If there's one artist that seems to just know what I'm going through whenever I'm in a relationship, it's Taylor Swift. Whether I'm in an exciting new relationship, a confusing situationship, a messy breakup, or a painful LDR, Ms. Swift weaves words into intricate lyrics that know *exactly* what I'm feeling at the moment and what kind of situation I'm in—and I'm sure she does the same for everyone else!
Even when I'm single, her songs are so good at getting me to visualize and get heartbroken over relationships I'm not even in, LOL! I totally lost count of all the times I caught myself tearing up over her sad bridges when I'm not even ~suffering~ in the first place.
That said, depending on your current dating stage RN, there's definitely a song from Taylor's enormous catalog that's meant for you. Keep on scrolling to find out more:
Taylor Swift Songs For Every Kind of Relationship You're In RN
"Better Man"
For your toxic ex who could've been "The One." You know you did yourself a favor by breaking up with them, but you can't help but wish they were a better man so it wouldn't have happened instead.
"I know the bravest thing I ever did was run
Sometimes, in the middle of the night, I can feel you again
But I just miss you and I just wish you were a better man
I know why we had to say goodbye like the back of my hand
But I just miss you and I just wish you were a better man
A better man"
"'tis the damn season"
For the old friend you were once in love with but you just lost touch with them.
"I won't ask you to wait if you don't ask me to stay
So I'll go back to L.A. and the so-called friends
Who'll write books about me if I ever make it
And wonder about the only soul
Who can tell which smiles I'm fakin'
And the heart I know I'm breakin' is my own
To leave the warmest bed I've ever known
We could call it even
Even though I'm leaving
And I'll be yours for the weekend"
"the 1"
For the ex-lover you lost in touch with that you'll eventually reconnect with in the future—hopefully when you're both better and have matured into the people you wanted to be back then.
"But we were something, don't you think so?
Roaring twenties, tossing pennies in the pool
And if my wishes came true
It would've been you
In my defense, I have none
For never leaving well enough alone
But it would've been fun
If you would've been the one"
"Paper Rings"
For the person you love so much that you'd marry them with no strings attached at all. You just love them and accept them for who they are.
"I like shiny things, but I'd marry you with paper rings
Uh huh, that's right
Darling, you're the one I want, and
I hate accidents except when we went from friends to this
Uh huh, that's right
Darling, you're the one I want
In paper rings, in picture frames, in dirty dreams
Oh, you're the one I want"
"Back to December"
In this relationship, you were admittedly the toxic one—you were young and you didn't know any better—and you just want to apologize to them.
"So, this is me swallowing my pride
Standin' in front of you, sayin', "I'm sorry for that night"
And I go back to December all the time
It turns out freedom ain't nothing but missin' you
Wishin' I'd realized what I had when you were mine
I go back to December, turn around and change my own mind
I go back to December all the time"
"Lover"
For the person who is your endgame. You may not have been together for a long time, but you can already see your future with them.
"Ladies and gentlemen, will you please stand?
With every guitar string scar on my hand
I take this magnetic force of a man to be my lover
My heart's been borrowed and yours has been blue
All's well that ends well to end up with you"
"I Wish You Would"
For the person you're in a situationship with. You know that there's probably no future in this relationship, but you can't help but come back to them because the feeling they give you is just too addictive.
"You always knew how to push my buttons
You give me everything and nothing
This mad, mad love makes you come running
To stand back where you stood
I wish you would, I wish you would"
"Clean"
For when you finally, finally realize that you're over them. You wake up one day and you think to yourself: "It doesn't hurt anymore."
"Rain came pouring down
When I was drowning, that's when I could finally breathe
And by morning
Gone was any trace of you, I think I am finally clean"
"Everything Has Changed"
This is for the person you never gave a second look at, but one day, you just realize that everything has changed between the two of you.
"Come back and tell me why
I'm feeling like I've missed you all this time
And meet me there tonight
And let me know that it's not all in my mind"
"Come Back... Be Here"
Fact: Long-distance relationships suck. You just wish you were with your person every day, but you know it's not possible.
"Taxi cabs and busy streets
That never bring you back to me
I can't help but wish you took me with you
And this is when the feeling sinks in
I don't wanna miss you like this
Come back, be here"
"Begin Again"
For when you came from a toxic relationship where you felt like you couldn't see the light at the end of the tunnel. After many months of healing, however, you've finally moved on and are ready to begin again with someone new—someone who is light years away from your ex.
"And you throw your head back laughing like a little kid
I think it's strange that you think I'm funny 'cause he never did
I've been spending the last eight months
Thinking all love ever does is break, and burn, and end
But on a Wednesday in a café, I watched it begin again"
