a moment in time/'Cause it was never mine. - "august"
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7. And when I felt like I was an old cardigan/Under someone's bed/You put me on and said I was your favorite. - "cardigan"
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8. And if my wishes came true/It would've been you - "the 1"
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9. I think I've seen this film before/And I didn't like the ending. - "exile"
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10. And isn't it just so pretty to think/All along there was some/Invisible string/Tying you to me? - "invisible string"
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11. We gather stones, never knowing what they'll mean/Some to throw, some to make a diamond ring - "my tears ricochet"
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12. Sweet tea in the summer/Cross your heart, won't tell no other - "seven"
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13. I'm only seventeen, I don't know anything/But I know I miss you - "betty"
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14. But I'm a fire and I'll keep your brittle heart warm. -"peace"
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15. Your faithless love's the only hoax I believe in - "hoax"
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16. But I'm still on my tallest tip-toes/Spinning in my highest heels, love/Shining just for you - “mirrorball”
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17. I won't ask you to wait if you don't ask me to stay - "'tis the da*n season"
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18. My house of stone, your ivy grows, and now i'm covered in you - "'ivy"
Photo: Beth Garrabrant Instagram/@taylorswift