I wonder if you know I'm trying so hard not to get caught up now...Fearless is one of my favorite Taylor Swift songs, and not just on this album. I love songs that make you feel something deeply, and often connect with the ones that lead me gently to emotions like sadness or pain. But I appreciate that this song unapologetically leads me to joy, fun, and hope. If I want to feel energized, happier, lighter, or just move into those spaces, I can put this song on and I'll be there within four minutes.This song paints a picture for us of the sett...

Fearless was released in the fall of my senior year of high school. Upon revisiting this album it was incredibly familiar to me (besides the from the vault tracks of course.) It's hard to remember how I knew all the songs. I didn't have the CD, or the album downloaded to my iPod. I have come to the conclusion that Taylor Swift must have been so popular back in the day that I heard all the songs on the radio enough times that 15 years later I can still easily recall them. For me Fearless really leans into the fairy tales and the fantasy. It's a...

So I just finished listening to the whole album, taking notes, doing a write up for each song individually, and here are a few of my takeaways from this album as a whole.First I want to address that I went into this album thinking it would just be fun silly vibes, remind me of my high school years, and generally that it would take me back but not mean much to my present self. I was incredibly wrong and very surprised how many of the songs spoke to me 15+ years later. They were empowering and vulnerable and I really really enjoyed diving deep i...

Drew talks to me. I laugh cause it's just so funny.I've already done a write up about the song Teardrops on My Guitar and since the pop version has the same lyrics I don't have too much else to add about this song. So instead of talking about what this song means to me I am going to highlight one of my favorite lines in this song. Let's set the stage. Taylor is singing along about this boy she loves and she says "Drew talks to me, I laugh cause it's just so funny." The way she says so funny in this song is unironically my favorite part of the ...

Why would you want to make the very first scar?The first broken heart, the very first scar, it's just a part of being alive in this world. This song was an interesting listen for me. While I would say that I have felt broken-hearted before it's always been a mild case because I really struggle giving myself fully into any relationship. I'm too afraid of being hurt, and if you can keep a little bit of a separation, maybe you can avoid the pain of heartbreak. But I'll be the first to admit when you live life this way you also miss out on the joy...

 Baby let me love you, let me want you.It's March 2025 and Taylor Swift is an international pop star, global sensation, 11 albums deep into her career, generally about as far from being invisible as you could possibly be. But I think she got to this place by being incredibly vulnerable in her song writing. She has given us the gift of sharing all parts of her and allowed us as listeners to be able to relate.When I think back to the teen years I think that everyone experienced the feelings of being invisible on some level. There is this idea th...

And I know everything about you, I don't wanna live without you...Often I relate to parts of a song, a line that really cuts me to my core, a phrase that captures a part of me. This song hits different though. For the first time I feel like the whole song reflects me. I don’t know what it means to be “paintin’ pictures in the sky" with someone, but also… I do. An abstract concept but I get the vision of what it would be to me and it sounds perfect. Sitting with someone and not having to say anything but still being comfortable together is abso...

He's got a one-hand feel on the steering wheel, the other on my heart.This song is just pure joy for me. I heard it in high school and I feel like it captures a lot of the fun of being a teenager. The excitement of having a crush and flirting. Feeling a new sense of freedom but without having too much in the way of responsibility. It reminds me of all the Friday nights hanging out with friends. Doing whatever, being kind of dumb, but having so much fun. It’s just such good vibes all around. In a lot of ways I wish I could take my current matur...

Take me back when our world was one block wide I dared you to kiss me and ran when you tried, just two kids you and I.A quintessential love story captured in a song. Growing up neighbors, two kids find love and grow old together. There is such a sweetness to this song that captures these two people in love and the phases of life they share. Childhood innocence when your whole world is just one block wide. Seeing something more than just friendship in someone, the realization that you want to build a life with them. And the accomplishment of th...

But do you honestly expect me to believe we could ever be the same?I’m quite far removed from the dating and relationships game, and to be frank when I was in the dating game it was under the influence of strict religious beliefs. I don’t feel like I ever really got to experience dating in a normal way, for better or for worse. Now as an adult with kids who will be entering a completely new world of dating with far less rules than I was given, I often wonder what is my role, what is the advice I need to impart, and how do I teach them what is ...

If you and I are a story that never gets told, if what you are is a daydream I'lll never get to hold.About a year ago I was rummaging through a box I have of whatever my mom saved from my childhood room. What was left of my childhood were a few random trinkets, some photo/year books, letters I had saved, and a big stack of journals. I loved journaling when I was a teen. I think one year my New Year’s resolution was to write a journal entry every day of the year, and if my memory is correct I think I actually accomplished that goal. I pulled ou...

You walk around here thinking you're not pretty but that's not true, cause I know you.Part 1 - I have a confession to make. When I was a little girl I had an aunt who had deep crow’s feet wrinkles that would emerge whenever she would laugh or smile. She also had a great smile. I took note of this as a little girl and couldn’t wait until I had the lines when I smiled like my beautiful aunt. Well I just looked up crows feet wrinkles to make sure I had the right terminology for this post and the top posts have titles such as “Crow’s Feet :What it...

You saw me there, but never knew that I would give it all up to be a part of this, a part of you.At the heart of this song I find a girl who just wants to be seen, invited into a community, taken in for who she is, but feels alone and overlooked. As someone who has always struggled with finding community and friends I feel so jealous of the people who can walk into a new situation and feel comfortable, share their feelings, make themselves known and heard. I try to hype myself whenever I’m in a new circumstance meeting new people. I think to m...