This Valentine, Taylor Swift’s love story Lyrics is all that you need to remind you why true love exists.
Released in September 2008, The song was the lead single from her second studio album, “Fearless”.
The song was inspired by William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet and was used in the film, “Letters to Juliet”
Taylor Swift wrote “Love Story” about a man who was never officially her boyfriend. When she introduced him to her family and friends, they did not become fond of him.
All events, with the exclusion of the end, narrated in the song regarded Swift’s actual story. The song’s conclusion differed from that of Romeo and Juliet. “I feel like they had such promise and they were so crazy for each other. And if that had just gone a little bit differently, it could have been the best love story ever told. And it is one of the best love stories ever told, but it’s a tragedy.”
Instead, she chose to write a happy ending. She took her favorite characters and conceptualized the ending she believed they deserved. She perceived it to be the ideal ending that girls hoped for, including herself. “You want a guy who doesn’t care what anyone thinks, what anyone says.”
Although it was fictional, Swift said it was an enjoyable experience to write about. Swift wrote the track on her bedroom floor in approximately twenty minutes, feeling too inspired to put the song down unfinished.
Here are the Lyrics:
I close my eyes and the flashback starts:
I’m standing there
On a balcony in summer air.See the lights, see the party, the ball gowns,
See you make your way through the crowd,
And say, “Hello.”
Little did I know…That you were Romeo, you were throwing pebbles
And my daddy said, “Stay away from Juliet.”
And I was crying on the staircase
Begging you, “Please don’t go.”
And I said,
“Romeo, take me somewhere we can be alone.
I’ll be waiting. All that’s left to do is run.
You’ll be the prince and I’ll be the princess.
It’s a love story. Baby, just say ‘Yes’.”
So, I sneak out to the garden to see you.
We keep quiet ’cause we’re dead if they knew.
So, close your eyes,
Escape this town for a little while.
Oh, oh.
‘Cause you were Romeo. I was a scarlet letter.
And my daddy said, “Stay away from Juliet.”
But you were everything to me.
I was begging you, “Please don’t go!”
And I said,
“Romeo, take me somewhere we can be alone.
I’ll be waiting. All that’s left to do is run.
You’ll be the prince and I’ll be the princess.
It’s a love story. Baby, just say ‘Yes’.
Romeo, save me. They’re trying to tell me how to feel.
This love is difficult but it’s real.
Don’t be afraid. We’ll make it out of this mess.
It’s a love story. Baby, just say ‘Yes’.”
Oh, oh, oh.
I got tired of waiting,
Wondering if you were ever coming around.
My faith in you was fading,
When I met you on the outskirts of town.
And I said,
“Romeo, save me. I’ve been feeling so alone.
I keep waiting for you, but you never come.
Is this in my head? I don’t know what to think.”
He knelt to the ground and pulled out a ring and said,
“Marry me, Juliet. You’ll never have to be alone
I love you, and that’s all I really know.
I talked to your dad. Go pick out a white dress.
It’s a love story. Baby, just say ‘Yes’.”
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh.
‘Cause we were both young when I first saw you.