Taylor Swift and When
Note: huge thank you to @meandmypagancrew who collaborated with me on the lyrics for this post!
'Taylor Swift'
Tim McGraw: But when you think Tim McGraw, I hope you think my favorite song
Tim McGraw: When you think happiness, I hope you think that little black dress
Tim McGraw: When you think Tim McGraw, I hope you think of me
Teardrops On My Guitar: I can’t even see anyone when he’s with me
Cold As You: When you take, you take the very best of me
The Outside: I didn’t know what I would find when I went looking for a reason
Stay Beautiful: And when you find everything you looked for, I hope your life leads you back to my door
Stay Beautiful: It’s hard to make a conversation when he’s taking my breath away
Stay Beautiful: And when you find everything you looked for, I hope your life leads you back to my front door
Mary’s Song (Oh My My My): Take me back when our world was one block wide
Mary’s Song (Oh My My My): I dared you to kiss me and ran when you tried
Mary’s Song (Oh My My My): I was sixteen when suddenly I wasn’t that little girl you used to see
Mary’s Song (Oh My My My): Take me back to the time when we walked down the aisle
Our Song: When we’re on the phone and you talk real slow cause it’s late and your mama don’t know
Our Song: The first date, “Man, I didn’t kiss her when I should have”
Our Song: When I got home, ‘fore I said, “Amen”
Our Song: When we’re on the phone and he talks real slow cause it’s late and his mama don’t know
Our Song: The first date, “Man, I didn’t kiss him when I should have”
I’m Only Me When I’m With You: I’m only up when you’re not down
I’m Only Me When I’m With You: And I’m only me when I’m with you
I’m Only Me When I’m With You: When I’m with anybody else, it’s so hard to be myself
I’m Only Me When I’m With You: Well, I’m only me when I’m with you
Invisible: She can’t see the way your eyes light up when you smile
Invisible: She’ll never notice how you stop and stare whenever she walks by
'Fearless (Taylor's Version)'
Fearless: There’s something bout the way the street looks when it’s just rained
Fifteen: ‘Cause when you’re fifteen and somebody tells you they love you, you’re gonna believe them
Fifteen: When you’re fifteen, feeling like there’s nothing to figure out
Fifteen: You’re dancing ‘round the room when the night ends, when the night ends
Fifteen: When you’re fifteen and your first kiss makes your head spin round
Fifteen: When all you wanted was to be wanted, wish you could go back and tell yourself what you know now
Fifteen: And when you’re fifteen, don’t forget to look before you fall
Love Story: We were both young when I first saw you
Love Story: My faith in you was fading when I met you on the outskirts of town
Hey Stephen: I’ll be the one waiting there even when it’s cold
White Horse: That face of angel comes out just when you need it to
You Belong With Me: Dreaming about the day when you wake up and find that what you’re looking for has been here the whole time
You Belong With Me: I’m the one who makes you laugh when you know you’re ‘bout to cry
Tell Me Why: You know you got a mean streak, makes me run for cover when you’re around
The Way I Loved You: He calls exactly when he says he will
Forever & Always: I believe it was a Tuesday when I caught your eye
Forever & Always: You flashback to when he said forever and always
Forever & Always: It rains when you’re here and it rains when you’re gone
Forever & Always: I was there when you said forever and always
Forever & Always: Flashback to when we said forever and always
The Best Day: There is a video I found from back when I was three
The Best Day: I know you were on my side even when I was wrong
Change: It’s hard to fight when the fight ain’t fair
Change: When the walls that they put up to hold us back fell down
Jump Then Fall: When people say things that bring you to your knees, I’ll catch you
Jump Then Fall: The time is gonna come when you’re so mad you could cry
Untouchable: When you’re close I feel like coming undone
Untouchable: In the middle of the night when I’m in this dream
SuperStar: Morning loneliness comes around when I’m not dreaming about you
SuperStar: When my world wakes up today, you’ll be in another town
SuperStar: And I know when I saw your face, I’d be counting down the ways to see you
The Other Side Of The Door: Tell me why you couldn’t see when I left I wanted you to chase after me
Today Was A Fairytale: You told me I was pretty when I looked like a mess
Today Was A Fairytale: Time slows down whenever you’re around
Today Was A Fairytale: Fell in love when I saw you standing there
Mr. Perfectly Fine: But that was when I got to know Mr. Change of heart
We Were Happy: When the porch lights were shining bright
We Were Happy: Back when we had all night and we were happy
We Were Happy: You threw your arms around my neck back when I deserved it
We Were Happy: When it was good, baby, it was good, baby
That’s When: When I said, “I need some time, need some space to think about all of this”
That’s When: And I said, “When can I come back?” and you said, “That’s when”
That’s When: When I wake up in the morning, that’s when
That’s When: When it’s sunny or storming
That’s When: Laughing when I’m crying and that’s when
That’s When: That’s when I’ll be waiting at the front gate
That’s When: That’s when, when I see your face
That’s When: I’ll let you in and baby that’s when
That’s When: When you said, “I did you wrong, made mistakes, and put you through all of this”
That’s When: And you said, “When can I come back?”
That’s When: And you said, “Honestly, when you were gone, did you ever think of me?”
That’s When: And I said, “That’s when, when I woke up in the morning”
That’s When: That’s when it was sunny or storming
That’s When: Laughing when I was crying and that’s when you were waiting at the front gate
That’s When: That’s when, when I saw your face, you let me in, and baby, that’s when
That’s When: When I’m laughing, when I’m crying, that’s when I miss you, that’s when I want you, that’s when I love you
'Speak Now (Taylor's Version)'
Mine: When it was hard to take, yes, yes, this is what I thought about
Sparks Fly: I see sparks fly whenever you smile
Sparks Fly: Give me something that’ll haunt me when you’re not around
Back To December: Wishing I’d realized what I had when you were mine
Back To December: When your birthday passed and I didn’t call
Back To December: And then the cold came, the dark days when fear crept into my mind
Speak Now: I’ll meet you when you’re out of the church at the back door
Speak Now: I’ll meet you when I’m out of my tux at the back door
Speak Now: So glad you were around when they said, “Speak now”
Dear John: Long were the nights when my days once revolved around you
Dear John: I’ll look back in regret how I ignored when they said, “Run as fast as you can”
Dear John: Don’t you think nineteen’s too you to be played by your dark, twisted games when I loved you so?
Mean: You, with your voice like nails on a chalkboard calling me out when I’m wounded
The Story Of Us: I don’t know what to say since the twist of fate when it all broke down
The Story Of Us: How I was losing my mind when I saw you here
The Story Of Us: I liked it better when you were on my side
Never Grow Up: Memorize what it sounded like when your dad gets home
Enchanted: Shifting eyes and vacancy vanished when I saw your face
Better Than Revenge: The story starts when it was hot and it was summer
Innocent: Wasn’t it beautiful when you believed in everything and everybody believed in you?
Innocent: Wasn’t it easier in your firefly-catching days when everything out of reach someone bigger brought down to you?
Haunted: Can’t breathe whenever you’re gone
Last Kiss: How you kissed me when I was in the middle of saying something
Long Live: When they gave us our trophies and we held them up for our town
Long Live: When they point to the pictures, please tell them my name
Superman: I’ll be right here on the ground when you come back down
When Emma Falls In Love: When Emma falls in love, she paces the floor
When Emma Falls In Love: When Emma falls in love, she calls up her mom
When Emma Falls In Love: When Emma falls in love, I know that boy will never be the same
When Emma Falls In Love: When Emma falls in love, it’s all on her face
When Emma Falls In Love: When Emma falls in love, she disappears
When Emma Falls In Love: When Emma falls apart, it’s when she’s alone
When Emma Falls In Love: ‘Cause when Emma falls in love, she’s in it for keeps
When Emma Falls In Love: Well, she’s so New York when shes in LA
When Emma Falls In Love: When Emma falls in love, I’m learning
When Emma Falls In Love: Now he’ll be her shelter when it rains
Castles Crumbling: They used to cheer when they saw my face
Foolish One: Wishful thoughts forget to mention when something’s really not right
Foolish One: ‘Cause when my head is on your shoulder, it starts thinking you’ll come around
Foolish One: And maybe someday when we’re older, this is something we’ll laugh about
Foolish One: Foolish one, the day is gonna come for your confessions of love, when all is said and done
Timeless: And that’s when I called you and it’s so hard to explain
Timeless: I had to smile when it caught my eye
Timeless: That’s when I came upon a book covered in cobwebs
Timeless: The story started when you said “Hello” in a crowded room a few short years ago
Timeless: I’m gonna love you when our hair is turning gray
'Red (Taylor's Version)'
Red: Moving on from him is impossible when I still see it all in my head
I Knew You Were Trouble: When I fell hard, you took a step back
I Knew You Were Trouble: And he’s long gone when he’s next to me
I Knew You Were Trouble: ‘Cause I knew you were trouble when you walked in
I Knew You Were Trouble: He was long gone when he met me
All Too Well: After plaid shirt days and nights when you made me your own
All Too Well: ‘Cause there we are again when I loved you so
22: Tonight’s the night when we forget about the deadlines
22: Tonight’s the night when we forget about the heartbreaks
We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together: I remember when we broke up the first time
We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together: We hadn’t seen each other in a month when you said you needed space (What?)
Stay Stay Stay: That’s when you came in wearing a football helmet and said, “Okay, let’s talk”
Stay Stay Stay: You think that it’s funny when I’m mad, mad, mad
Stay Stay Stay: No one else is gonna love me when I get mad, mad, mad
The Last Time: Disappear when you come back, everything is better
Holy Ground: Back when you fit in my poems like a perfect rhyme
Holy Ground: Yeah, you skip the conversation when you already know
Sad Beautiful Tragic: Words, how little they mean when you’re a little too late
Everything Has Changed: All I knew this morning when I woke is I know something now
Starlight: Can’t remember what song it was playing when we walked in
Begin Again: He didn’t like it when I wore high heels, but I do
The Moment I Knew: Your close friends always seem to know when there’s something really wrong
The Moment I Knew: What do you say when tears are streaming down your face in front of everyone you know?
The Moment I Knew: And what do you do when the one who means the most to you is the one who didn’t show?
Come Back… Be Here: Right when I was just about to fall
Come Back… Be Here: And this is when the feeling sinks in
Come Back… Be Here: This is falling for you when you are worlds away
Better Man: I’m probably better off on my own than loving a man who didn’t know what he had when he had it
Better Man: I just wish I could forget when it was magic
Nothing New: Criticize the way you fly when you’re soaring through the sky
Nothing New: Will you still want me when I’m nothing new?
Nothing New: How long will it be cute, all this crying in my room when you can’t blame it on my youth?
I Bet You Think About Me: They let me sit in back when we were in love
I Bet You Think About Me: I bet you couldn’t believe when you realized I’m harder to forget than I was to leave
I Bet You Think About Me: Last time you felt free was when none of that shit mattered ‘cause you were with me
I Bet You Think About Me: I bet you think about me when you’re out at your cool indie music concerts every week
I Bet You Think About Me: I bet you think about me when you say, “Oh my god, she’s insane, she wrote a song about me”
Forever Winter: When the lights go out it’s hard to breathe
Run: I’ll take it when I leave and hold it for you
The Very First Night: They weren’t riding in the car when we both fell
The Very First Name: I was riding in the car when we both fell
All Too Well (10 Minute Version): And there we are again when nobody had to know
All Too Well (10 Minute Version): From when your Brooklyn broke my skin and bones
'1989 (Taylor's Version)'
Welcome to New York: When we first dropped our bags on apartment floors
Blank Space: You can tell me when it’s over if the high was worth the pain
Style: And when we go crashing down we come back every time
Out of the Woods: The night we couldn’t quite forget when we decided to move the furniture so we could dance
Out of the Woods: Remember when you hit the brakes too soon?
Out of the Woods: When you started crying, baby, I did, too
Out of the Woods: But when the sun came up, I was looking at you
Out of the Woods: Remember when we couldn’t take the heat?
Out of the Woods: And when the sun came up, you were looking at me
All You Had To Do Was Stay: People like me wanna believe you when you say you’ve changed
All You Had To Do Was Stay: Then why’d you have to go and lock me out when I let you in?
All You Had To Do Was Stay: People like me are gone forever when you say goodbye
Wildest Dreams: And when we’ve had our very last kiss, my last request is
Wildest Dreams: Someday when you leave me I bet these memories follow you around
How You Get The Girl: Tell her how you must have lost your mind when you left her all alone and never told her why
This Love: When you’re young, you just run
I Know Places: Something happens when everybody finds out
Clean: When the flowers that we’d grown together died of thirst
Clean: When I was drowning, that’s when I could finally breathe
Clean: When the butterflies turned to dust that covered my whole room
Now That We Don’t Talk: Just like I had been when you were chasing me
Suburban Legends: I was always turning out my empty pockets and when it came to you
Suburban Legends: When you hold me, it holds me together
Suburban Legends: When I ended up back at our class reunion walking in with you
Suburban Legends: When you told me we’d get back together
Is It Over Now?: Was it over when she laid down on your couch?
Is It Over Now?: Was it over when he unbuttoned my blouse?
Bad Blood (feat. Kendrick Lamar): Remember when you tried to write me off?
Bad Blood (feat. Kendrick Lamar): Remember when you thought I’d take a loss?
Sweeter Than Fiction: You never saw it coming, slipped when you started running
Sweeter Than Fiction: What a sight, what a sight when the light came on
Sweeter Than Fiction: Proved me right, proved me right when you proved them wrong
Sweeter Than Fiction: And when they call your name and they put your picture in a frame
Sweeter Than Fiction: You know I’ll be there time and again ‘cause I loved you when, when you
'reputation'
End Game: I’m one call away whenever you need me
End Game: Knew her when I was young, reconnected when we were a little bit older
End Game: Even when we’d argue, we’d not do it for long
Delicate: Sometimes I wonder when you sleep, are you ever dreaming of me?
Delicate: Somethings when I look into your eyes, I pretend you’re mine all the damn time
Look What You Made Me Do: I don’t like your perfect crime, how you laugh when you lie
So It Goes…: Trippin’, trip, trippin’ when you’re gone
So It Goes…: When you get me alone, it’s so simple
So It Goes…: Skippin’, skip, skippin’ when I’m gone
Dress: Flashback when you met me
This Is Why We Can’t Have Nice Things: There are no rules when you show up here
Call It What You Want: They fade to nothing when I look at him
New Year’s Day: I stay when you’re lost and I’m scared and you’re turning away
New Year’s Day: I stay when it’s hard or it’s wrong or we’re making mistakes
'Lover'
The Man: When everyone believes ya, what’s that like?
I Think He Knows: I think he knows when we get all alone I’ll make myself at home
Paper Rings: I hate accidents except when we went from friends to this
Paper Rings: When you jumped in first, I went in, too
Cornelia Street: Back when we were card sharks, playing games
Death By A Thousand Cuts: I can’t pretend it’s okay when it’s not
London Boy: He likes my American smile, like a child when our eyes meet
False God: I can’t talk to you when you’re like this
False God: When you’re led by blind faith, blind faith
False God: I know heaven’s a thing, I go there when you touch me, honey, hell is when I fight with you
False God: And you can’t talk to me when I’m like this
You Need To Calm Down: Why are you mad when you could be GLAAD?
Afterglow: Tell me that we’ll be just fine even when I lose my mind
Afterglow: Tell me that I’m all you want even when I break your heart
ME!: Baby doll, when it comes to a lover, I promise that you’ll never find another like me
ME!: When we had that fight out in the rain
'folklore'
Cardigan: When you are young, they assume you know nothing
Cardigan: When I felt like I was an old cardigan under someone’s bed, you put me on and said I was your favorite
Cardigan: I knew everything when I was young
My Tears Ricochet: When I’d fight, you used to tell me I was brave
My Tears Ricochet: And I still talk to you when I’m screaming at the sky and when you can’t sleep at night you hear my stolen lullabies
Mirrorball: When I break, it’s in a million pieces
Mirrorball: Hush, when no one is around, my dear
Mirrorball: When they sent home the horses and the rodeo clowns
August: Will you call when you’re back at school?
August: Back when we were still changing for the better
August: Remember when I pulled up and said, “Get in the car”?
August: Back when I was living for the hope of it all, for the hope of it all
This Is Me Trying: My words shoot to kill when I’m mad
This Is Me Trying: It’s hard to be at a party when I feel like an open wound
This Is Me Trying: It’s hard to be anywhere these days when all I want is you
Illicit Affairs: You’ll be flushed when you return
Invisible String: Teal was the color of your shirt when you were sixteen at the yogurt shop
Invisible String: Gold was the color of the leaves when I showed you around Centennial Park
Mad Woman: Does a scorpion sting when fighting back?
Mad Woman: When you say I seem angry, I get more angry
Betty: When I passed your house, it’s like I couldn’t breathe
Betty: When she pulled up like a figment of my worst intentions
Betty: Right now is the last time I can dream about what happens when you see my face again
Peace: Give you the silence that only comes when two people understand each other
Hoax: You knew it still hurts underneath my scars from when they pulled me apart
Hoax: Darling, this was just as hard as when they pulled me apart
'evermore'
Willow: I’m like the water when your ship rolled in that night
‘Tis The Damn Season: I felt it when I passed you
No Body, No Crime: I noticed when I passed his house his truck has got some brand new tires
No Body, No Crime: Good thing my daddy made me get a boating license when I was fifteen
Happiness: Honey, when I’m above the trees I see this for what it is
Happiness: I was dancing when the music stopped
Happiness: Tell me, when did your winning smile begin to look like a smirk?
Happiness: When did all our lessons start to look like weapons pointed at my deepest hurt?
Happiness: No one teaches you what to do when a good man hurts you
Dorothea: When we were younger down in the park, honey, making a lark of the misery
Dorothea: When it was calmer, skipping the prom just to piss off your mom and her pageant schemes
Coney Island: And it gets colder and colder when the sun goes down
Coney Island: Will you forgive my soul when you’re too wise to trust me and too old to care?
Coney Island: When I got into the accident, the sight that flashed before me was your face
Coney Island: When I walked up to the podium I think that I forgot to say your name
Coney Island: When the sun goes down, the sight that flashed before me was your face
Cowboy Like Me: The ladies lunching have their stories about when you passed through town
Long Story Short: When I dropped my sword, I threw it in the bushes and knocked on your door
Evermore: When I was shipwrecked, I thought of you
Right Where You Left Me: I swear you could hear a hair pin drop right when I felt the moment stop
Right Where You Left Me: You’re sitting in front of me at the restaurant when I was still the one you want
It’s Time To Go: When the dinner is cold and the chatter gets old you ask for the tab
It’s Time To Go: When the words of a sister come back in whispers that prove she was not
It’s Time To Go: In your soul you know when it’s time to go
It’s Time To Go: Or trying to stay for the kids when keeping it how it is will only break their hearts worse
It’s Time To Go: In my soul, I know when it’s time to go
'Midnights'
Maroon: When the morning came we were cleaning incense off your vinyl shelf
Maroon: The burgundy on my t-shirt when you splashed your wine into me
Maroon: When the silence came, we were shaking, blind and hazy
Anti-Hero: When my depression works the graveyard shift all of the people I’ve ghosted stand there in the room
Midnight Rain: He never thinks of me except for when I’m on TV
Question…?: When she said it was too much, do you wish you could still touch her?
Bejeweled: Putting someone first only works when you’re in their top five
Bejeweled: When I walk in the room, I can still make the whole place shimmer
Bejeweled: When I meet the band they ask, “Do you have a man?” I could still say, “I don’t remember”
Dear Reader: Dear reader, bend when you can, snap when you have to
Dear Reader: Dear reader, when you aim at the devil, make sure you don’t miss
Dear Reader: No one sees when you lose when you’re playing solitaire
Other Songs written by Taylor
All Of The Girls You Loved Before: When you think of all the late nights, lame fights over the phone
All Of The Girls You Loved Before: When I think of all the makeup, fake love out on the town
Beautiful Ghosts: Should I take chances when no one took chances on me?
Best Days Of Your Life: Yeah, someone told me once when you were out, she went a little crazy, ran her mouth about me
Christmas Tree Farm: And when I’m feeling alone, you remind me of home
Christmas Tree Farm: And when the world isn’t fair, I pretend that we’re there
Christmases When You Were Mine: There were Christmases when you were mine
Christmases When You Were Mine: When you were putting up the lights this year, did you notice one less pair of hands?
Christmases When You Were Mine: There were Christmases when I didn’t wonder how you are tonight
Eyes Open: Even when you’re sleeping, keep your eyes open
I Heart ?: And when you’re home all alone at tonight, you still wonder why
I Heart ?: And you’ll know you didn’t beat me when you look down and see I got an I heart question mark written on the back of my hand
If This Was A Movie: When time stood still and I had you
If This Was A Movie: Flashback to the night when you said to me
Safe and Sound: I remember tears streaming down your face when I said, “I’ll never let you go”
Safe and Sound: When all those shadows almost killed your light
Safe and Sound: Hold onto this lullaby even when the music’s gone
The Alcott: I see you smile when you see it’s me
The Joker and the Queen (Remix): When I fold, you see the best in me
The Joker and the Queen (Remix): When I folded, you saw the best in me
This Is What You Came For: I say, “Your place” when we leave
Two Is Better Than One: ‘Cause when I close my eyes and drift away, I think of you and everything’s okay
You’ll Always Find Your Way Back Home: But when the lights go down, it’s the ending of the show
You’ll Always Find Your Way Back Home: ‘Cause when I’m feeling down and I’m all alone, I always got a place where I can go
Official Alternate Releases
I Bet You Think About Me (Clean Version): Last time you felt free was when none of that mattered ‘cause you were with me
Lover (feat. Shawn Mendes): Pictures of when we were young would hang on the wall
Lover (feat. Shawn Mendes): I’ll sing love songs to you when we’re eighty
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