There is a line in Clean, the last song on 1989 – “When I was drowning, that’s when I could finally breathe.” It talks about the loss of a relationship, but it could be about addiction, depression or the loss of someone. There’s this quote in [the book] The Fault In Our Stars, “Pain demands to be felt.” No matter how many times society tells you to put on a smiling face, pain is going to be felt one way or another, today or a year from now. I’ve seen people go through incredible difficulties and the ones who faced pain head-on made it out quicker than the ones who pretended they were OK.

Taylor Swift (via belleswift17)

This is so right.

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lightsglisten:

“I’m a songwriter so I’ve had the same exact formula every single time I feel something, I go to my bedroom and lock the door and write a song about it. People will say that you expressing your feelings in an honest way is over-sharing and I think that’s what I fight daily as a songwriter.

newromantis:

I really like to derive fragrance titles from my lyrics because the lyrics are kinda the basis for my life. There’s a lyric in the new record and it has a song called ‘Blank Space’ that says, “Nice to meet you where you been I could show you incredible things.”