Title Drop / Taylor Swift

Taylor Swift is an artist who has succeeded in non-gratuitously title dropping in all but two songs she has ever sung on, those two being a charity single called "Ronan", named after and dedicated to a young boy who died of cancer, and "Robin", a track on The Tortured Poets Department: The Anthology.

Notably, several of the songs feature the title drop in a way which has an alternate meaning to the typical interpretation of the title; this may be having multiple meanings or when certain parts of a phrase or other context present in the lyrics has been omitted from the title. These include "Cold As You," "The Way I Loved You," "Better Than Revenge", "Both Of Us", etc.

Examples (by album)

Taylor Swift

• "Tim McGraw": "When you think Tim McGraw, I hope you think my favorite song."
• "Picture To Burn": "You're just another picture to burn."
• "Teardrops On My Guitar": "He's the reason for the teardrops on my guitar."
• "A Place In This World": "Oh, I'm just a girl, trying to find a place in this world."
• "Cold As You": "I've never been anywhere cold as you."
• "The Outside": "This ain't the best view, on the outside looking in .... I've been a lot of lonely places; I've never been on the outside."
• "Tied Together with a Smile": "You're tied together with a smile, but you're coming undone."
• "Stay Beautiful": "I hope your life leads you back to my door, but if it don't, stay beautiful."
• "Should've Said No": "You should've said no, baby, and you might still have me."
• "Mary's Song (Oh, My, My, My)": "and said/in the sky/you and I/ 'til the morning light, oh my, my, my."
• "Our Song": "'Cause our song is the slamming screen door."
• "I'm Only Me When I'm With You": "I'm only trying to let you know that what I feel is true, and I'm only me when I'm with you."
• "Invisible": "You just see right through me, but if you only knew me, we could be a beautiful, miracle, unbelievable, instead of just invisible ... like shadows in a faded light, oh, we're invisible"
• "A Perfectly Good Heart": "Why would you wanna break a perfectly good heart?"

Fearless (Taylor's Version)

• "Fearless": "You take my hand and drag me head first, fearless... with you I'd dance in a storm in my best dress, fearless... it's the first kiss, it's flawless, really something, it's fearless."
• "Fifteen": "'Cause when you're fifteen and somebody tells you they love you, you're gonna believe them^note followed by many, many other title drops"
• "Love Story": "It's a love story, baby, just say yes."
• "Hey Stephen": "Hey, Stephen, I know looks can be deceiving...^note again, repeated often"
• "White Horse": "It's too late for you and your white horse to come around/to catch me now."
• "You Belong With Me": "Have you ever thought just maybe/how could you not know, baby/why can't you see, you belong with me" "think I know where you belong, think I know it's with me."
• "Breathe": "I can't breathe without you, but I have to."
• "Tell Me Why": "I know that you see what you're doing to me, tell me why."
• "You're Not Sorry": "I don't believe you, baby, like I did before; you're not sorry."
• "The Way I Loved You": "I never knew I could feel that much and that's the way I loved you."
• "Forever and Always": "I was there when you said forever and always."
• "The Best Day": "I know I had the best day, with you, today."
• "Change": "These things will change; can you feel it now? [...] It was the night things changed; can you see it now?"
• "Jump Then Fall": "Don't be afraid to jump then fall, jump then fall into me ... I'm'a stay through it all, so jump then fall."
• "Untouchable": "Untouchable like a distant diamond sky... untouchable'', burning brighter than the sun."
• "Come In With The Rain": "Just know I'm right here hoping that you'll come in with the rain."
• "Superstar": "Give me a photograph to hang on my wall, superstar."
• "The Other Side Of The Door": "And don't you leave 'cause I know all I need is on the other side of the door."
• "Today Was A Fairytale": "Today was a fairytale, you were the prince."^note first of several title drops
• "You All Over Me": "But no amount of freedom gets you clean, I've still got you all over me."
• "Mr. Perfectly Fine": "Hello, Mr. Perfectly Fine, how's your heart after breaking mine? ... I've been Miss Misery since your goodbye, and you're Mr. Perfectly Fine ... Goodbye, Mr. Perfectly Fine ... I've been Miss Misery for the last time, and you're Mr. Perfectly Fine."
• "We Were Happy": "You threw your arms around my neck, back when I deserved it, and we were happy."^note first of several title drops
• "That's When": "And I said, "When can I-I-I come back?" and you said "That's when, when I wake up in the morning""^note first of many, many title drops
• "Don't You": "But don't you, don't you smile at me and ask me how I've been."^note first of many title drops
• "Bye Bye Baby": "Bye bye to everything I thought was on my side, bye bye, baby ... 'cause you took me home but you just couldn't keep me, bye bye, baby."

Speak Now (Taylor's Version)

• "Mine": "You are the best thing that's ever been mine."
• "Sparks Fly": "I see sparks fly whenever you smile."
• "Back To December": "And I'd go back to December, turn around and make it all right. I go back to December all the time."
• "Speak Now": "You need to hear me out, and they said "Speak now"."
• "Dear John": "Dear John, I see it all now that you're gone/it was wrong."
• "Mean": "Someday I'll be living in a big old city, and all you're ever gonna be is mean. Why you gotta be so mean?"
• "The Story of Us": "I used to think one day they'd tell the story of us... The story of us looks a lot like a tragedy now."
• "Never Grow Up": "Just try to never grow up ... wish I'd never grown up."
• "Enchanted": "I was enchanted to meet you."
• "Better Than Revenge": "There is nothing I do better than revenge."
• "Innocent": "Who you are is not what you did/been; you're still an innocent."
• "Haunted": "Can't turn back now, I'm haunted."
• "Last Kiss": "I never thought we'd have a last kiss ... your name forever the name on my lips, just like our last kiss."
• "Long Live": "Long live the walls we crashed through, ... I was screaming long live all the magic we made..." "Long live all the mountains we moved, ... I was screaming long live that look on your face."
• "Ours": "This love is ours."
• "If This Was A Movie": "Come back to me like you would if this was a movie ... but if this was a movie you'd be here by now."
• "Superman": "Tall, dark, and Superman ... I watch Superman fly away."
• "Electric Touch": "Got a feelin' your electric touch could fill this ghost town up with life ... In the heat of your electric touch."
• "When Emma Falls In Love": "When Emma falls in love, she paces the floor..."
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"I Can See You": "'Cause I can see you waitin' down the hall from me ... Baby, if you only knew that I can see you."
• "Castles Crumbling": "And I feel like my castle's crumbling down..."
• "Foolish One": "Foolish one, stop checkin' your mailbox for confessions of love..."
• "Timeless": "We would've been timeless."

RED (Taylor's Version)

• "State of Grace": "This is a state of grace; this is the worthwhile fight."
• "Red": "Forgetting him was like trying to know somebody you've never met, but loving him was red."
• "Treacherous": "This slope/This hope is treacherous."
• "I Knew You Were Trouble": "I knew you were trouble when you walked in."
• "All Too Well": "Wind in my hair, I was there: I remember it, all too well"
• "22": "I don't know about you, but I'm feeling 22."
• "I Almost Do": "I hope you know that every time I don't, I almost do."
• "We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together": "This time, I'm telling you, I'm telling you: we are never ever ever getting back together."
• "Stay Stay Stay": "Stay, stay, stay, I've been loving you for quite some time, time, time"
• "The Last Time": "This is the last time I'm asking you this: put my name at the top of your list. This is the last time I'm asking you why you break my heart in the blink of an eye^note And many times after.."
• "Holy Ground": "Right there where we stood was holy ground."
• "Sad Beautiful Tragic": "What a sad, beautiful, tragic love affair."
• "The Lucky One": "And they'll tell you now, you're the lucky one."
• "Everything Has Changed": "All I know since yesterday is everything has changed."
• "Starlight": "We were dancing, dancing, like we're made of starlight."
• "Begin Again": "On a Wednesday in a café, I watched it begin again."
• "The Moment I Knew": "But there was one thing missing, and that was the moment I knew."
• "Come Back...Be Here": "I don't wanna miss you like this; come back...be here."
• "Girl At Home": "Don't look at me, you got a girl at home and everybody knows that."
• "Better Man": "But I just miss you, and I just wish you were a better man."
• "Nothing New": "And will you still want me when I'm nothing new?"
• "Babe": "This is the last time I'll ever call you babe."
• "Message In A Bottle": "A message in a bottle is all I can do, standin' here, hopin' it gets to you."
• "I Bet You Think About Me": "When you realized I'm harder to forget than I was to leave, and I bet you think about me."^note And many times after.
• "Forever Winter": "I'll be summer sun for you forever, forever winter if you go."
• "Run": "Darling, let's run, run from it all^note And many times after.."
• "The Very First Night": "I miss you like it was the very first night."

1989 (Taylor's Version)

• "Welcome To New York": "Welcome to New York! It's been waiting for you!"
• "Blank Space": "I've got a blank space, baby, and I'll write your name."
• "Style": "We never go out of style."
• "Out of the Woods": "Are we out of the woods yet?"
• "All You Had To Do Was Stay": "All you had to do was - stay!"
• "Shake It Off": "I'm just gonna shake, shake, shake it off."^note and many, many more times
• "I Wish You Would": "I wish you would come back..."
• "Bad Blood": "You know it used to be mad love, but now we have bad blood!"
• "Wildest Dreams": "Say you'll see me again, even if it's just in your wildest dreams, ah-ha."
• "How You Get the Girl": "And that's how it works, that's how you get the girl."
• "This Love": "This love is good, this love is bad, this love is alive back from the dead. These hands had to let it go free, and this love came back to me."
• "I Know Places": "I know places we won't be found/we can hide."^note also repeated throughout the song
• "Clean": "And by morning, gone was any trace of you, I think I am finally clean." "Just because you're clean don't mean you don't miss it... now that I'm clean I'm never gonna risk it."
• "Wonderland": "We found Wonderland, you and I got lost in it."
• "You Are In Love": "You are in love, true love..."
• "New Romantics": "Baby we're the new romantics, the best people in life are free."
• "Slut!": "And if they call me a slut, you know it might be worth it for once."
• "Say Don't Go": "I would stay forever if you say, 'Don't go.'"
• "Now That We Don't Talk": "I guess I don't have a say now that we don't talk."
• "Suburban Legends": "We were born to be suburban legends."
• "Is It Over Now?": "Was it over then? And is it over now?"
• "Sweeter Than Fiction": "Your eyes, wider than distance, this life is sweeter than fiction."

reputation

• "...Ready For It?": "Are you ready for it?"
• "End Game": "I wanna be your end game."
• "I Did Something Bad": "They say I did something bad, so why does it feel so good?"
• "Don't Blame Me": "Don't blame me, love made me crazy..."
• "Delicate": "Is it too soon to do this yet? 'Cause I know that it's delicate."
• "Look What You Made Me Do": "Look what you made me do, look what you made me do..."
• "So It Goes...": "You know I'm not a bad girl, but I do bad things with you. So it goes..."
• "Gorgeous": "You're so gorgeous!"
• "Getaway Car": "You were driving the getaway car."
• "King of My Heart": "King of my heart, body, and soul..."
• "Dancing With Our Hands Tied": "We were dancing with our hands tied."
• "Dress": "Only bought this dress so you could take it off."
• "This is Why We Can't Have Nice Things": "This is why we can't have nice things, darling."
• "Call It What You Want": "So call it what you want, yeah, call it what you want to."
• "New Year's Day": "I'll be cleaning up bottles with you on New Year's Day."

Lover

• "I Forgot That You Existed": "But then something happened one magical night... I forgot that you existed."
• "Cruel Summer": "It's a cruel summer."
• "Lover": "You're my, my, my, my lover."
• "The Man": "If I was a man, I'd be the man."
• "The Archer": "I've been the archer, I've been the prey..."
• "I Think He Knows": "I ain't gotta tell him. I think he knows."
• "Miss Americana & The Heartbreak Prince": "It's you and me, there's nothing like this: Miss Americana and The Heartbreak Prince."
• "Paper Rings": "I like shiny things, but I'd marry you with paper rings."
• "Cornelia Street": "I'd never walk Cornelia Street again."
• "Death by a Thousand Cuts": "Saying goodbye is death by a thousand cuts."
• "London Boy": "So I guess all the rumors are true, you know I love a London Boy."
• "Soon You'll Get Better": "Soon you'll get better, ooh-ah, you'll get better soon, 'cause you have to."
• "False God": "Even if it's a false god, we'd still worship this love."
• "You Need to Calm Down": "You need to calm down, you're being too loud."
• "Afterglow": "Meet me in the afterglow."
• "ME!": "I promise that you'll never find another like me."
• "It's Nice to Have a Friend": "It's nice to have a friend. It's nice to have a friend."
• "Daylight": "I've been sleeping so long, in a twenty-year dark night, and now I see daylight."

folklore

• "the 1": "It would've been fun if you would've been the one."
• "cardigan": "When I felt like I was an old cardigan underneath someone's bed, you put me on and said I was your favorite."
• "the last great american dynasty": "And they said, 'There goes the last great American dynasty.'"
• "exile": "You were my town, now I'm in exile seeing you out."
• "my tears ricochet": "Look at how my tears ricochet."
• "mirrorball": "I'm a mirrorball, I'll show you every version of yourself tonight."
• "seven": "I hit my peak at seven feet in the swing over the creek."
• "august": "August slipped away into a moment in time, 'cause it was never mine...August sipped away like a bottle of wine, 'cause it was never mine."
• "this is me trying": "I just wanted you to know, this is me trying."
• "illicit affairs": "That's the thing about illicit affairs."
• "invisible string": "Isn't it just so pretty to think, all along there was some invisible string tying you to me?"
• "mad woman": "No one likes a mad woman."
• "epiphany": "You dream of some epiphany."
• "betty": "Betty, I won't make assumptions about why you switched your homeroom, but I think it's 'cause of me."
• "peace": "Would it be enough if I could never give you peace?"
• "hoax": "Your faithless love's the only hoax I believe in."
• "the lakes": "Take me to the lakes where all the poets went to die."

evermore

• "willow": "Life was a willow and it bent right to your wind."
• "champagne problems": "You won't remember all my champagne problems."
• "gold rush": "I don't like a gold rush."
• "'tis the damn season": "You could call me 'babe' for the weekend, 'tis the damn season."
• "tolerate it": "I know my love should be celebrated, but you tolerate it."
• "no body, no crime": "I think he did it, but I just can't prove it. No body, no crime, but I ain't letting up until the day I die."
• "happiness": "There'll be happiness after you, but there was happiness because of you. Both of these things can be true."
• "dorothea": "Hey, Dorothea, do you ever stop and think about me?"
• "coney island": "I'm sitting on a bench in Coney Island wondering, where did my baby go?"
• "ivy": "My house of stone, your ivy grows, and now I'm covered in you."
• "cowboy like me": "Takes one to know one. You're a cowboy like me."
• "long story short": "Long story short, it was a bad time; long story short, I survived."
• "marjorie": "Watched as you signed your name: Marjorie."
• "closure": "I know that it's over, I don't need your closure."
• "evermore": "I had a feeling so peculiar that this pain would be for evermore."
• "right where you left me": "But I, I'm right where you left me"
• "it's time to go": "You know when it's time to go"

Midnights

• "Lavender Haze": "I just wanna stay in that lavender haze."
• "Maroon": "So scarlet, it was maroon."
• "Anti-Hero": "It must be exhausting always rooting for the anti-hero."
• "Snow On The Beach": "And it's like snow on the beach, weird, but fucking beautiful..."
• "You're On Your Own, Kid": "You're on your own, kid, you always have been."
• "Midnight Rain": "He was sunshine, I was midnight rain."
• "Question...?": "Can I ask you a question?"
• "Vigilante Shit": "On my vigilante shit again."
• "Bejeweled": "Best believe I'm still bejeweled, when I walk in the room..."
• "Labyrinth": "It only feels this raw right now, lost in the labyrinth of my mind..."
• "Karma": "'Cause karma is my boyfriend, karma is a god, karma is the breeze in my hair on the weekend..."
• "Sweet Nothing": "All that you ever wanted from me was sweet nothing."
• "Mastermind": "What if I told you I'm a mastermind? And now you're mine, it was all by design, 'cause I'm a mastermind."
• "The Great War": "My hand was the one you reached for, all throughout the great war."
• "Bigger Than The Whole Sky": "Goodbye, goodbye, goodbye, you were bigger than the whole sky."
• "Paris": "Like we were in Paris, like we were somewhere else."
• "High Infidelity": "High infidelity, put on your records and regret me."
• "Glitch": "I think there's been a glitch."
• "Would've, Could've, Should've": "All I used to do was pray, would've, could've, should've, if you'd never looked my way."
• "Dear Reader": "Dear reader, if it feels like a trap, you're already in one."^note First of many, many title drops
• "Hits Different": "It hits different, it hits different 'cause it's you."
• "You're Losing Me": "Stop, you're losing me, I can't find a pulse, my heart won't start anymore for you, 'cause you're losing me."

The Tortured Poets Department

• "Fortnight": "And for a fortnight there we were forever running."
• "The Tortured Poets Department": "You left your typewriter at my apartment, straight from the tortured poets department."
• "My Boy Only Breaks His Favorite Toys": "I should've known it was a matter of time, my boy only breaks his favorite toys."
• "Down Bad": "Now I'm down bad, crying at the gym."
• "So Long, London": "So long, London, you'll find someone."
• "But Daddy I Love Him": "Now I'm running with my dress unbuttoned, scrеamin', "But, daddy, I love him"!"
• "Fresh Out The Slammer": "Fresh out the slammer, I know who my first call will be to."
• "Florida!!!": "Florida!!! is one hell of a drug."
• "Guilty As Sin?": "Without ever touching his skin, how can I be guilty as sin?"
• "Who's Afraid Of Little Old Me?": "Crash the party like a record scratch as I scream "Who’s afraid of little old me?" You should be..."
• "I Can Fix Him (No Really I Can)": "I can fix him, no, really, I can, and only I can."
• "loml": "And I'll still see until I die you're the loss of my life."
• "I Can Do It With A Broken A Heart": "I was hitting my marks 'cause I can do it with a broken heart."
• "The Smallest Man Who Ever Lived": "And I don't miss what we had, but could someone give a message to the smallest man who ever lived?"
• "The Alchemy": "Honestly, who are we to fight thе alchemy?"
• "Clara Bow": "You look like Clara Bow in this light, remarkable."
• "The Black Dog": "I just don't understand how you don't miss me in The Black Dog, when someone plays The Starting Line."
• "imgonnagetyouback": "Whether I'm gonna be your wife or gonna smash up your bike, I haven't decided yet, but I'm gonna get you back."
• "The Albatross": "She's the albatross, she is here to destroy you."
• "Chloe or Sam or Sophia or Marcus": "Hands in the hair of somebody in darkness named Chloe or Sam or Sophia or Marcus."
• "How Did It End?": "One gasp and then how did it end?"
• "So High School": "I feel so high school every time I look at you."
• "I Hate It Here": "I hate it here so I will go to secret gardens in my mind."
• "thanK you aIMee": "Screamed, "Thank you, Aimee" to the night sky and the stars are stunnin'."
• "I Look In People's Windows": "I look in people's windows in case you're at their table."
• "The Prophecy": "Who do I have to speak to about if they can redo the prophecy?"
• "Cassandra": "So, they killed Cassandra first 'cause she feared the worst and tried to tell the town."
• "Peter": "Forgive me, Peter, my lost fearless leader in closets like cedar preserved from when we were just kids."
• "The Bolter": "Behind her back, her best mates laughed and they nicknamed her "The Bolter"."
• "The Manuscript": "Now and then I reread the manuscript but the story isn't mine anymore."

Misc.

• "All Of The Girls You Loved Before": "All of the girls you loved before made you the one I've fallen for...I'm so thankful for all of the girls you loved before, but I love you more."
• "Babe" (Sugarland feat. Taylor Swift; written by Swift): "This is the last time I'll ever call you, babe."
• "Beautiful Eyes": "Your beautiful eyes stare right into mine."
• "Beautiful Ghosts" (co-written by Swift and Andrew Lloyd Webber for Cats): "And the memories were lost long ago, but at least you have beautiful ghosts."
• "Best Days of Your Life" (Kellie Pickler feat. Taylor Swift): "It's just too bad you already had the best days, the best days of your life."
• "Both Of Us" (B.O.B feat. Taylor Swift): "I wish I was strong enough to lift not one but both of us."
• "Carolina": "And there are places I will never, ever go, and things that only Carolina will ever know."^note One of many, many title drops
• "Christmas Must Be Something More": "So here's something you should know that is for sure, Christmas must be something more."
• "Christmas Tree Farm": "In my heart is a Christmas tree farm."
• "Christmases When You Were Mine": "I know this shouldn't be a lonely time, but there were Christmases when you were mine."
• "Crazier": "You make me crazier, crazier."
• "Eyes Open": "Even when you're sleeping, sleeping, keep your eye-eyes open."
• "Half Of My Heart" (John Mayer feat. Taylor Swift): "Half of my heart's got a grip on the situation."^note one of many title drops
• "I Don't Wanna Live Forever" (ZAYN & Taylor Swift): "I don't wanna live forever, 'cause I know I'll be living in pain."
• "I Heart ?": "Wish you could only see, I got an I heart question mark written on the back of my hand''."
• "Only The Young": "Only the young can run ... only one thing can save us, only the young."
• "Renegade" (Big Red Machine feat. Taylor Swift): "You wouldn't be the first renegade to need somebody."
• "Safe and Sound": "You and I will be safe and sound."
• "The Alcott" (The National feat. Taylor Swift): "I get myself twisted in threads to meet you at the Alcott."
• "The Joker And The Queen" (Ed Sheeran feat. Taylor Swift): "When I fold you see the best in me, the joker and the queen."
• "Two Is Better Than One" (Boys Like Girls feat. Taylor Swift): "And maybe two is better than one..."

Album Title Drop examples:

• The albums Fearless, Speak Now, Red, Lover, evermore, and The Tortured Poets Department all contained songs of the same name, which were also title dropped.
• Though 1989 doesn't include a song with the same name, it was prefaced with Swift speaking "I was born in 1989".
• reputation also didn't include a song with the same name as the album; however, the word "reputation" gets used in a few songs, most notably "End Game"^note "big reputation, big reputation, ooh, you and me, we got big reputations ... reputation precedes me, they told you I'm crazy".
• folklore is an unusual example; it doesn't include a song with the same name and unlike reputation doesn't quite get name dropped in a song on the album, although album track "seven" comes close^note "just like a folk song, our love will be passed on"; however, its sister album evermore names drops it on album track "gold rush"^note "my mind turns your life into folklore".
• The closest Midnights comes to having a song of the same name is "Midnight Rain"; however, "midnight" gets brought up in a number of songs, and it gets a full title drop on both "Anti-Hero"^note "I have this thing where I get older but just never wiser, midnights become my afternoons" and "Midnight Rain"^note "and I never think of him, except on midnights like this".

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