This Love
T. Swift Lyrics


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Clear blue water
High tide came and brought you in
And I could go on and on, on and on
And I will, skies grow darker, currents swept you out again
And you were just gone and gone, gone and gone
In silent screams and wildest dreams
I never dreamed of this
This love is good
This love is bad
This love is alive back from the dead, oh-oh
These hands had to let it go free
And this love came back to me, oh-oh
Oh, oh-oh

Tossing, turning, struggle through the night for someone new
And I could go on and on, on and on
Lantern, burning, flickered in my mind, only you
But you were still gone, gone, gone
Been losing grip, on sinking ships
You showed up just in time

This love is good
This love is bad
This love is alive back from the dead, oh-oh
These hands had to let it go free
And this love came back to me, oh-oh

This love left a permanent mark
This love is glowing in the dark, oh-oh
These hands had to let it go free
And this love came back to me, oh-oh

This love, this love, this love, this love (oh)
This love, this love, this love, this love (oh)
This love, this love, this love, this love (oh)
This love, this love, this love, this love

Your kiss, my cheek
I watched you leave
Your smile, my ghost
I fell to my knees
When you're young you just run
But you come back to what you need

This love is good
This love is bad
This love is alive back from the dead, oh-oh
These hands had to let it go free
And this love came back to me, oh-oh

(This love) This love that's a permanent mark
(This love) This love is glowing in the dark, oh-oh
(This love) These hands had to let it go free
(This love) And this love came back to me, oh-oh

This love, this love, this love, this love (oh)
This love, this love, this love, this love (oh)




This love, this love, this love, this love (oh)
This love, this love, this love, this love (this love came back to me, oh-oh)

Overall Meaning

In "This Love," Taylor Swift sings about a relationship that she thought was over but comes back to her unexpectedly. She sings about the highs and lows of the relationship, how it made her feel both good and bad, and how it left a permanent mark on her. The opening verse paints a picture of the clear blue water and high tide bringing the person back into her life, but just as quickly as they came, they were swept away again. Swift uses the phrase "gone and gone" to emphasize the finality of the departure.


As she struggles to move on, Swift describes herself as tossing and turning, struggling through the night for someone new. The lanterns burning in her mind only represent that she can only think of the one that got away. But just as she feels she's losing grip, the person shows up just in time to save her. She ends the song by talking about how this love is a permanent mark that's glowing in the dark.


Overall, the song is about the cyclical nature of love - how someone can go from being completely gone from your life to coming back unexpectedly, and how it can leave a lasting impression on you.


Line by Line Meaning

Clear blue water
The situation started off in a clear state.


High tide, came and brought you in
Something unexpected happened that brought you into my life.


And I could go on and on, on and on
I could talk endlessly about the situation that has occurred.


And I will, skies grow darker, currents swept you out again
As the situation got worse, you were taken away from me once again.


And you were just gone and gone, gone and gone
You disappeared from my life suddenly and completely.


In silent screams, and wildest dreams
I never imagined that this would happen, even in my dreams or nightmares.


I never dreamed of this
This is something that I never expected to happen.


This love is good
This feeling I have is positive and beneficial to me.


This love is bad
This feeling I have is also negative and harmful to me.


This love is a life back from the dead, oh
This feeling I have has brought me back from a dark place in my life.


These hands had to let it go free
I had to release this feeling and let it go.


And this love came back to me, oh
This feeling returned to me unexpectedly.


Tossing, turning, struggle through the night for someone new
I struggled with the idea of finding someone new to replace you.


Lanterns burning, flickered in the mind only you
Despite trying to move on, I couldn't shake the memory of you from my mind.


But you were still gone, gone, gone
Even though I wanted to be with you again, you were still nowhere to be found.


Been losing grip, on sinking ships
I've been losing control and struggling in difficult situations.


You showed up, just in time
You appeared at the perfect moment to save me from that struggle.


This love left a permanent mark
This feeling has impacted my life in a significant way and will always be a part of me.


This love is glowing in the dark, oh
This feeling is still strong and present even in the darkest times.


Your kiss, my cheek
I remember the way you kissed me.


I watched you leave
I had to watch you walk away from me.


Your smile, my ghost
The memory of your smile is haunting me.


I fell to my knees
The memory of you leaving was a painful one for me.


When you're young, just to run
When you are young, you may run away from what you really need.


But you come back to what you need
Eventually you will realize what you truly need and come back to it.


This love, this love, this love, this love (Oh)
This feeling, this feeling, this feeling keeps coming back to me.


This love, this love, this love, this love (This love came back to me, oh)
This feeling returned to me unexpectedly, and it is both good and bad for me.




Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
Written by: Taylor Swift

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@georgepyros2840

In the old version she sounds broken and trying to heal from love and it's like she's desperately hoping love will find her again. In this version, she sounds happy, she sounds healed, she is the old girl telling to her younger self that love indeed will come back to her ♥️

@tooprandineshkumar3338

Of course

@redvelvetsexpiredicecream8455

aww this comment i hope everybody can find love someday like taylor and Joe :)

@agentnine3973

I love this

@simpforbangchan2919

That's how all the TV songs sound like to me now. It's so refreshing

@pureswift3859

im so glad she is better now 😭💙

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@Jottav

Na minha opinião é uma obra prima

@GriffinZambia

Dont read my Name!!😑.

@1berto_o178

essa música ficou boa msm

@MrUssy101

Nah bruh she has a team to do all the work for her she doesn’t write her own songs, she ain’t that talented !!!

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