31 Taylor Swift Lyrics That Literally Wreck Us

Before Taylor Swift became a pop icon, she was a girl with a guitar and a ton of stories to tell. The 10-time Grammy Award-winning artist has made herself into a household name with her confessional, relatable and carefully crafted songs that are chock-full of personal details. Think along the lines of public break ups, social media feuds and award show catastrophes. Grab a box of tissues because here are 34 lyrics from Taylor Swift's collection that completely hit us in the feels and more. This is for the Editorial Fellowship

“‘I love you,’ ain’t that the worst thing you ever heard?" - "Cruel Summer" from Lover

“Please don’t ever become a stranger whose laugh I could recognize anywhere” - "New Years Day" from Reputation

“And I think about summer, all the beautiful times I watched you laughing from the passenger side. And realized I loved you in the fall”- "Back to December" from Speak Now

“We need love, but all we want is danger. We team up then switch sides like a record changer. The rumors are terrible and cruel, but honey, most of them are true” - "New Romantics" from1989

“All the girls that you’ve run dry have tired lifeless eyes because you’ve burned them out. But I took your matches before fire could catch me. So don’t look now. I’m shining like fireworks over your sad, empty town” - "Dear John" from Speak Now

“I could build a castle out of all the bricks they threw at me” - "New Romantics" from1989

“Back when you fit in my poems like a perfect rhyme” - "Holy Ground" from Red

“It never occurred to you that I can’t say ‘hello’ to you and risk another goodbye” - "I Almost Do" from Red

“With every guitar string scar on my hand, I take this magnetic force of a man to be my lover” - "Lover" from Lover

“Time won’t fly, it’s like I’m paralyzed by it. I’d like to be my old self again, but I’m still trying to find it. After plaid shirt days and nights when you made me your own. Now you mail back my things and I walk home alone” - "All Too Well" from Red

It’s actually all of the lyrics from All Too Well. We still haven’t recovered from this song, and it has been seven years

“You said it was a great love, one for the ages. But if the story’s over, why am I still writing pages?” - "Death by a Thousand Cuts" from Lover

“‘Cause, darling, I’m a nightmare dressed like a daydream” - "Blank Space" from 1989

But, honestly, all the lyrics from Blank Space is so good. It’s probably her best song ever!

“I guess it’s true that love was all you wanted ‘cause you’re giving it away like it’s extra change, hoping it will end up in his pocket” - "Tied Together with a Smile" from Taylor Swift

“You got that James Dean daydream look in your eye and I got that red lip classic thing that you like” - "Style" from 1989

“He will try to take away my pain and he just might make me smile, but the whole time I’m wishing he was you instead” - "Haunted" from Speak Now

“So you were never a saint and I’ve loved in shades of wrong”- "State of Grace" from Red

“All that I know is I don’t know how to be something you miss” - "Last Kiss" from Speak Now

“We’re happy, free, confused, and lonely in the best way. It’s miserable and magical” - "22" from Red

“‘Cause our song is the slamming screen door, sneakin’ out late, tapping on his window. When we’re on the phone and he talks real slow ‘cause it’s late and his mama don’t know” - "Our Song" from Taylor Swift

“All that I wanted was to be wanted. Too young to wander London streets, alone and haunted. Born into nothing. At least you have something, something to cling to. Visions of dazzlings rooms I’ll never get let into.” - "Beautiful Ghosts" from Cats

“Even in my worst times, you could see the best of me. Flashback to my mistakes, my rebounds, my earthquakes. Even in my worst lies, you saw the truth in my” - "Dress" from Reputation

“I’ll love you for giving me your eyes, for 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” - "The Best Day" from Fearless

“Why do you have to make me feel small, so you can feel whole inside? Why do you have to put down my dreams, so you’re the only thing on my mind?” - "Tell Me Why" from Fearless

“Went home and tried to stalk you on the internet. Now I’ve read all of the books beside your bed.” - "Paper Rings" from Lover

Btw, this latest song off Swift's album Lover is lyrical gold.

“All we are is skin and bone, trained to get along, forever going with the flow. But you’re friction.” - "Treacherous" from Red

“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” - "Fifteen" from Fearless

“Late in the night, the city’s asleep. Your love is a secret I’m hoping, dreaming, dying to keep. Change my priorities, the taste of your lips is my idea of luxury” - "King of My Heart" from Reputation

“What do you do when the one who means the most to you is the one who didn’t show?” - "The Moment I Knew" from Red

“The rest of the world was black and white, but we were screaming in color” - "Out of the Woods" from 1989

“The world moves on, another day, another drama, drama, but not for me, not for me, all I think about is karma” - "Look What You Made Me Do" from Reputation

“And I hate to make this all about me, but who am I supposed to talk to? What am I supposed to do if there’s no you?” - "Soon You’ll Get Better" from Lover

Okay, who are we kidding? This entire song just wrecks us from the very first word.