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23 Lines From Taylor Swift's New Album "Lover" That Make It Her Best One Yet

The lovers, the haters, and everything in-between.

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23 Lines From Taylor Swift's New Album "Lover" That Make It Her Best One Yet

Taylor Swift's seventh album "Lover" has arrived, and it already sits at the top of the charts. Here are 23 of the lyrics that got it there.

1. "It isn't love, it isn't hate, it's just indifference"

"I Forgot That You Existed" perfectly captures the feeling of freedom that comes with finally letting go of a negative situation.

2. "I thought that it would kill me but it didn't"

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- "I Forgot That You Existed"

We all know the feeling of believing a bad situation will never end... but it always does.

3. "I don't wanna keep secrets just to keep you"

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"Cruel Summer" navigates conflict and tension paralleled with love.

4. "Have I known you twenty seconds or twenty years?"

Title track "Lover" has alllllll the warm fuzzy feelings. True love leaves you feeling like you've known that person for much longer than you have.

5. "If I was out flashing my dollars I'd be a bitch, not a baller"

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In "The Man", Taylor calls it how it is and shoots down double standards.

6. "They'd paint me out to be bad, so it's okay that I'm mad"

- "The Man"

Taylor voices her frustration with sexism in the music industry. And she does it well.

7. "All of my enemies started out friends, help me hold on to you"

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"The Archer" is a painfully honest narrative about triumphs and trials, and this line is a really all-encompassing way of explaining something that we all go through.

8. "Lyrical smile, indigo eyes, hand on my thigh, we can follow the sparks, I'll drive"

- "I Think He Knows"

The way Swift crafts this list paints an elegant picture of the man she loves through her eyes.

9. "Boys will be boys then, where are the wise men?

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- "Miss Americana and the Heartbreak Prince"

Here, Taylor questions the intentions and morals of the people around her.

10. "I like shiny things but I'd marry you with paper rings"

This line gives the song its name- "Paper Rings"- and is such a simple way of expressing the purity of her love. Just the idea of loving someone so much that you on't care about the material things is so special.

11. "When you jumped in first, I went in too. I'm with you even if it makes me blue"

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This "Paper Rings" line describes the two of them jumping into a cold outdoor pool and is easily one of the cutest things ever.

12. "I hope I never lose you, hope it never ends, I'd never walk Cornelia Street again"

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"Cornelia Street" describes loving a place because of its connection to the love you share with a person, and this line describes the heartbreak Swift would find in never walking Cornelia Street again if things were to take a turn for the worse.

13. "We bless the rains on Cornelia Street, memorize the creaks in the floor"

- "Cornelia Street"

Swift picks up on small details like th e"creaks in the floor" and hones in on them to drive her point home.

14. "Quiet my fears with the touch of your hand, paper cut stings from our paper thin plans"

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Swift's "Death By A Thousand Cuts" is *gasp* a break-up song (inspired by the movie Something Great), and this line flawlessly references the concept of the title.

15. "Trying to find a part of me you didn't take up, gave you so much but it wasn't enough, but I'll be alright it's just a thousand cuts"

- "Death By A Thousand Cuts"

The feeling of endlessly giving to someone and still being made to feel like you aren't enough is sadly something that we have all been through.

16. "They say home is where the heart is, but that's not where mine lives"

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- "London Boy"

This song is an ode to the man Taylor loves, and this line is a cheeky suggestion that her heart lives with him rather than "home".

17. "Holy orange bottles, each night I pray to you. Desperate people find faith, so now I pray to Jesus too"

- This "Soon You'll Get Better" is a moving and heartbreaking ballad about Taylor's mother's battle with cancer, and it leaves the singer vulnerable in a new way.

18. "I'll paint the kitchen neon, I'll brighten up the sky. I know I'll never get it, there's not a day that I won't try"

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- "Soon You'll Get Better"

Here, Taylor explains her dedication to trying to understand what her mom is going through even though she knows she can't.

19. "I know heaven's a thing, I go there when you touch me honey, hell is when I fight with you"

- "False God"

Swift uses the heaven/hell contrast to show the happiness she finds in her love.

20. "We see you over there on the internet comparing all the girls who are killing it, but we figured you out, we all know now, we all got crowns"

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- This line from "You Need To Calm Down" takes on the haters that pit women against each other online.

21. "I lived like an island, punished you with silence"

- "Afterglow"

"Afterglow" is a modern-day "back to December", if you will. Swift owns mistakes she has made in her relationship and asks her lover to be patient.

22. "Church bells ring, carry me home, rice on the ground looks like snow"

- "It's Nice To Have A Friend"

This song is a precious, child-like tune that shows appreciation for the people who stick around.

23. "I've been sleeping so long in a 20-year dark night, but now I see daylight"

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- "Daylight"

The last song on "Lover", "Daylight" represents Swift figuratively stepping out of the darkness.

The "Lover" album is possibly the most honest Taylor has ever been. It takes us through the stages of her relationship- the falling, the fear, the fights, and the freedom of a new love and newfound peace. It takes on the haters and the assholes, and loves-up the lovers. Could we ask for anything more?

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