What would you say about her lyrical style?
Don't you think she writes too plain?
i.e. "woke up today, he broke my heart, i hate him"... i mean.. very direct.. storytelling type of lyrics for all of her songs that I can remember
(this was what I was asking about in the op actually, not really the themes. I shouldn't have mentioned them)
Well, every line in her songs cannot be filled with metaphors or having the depth of poetry. Why shouldn't it be 'plain' .. It's just a song ..
She does insert some really good lines here and there .. Let's take Back to December, which we mentioned earlier, for example:
1 - He gave me roses, and I left them there to die..
2 - He gave me all his love and all I gave him was goodbye..
3 - The cold came, the dark days when fear crept into my mind
I don't know how you judge lyrics but these lines are really beautiful in my opinion. And you can find some good lines in a lot of her songs..
Meh. "Safe & Sound" isn't even in my Top 10 favorite Taylor Swift songs.
"Don't you dare look out your window, darling,
Everything's on fire
The war outside our door keeps raging on
Hold on to this lullaby
Even when the music's gone"
She wrote "Our Song" alone when she was 16 and it remains a flawless song and a better single than anything ever released by at least half a dozen of her peers (both country and pop).
She wrote "Our Song" alone when she was 16 and it remains a flawless song and a better single than anything ever released by at least half a dozen of her peers.
Taylor fans are nice btw. No one has been attacking or being rude because I asked this question.
If this was some other stanbase (which i shall not name)
beyhive
, I would have been crucified by now.
From the songs we've heard of Red, it sounds like she's gotten really good at writing pop hooks, but her actual lyrics range from mediocre to terrible, especially on Red the song. Her similes in that song are nonsensical and she is recycling themes from past songs like there's no tomorrow. It's not even really her fault, I mean, it's not like she's made some big life experiences since the release of Fearless really, so it makes sense that she doesn't have inspiration to write about anything new. The melodies of WANEGBT, BA and Red are really strong, but I'm hoping for some album tracks with good lyrics such as Long Live or Never Grow Up. Honestly you can only go through the cycle of losing faith in love, winning back faith in love, living through a whirlwind romance and losing faith in love again so many times before it becomes repetitive.
No, personally all I see her writing about is wearing sneakers and being on bleachers and writing about how she has no boyfriends.
REALLY?! THAN WHAT IS THIS?!
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Originally posted by P!nkInside
The best thing about her writing is the metaphors
Counting my footsteps praying the floor won't fall through again
You paint me a blue sky and go back and turn it to rain
And I lived in your chess game, but you changed the rules everyday
Wondering which version of you I might get on the phone tonight
Beautiful.
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Originally posted by Cassiopeia
What would you say about her lyrical style?
Don't you think she writes too plain?
i.e. "woke up today, he broke my heart, i hate him"... i mean.. very direct.. storytelling type of lyrics for all of her songs that I can remember
(this was what I was asking about in the op actually, not really the themes. I shouldn't have mentioned them)
Nah.
Long Live
I still remember this moment
In the back of my mind
The time we stood with our shaking hands
The crowds in stands went wild
We were the kings and the queens
And they read off our names
The night you danced like you knew our lives
Would never be the same
You held your head like a hero
On a history book page
It was the end of a decade
But the start of an age
Long live the walls we crashed through
While the kingdom lights shined just for me and you
I was screaming, long live all the magic we made
And bring on all the pretenders, one day we will be remembered
I said, remember this feeling
I passed the pictures around
Of all the years that we stood there on the sidelines
Wishing for right now
We are the kings and the queens
You traded your baseball cap for a crown
When they gave us our trophies
And we held them up for our town
And the cynics were outraged
Screaming, this is absurd
'Cause for a moment a band of thieves
In ripped-up jeans got to rule the world
Long live the walls we crashed through
While the kingdom lights shined just for me and you
I was screaming, long live all the magic we made
And bring on all the pretenders, I'm not afraid
Long live all the mountains we moved
I had the time of my life fighting dragons with you
I was screaming, long live the look on your face
And bring on all the pretenders, one day we will be remembered
Hold on to spinning around
Confetti falls to the ground
May these memories break or fall
And 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 them my name
Tell them how the crowds went wild
Tell them how I hope they shine
Long live the walls we crashed through
I had the time of my life with you
Long, long live the walls we crashed through
All the kingdom lights shined just for me and you
And I was screaming, long live all the magic we made
And bring on all the pretenders, I'm not afraid
Singing, long live all the mountains we moved
I had the time of my life fighting dragons with you
And long, long live the look on your face
And bring on all the pretenders, one day we will be remembered
Taylor fans are nice btw. No one has been attacking or being rude because I asked this question.
If this was some other stanbase (which i shall not name)
beyhive
, I would have been crucified by now.
There really isn't a reason to be rude to someone just because they have a different view on their faves songwriting.
From the songs we've heard of Red, it sounds like she's gotten really good at writing pop hooks, but her actual lyrics range from mediocre to terrible, especially on Red the song. Her similes in that song are nonsensical and she is recycling themes from past songs like there's no tomorrow. It's not even really her fault, I mean, it's not like she's made some big life experiences since the release of Fearless really, so it makes sense that she doesn't have inspiration to write about anything new. The melodies of WANEGBT, BA and Red are really strong, but I'm hoping for some album tracks with good lyrics such as Long Live or Never Grow Up. Honestly you can only go through the cycle of losing faith in love, winning back faith in love, living through a whirlwind romance and losing faith in love again so many times before it becomes repetitive.
I'm sure she isn't a bad songwriter, but "We are never ever ever ever getting back together" are not good lyrics. That song was way beneath her and she could have wrote something more interesting or less generic.
Taylor fans are nice btw. No one has been attacking or being rude because I asked this question.
If this was some other stanbase (which i shall not name)
beyhive
, I would have been crucified by now.
well we all have differing opinions so there is no reason to be rude. Plus I like these debates they are very entertaining