In honor of it being the week I see Taylor Swift (or a few days after due to my posting schedule) I thought it was only fitting to release the ever so important list of what my top 13 favorite T Swizzle songs are. 

For a bit of background, I grew up obviously knowing Taylor, but only listened to her songs on the radio. When folklore came out in 2020 I listened to it a bit due to all of the hype it was receiving, and listened to evermore when it came out due to the shock that it was a total surprise album. And let me tell you, I was shook. I remember listening to “no body, no crime” for the first time and staring at my computer in shock as I watched the lyric video, both hands slapped over my mouth. I showed my parents my favorite songs and soon we were all hooked on Taylor, and 2021 was the year of Taylor as I began to learn all of her albums. 

Soon my friends were all Swifties too, and Taylor became a common thread amongst my friends and family, and we were so, so deep into the fandom.

So, I know quite a lot about Taylor, and when she announced the Eras Tour there was absolutely no way we were not getting tickets. Finally, the nine months of waiting is up, and as I’m writing this, there are only THREE days until the concert. My outfit is picked, my makeup look has been perfected, I know all the lyrics, I have guesses for surprise songs, and I have a list of all the songs I know I’m going to cry to. 

With all that being said, here are my top 13 favorite Taylor songs: 

Please note none of these are in order except for the top 3, I am way too indecisive to put the rest in order. My heart hurts that I cannot fit “Forever & Always,” “it’s time to go,” and “evermore,” but alas, one can only choose 13. 

1. “the lakes (original version)”

This is my third favorite song of all time. (The first being “People Watching” by Conan Gray and the second being “Work Song” by Hozier). 

I truly have no words to describe how this song is literally me to my core. All I want is to run away from society to write poetry and live in a cottage. Also, the original version is so much better than the first bonus track because it is an orchestral version. 

Favorite lyrics: “Take me to the lakes where all the poets went to die/I don’t belong, and my beloved, neither do you”

2. “the 1”

Lyrically this is just one of her best songs of all time. It’s beautiful. It’s sad. It’s a perfect opening track. It’s everything. 

Favorite lyrics: “I have this dream you’re doing cool shit/Having adventures on your own/You meet some woman on the internet and take her home”

3. “ivy”

Not only is the lyricism in this song incredibly beautiful, it’s also totally sapphic. 

Favorite lyrics: “And the old widow goes to the stone every day/But I don’t, I just sit here and wait/Grieving for the living”

4. “cowboy like me”

Once again the lyricism in evermore is god tier, and I have claimed this song as one for the asexuals. 

Favorite lyrics: “With your boots beneath my bed/Forever is the sweetest con”

5. “Style”

Truly just a pop banger. 

Favorite lyrics: “You got that James Dean daydream look in your eye/And I got that red lip classic thing that you like”

6. “New Romantics”

Once again I’m a sucker for a good pop song, and this is the best off of her poppiest album, 1989.

Favorite lyrics: “It’s poker/He can’t see it in my face/But I’m about to play my Ace”

Get it…cause I’m ace…ha…ha…

7. “Daylight”

One of the best songs off of Lover. 

Favorite lyrics: “I don’t wanna look at anything else now that I saw you (I can never look away)/I don’t wanna think of anything else now that I thought of you (Things will never be the same)”

8. “Call It What You Want”

My favorite Reputation track. 

Favorite lyrics: “My castle crumbled overnight/I brought a knife to a gunfight”

9. “The Moment I Knew”

A criminally underrated Red track. Lyrically this one is so simple but the truth behind the words and the story of her sadness just gets me where it hurts every time. 

Favorite lyrics: “And it was like slow motion/Standing there in my party dress/In red lipstick/With no one to impress/And they’re all standing around me singing/”Happy birthday to you””

10. “Hits Different”

I think every Swiftie can agree that this song is truly one of the best she’s ever written, and it was criminal that she kept it from us for so long. 

Favorite lyrics: “I used to switch out these Kens, I’d just ghost”

11. “All Too Well (10 Minute Version) (Taylor’s Version) (From The Vault)”

We should all know why this deserves to be on this list. 

Favorite lyrics: “And I was never good at telling jokes, but the punch line goes/”I’ll get older, but your lovers stay my age””

12. “Mastermind”

Favorite lyrics: “and then saw a wide smirk/On your face, you knew the entire time/You knew that I’m a mastermind”

I get so emotional hearing those lyrics every. Single. Time. 

13. “right where you left me”

It was a tough decision to put this or “it’s time to go,” as Taylor never misses with bonus tracks, but I listen to this one more so it felt necessary for it to make it onto my list. 

Favorite lyrics: “I’m sure that you got a wife out there/Kids and Christmas, but I’m unaware/’Cause I’m right where/I cause no harm, mind my business/If our love died young, I can’t bear witness”

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