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Growing up with Taylor Swift by your side: easily one of the best decisions ever. Here are some wise words from Doctor Swift, in honor of the three-year anniversary of her honorary degree. 💜
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ohhh the implications of this au makes my mind TICK. I love them dearly <33
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Taylor Swift and Literary References
‘Taylor Swift’
The Outside: I tried to take the road less traveled by, but nothing seems to work the first few times, am I right?
‘Fearless (Taylor’s Version)’
Love Story: You were Romeo, you were throwing pebbles, and my daddy said, “Stay away from Juliet”
Love Story: 'Cause you were Romeo, I was a scarlet letter
The Best Day: Don’t know if Snow White’s house is near or far away
The Best Day: It’s the age of princesses and pirate ships and the seven dwarfs
'Speak Now (Taylor’s Version)’
(no literary references)
'Red (Taylor’s Version)’
State Of Grace: These are the hands of fate, you’re my Achilles heel
All Too Well (10 Minute Version): They say all’s well that ends well but I’m in a new hell every time you double cross my mind
'1989 (Taylor’s Version)’
Style: So it goes, he can’t keep his wild eyes on the road
Wonderland: We found Wonderland, you and I got lost in it
Wonderland: Didn’t you calm my fears with a Cheshire Cat smile?
You Are In Love: And so it goes, you two are dancing in a snow globe ‘round and ‘round
You Are In Love: And you understand now why they lost their minds and fought the wars
New Romantics: We show off our different scarlet letters, trust me, mine is better
Now That We Don’t Talk: You part the crowd like the Red Sea, don’t even get me started
'reputation’
So It Goes…: Getting caught up in a moment, lipstick on your face, so it goes
So It Goes…: You know I’m not a bad girl but I do bad things with you, so it goes
So It Goes…: Come here dressing black now, so, so, so it goes
So It Goes…: Scratches down your back now, so, so, so it goes
Getaway Car: It was the best of times, the worst of crimes
This Is Why We Can’t Have Nice Things: Feeling so Gatsby for that whole year
'Lover’
Lover: All’s well that ends well to end up with you
The Archer: All the king’s horses, all the king’s men couldn’t put me together again
'folklore’
cardigan: Tried to change the ending, Peter losing Wendy
cardigan: Chasing shadows in the grocery line
illicit affairs: Take the road less traveled by, tell yourself you can always stop
invisible string: And isn’t it just so pretty to think all along there was some invisible string tying you to me
the lakes: I’ve come too far to watch some name-dropping sleaze tell me what are my Wordsworth
'evermore’
champagne problems: Your Midas touch on the Chevy door
champagne problems: One for the money, two for the show, I never was ready so I watch you go
'tis the damn season: And the road not taken looks real good now
happiness: I hope she’ll be a beautiful fool who takes my spot next to you
happiness: All you want from me now is the green light of forgiveness
ivy: I’d meet you where the spirit meets the bones
long story short: I fell from the pedestal, right down the rabbit hole
'Midnights’
You’re On Your Own, Kid: I looked around in a blood-soaked gown
Labyrinth: It only feels this raw right now, lost in the labyrinth of my mind
Dear Reader: Dear reader…
Hits Different: A wrinkle in time like the crease by your eyes
'The Tortured Poets Department’
The Tortured Poets Department: You’re not Dylan Thomas, I’m not Patti Smith
But Daddy I Love Him: Screaming, “But, daddy, I love him”
Guilty as Sin?: What if I roll the stone away? They’re gonna crucify me anyway
loml: We embroidered the memories of the time I was away, stitching, “We were just kids, babe”
Clara Bow: Beauty is a beast that roars down on all fours demanding more
The Albatross: A rose by any other name is a scandal
The Albatross: She’s the albatross, she is here to destroy you
The Albatross: Locked me up in towers, but I’d visit in your dreams
The Albatross: I’m the albatross, I swept in at the rescue
So High School: The brink of a wrinkle in time, bittersweet 16 suddenly
So High School: You know how to ball, I know Aristotle
I Hate It Here: I hate it here so I will go to secret gardens in my mind
thanK you aIMee: I pushed each boulder up the hill
thanK you aIMee: So I pushed each boulder up that hill
The Prophecy: And it was written, I got cursed like Eve got bitten, oh, was it punishment?
The Prophecy: Poison blood from the wound of the pricked hand
Cassandra: So, they killed Cassandra first 'cause she feared the worst and tried to tell the town
Cassandra: I was in my tower weaving nightmares
Peter: Forgive me, Peter, my lost fearless leader
Peter: In closets like cedar, preserved from when we were just kids
Peter: Lost to the Lost Boys chapter of your life
The Bolter: Behind her back, her best mates laughed and they nicknamed her “The Bolter”
The Bolter: But none if it is changing that the chariot is waiting
The Manuscript: He said, “No, just a good Samaritan”
Other Songs written by Taylor
(no literary references)
Official Alternate Releases
(no literary references)
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Taylor Swift and Cold
‘Taylor Swift’
Cold As You: And now that I’m sitting here thinking it through, I’ve never been anywhere cold as you
‘Fearless (Taylor’s Version)’
Hey Stephen: I’ll be the one waiting there even when it’s cold
You’re Not Sorry: Could’ve loved you all my life if you hadn’t left me waiting in the cold
The Best Day: I’m five years old, it’s getting cold, I’ve got my big coat on
'Speak Now (Taylor’s Version)’
Back To December: And then the cold came, the dark days when fear crept into my mind
Mean: I bet you got pushed around, somebody made you cold
Never Grow Up: It’s so much colder than I thought it would be so I tuck myself in and turn my nightlight on
Haunted: Something’s made your eyes go cold
'Red (Taylor’s Version)’
I Knew You Were Trouble: Flew me to places I’d never been, now I’m lying on the cold hard ground
All Too Well: I walked through the door with you, the air was cold
All Too Well (10 Minute Version): ‘Cause in this city’s barren cold, I still remember the first fall of snow
'1989 (Taylor’s Version)’
Bad Blood: If you love like that, blood runs cold
'reputation’
(nothing cold)
'Lover’
I Think He Knows: I think he knows his hands around a cold glass make me wanna know that body like it’s mine
Paper Rings: The wine is cold like the shoulder that I gave you in the street
'folklore’
invisible string: Cold was the steel of my axe to grind for the boys who broke my heart
'evermore’
'tis the damn season: It’s the kind of cold, fogs up windshield glass but I felt it when I passed you
coney island: And it gets colder and colder when the sun goes down
it’s time to go: When the dinner gets cold and the chatter gets old, you ask for the tab
'Midnights’
Vigilante Shit: She needed cold, hard proof, so I gave her some
'The Tortured Poets Department’
Chloe or Sam or Sophia or Marcus: If you want to break my cold, cold heart, just say, “I loved you the way that you were”
Chloe or Sam or Sophia or Marcus: So if you want to break my cold, cold heart, say you loved me
Other Songs written by Taylor
Christmas Tree Farm: We run inside out from the cold
Christmases When You Were Mine: I’ve been doing fine without you, really, up until the nights got cold
Official Alternate Releases
Happiness (Clean Version): And I pulled your body into mine every long, cold night, now I get fake niceties
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