“Lord, what will become of me once I've lost my novelty?” Swift skillfully expresses a timeless concept that many people experience on repeat with a variety of musical elements, including sparse piano and gentle acoustic guitars.
“And I never got past what you put me through, but it’s wonderful to see that it never phased you!” Seen as a possible reference to her former partner Joe Jonas, the song embodies the album it was nearly on- it's an audacious critique of a man who drastically mistreated the woman he loved.
Forbidden love is electrifying and scary at the same time and Swift was able to capture those feelings perfectly in this vault track.
No one captures the pain of a woman scorned better than Taylor Swift. But this song is the perfect example of missing that person you once had and knowing that you deserve better because your differences are too big.
"Better Man" isn’t just one of the best vault tracks—it’s one of Taylor Swift’s best songs. Swift perfectly captures the nuance, confusion, and heartache of loving someone even when you know they’re bad for you.
“When Emma falls in love, it's all on her face, hangs in the air like stars in outer space,” Swift croons over a wistful melody, both amazed and yearning.
One of Swift’s greatest breakup songs, balances her pitch-perfect pettiness (You really blew this, babe) with her pain (I hate that because of you, I can't love you, babe).
"That's When" questions if it's worthwhile to pick up the pieces of a broken relationship and give it another go. Swift skillfully captures the emotion of being torn between your heart and your brain in turns that are both regretful and wistful.
The upbeat, punchy song invites you to dance around and shout lyrics about having a crush on someone who you can’t stop thinking about.
Swift composes a song about helping a friend get through a bad patch.