Taylor Swift

Taylor Swift lives in the middle ground — 87 moderate songs that balance intensity with control. 52 quiet anchors and 3 songs where they let go completely.

5.8
Avg Intensity
142
Songs Decoded
6
Fan Stories

The songs that hit hardest

The controlled burn

Cassandra moderate
layered texture · mild changes · DR 6
Should Have Said No moderate
layered texture · mild changes · DR 6 · 2006
Fearless moderate
smooth texture · none changes · DR 7 · 2008
The Way I Loved You moderate
layered texture · mild changes · DR 6 · 2008
Dear John moderate
layered texture · mild changes · DR 7 · 2010
Enchanted moderate
layered texture · mild changes · DR 6 · 2010
Haunted moderate
layered texture · mild changes · DR 7 · 2010
Last Kiss moderate
layered texture · mild changes · DR 6 · 2010
Long Live moderate
layered texture · mild changes · DR 7 · 2010
Mean moderate
layered texture · mild changes · DR 6 · 2010
Mine moderate
layered texture · mild changes · DR 6 · 2010
Sparks Fly moderate
layered texture · mild changes · DR 6 · 2010
Holy Ground moderate
layered texture · mild changes · DR 6 · 2012
I Knew You Were Trouble moderate
layered texture · mild changes · DR 6 · 2012
Red moderate
layered texture · mild changes · DR 7 · 2012
Starlight moderate
layered texture · mild changes · DR 6 · 2012
State of Grace moderate
layered texture · mild changes · DR 7 · 2012
The Last Time moderate
layered texture · mild changes · DR 6 · 2012
The Lucky One moderate
layered texture · mild changes · DR 6 · 2012
Treacherous moderate
layered texture · mild changes · DR 6 · 2012
We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together moderate
layered texture · mild changes · DR 6 · 2012
Bad Blood moderate
layered texture · mild changes · DR 6 · 2014
Blank Space moderate
complex texture · moderate changes · DR 7 · 2014
How You Get the Girl moderate
layered texture · mild changes · DR 6 · 2014
I Wish You Would moderate
layered texture · mild changes · DR 6 · 2014
New Romantics moderate
layered texture · mild changes · DR 6 · 2014
Out of the Woods moderate
layered texture · moderate changes · DR 7 · 2014
Shake It Off moderate
layered texture · none changes · DR 8 · 2014
Welcome to New York moderate
layered texture · mild changes · DR 6 · 2014
Wildest Dreams moderate
layered texture · mild changes · DR 6 · 2014
Wonderland moderate
layered texture · mild changes · DR 6 · 2014
Call It What You Want moderate
layered texture · mild changes · DR 6 · 2017
Dancing with Our Hands Tied moderate
layered texture · mild changes · DR 6 · 2017
Dress moderate
layered texture · mild changes · DR 6 · 2017
End Game moderate
layered texture · mild changes · DR 6 · 2017
Getaway Car moderate
layered texture · mild changes · DR 7 · 2017
King of My Heart moderate
layered texture · mild changes · DR 6 · 2017
Cornelia Street moderate
layered texture · mild changes · DR 6 · 2019
Cruel Summer moderate
layered texture · mild changes · DR 7 · 2019
Death by a Thousand Cuts moderate
layered texture · mild changes · DR 6 · 2019
Is It Over Now moderate
layered texture · mild changes · DR 6 · 2019
London Boy moderate
layered texture · mild changes · DR 6 · 2019
Miss Americana and the Heartbreak Prince moderate
layered texture · mild changes · DR 6 · 2019
The Archer moderate
layered texture · mild changes · DR 6 · 2019
The Man moderate
smooth texture · none changes · DR 6 · 2019
Closure moderate
layered texture · mild changes · DR 6 · 2020
Coney Island moderate
layered texture · mild changes · DR 6 · 2020
Evermore moderate
layered texture · mild changes · DR 6 · 2020
Exile moderate
layered texture · mild changes · DR 7 · 2020
Gold Rush moderate
layered texture · mild changes · DR 6 · 2020
Happiness moderate
layered texture · mild changes · DR 6 · 2020
Illicit Affairs moderate
layered texture · mild changes · DR 6 · 2020
Ivy moderate
layered texture · mild changes · DR 6 · 2020
Long Story Short moderate
layered texture · mild changes · DR 6 · 2020
Mad Woman moderate
layered texture · mild changes · DR 6 · 2020
My Tears Ricochet moderate
layered texture · mild changes · DR 6 · 2020
No Body No Crime moderate
layered texture · mild changes · DR 6 · 2020
Tis the Damn Season moderate
layered texture · mild changes · DR 6 · 2020
Tolerate It moderate
layered texture · mild changes · DR 6 · 2020
Guilty as Sin moderate
layered texture · mild changes · DR 6 · 2021
Now That We Don't Talk moderate
layered texture · mild changes · DR 6 · 2021
Say Don't Go moderate
layered texture · mild changes · DR 6 · 2021
So Long London moderate
layered texture · mild changes · DR 6 · 2021
The Bolter moderate
layered texture · mild changes · DR 6 · 2021
Anti-Hero moderate
layered texture · mild changes · DR 6 · 2022
Bejeweled moderate
layered texture · mild changes · DR 6 · 2022
Bigger Than the Whole Sky moderate
layered texture · mild changes · DR 6 · 2022
Clara Bow moderate
layered texture · mild changes · DR 6 · 2022
Down Bad moderate
layered texture · mild changes · DR 6 · 2022
Glitch moderate
layered texture · mild changes · DR 6 · 2022
High Infidelity moderate
layered texture · mild changes · DR 6 · 2022
Karma moderate
layered texture · none changes · DR 6 · 2022
Labyrinth moderate
layered texture · mild changes · DR 6 · 2022
Lavender Haze moderate
layered texture · mild changes · DR 6 · 2022
Maroon moderate
layered texture · mild changes · DR 6 · 2022
Mastermind moderate
layered texture · mild changes · DR 6 · 2022
Midnight Rain moderate
layered texture · mild changes · DR 6 · 2022
Question...? moderate
layered texture · mild changes · DR 6 · 2022
Snow on the Beach moderate
layered texture · mild changes · DR 6 · 2022
Vigilante Shit moderate
layered texture · mild changes · DR 7 · 2022
Would've, Could've, Should've moderate
layered texture · mild changes · DR 6 · 2022
Who Is Afraid of Little Old Me moderate
layered texture · mild changes · DR 6 · 2023
Fortnight moderate
layered texture · mild changes · DR 6 · 2024
Fresh Out the Slammer moderate
layered texture · mild changes · DR 6 · 2024
The Alchemy moderate
layered texture · mild changes · DR 7 · 2024
The Black Dog moderate
layered texture · mild changes · DR 7 · 2024
The Fate of Ophelia moderate
layered texture · mild changes · DR 7 · 2025

The quiet ones

But Daddy I Love Him safe
smooth texture · mild changes · DR 5
A Place in This World safe
smooth texture · none changes · DR 5 · 2006
Cold As You safe
smooth texture · none changes · DR 5 · 2006
I Can Do It with a Broken Heart safe
smooth texture · none changes · DR 5 · 2006
Our Song safe
smooth texture · none changes · DR 5 · 2006
Teardrops on My Guitar safe
smooth texture · none changes · DR 5 · 2006
Tim McGraw safe
smooth texture · none changes · DR 4 · 2006
Fifteen safe
layered texture · none changes · DR 5 · 2008
Love Story safe
smooth texture · mild changes · DR 7 · 2008
The Best Day safe
smooth texture · none changes · DR 5 · 2008
White Horse safe
smooth texture · none changes · DR 5 · 2008
You Belong with Me safe
smooth texture · none changes · DR 7 · 2008
Jump Then Fall safe
smooth texture · none changes · DR 5 · 2009
Back to December safe
smooth texture · none changes · DR 5 · 2010
Ours safe
smooth texture · mild changes · DR 5 · 2010
22 safe
layered texture · none changes · DR 5 · 2012
Begin Again safe
smooth texture · none changes · DR 5 · 2012
Everything Has Changed safe
smooth texture · none changes · DR 6 · 2012
Sad Beautiful Tragic safe
smooth texture · none changes · DR 5 · 2012
Stay Stay Stay safe
smooth texture · none changes · DR 5 · 2012
Clean safe
smooth texture · none changes · DR 5 · 2014
Style safe
smooth texture · none changes · DR 7 · 2014
Delicate safe
layered texture · none changes · DR 5 · 2017
New Year's Day safe
smooth texture · none changes · DR 5 · 2017
New Years Day safe
smooth texture · none changes · DR 4 · 2017
Daylight safe
smooth texture · none changes · DR 5 · 2019
Lover safe
layered texture · mild changes · DR 5 · 2019
Paper Rings safe
layered texture · none changes · DR 6 · 2019
Peace safe
smooth texture · none changes · DR 5 · 2019
August safe
layered texture · mild changes · DR 5 · 2020
Betty safe
smooth texture · none changes · DR 5 · 2020
Cardigan safe
smooth texture · none changes · DR 5 · 2020
Champagne Problems safe
layered texture · none changes · DR 5 · 2020
Cowboy Like Me safe
smooth texture · none changes · DR 5 · 2020
Dorothea safe
smooth texture · none changes · DR 5 · 2020
Epiphany safe
smooth texture · none changes · DR 5 · 2020
Hoax safe
smooth texture · none changes · DR 5 · 2020
Invisible String safe
layered texture · none changes · DR 5 · 2020
Marjorie safe
smooth texture · none changes · DR 5 · 2020
Mirrorball safe
smooth texture · none changes · DR 4 · 2020
Right Where You Left Me safe
smooth texture · none changes · DR 4 · 2020
Seven safe
layered texture · mild changes · DR 5 · 2020
The 1 safe
smooth texture · none changes · DR 5 · 2020
This Is Me Trying safe
smooth texture · none changes · DR 4 · 2020
Willow safe
layered texture · mild changes · DR 5 · 2020
Nothing New safe
smooth texture · none changes · DR 3 · 2021
The Joker and the Queen safe
smooth texture · none changes · DR 3 · 2021
The Smallest Man Who Ever Lived safe
smooth texture · none changes · DR 5 · 2021
Paris safe
smooth texture · mild changes · DR 5 · 2022
Sweet Nothing safe
smooth texture · none changes · DR 5 · 2022
Peter safe
smooth texture · none changes · DR 4 · 2024
The Prophecy safe
smooth texture · none changes · DR 4 · 2024

The Wall — Fan Stories

Share your story

"I left my scarf there at your sister house"

I listened to this in my car in a parking lot for the entire 10 minutes without moving after my ex texted me happy birthday six months after we broke up. Every word is a scalpel. The scarf line still gets me.

Megan — Nashville

My therapist told me to stop listening to this song. I told her she clearly has never been 21 and in love with someone who forgot her. We agreed to disagree.

Jessica — Denver

"It is me, hi, I am the problem"

I have depression and the line about being the problem hit me so hard I laughed out loud alone in my apartment. Sometimes the most healing thing is someone famous saying the exact ugly thought you have about yourself.

Sam — Brooklyn

"Got a long list of ex-lovers"

I played this on repeat during a breakup because it let me be angry and funny at the same time instead of just crying. Taylor gave me permission to be the villain in my own story for a few minutes. Very therapeutic.

Priya — San Jose

"When you are young they assume you know nothing"

I was 16 when folklore came out. Quarantine. No prom, no graduation, no first kiss. This song made me feel like the longing I had for experiences I never got to have was valid and beautiful, not just sad.

Lily — Portland, OR

My husband proposed to me while this song was playing. 2009. We were 19. Everyone said we were too young. We just celebrated 17 years. Romeo did save the day.

Amanda — Chicago

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