Nice to meet you, where you been?
I could show you incredible things
Magic, madness, heaven, sin
Saw you there and I thought
Oh my God, look at that face
You look like my next mistake
Love's a game, wanna play?
New money, suit and tie
I can read you like a magazine
Ain't it funny, rumors fly
And I know you heard about me
So hey, let's be friends
I'm dying to see how this one ends
Grab your passport and my hand
I can make the bad guys good for a weekend
So it's gonna be forever
Or it's gonna go down in flames
You can tell me when it's over
If the high was worth the pain
Got a long list of ex-lovers
They'll tell you I'm insane
'Cause you know I love the players
And you love the game
'Cause we're young and we're reckless
We'll take this way too far
It'll leave you breathless
Or with a nasty scar
Got a long list of ex-lovers
They'll tell you I'm insane
But I've got a blank space, baby
And I'll write your name
Cherry lips, crystal skies
I could show you incredible things
Stolen kisses, pretty lies
You're the King, baby, I'm your Queen
Find out what you want
Be that girl for a month
Wait, the worst is yet to come, oh no
Screaming, crying, perfect storms
I can make all the tables turn
Rose garden filled with thorns
Keep you second guessing like
"Oh my God, who is she?"
I get drunk on jealousy
But you'll come back each time you leave
'Cause, darling, I'm a nightmare dressed like a daydream
So it's gonna be forever
Or it's gonna go down in flames
You can tell me when it's over
If the high was worth the pain
Got a long list of ex-lovers
They'll tell you I'm insane
'Cause you know I love the players
And you love the game
'Cause we're young and we're reckless
We'll take this way too far
It'll leave you breathless
Or with a nasty scar
Got a long list of ex-lovers
They'll tell you I'm insane
But I've got a blank space, baby
And I'll write your name
Boys only want love if it's torture
Don't say I didn't say, I didn't warn ya
Boys only want love if it's torture
Don't say I didn't say, I didn't warn ya
So it's gonna be forever
Or it's gonna go down in flames
You can tell me when it's over
If the high was worth the pain
Got a long list of ex-lovers
They'll tell you I'm insane
'Cause you know I love the players
And you love the game
'Cause we're young and we're reckless
We'll take this way too far
It'll leave you breathless
Or with a nasty scar
Got a long list of ex-lovers
They'll tell you I'm insane
But I've got a blank space, baby
And I'll write your name
I could show you incredible things
Magic, madness, heaven, sin
Saw you there and I thought
Oh my God, look at that face
You look like my next mistake
Love's a game, wanna play?
New money, suit and tie
I can read you like a magazine
Ain't it funny, rumors fly
And I know you heard about me
So hey, let's be friends
I'm dying to see how this one ends
Grab your passport and my hand
I can make the bad guys good for a weekend
So it's gonna be forever
Or it's gonna go down in flames
You can tell me when it's over
If the high was worth the pain
Got a long list of ex-lovers
They'll tell you I'm insane
'Cause you know I love the players
And you love the game
'Cause we're young and we're reckless
We'll take this way too far
It'll leave you breathless
Or with a nasty scar
Got a long list of ex-lovers
They'll tell you I'm insane
But I've got a blank space, baby
And I'll write your name
Cherry lips, crystal skies
I could show you incredible things
Stolen kisses, pretty lies
You're the King, baby, I'm your Queen
Find out what you want
Be that girl for a month
Wait, the worst is yet to come, oh no
Screaming, crying, perfect storms
I can make all the tables turn
Rose garden filled with thorns
Keep you second guessing like
"Oh my God, who is she?"
I get drunk on jealousy
But you'll come back each time you leave
'Cause, darling, I'm a nightmare dressed like a daydream
So it's gonna be forever
Or it's gonna go down in flames
You can tell me when it's over
If the high was worth the pain
Got a long list of ex-lovers
They'll tell you I'm insane
'Cause you know I love the players
And you love the game
'Cause we're young and we're reckless
We'll take this way too far
It'll leave you breathless
Or with a nasty scar
Got a long list of ex-lovers
They'll tell you I'm insane
But I've got a blank space, baby
And I'll write your name
Boys only want love if it's torture
Don't say I didn't say, I didn't warn ya
Boys only want love if it's torture
Don't say I didn't say, I didn't warn ya
So it's gonna be forever
Or it's gonna go down in flames
You can tell me when it's over
If the high was worth the pain
Got a long list of ex-lovers
They'll tell you I'm insane
'Cause you know I love the players
And you love the game
'Cause we're young and we're reckless
We'll take this way too far
It'll leave you breathless
Or with a nasty scar
Got a long list of ex-lovers
They'll tell you I'm insane
But I've got a blank space, baby
And I'll write your name
Did you know the popular track off
'1989' started out as a complete joke? Keep reading to find out more!
WhoSay is thrilled to partner
with one of the most vibrant Taylor Swift fan communities in the world, TT4Taylor. This week TT4Taylor's editor, Jencita Vargas, gives
Swifties the true story behind Swift's new single "Blank Space" off
of '1989.'
VIDEO:
Taylor Swift Talks About 'Blank Space'
"Blank Space" isn't your
typical T Swift song. If you know nothing about the background of the song, you
might think it a bit strange. But like every great song, there is a great
story. Swift says the song started out as a complete joke:
I think as a song writer you have to be pretty well aware of
who you are as a person, then I think you also have to have one eye on what
people think of you. What the general perception is of you out in the world. In
the last couple years I've noticed there's been a pretty sensational
fictionalization of my personal life. To the point where it's sort of like
'Wow, that too?' They've kind of drawn up this profile of this girl who is a
serial dater, jet setting around with all her boyfriends, she can get 'em but
she can't keep 'em because she's too emotional and she's needy. Then she gets
her heart broken because they leave and she's jilted so she goes to her evil
liar and writes songs about it for revenge.
Swift was recently on The View
and she said something that stuck out to me. "It’s our human instinct to
try and defend yourself when people have the wrong impression of you," she
admitted.
How true that is, and often times
defending yourself does more bad than good. People are going to believe what
they decide they want to believe, whether there's truth to it or not. Sometimes
you just gotta roll with the punches and that's exactly what Swift has done
with "Blank Space."
One thing Swift loves to do is put
secret messages in the lyric notes of her album. For each song she types the
lyrics in lower cases letters, but throughout the song there will be
spontaneous capitalized letters. If you put them all together they will form a
message. The secret message in "Blank Space" is "There once was
a girl known by everyone and no one."
Swift capitalizes on this idea of
never talking about her personal life, but revealing what happened through
song. Blank Space is a completely different venture for Swift as she takes on
this persona of how the media portrays her, instead of what her life actually
is like.
Taylor
Swift Tackles Rumors Head On in 'Blank Space'
A key line in the song "Ain't
it funny rumors fly, And I know you heard about me," gives us a glimpse
into what it's like to be miss Swift, but it's also very relatable to the
average person. Many of us have heard things about others and ourselves that
aren't true. The art of a Taylor Swift song comes from being able to take
personal experiences and having them translate into the lives of millions of
other people. This is the reason Swift can still sell over a million copies of
her album the first week and why all of her concerts sell out. She knows how to
connect to people's emotions. Although we haven't lived out Swift's love life
or dealt with the scrutiny she has, we can still relate to the emotions and
experiences she has gone through, making her high profile romances just as
ordinary as the rest of us!
Swift isn't looking for romance, she's happy to have found
herself and a wonderful group of girlfriends. She told People:
It would take an astonishing human for me to even consider
getting back into a relationship. It would take a really, really, really, really,
different—kind of one in 1 million person to kind of face all that. I don’t
have any kind of idea who I want to be with, because I don’t have any pieces
missing from my life right now. I’m not looking for anything to complete. I
think that’s a nice place to be. I’m not going to compromise the happiness and
independence that I found just for just anybody.
What do you think
of the story behind "Blank Space"?
