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Originally posted by Lovato
Well, Speak Now is riddled with songs that point to a desire of reusing that success formula of 'only writing love songs'. There are only 3 that don't talk about love: 'Never Grow Up', 'Mean' and 'Innocent'.
I'll tell you what I think has childish lyrics.
Let's see...
Mine - good love song, not cheesy
Sparks Fly - well this is an old song so I'm not gonna criticize
Back To December - the best love song on the album, it's probably the most mature one
Speak Now - and then Taylor drops the ball with this terrible song. Cheesy lyrics: 'I lose myself in a daydream - don't say yes, run away now...'
Dear John - one of the best written songs on the album
Mean - the only country song, cheesy lyrics but the tune makes up for it.
The Story of Us - the most overrated song ever (and it showed when radios weren't there for it)
Never Grow Up - just eww. I highly dislike this song, too cheesy for me
Enchanted - this is probably the best overall song on the album - the tune is magical and the lyrics, yet cheesy, are appropriate
Better Than Revenge - now THIS is what I want to see on her next album - pissed off songs in a pop/rock-ish tune with witty lyrics and a fast-paced uptempo beat.
Innocent - yeah........not winning any bonus points with 'you're still an innocent' - Kanye is anything but.
Haunted - see Better Than Revenge
Last Kiss - see Dear John
Long Live - she wrote this song for her fans, so yeah cheesiness is abundant, but it's nice.
So overall, it's a good album, but it's all 'love, love love', which is getting tiresome after album #3.
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4 songs don't talk about love .. you forgot long live .
Speak Now is anything but cheesy , the lyrics are VERY well-written . and obviously you can't say a song is cheesy by putting up a line or two , any song would sound cheesy if you pick the weakest line in it and judge it based on that .
'' I am not the kind of girl who would be rudely barging in on a white veil occasion // She is yelling at a brides maid somewhere back inside a room wearing a gown shaped like a pastry ''
Those are a few smart lines from the song that you don't hear in usual songs . the description very specific while using non-usual songs . she could've used '' wedding '' instead of '' White veil occasion '' . those are smart lines that get praised .
And you can't criticize Sparks Fly , even though she wrote it at an early age , the lyrics are sharply written . '' The way you move is like a full on a rainstorm and I'm a house of cards ''
Did you ever see anyone say '' You blow me away '' that well?
The Story Of Us is only over-rated between some of the fans but it has one of the best written lines on the album .
'' How'd we end up this way you see me nervously pulling with my clothes and trying to look busy // But you held your pride like you should've held me // This is looking like a contest of who can act like they care less ''
'' Just eww '' this song is probably the second best-written song on the album .
Maybe you can't relate to it yet because you're too young . you'll grow up and feel it someday.
Excuse me but when you actually want to criticize the music , you don't talk about who it's written about . Innocent has great lyrics that are carefully written .
( don't want to post more lyrics this is way too long )
And Long Live has some cheesy words in it but overall doesn't not count as a cheesy song at all.
About '' love lyrics ''
1. Taylor writes about her experiences in life , you CAN'T force her to change her way of living just so people get satisfied . she writes the truth she feels .
2. Which artist doesn't sing about love ? Taylor writes her own lyrics , and she gets picked on while other artists liiiike all of the ones in your signature have most of their songs about LOVE and written by someone else but yet get praised by people . why? I don't know .