Born in West Reading, Pennsylvania, Swift relocated to Nashville, Tennessee in 2004 to pursue a career in country music. She broke into the country music scene with her eponymous self-titled debut studio album, Taylor Swift in 2006, which included the singles "Teardrops on My Guitar" and "Our Song". Swift also released the holiday album, Sounds of the Season: The Taylor Swift Holiday Collection, later titled as The Taylor Swift Holiday Collection in October 2007.
Swift rose to mainstream prominence with her sophomore studio album, Fearless (2008), a country pop record with crossover appeal. Aided by the top-five singles "Love Story" and "You Belong with Me", Fearless was certified Diamond by the Recording Industry Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). Swift's third studio album, Speak Now (2010), blended country pop with elements of rock and featured the top-ten singles "Mine" and "Back to December".
Drawing inspiration from various pop, rock, and electronic genres, Swift's fourth studio album Red (2012) saw her transcending her country roots. She completely moved to pop with her synth-pop fifth studio album, 1989 (2014), and expanded the electropop sound on her next two studio albums, reputation (2017) and Lover (2019), which respectively embraced urban and retro styles. The four albums spawned a string of international top-five singles, including "We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together", "I Knew You Were Trouble", "Shake It Off", "Blank Space", "Bad Blood", "Look What You Made Me Do", "ME! (feat. Brendon Urie of Panic! at the Disco)", "You Need to Calm Down", and "Lover".
In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, Swift experimented with folk and alternative rock on her eighth and ninth studio albums, folklore and evermore (both 2020), whose lead singles "cardigan" and "willow" topped charts around the world. She also released the critically acclaimed documentaries Miss Americana and Folklore: The Long Pond Studio Sessions that year. Swift's tenth studio album, Midnights (2022), marked her triumphant return to pop after two folk albums. The album set the record for biggest first day and first week ever on Spotify, spawned the hits Anti-Hero and Lavender Haze, and sold over 1.5 million copies in its first week becoming not only the biggest debut of the decade but also Swift's biggest debut ever. She would make history by becoming the first artist to occupy the entire top ten of the Billboard Hot 100 with tracks from Midnights. Following Midnights, Taylor Swift announced her upcoming eleventh studio album, “The Tortured Poets Department” (2024) which is set to be released on April 19, 2024. She announced this record at 66th Annual Grammy Award Show accepting the award for Best Pop Vocal Album for her previous album, Midnights (2022) in honour of receiving her 13th Grammy.
Additionally, Swift began re-recording her back catalog in November 2020 as a result of a publicized dispute with talent manager Scooter Braun and her former label Big Machine, regarding the acquisition of the masters of her back catalog. In April 2021, Swift released a re-recorded issue of her 2008 album Fearless, titled Fearless (Taylor's Version). It debuted at number one in the US. Swift continued releasing re-recorded versions of her back catalog in November, 2021 with the release of Red (Taylor's Version), a 30 track re-issue of her 2012 critical smash. The album debuted at #1 in the US, spawned the #1 hit All Too Well (10 Minute Version) (Taylor's Version) (From the Vault), and broke the record at the time for biggest first day for a female album on Spotify. Red (Taylor's Version) was a critical and commercial hit, and proved that Swift's ambitious plan to re-record her first 6 albums was well worth it.
Along with the release of Red (Taylor's Version) came All Too Well: The Short Film (2021), Swift's filmmaking debut. The 15 minute romantic drama was based on the lyrical content from Swift's 2012 fan favorite "All Too Well" starring Sadie Sink and Dylan O'Brien. It had a limited theatrical release in major cities, and Swift held special screenings of the film throughout 2022 at various film festivals. In December, 2022 Taylor announced that she would be making her feature directorial debut with Oscar-winning studio Searchlight Pictures.
Following the release of Midnights, Swift would embark on her first tour in five years, The Eras Tour.
Swift has released several songs for film soundtracks. She co-wrote two songs for the Hannah Montana: The Movie soundtrack— "You'll Always Find Your Way Back Home" and "Crazier", and contributed two songs to the Valentine's Day soundtrack, including the single "Today Was a Fairytale", which was her first number one on the Canadian Hot 100, and peaked at number two on the Billboard Hot 100. She also contributed two original songs to The Hunger Games soundtrack album: "Safe & Sound - from The Hunger Games Soundtrack", co-written and recorded with The Civil Wars and T-Bone Burnett, and "Eyes Open". "Safe & Sound" won the Grammy Award for Best Song Written for Visual Media and was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song. In 2013, Swift recorded "Sweeter than Fiction", a song she wrote and produced with Jack Antonoff for the One Chance film soundtrack, which received a Best Original Song nomination at the 71st Golden Globe Awards. Swift and English singer Zayn Malik, mononymously known as Zayn, released a single together, "I Don't Wanna Live Forever", for the soundtrack of the film Fifty Shades Darker (2017). She also recorded an original song called "Beautiful Ghosts", which she wrote with Andrew Lloyd Webber for the Cats's soundtrack (2019). In 2020, Swift's documentary Miss Americana featured the song "Only the Young" which was written after the 2018 United States elections. In 2022, she released an original song titled "Carolina" for Where The Crawdads Sing (2022) inspired by the novel written by Delia Owens.
With sales of over 200 million records worldwide, Swift is a best-selling music artist. Her accolades include 14 Grammy Awards, including four Album of the Year wins, which makes
Swift the artist with the most awards for that category in history, two Brit Awards (including a Global Icon award), an Emmy Award, 28 [https://guinnessworldrecords.com/]Guinness World Records, 32 American Music Awards (the most wins by an artist), and 23 Billboard Music Awards (the most wins by a woman). She ranked eighth on Billboard's Greatest of All Time Artists Chart (2019) and was listed on Rolling Stone's 100 Greatest Songwriters of All Time (2015). Swift has been included in various power rankings, such as Time's annual list of the 100 most influential people in the world (2010, 2015 and 2019) and Forbes Celebrity 100 (placing first in 2016 and 2019). She was named Woman of the Decade (2010s) by Billboard, Artist of the Decade (2010s) by the American Music Awards, and Person of the Year (2023) by Time Magazine.
Come in with the Rain
Taylor Swift Lyrics
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But I don't wanna go there anymore and I
Know all the steps up to your door
But I don't wanna go there anymore
Talk to the wind, talk to the sky
Talk to the man with the reasons why
And let me know what you find
I'll leave my window open
'Cause I'm too tired tonight to call your name
Just know I'm right here hoping
That you'll come in with the rain
I could stand up and sing you a song
But I don't wanna have to go that far and I
I've got you down
I know you by heart
And you don't even know where I start
Talk to yourself, talk to the tears
Talk to the man who put you here
And don't wait for the sky to clear
I'll leave my window open
'Cause I'm too tired tonight to call your name, oh
Just know I'm right here hoping
That you'll come in with the rain
I've watched you so long, screamed your name
I don't know what else I can say
But I'll leave my window open
'Cause I'm too tired at night for all these games
Just know I'm right here hoping
That you'll come in with the rain
I could go back to every laugh
But I don't wanna go there anymore
"Come in with the Rain" is a song by Taylor Swift about the longing for someone who has left. The song has a slow and mournful melody that effectively conveys the sense of sadness and emptiness that comes with missing someone dearly. In the first verse, Swift expresses her reluctance to revisit memories of happier times with this person, even though she knows their address by heart. Rather than dwelling on the past, she deepens her search by calling on the wind, the sky, and an all-knowing man for answers.
In the chorus, Swift sings about the desperation of waiting for someone she dearly misses. She leaves her window open and hopes that this person will come back to her, even if it means manifesting as rain. The second verse speaks of the irony that the person she misses knows so much about her but does not even know where to begin with their relationship. She advises them to talk to themselves, their tears, or the man who put them there to confront their own feelings, rather than waiting for clarity from the sky.
Overall, "Come in with the Rain" is a poignant reflection on the fleeting nature of relationships and the pain that comes with longing for someone out of reach.
Line by Line Meaning
I could go back to every laugh
I could reminisce about all the good times we had together
But I don't wanna go there anymore and I
But I don't want to dwell on the past anymore
Know all the steps up to your door
I know exactly how to get to your doorstep
But I don't wanna go there anymore
But I don't want to visit you anymore
Talk to the wind, talk to the sky
Speak to the forces of nature for guidance
Talk to the man with the reasons why
Talk to the person who knows why things happened the way they did
And let me know what you find
And tell me what you discover
I'll leave my window open
I'll keep my window unlocked
'Cause I'm too tired tonight to call your name
Because I'm too exhausted tonight to reach out to you
Just know I'm right here hoping
Just know that I'm still here, wishing you'd come back
That you'll come in with the rain
That you'll return to me, even if it's during a downpour
I could stand up and sing you a song
I could sing you a heartfelt tune
But I don't wanna have to go that far and I
But I don't want to go to such lengths anymore
I've got you down
I understand you so well
I know you by heart
I know everything about you
And you don't even know where I start
But you don't even know where to begin with me
Talk to yourself, talk to the tears
Speak to yourself and your emotions
Talk to the man who put you here
Talk to the person who caused your current state of being
And don't wait for the sky to clear
And don't wait for a perfect moment or circumstance
I'll leave my window open
I'll keep my window unlocked
'Cause I'm too tired tonight to call your name, oh
Because I'm too fatigued tonight to reach out to you, oh
Just know I'm right here hoping
Just know that I'm still here, wishing you'd come back
That you'll come in with the rain
That you'll return to me, even if it's during a downpour
I've watched you so long, screamed your name
I've admired you from afar for so long, called out to you
I don't know what else I can say
I don't know what else I can do or say to get your attention
But I'll leave my window open
But I'll keep my window unlocked
'Cause I'm too tired at night for all these games
Because I'm too exhausted at night for all these tricks and games
Just know I'm right here hoping
Just know that I'm still here, wishing you'd come back
That you'll come in with the rain
That you'll return to me, even if it's during a downpour
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Anthem Entertainment
Written by: Liz Rose, Taylor Alison Swift
Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind
@LenaWeenie
I could go back to every laugh
But I don't wanna go there anymore
And I know all the steps up to your door
But I don't wanna go there anymore
Talk to the wind, talk to the sky
Talk to the man with the reasons why
And let me know what you find
I'll leave my window open
'Cause I'm too tired tonight to call your name
Just know I'm right here hoping
That you'll come in with the rain
I could stand up and sing you a song
But I don't wanna have to go that far
And I, I've got you down, I know you by heart
And you don't even know where I start
Talk to yourself, talk to the tears
Talk to the man who put you here
And don't wait for the sky to clear
I'll leave my window open
'Cause I'm too tired tonight to call your name, oh
Just know I'm right here hoping
That you'll come in with the rain
I've watched you so long, screamed your name
I don't know what else I can say
I'll leave my window open
'Cause I'm too tired tonight for all these games
Just know I'm right here hoping
That you'll come in with the rain
I could go back to every laugh
But I don't wanna go there anymore
@ohnoitsthenoooo
This has to be one of the most criminally underrated songs in her entire discography
@millennialdisposition
I think part of the problem is she never performed this live
@deardiaryfromauan
@@millennialdisposition WHAT??? This song never gets performed??? it is very underrated then 😭 maybe it's because she only wrote this and superstar and the other side of the door as bonus tracks for platinum edition 🤔
@israucok4067
HOAX😭
@raimavadhanam3275
People would love it so much more if the chorus had another section, I promise.
@idontevenhaveapla7224
Honestly, her best work is underrated. Her singles are her weakest songs. It's sad that people think of ME! Or Shake it off when they think of her, even though this exists.
@shumefarzana2423
i feel bad for those people who waste their time on hating Taylor swift instead of listening to these masterpieces
@fleurvnrcisse
exactly
@georginasmith8025
Most of them haven’t even heard her songs...just repeating the hate they’ve heard ab Taylor🙄
@toobaashraf4810
Wasted* for me. I was one of those people. Honestly I was just too young to realise how all her life media has twisted the way they represent her!! And as I grew up I just fell in love with her and started seeing her side of things