What Taylor Swift's Lyrics Actually Mean
"You Belong with Me"
But she wears short skirts
(She's a slut)
I wear t-shirts
(I'm not! I'm so modest!)
She's cheer captain
(Again, what a slut! Even though she holds a leadership position
in a an actually tough sport, she's a WHORE.)
And I'm on the bleachers
(I don't participate in extra-curricular activities that carry a slut stigma)
Dreaming about the day when you wake up and find
That what you're looking for has been here the whole time.
(Dude, I'm like right in front of you and I'm clearly better than your slut of a girlfriend. Also, you're clearly not able to make up your own mind about women, because if you were smart, you'd date me.)
"Fifteen"
'Cause when you're fifteen and somebody tells you they love you
You're gonna believe them
(Fifteen year olds believe everything! And fall in love way too easily.)
You sit in class next to red-headed Abigail
(It is very important to the story line to mention that Abigail is a ginger.
Because obviously I'm really nice and sitting next to a ginger. That's charity.)
And soon enough you're best friends
(Again, charity. I'm pretty much Mother Teresa)
Laughing at the other girls who think they're so cool
(We're pretty much being bullies. But because we're not popular, we're not bullies. Duh.)
We'll be out of here as soon as we can
And then you're on your very first date and he's got a car
(Because that's a thing when you're fifteen. He's got a car, so he's basically the coolest person ever and we're gonna get married. Because he ha a car.)
And you're feeling like flying
(Probably because you're in that car from Grease. It flies.)
And your mamma's waiting up
(Because you're FIFTEEN.)
And you're thinking he's the one
(Because you're fifteen?)
Back then I swore I was gonna marry him someday
(Because I was fifteen and was all about the married life.)
But I realized some bigger dreams of mine
(Like write this song about you. Because marriage is sooooo overrated.)
And Abigail gave everything she had to a boy who changed his mind
(She slept with him (Slut), and that was her everything. Because virginity is the only
thing that women have to offer. Duh.)
And we both cried
(Because we're fifteen. And Abigail gave him her greatest gift, so she's worthless now.)
"We Are Never Getting Back Together"
I remember when we broke up the first time
(Because we've broken up more than once.)
Saying, "This is it, I've had enough," 'cause like
(We break up like adults.)
We hadn't seen each other in a month
(Because neither of us wanted to make an effort to see each other)
When you said you needed space. (What?)
(That's just unacceptable. How dare you need space from me! I'm Taylor Swift!)
Then you come around again and say
"Baby, I miss you and I swear I'm gonna change, trust me."
(You're pathetic.)
Remember how that lasted for a day?
I say, "I hate you," we break up, you call me, "I love you."
(I'm just way amazing, so that's why you love me.)
Ooh, we called it off again last night
(There's a theme here. We break up all the time.)
But ooh, this time I'm telling you, I'm telling you
We are never ever ever getting back together,
(If I say "never ever ever," it makes it more official.
Also, I sound like a five year old, that's cute, right?)
We are never ever ever getting back together,
(Did you not get that from before? Let me say it again.)
You go talk to your friends, talk to my friends, talk to me
But we are never ever ever ever getting back together
(Because I can't say "No," to you when you ask me out again.)
"22"
Yeah,
We're happy, free, confused, and lonely at the same time
(22 year olds can't have one emotion. It's a very confusing time.)
It's miserable and magical.
(22 is the worst age to be, so I'm making a song to make it sound cooler.)
Oh, yeah
Tonight's the night when we forget about the deadlines
(Because we have deadlines? Because 22 year olds have like real jobs? And Taylor Swift has a real job with deadlines? Or we're going to get real drunk and black out.)
It's time
Uh oh!
I don't know about you
(Are you 22? Do you feel 22? How does one feel 22?)
But I'm feeling 22
(I'm trying to make this awful age sound cool. But I'm really feeling like I'm old but young at the same time. And I want to have a real job but also want to get wasted every night.)
Everything will be alright
If you keep me next to you
(I just need a man and then everything will be FINE.)
You don't know about me
But I'll bet you want to
(Who wouldn't want to know me? I'm Taylor Swift. And I'm already planning our marriage.)
Everything will be alright
If we just keep dancing like we're
22, ooh-ooh
22, ooh-ooh
(22 year olds dance the same as 21 and 23 year olds.)
If your job is to live on-campus, you should stay there all the time. Leaving the place you live and work is just not okay and it's scary. You should always think about work when you go home. And if you go off-campus (especially for a day), you're really bad at your job.
