Speak Now

Yknow i think the thing i love most about Taylor Swift is how her songs always tell a story. It's best you stop reading now if you're a Taylor Swift hater. Leave now or shut up and dont give me flak about this.

It's amazing that a 3 or 4min song can say so much. I cant say im a fan, exactly, but i do love her songs. Hmm. That sounds like a fan. Lol. I dont know, man, it dont feel the same to me.

Anyhow, i remember the first time i ever heard one of her songs. It was years ago, before her second album release. I was on a bus home from dance class - oh wait i remember now, it was early 2008. I was taking my Os that year, that's why i remember. So i was on a bus home, listening to the radio when i heard Ryan Seacrest announce that the next song was one of his favourites, blah blah blah (cant rmb what he said next, i hv terrible memory) and "Teardrops on my guitar" came on. So that was how i came to know Taylor Swift. And then of course, later that year her second album came out and it was so hyped up, you would've been living under a rock to not hear her.

I dont know what exactly it is about her songs that appeal to me, given that i cannot relate to some of her songs, but sure, i get them. I get the message behind them, and they're similar to how you feel sometimes (not the exact same words, but along the same lines) so i guess some songs i get. Like for example Fearless really touched me. The message of this song just got to me.

I guess Taylor Swift appeals to this little girl part of me where i've always been obsessed with pretty things and innocence and honesty and hope and faith and love and all that jazz sensibility has nothing to do with.

I bought her Fearless album January last year and it was on repeat for a while. If you were wondering, yes i do plan to buy Speak Now when it hits shelves October 25th. I suppose it does have something to do with the titles. Now, if you know me you'll know im a hopeless romantic, and there's just something so innately scary and completely awesome about "Fearless" and "Speak Now". it just screams TAKE THAT RISK YOU BITCH YOU CAN THANK ME LATER. You just get caught up in the possibility of maybe and what if. And that rush of adrenaline of taking a risk without knowing what's gonna happen next. And maybe, just maybe, not caring what happens next cause you got to do/say exactly what you wanted and now you know so who cares if you fall flat on your face?

Lol you have no idea how actively i had to refrain from typing fuck in that last paragraph. In my head it was like "And maybe, just maybe, not caring what the fuck happens next cause you got to do/say exactly what you wanted and now you know so who fucking cares if you fall flat on your fucking face?"

There's just something that calls to me about her songs. Like i said, i love the story bit. I've always loved a good story, and the many scenarios her songs shout just indulge the romantic side of me. I mean, i may be down to earth and all, but a girl can dream right? A girl can fucking dream.

I think it's sweet how she's unafraid to say how she feels. Brave. Which is why she can be a role model for kids. But all that happy ending fluff should come with a warning: LIFE DOES NOT PEN OUT THIS WAY LEST YOU'RE A LEPRECHAUN'S DAUGHTER. But other than that, awesome.

I just watched her music video for Mine and i loved it! Loved the video more than the song alone. Because that one line really, really touched me. Something about not making your parents' mistakes. Yeah that would be so, so, awesome.

Okay im definitely buying her album. I know Yiyin will too. Now i need to go rustle up some dinner, bye :D