fav taylor bridges

You Belong With Me

oh, i remember you driving to my house in the middle of the night. i’m the one who makes you laugh when you know you’re ’bout to cry. i know your favorite songs & you tell me ‘bout your dreams. think i know where you belong, think i know it’s with me.

Mr. Perfectly Fine

So dignified in your well-pressed suit. so strategized, all the eyes on you. sashay your way to your seat. it’s the best seat in the best room. oh, he’s so smug, mr. “always wins”. so far above me in every sense. so far above feeling anything and it’s really such a shame. it’s such a shame ‘cause i was miss. “here to stay”. now i’m miss. “gonna be alright someday” and someday, maybe you’ll miss me but by then you’ll be mr. “too late”

coney island

the lakes

hoax

illicit affairs

this is me trying

august

seven

mirrorball

my tears ricochet

and i can go anywhere i want. anywhere i want just not home and you can aim for my heart, go for blood but you would still miss me in your bones and i still talk to you when i’m screaming at the sky and when you can’t sleep at night you hear my stolen lullabies.

exile

so step right out. there is no amount of crying i can do for you. all this time, we always walked a very thin line. you didn’t even hear me out (you didn’t even hear me out.) you never gave a warning sign (i gave so many signs.) all this time, i never learned to read your mind (never learned to read my mind.) i couldn’t turn things around (you never turned things around) ‘cause you never gave a warning sign. (i gave so many signs, so many signs, so many signs.) you didn’t even see the signs.

the last great american dynasty

they say she was seen on occasion pacing the rocks, staring out at the midnight sea and in a feud with her neighbor she stole his dog and dyed it key lime green. fifty years is a long time. holiday house sat quietly on that beach free of women with madness, their men and bad habits and then it was bought by me.

cardigan

to kiss in cars and downtown bars was all we needed. you drew stars around my scars, but now i’m bleeding.

Robin

Peter

The Prophecy

I Hate It Here

How Did It End?

Chloe or Sam or Sophia or Marcus

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The Black Dog

Clara Bow

The Smallest Man Who Ever Lived

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Who’s Afraid of Little Old Me?

But Daddy I Love Him

So Long, London

Down Bad

The Tortured Poets Department

Hits Different

Dear Reader

Would’ve, Could’ve, Should’ve

The Great War

Mastermind

You’re On Your Own, Kid

marjorie

cowboy like me

happiness

tolerate it

‘tis the damn season

champagne problems

Death By A Thousand Cuts

my heart, my hips, my body, my love. tryna find a part of me that you didn’t touch. gave up on me like i was a bad drug. now i’m searching for signs in a haunted club. our songs, our films, united we stand. our country, guess it was a lawless land. quiet my fears with the touch of your hand. paper cut stings from our paper-thin plans. my time, my wine, my spirit, my trust. tryna find a part of me you didn’t take up. gave you too much but it wasn’t enough but i’ll be alright, it’s just a thousand cuts.

Cornelia Street

you hold my hand on the street, walk me back to that apartment. years ago, we were just inside. barefoot in the kitchen, sacred new beginnings that became my religion. listen.

The Archer

‘cause they see right through me. they see right through me. they see right through. can you see right through me? they see right through me. they see right through me. i see right through me. i see right through me. all the king’s horses and all the king’s men couldn’t put me together again ‘cause all of my enemies started our friends. help me hold on to you.

Lover

ladies and gentleman, will you please stand? with every guitar string scar on my hand i take this magnetic force of a man to be my lover. my heart’s been borrowed and yours has been blue. all’s well that ends well to end up with you. swear to be overdramatic and true to my lover and you’ll save all your dirtiest jokes for me and at every table i’ll save you a seat, lover.

Cruel Summer

i’m drunk in the back of the car and i cried like a baby coming home from the bar, oh. said “i’m fine,” but it wasn’t true. i don’t wanna keep secrets just to keep you and i snuck in through the garden gate every night that summer just to seal my fate. oh, and i scream, “for whatever it’s worth, i love you. ain’t that the worst thing you ever heard?” he looks up grinning like a devil.

Call It What You Want

i want to wear his initial on a chain ‘round my neck, chain ‘round my neck. not because he owns me, but ‘cause he really knows me which is more than they can say. i, i recall late november, holding my breath. slowly, i said, “you don’t need to save me, but would you run away with me?” “yes.”

This Is Why We Can’t Have Nice Things

here’s to my real friends. they don’t care about the “he said, she said,” and here’s to my baby. he ain’t reading what they call me lately, and here’s to my mama. had to listen to all this drama and here’s to you ‘cause forgiveness is a nice thing to do. hahahaha, i can’t even say it with a straight face.

Dress

flashback, when you met me, your buzzcut and my hair bleached. even in my worst times, you could see the best in me. flashback to my mistakes, my rebounds, my earthquakes. even in my worst lies, you could see the truth in me and i woke up just in time. now i wake up by your side. my one and only, my lifeline and i woke up just in time. now i wake up by your side. my hands shake. i can’t explain this, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah.

King Of My Heart

is this the end of all the endings? my broken bones are mending with all these nights we’re spending. up on the roof with a school-girl crush, drinking beer out of plastic cups. say you fancy me, not fancy stuff. baby, all at once, this is enough.

Getaway Car

we were jet-set, bonnie and clyde, oh, oh, until i switched to the other side, to the other side. it’s no surprise i turned you in, oh, oh, ‘cause us traitors never win. i’m in a getaway car. i left you in the motel bar, put the money in the bag and i stole the keys. that was the last time you ever saw me.

Look What You Made Me Do

i don’t trust nobody and nobody trusts me. i’ll be the actress starring in your bad dreams. i don’t trust nobody and nobody trusts me. i’ll be the actress starring in your bad dreams. i don’t trust nobody and nobody trusts me. i’ll be the actress starring in your bad dreams. i don’t trust nobody and nobody trusts me. i’ll be the actress starring in your bad dreams. “i’m sorry, the old taylor can’t come to the phone right now. why? oh, ‘cause she’s dead.

I Did Something Bad

they’re burning all the witches even if you aren’t one. they’ve got their pitchforks and proof, their receipts and reasons. they’re burning all the witches even if you aren’t one so light me up, light me up, light me up. go ahead and light me up. light me up (light me up), light me up (light me up), light me up

Say Don’t Go

why’d you have to make me want you? why’d you have to give me nothing back? why’d you have to make me love you? i said, “i love you.” you say nothing back.

“Slut!”

half asleep, taking your time in the tangerine neon light. this is luxury. you’re not saying you’re in love with me, but you’re going to. half awake, taking your chance, it’s a big mistake. i said, “it might blow up in your pretty face.” i’m not saying, “do it anyway,” but you’re going to.

You Are In Love

so it goes, you two are dancing in a snowglobe ‘round and ‘round and he keeps a picture of you in his office downtown and you understand now why they lost their minds and fought the wars and why i’ve spent my whole life trying to put it into words

Clean

ten months sober, i must admit just because you’re clean don’t mean you don’t miss it. ten months older, i won’t give in. now that i’m clean, i’m never gonna risk it.

This Love

your kiss, my cheek. i watched you leave. your smile, my ghost. i fell to my knees. when you’re young you just run but you come back to what you need.

Wildest Dreams

you’ll see me in hindsight, tangled up with you all night, burning it down. someday when you leave me, i bet these memories follow you around. you’ll see me in hindsight, tangled up with you all night, burning it down. someday when you leave me, i bet these memories follow you around.

Out Of The Woods

remember when you hit the brakes too soon? twenty stitches in the hospital room. when you started crying, baby, i did too and when the sun came up, i was looking at you. i was looking at you. remember when we couldn’t take the heat? i walked out and said “i’m setting you free,” but the monsters turned out to be just trees. when the sun came up you were looking at me. you were looking at me, oh. you were looking at me. i remember. oh, i remember.

Nothing New

i know someday i’m gonna meet her, it’s a fever dream. the kind of radiance you only have at seventeen. she’ll know the way and then she’ll say she got the map from me. i’ll say i’m happy for her, then i’ll cry myself to sleep.

Stay Stay Stay

you took the time to memorize me, my fears, my hopes, and dreams. i just like hanging out with you all the time. all those times that you didn’t leave it’s been occurring to me i’d like to hang out with you for my whole life.

Sad Beautiful Tragic

distance, timing, breakdown, fighting, silence. the train runs off its tracks. kiss me, try to fix it. could you just try to listen? hang up, give up and, for the life of us, we can’t get back

All Too Well

and 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 too well.

Treacherous

two headlights shine through the sleepless night and i will get you a— get you alone. your name has echoed through my mind and i just think you should— think you should know that nothing safe is worth the drive and i will follow you, follow you home. i’ll follow you, follow you home.

Red

remembering him comes in flashbacks and echoes. tell myself it’s time now, gotta let go but moving on from him is impossible when i still see it all in my head in burning red. burning, it was red.

Castles Crumbling

my foes and friends watch my reign end. i don’t know how it could’ve ended this way. smoke billows from my ships in the harbor. people look at me like i’m a monster. now they’re screaming at the palace front gates, used to chant my name. now they’re screaming that they hate me. never wanted you to hate me.

I Can See You

i could see you in your suit and your necktie pass me a note saying, “meet me tonight,” then we kiss and you know i won’t ever tell, yeah. and i could see you being my addiction. you could see me as a secret mission. hide away, and i will start behaving myself.

Long Live

hold on to spinning around. confetti falls to the ground. may these memories break our fall. will you take a moment? promise me this, that you’ll stand by me forever but if, god forbid, fate should step in and force us into a goodbye; if you have children someday when they point to the pictures please, tell ‘em my name. tell ‘em how the crowds went wild. tell ‘em how i hope they shine.

Last Kiss

so i’ll watch your life in pictures like i used to watch you sleep and i feel you forget me like i used to feel you breathe and i keep up with our old friends just to ask them how you are. hope it’s nice where you are.

Enchanted

this is me praying that this was the very first page, not where the storyline ends. my thoughts will echo your name until i see you again. these are the words i held back as i was leaving too soon. i was enchanted to meet you. please, don’t be in love with someone else. please, don’t have somebody waiting on you. please, don’t be in love with someone else. please, don’t have somebody waiting on you.

Never Grow Up

take pictures in your childhood room. memorize what it sounds like when your dad gets home. remember the footsteps, remember the words said and all your little brother’s favorite songs. i just realized everything i have is someday, gonna be gone.

Dear John

you are an expert at sorry and keeping lines blurry. never impressed by me acing your tests. all the girls that you’ve run dry have tired, lifeless eyes ‘cause you burned them out. but i took your matches before fire could catch me so don’t look now. i’m shining like fireworks over your sad, empty town.

Back To December

i miss your tan skin, your sweet smile. so good to me, so right. and how you held me in your arms that september night, the first time you ever saw me cry. maybe this is wishful thinking, probably mindless dreaming but if we loved again i swear i’d love you right. i’d go back in time and change it, but i can’t so if the chain is on your door, i understand.

Sparks Fly

i’ll run my fingers through your hair and watch the lights go wild. just keep on keeping your eyes on me, it’s just wrong enough to make it feel right. and lead me up the staircase, won’t you whisper soft and slow? i’m captivated by you, baby, like a fireworks show.

Mine

and i remember that fight, 2:30am as everything was slipping right out of our hands. i ran out crying, and you followed me out into the street. braced myself for the goodbye ‘cause it’s all i’ve ever known, then you took me by surprise. you said, “i’ll never leave you alone.”