Taylor Swift's songs aren't actually all break up songs (shocking, I know). Let's take a look at some songs that aren't about break ups!

[Smashingdoozy]

You hear it all the time, ugh Taylor Swift only ever writes break up songs and disses her ex's. So let's have a look at some songs that are not about her Ex's or a relationship at all. Including some lyrics from each track!

1. Fifteen (Fearless 2009) This song is about Taylor's best friend from high school Abigail and their experiences in freshman year. While it is sort of about first love and heartbreak it's more about realizing that there's more to life than boys and dating.

"Back then I swore I was gonna marry him someday But I realized some bigger dreams of mine And Abigail gave everything she had To a boy who changed his mind And we both cried"

2. Tied together with a smile (2006) written about a friend who was suffering with an eating disorder

"Seems the only one who doesn't see your beauty is the face in the mirror looking back at you You walk around here thinking you're not pretty But that's not true 'cause I know you"

3. The best day (2008) a song about her childhood and especially her mom always being by her side

"And now I know why the all the trees change in the fall I know you were on my side Even when I was wrong And I love you for giving me your eyes Staying back and watching me shine and I didn't know if you knew So I'm taking this chance to say that I had the best day with you today"

4.Ronan (2012) perhaps one of her hardest songs to listen to. Ronan was written about a 3 year old boy Ronan Thompson who was battling stage four neuroblastoma and passed away days before his 4th birthday. Ronan's mom Maya kept a blog detailing what Ronan was going though and Taylor kept up with the blog. When she heard the news about his passing she reached out to Maya with a song that she eventually ended up preforming at a stand up 2 cancer benefit. Maya is a co-writer on the song.

"What if I'm standing in your closet trying to talk to you? What if I kept the hand-me-downs you won't grow into? And what if I really thought some miracle would see us through? What if the miracle was even getting one moment with you? Come on baby with me, we're gonna fly away from here Come on baby with me, we're gonna fly away from here you were my best four years I remember your bare feet down the hallway I love you to the moon and back"

5. Marjorie (2020) a song about Taylor's maternal grandmother Marjorie Finlay who was an American opera singer. Taylor even inserted some of Marjorie's singing into the track.

"And if I didn't know better I'd think you were talking to me now If I didn't know better I'd think you were still around What died didn't stay dead What died didn't stay dead You're alive, you're alive in my head What died didn't stay dead What died didn't stay dead You're alive, so alive"

6. Forever Winter (2012) about a friend who was struggling with mental health and addiction and overdosed.

"All this time I didn't know you were breakin' down I'd fall to pieces on the floor if you weren't around too young to know it gets better I'll be summer sun for you forever forever winter if you go"

7. Look what you made me do (2017) about her feud with Kanye West and Kim Kardashian who leaked a heavily edited video of a phone call between Taylor and Kanye about his "Famous" song.

"I don't like your little games don't like your tilted stage the role you made me play of the fool no, I don't like you"

8. You need to calm down (2019) about LGBTQ+ and trolls needing to calm down.

"You just need to take several seats and then try to restore the peace And control your urges to scream about all the people you hate Cause shade never made anybody less gay"

9. No body, no crime (2020) a fictional story about the narrator killing her friends husband because she suspects he killed the friend/wife.

"I think he did it but I just can't prove it I think he did it but I just can't prove it no, no body, no crime But I ain't letting up until the day I die No, no I think he did it No, no he did it"

10. Vigilante Shit (2022) about getting back at someone for doing something bad. Theory is it's about Scooter Braun for selling her discography without her permission.

"While he was doing lines And crossing all of mine Someone told his white collar crimes to the FBI And I don't dress for villains Or for innocents I'm on my vigilante shh again"

[D_Bone_Steak]

My theory about her is she sort of has the same appeal as Riley Reid the porno star.

It might be a different life path... porn vs. music... but the end results will be the same and the amount of money made will depend on the value of what they produce. Obviously Taylor Swift will have more money, but they're both going to end up used up in the end.

[Smashingdoozy]

🤔 same could be said about literally everyone

[D_Bone_Steak]

Good point... just something about those two are too similar to me. Same look, same sex appeal, I can't tell them apart et cetera. It reminds me of a girl I was with... Rachel... Saome look, same sex appeal, and same outcomes in the end.

I'll be real though... think I'm just honed in on the look and the outcomes being so similar.

[KrakenAttackin]

Taylor Swift (35, never. married, no children) has made BILLIONS singing about her bad choices with men.

There is a reason her lyrics resonate with girls/women, and that is, when left without guidance from another man (Father/Older brother), women make terrible decisions.

You women create almost all of your own problems.

[Smashingdoozy]

Getting married isn't the end goal in life. Also why do you always blame women for the shitty choices MEN make?
Also she has a father and a brother who are very much in her life.

[KrakenAttackin]

@Smashingdoozy. They are probably rolling in the cash and don't want to have that difficult conversation with her.

[Smashingdoozy]

Difficult conversation? Taylor wants kids and wants to get married. Girls just had bad luck with douchebag guys that isn't her fault.

[KrakenAttackin]

@Smashingdoozy. Of course it's her fault, she chose these "douchebag guys".

[Smashingdoozy]

"You talked me under the table
Talking rings and talking cradles
I wish I could un-recall
How we almost had it all"

"And I wouldn't marry me either
A pathological people pleaser
Who only wanted you to see her"

She also has a song that is very likely about a miscarriage.

"Goodbye, goodbye, goodbye
You were bigger than the whole sky
You were more than just a short time
And I've got a lot to pine about
I've got a lot to live without
I'm never gonna meet
What could've been, would've been
What should've been you
What could've been, would've been you"

It's not like she jumped from guy to guy then got bored of them.

[KrakenAttackin]

She is attracted to toxic men, that's in her. My problem with her is she influences legions of girls to act similarly, "I can make the bad boys good for a weekend"... seriously?

[Smashingdoozy]

You do realize douchebag guys start out as ✨nice guys✨.

If you take a look at her most famous relationships, John Mayer basically groomed her, she was a teenager and he was 32. Jake Gyllenhaal was no better but also was emotionally manipulative constantly breaking up with her just to come crawling back, her and Harry Styles didn't have an official relationship they just dated on and off, her longest relationship of 6 years with Joe Alwyn was very private but from the most recent music it sounded like she wanted to get married and have kids and he wanted her to essentially stop being famous. Acted like he was almost embarrassed to be seen with her which is so fucked up.

[msc545]

Smashing, at this point, she will never find aa man who is good enough for her...

[msc545]

Even my cat Allister, who is quite tolerant, has doubts that her cats are happy with her...

[Smashingdoozy]

@msc545 wym she's dating Travis Kelce and he seems pretty fuckin great for her. He shows her off, isn't embarrassed to talk about her, and she felt safe enough to go to a festival with him (while high as w kite mind you)

[msc545]

Right, but for how long?

[Smashingdoozy]

@msc545 as long as they're still into each other. Why would you want to be with someone who isn't into you?

[msc545]

Having had that happen, I can reliably tell you I wouldn't -

But that's just me...

[msc545]

I guess the only way we can tell for sure how things are going is to listen very carefully to her song lyrics as the songs are released?

[KrakenAttackin]

@msc545 Your cat is wise beyond his years...

[msc545]

So he tells me. He even conducts philosophy classes for other cats every Friday night in my living room...

[Smashingdoozy]

Lmfao the song blank space is making fun of how the media portrays her.

[Smashingdoozy]

@msc545 the songs about Travis thus far are both very positive. So high school - is basically a song about how he makes her feel like she's a teenager again having fun and enjoying that new relationship feeling.
"And in a blink of a crinkling eye
I'm sinking, our fingers entwined
Cheeks pink in the twinkling lights
Tell me 'bout the first time you saw me
I'll drink what you think, and I'm high
From smoking your jokes all damn night
The brink of a wrinkle in time
Bittersweet sixteen suddenly"

The alchemy is about how everything feels right, how he treats her like she's the most important thing to him and she feels like she can just be herself.
"Shirts off, and your friends lift you up over their heads
Beer sticking to the floor
Cheers chanted, cause they said
There was no chance, trying to be
The greatest in the league
Where's the trophy?
He just comes running over to me"

[KrakenAttackin]

@msc545 My Siamese is interested, does your cat do a webinar and what's the cost per credit hour?

[msc545]

Allister along with his half-brother Angus does a regular webinar. For your cat, there is of course no charge for an unlimited number of credit hours or anything else he needs.

What is your cat's name?

[KrakenAttackin]

@Smashingdoozy. Yes, players and DB's are CREATED BY WOMEN! Men want a solid relationship but get abused by manipulative women. After being broken by a few women , men tend to break one of two ways: they either become players or they simply give up.
You women create the monsters you claim to hate so much and I have zero sympathy for you.

[KrakenAttackin]

@msc545 Cali, a very entitled Lilac Siamese.

[msc545]

@KrakenAttackin Allister says OK - he will provide the books if she will provide the snacks - maybe lobster rolls?

[CarolinaGirl5]

This was a terrible comparison. she's a billionaire, aka highly successful. She makes more than you, yet you're a man. That's pretty sad. A man is the last thing on her mind especially one below her tax bracket. She's gorgeous, talented, and can get any man she wants they just have to me her criteria. I don't think she makes poor decisions in men. These men are selected as publicity stunts to further enhance their careers. She's smarter than your average woman. You can't compare a woman like her to these gag idiots male and female

[CarolinaGirl5]

@KrakenAttackin

[Smashingdoozy]

Wow still with the blaming of women on men's faults. Take accountability for your own actions.

Bet you wouldn't be saying this shit if it was your sister or daughter in these relationships

[CarolinaGirl5]

@Smashingdoozy you're the one who made the post lol now you're complaining about his response. Make up your mind do you want comments or not? You act like you have comprehension issues

[Smashingdoozy]

@CarolinaGirl5 I haven't complained once 🙃 I'm just responding.

[Smashingdoozy]

Deleting my comment on your post and using my words against you back at me is real cute though 😘

[CarolinaGirl5]

Then stfu or don't post. Are you dense? The app is called girlsaskguys @Smashingdoozy

[Smashingdoozy]

@CarolinaGirl5 and this is a mytake... Chill tf out

[KrakenAttackin]

@msc545 That's a plan, she might hunt up some medicinal catnip as well.

[msc545]

Very cool! I hate to admit this, but Allister almost went to rehab over catnip. He is able to use it socially now luckily.

[CarolinaGirl5]

@Smashingdoozy then don't post if you can't handle comments.. he was mature about his response. When I responded to him I didn't insult him like u did.

[Smashingdoozy]

@CarolinaGirl5 where did I insult him?

[ihateTaylorSwift]

22 is the opposite of a Breakup Ex song

And so is Bad Blood

[Smashingdoozy]

Yep definitely

[MK1997]

Mean and Anti Hero are good ones

[Smashingdoozy]

Yesss

[DrPepper12]

And "Best Day"

[MisterWack]

I never claimed or thought they were all about break ups.

Just that I don’t like her music. Her as a person, I am neutral though I know I don’t like her music.

[Smashingdoozy]

Why her as a person?

[MisterWack]

@Smashingdoozy I said “Her as a person, I am neutral”. That is all.

[Smashingdoozy]

Oh I see sorry I misread!

[MisterWack]

@Smashingdoozy No problem.

[Darklydarkened]

A lot of young women need to realise that first step of becoming a better version of themselves is to stop listening to Taylor Swift's generic, soulless drivel as music.

[Smashingdoozy]

Says someone who has never actually listened to her music

[Darklydarkened]

I did, and I still think she's an extreme bore

No self respecting person who has a shred of musical taste would listen to her commercial jingles

[Smashingdoozy]

Clearly have only listened to her singles.
As a self respecting person who has very much more than a shred of musical taste myself. And many others who are professionals agree. She's a story telling artist. Just because you don't relate to her music doesn't make it bad.

[Still-alive]

So when you hear a woman say 'omg i love taylor swift' you automatically conclude 'wow what a trash person she is?'

So much for simply having different taste i guess lol

[Darklydarkened]

@Still-alive Having a different taste and being a thrall to mainstream commercial music are two different things.

I don't like reggie either, but that is at least a "taste" , or listening to classic folk, or medieval epic folk, or sludge, or blues, jazz, R&B etc.

Taylor Swift is just a very well marketed teenage icon

[Still-alive]

Nope there's really no difference at all if its mainstream or not. That basically boils down to you saying 'it's popular therefore it sucks' which i always found to be pretty dumb lol.

sometimes people just like popular things. doesn't say anything at all about the people listening to them and you would be very foolish to pass judgement on people you don't even know over it.

I don't like country or hip hop myself but i don't make any prejudgements of the people listening to them either.

You are just being a judgmental person overall

[Darklydarkened]

@Still-alive Yes there is

Rihanna had great songs, they're popular, not much value in longevity in my opinion but they're great

I think there are tons of great and popular pop music around

Taylor Swift's songs are generic, they're specifically structured so that they are approachable for an audience as wide as possible.

Nothing she does has any particular "edge" to it, as far as I am aware. Most her songs are about generic middle-class relationship problems

She's an adequate vocal, and that's it.

It's normal for her to be a known singer for a niche group, but she recently is being pushed as "greatest pop star ever"

The whole charade about her political opinions gonna effect elections, the stupid arguments about her concerts improving local economies etc.

There's a very obvious PR myth that's being built around her.

And being judgmental is not intrinsically wrong, judgement is the differenciation between you and any sort of animal that acts with a preconditioned way

Music, isn't just "opinion", it's actually a very technical thing. And Taylor Swift's music is just the quintesential commercial trash.

No real ideology, no real social matter, no real drive in any of it, just a working formula, being perfected by a very conventionally pretty woman who has a very "nice person" image

[Still-alive]

"Taylor Swift's songs are generic, they're specifically structured so that they are approachable for an audience as wide as possible. "

In your opinion. probably better to not act like your opinions are objective fact

"And being judgmental is not intrinsically wrong, judgement is the differenciation between you and any sort of animal that acts with a preconditioned way"

Sure but in this case it is wrong. to presume to know everything about a person because they listen to 'taylor swift?' yeah its just dumb and shows you to be a close minded judgmental person that people maybe should ignore.

"Music, isn't just "opinion", it's actually a very technical thing. And Taylor Swift's music is just the quintesential commercial trash. "

In your opinion.

[Darklydarkened]

@Still-alive If you claim I'm "wrong" you really should explain why.

I don't presume I know everything about a person because they listen to Taylor Swift

I just might have an idea though

And no, music is a thing that has rights and wrongs in itself

This nonsensical celebration of banality is a problem for Western culture

[Still-alive]

i did explain it.

Having different taste doesn't make them wrong or bad.

[Darklydarkened]

@Still-alive Yes it might. There's something called "bad taste"

No matter what you do, Justin Bieber will not be a good artist. Or Limp Bizkit will never be a good band.

And their fans, are just suffering from lack of music taste

[Still-alive]

""bad taste"

which is an opinion. subjective.

"justin Bieber will not be a good artist" to you

"Or Limp Bizkit will never be a good band. "

to you.

[Darklydarkened]

@Still-alive It's not subjective at all. That is just bullshit that's being popularised to sell shit to brainless masses like yourself

[Still-alive]

lol god you're sooo full of yourself. im outta here.

I dont care of either of those artists but i don't go around said they're 'objectively bad' like a snooty snob.

[Darklydarkened]

@Still-alive Yeah, you're saying each to himself like a soulless, lifeless npc

[Smashingdoozy]

@Darklydarkened do you like the song This is what you came here for by Calvin Harris ft Rihanna?

[exitseven]

Very good job with this. Taylor Swift lyrics were never something I ever paid attention to. You give me something to think about. 😎

[RageBabe]

I assumed she released a song exclusively following a breakup. Gosh, aren't I silly?

[art84]

Never listened to any of her songs though always heard her songs were about breakups with previous boyfriends.

[Smashingdoozy]

It's only really about 30% of her discography

[art84]

Good to know though heard a few of her singles in movies.

[Smashingdoozy]

Yes they've been in a few movies and tv shows recently

[msc545]

Thank you very much for telling us about this. Smashing. I was incredibly worried about it, but you've you've made me feel so much better now.

[Smashingdoozy]

Good

[KrakenAttackin]

@msc545. Yeah, me too... I can finally sleep tonight.

[worldscolide]

I've never really been a fan of hers, I'm a fan of how she treats her employees though.

[Smashingdoozy]

Yes, she seems pretty great to work for. So many bonuses and benefits!

[worldscolide]

Agreed

[WowGIrl4ever]

Let's not and say we did. I'd rather learn something about you.

[Fireguy17]

and why is it important that we know this?

[Smashingdoozy]

Because learning new things is good for your brain. Also undoing negativity is good for the soul

[Fireguy17]

I am constantly learning new things every day to keep my license as we are required to have certain number of continuing education credits every year, plus a certain amount of training hours as well as using our skills on calls or we have to spend clinical time at the hospital to do them as well, fortunately she is not one of them.
I'm not being negative about her, I just don't care.
There is a big difference between the 2.

[Smashingdoozy]

Took the time to comment something that is insinuating negativity. Many topics to learn. Don't like something? Don't read it and move along.

[CarolinaGirl5]

@Fireguy17 right like what was the point of this? She needs to get a life instead of obsessing over celebs. @Smashingdoozy normal people aren't home writing up essays on celebs lives over the weekend. Normal people are out with friends

[Smashingdoozy]

@CarolinaGirl5 nobody likes a pick me bitch Carolina

[Britney92]

Facts and she great live.

[anastasia_651]

She is so cute and her voice 🥰

[snowboarder720]

Cool my take!!

[Bklynbadboy12]

I wouldn't know im not a fan

[Smashingdoozy]

Wow good thing there's not an entire take above this

[DrPepper12]

🥰 Taylor!!

[Jay-_-]

Are you a Swifty?

[Smashingdoozy]

I am

[DreamCrescent]

@Smashingdoozy good job with the list. i have only heard one of the songs on your list. But i’d also like to remind you of “enchanted” it’s about a missed connection, very relatable song. not that breakups aren’t relatable

[Smashingdoozy]

@DreamCrescent yep! I didn't want the list to be too long so this definitely only touched the surface

[eagle1951]

long live

[Smashingdoozy]

Yes that is also one of the many songs not about a relationship 🤗