10 Taylor Swift Lyrics that Prove Your Story Doesn't End with Heartbreak

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you're a true and blue Swiftie, you'll know the exact context and inspiration behind each of these tracks. But you'll also know that Taylor Swift's discography is as much of an ode to her listeners as it is a musical shrine to her own million micro-chapters. If you're going through your own emotional renaissance and find yourself in that numb and unsure spot where having any faith in love feels like a eternally lost battle, work your way through this playlist. You may have crossed some phases or be deep-seated in one - the track in this lineup that makes you go 'aha' is exactly how far you are from choosing yourself (even if it doesn't feel like it). And when you choose yourself, love chooses you. Hit play!

Song: This Is Me Trying

And it's hard to be at a party when I feel like an open wound/It's hard to be anywhere these days when all I want is you/You're a flashback in a film reel on the one screen in my town/And I just wanted you to know/That this is me trying...For: Someone who's exhausted from pretending they're okay but is still a tiny bit proud of holding on, even if barely.

Song: The Archer

Combat, I'm ready for combat/I say I don't want that, but what if I do?/'Cause cruelty wins in the movies/I've got a hundred thrown-out speeches I almost said to you/Easy they come, easy they go/I jump from the train, I ride off alone...For: Someone who's beginning to recognise the relationship patterns that become familiar enough to quantify as self-sabotage.

Song: Clean

Hung my head as I lost the war/And the sky turned black like a perfect storm/Rain came pouring down/When I was drowning, that's when I could finally breathe/And by morning/Gone was any trace of you, I think I am finally clean...For: Someone who's learning that healing isn't about forgetting but reclaiming the bits of themselves it untethered.

Song: Long Story Short

And I fell from the pedestal/Right down the rabbit hole/Long story short, it was a bad time/Pushed from the precipice/Climbed right back up the cliff/Long story short, I survived...For: Someone who survived what they thought would break them and are only just realising it.

Song: Call It What You Want

My castle crumbled overnight/I brought a knife to a gunfight/They took the crown, but it's alright/All the liars are calling me one/Nobody's heard from me for months/I'm doing better than I ever was...For: Someone who's stopped seeking validation from everyone else and is quietly embracing their own skin.

Song: You're On Your Own, Kid

I gave my blood, sweat, and tears for this/I hosted parties and starved my body/Like I'd be saved by a perfect kiss......'Cause there were pages turned with the bridges burned/Everything you lose is a step you take/So make the friendship bracelets, take the moment and taste it/You've got no reason to be afraid...For: Someone who's realising no relationship can save them - choosing themselves is the only way 'out'.

Song: Dear Reader

If it feels like a trap, you're already in one/Dear reader/Get out your map, pick somewhere and just run/Dear reader/Burn all the files, desert all your past lives/And if you don't recognize yourself/That means you did it right......You should find another/Guiding light/But I shine so bright/You should find another...For: Someone who's outgrown old versions of themselves, even if that means no longer recognising who they used to be.

Song: Daylight

I've been sleepin' so long in a twenty-year dark night/(Now I'm wide awake)And now I see daylight (Daylight), I only see daylight (Daylight)......I once believed love would be (Black and white)But it's golden (Golden)...For: Someone who's finally unlearning unhealthy ideas of love and discovering what it feels like to love from a place of peace.

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Song: Begin Again

I've been spending the last eight months/Thinking all love ever does/Is break and burn, and end/But on a Wednesday in a cafe/I watched it begin again...For: Someone who thought love was over for them, only to discover it can return when they least expect it - and rather simply.

Song: The Manuscript

The only thing that's left is the manuscript/One last souvenir from my trip to your shores/Now and then I reread the manuscript/But the story isn't mine anymore...

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