A Place in This World

It's really hard to choose my favorite Taylor Swift song, but I would have to say it is "Teardrops on my Guitar."

http://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/taylorswift/teardropsonmyguitar.html

In this song, Taylor Swift is writing about how she is heartbroken over her ex-boyfriend. She sees him walking by with another girl and just pretends like everything is okay and she is fine, but she really sits up looking at his picture all night crying over him. She puts on a front to look like she is okay and that she is happy for him.

I had never really considered the lyrics to this song. I'm not sure why they resonate with me, maybe because something like this has never happened to me, but it might be because I've seen friends get their hearts broken by guys and they just act like they are okay even if they aren't because that's what they think he wants to see. After considering the lyrics, I think Taylor Swift is suggesting that all guys are heart breakers like this and that guys are insensitive. She says, "Drew looks at me, I fake a smile so he can't see that I want and I'm needing everything we can't be." I don't really identify with these lyrics. Most of her songs are about her relationship with her ex-boyfriend and how she is so heartbroken, and that is not the position I am in, so I'm not sure why I identify with the song.

Thinking about the lyrics even more, I actually think they send a bad message to girls in a way. She talks about how she just stays up all night crying over a guy and puts on a false front around him, so she is kind of encouraging girls to do this. She isn't suggesting that girls should go out and get over their exes, or that girls don't need a guy or that girls can be independent. She's basically saying it's okay to sit home and cry and be fake around a guy, which I don't agree with. I understand this happens sometimes, but I got the impression that she cries over him a lot, because she says, "So I drive home alone, as I turn out the light, I'll put his picture down and maybe get some sleep tonight," implying that many other nights she hasn't slept because she has been up crying over him.