Taylor Swift’s Lover album is finally here, and we can’t stop singing along to these lovely lyrics from this amazing album.
When Taylor Swift says she’s going to write a “love letter to love itself,” she means it. Lover is exactly the “celebration of love, in all its complexity, coziness, and chaos,” that she promised it would be, and we couldn’t be happier about it.
From the sugary sweet sounds of “Lover” and “Daylight” to the biting bridges of “Cruel Summer” and “Death by a Thousand Cuts,” the lyrics of the Lover album expertly explore every corner of love, its consequences, and of course, its rewards.
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Lover is the longest of any of Taylor Swift’s initial releases, and it’s also one of the deepest. Each track has stand out lines and ones that creep up on you after a second or third listen. We’ve done our best to compile the best of both types, in this list.
Check out our favorite lyrics from Taylor Swift’s Lover, and let us know your favorites, in the comments!
“They say home is where the heart is, but god I love the English.”
“I’m always waiting for you to be waiting below.”
“I don’t wanna keep secrets just to keep you.”
“In doctor’s office lighting, I didn’t tell you I was scared.”
‘I don’t wanna look at anything else now that I saw you. I don’t wanna think of anything else now that I’ve thought of you.’ – Taylor Swift
“With every guitar string scar on my hand, I take this magnetic force of a man to be my lover.”
“Staring out the window like I’m not your favorite town. I’m New York City. I still do it for you, babe.”
“I wake in the night, I pace like a ghost. The room is on fire, invisible smoke. And all of my heroes die all alone. Help me hold onto you.”
“Lyrical smile, indigo eyes, hand on my thigh, we can follow the sparks. I’ll drive.”
“Desperate people find faith, so now I pray to Jesus, too.”
“They’d say I hustled, put in the work. They wouldn’t shake their heads and question how much of this I deserve.”
“We were a fresh page on the desk, filling in the blanks as we go.”
“Say it in the street, that’s a knock out, but you say it in a tweet, that’s a cop out.”
‘I like shiny things but I’d marry you with paper rings.’ – Taylor Swift
“I think he knows his hands around a cold glass make me want to know that body like it’s mine.”
“Voted most likely to run away with you.”
“Barefoot in the kitchen, sacred new beginnings that became my religion.”
“You play stupid games, you win stupid prizes.”
“Swear to be overdramatic and true to my lover.”
“If the story’s over, why am I still writing pages?”
“’I rent a place on Cornelia Street,’ I say casually in the car.”
“Religion’s in your lips. Even if it’s a false god, we’d still worship.”
‘Baby, I get mystified by how this city screams your name.’ – Taylor Swift
“I lived like an island, punished you with silence, went off like sirens.”
“I can’t pretend it’s okay when it’s not. It’s death by a thousand cuts.”
“The streetlights pointed in an arrowhead leading us home.”
“Maybe you ran with the wolves and refused to settle down. Maybe I stormed out of every single room in this town. Threw out our coats and our daggers because it’s morning now.”
“Lived in the shade you were throwing ‘til all of my sunshine was gone.”
“And we see you over there on the internet, comparing all the girls who are killing it.”
“Fever dream high in the quiet of the night, you know that I caught it.”
“Devils roll the dice, angels roll their eyes, and if I bleed, you’ll be the last to know.”
‘Have I known you 20 seconds or 20 years?’ – Taylor Swift
“Your name on my lips, tongue tied. Free rent, living in my mind.”
“My love was as cruel as the cities I lived in.”
“I’ve got a hundred thrown out speeches I almost said to you.”
“I would be complex, I would be cool, they’d say I played the field before I found someone to commit to.”
“I hate accidents except when we went from friends to this.”
“Hey, it’s all me. Just don’t go. Meet me in the afterglow.”
“Sent me a clear message, taught me some hard lessons, I just forget what they were.”
“All the King’s horses and all the King’s men couldn’t put me together again, ‘cause all of my enemies started out friends.”
‘Snakes and stones never broke my bones.’ – Taylor Swift
“Quiet my fears with the touch of your hand, paper cut stings from my paper thin plans.”
“I’ve loved you three summers now honey, but I want ‘em all.”
“I’m so sick of running as fast as I can, wondering if I’d get there quicker if I was a man.”
“Our songs, our films, united we stand. Our country, guess it was a lawless land.”
“If I was out flashing my dollars I’d be a bitch, not a baller.”
“We were in the backseat drunk on something stronger than the drinks in the bar.”
“Shade never made anybody less gay.”
“Without all the exes, fights and flaws, we wouldn’t be standing here so tall.”
‘I once believed love would be burning red, but it’s golden.’ – Taylor Swift
“Back when we were card sharks, playing games, I thought you were leading me on.”
“You’ll save all your dirtiest jokes for me, and at every table, I’ll save you a seat.”
“If I was a man, then I’d be the man.”