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 âLove Storyâ and âYou Belong with Meâ, 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 âMineâ and âBack to Decemberâ.
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 âWe Are Never Ever Getting Back Togetherâ, âI Knew You Were Troubleâ, âShake It Offâ, âBlank Spaceâ, âBad Bloodâ, âLook What You Made Me Doâ, âME! (feat. Brendon Urie of Panic! at the Disco)â, âYou Need to Calm Downâ, and âLoverâ.
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 âcardiganâ and âwillowâ 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 eleventh studio album, âThe Tortured Poets Departmentâ (2024) which was 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, yet ongoing 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 âAll Too Wellâ 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 Tourâa retrospective tour covering the entirety of her discography. During her ongoing tour, Swift would release her next two re-recorded albums, Speak Now (Taylor's Version) in July and 1989 (Taylor's Version) in October of 2023. The former of which would land Swift as the woman with the most number-one albums (12) in Billboard 200 history, surpassing Barbra Streisand. The latter was her sixth album to sell one million copies in a single week in the US, her largest album sales in a week span. âIs It Over Now? (Taylor's Version)â, the lead single for 1989 (Taylor's Version), would peak at number one on the Billboard Hot 100.
At the 66th annual GRAMMY Awards, Taylor Swift surprised viewers by announcing her eleventh studio album, THE TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT. On April 19, 2024, the album was released globally, breaking records: it became the first ever to amass 1 billion Spotify streams in a week and sold 2.6 million units in its first week in the US. Swift dominated the charts, monopolizing the top 14 spots on the Billboard Hot 100 and securing the top 10 positions on Australiaâs ARIA Singles Chart. The lead single, Fortnight, featuring Post Malone, quickly soared to the number-one position on the Hot 100. Additionally, just two hours after the albumâs release, Swift surprised fans with a reissue titled THE TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT: THE ANTHOLOGY, which included 15 extra songs.
Swift has released several songs for film soundtracks. She co-wrote two songs for the Hannah Montana: The Movie soundtrackâ âYou'll Always Find Your Way Back Homeâ and âCrazierâ, and contributed two songs to the Valentine's Day soundtrack, including the single âToday Was a Fairytaleâ, 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: âSafe & Sound - from The Hunger Games Soundtrackâ, co-written and recorded with The Civil Wars and T-Bone Burnett, and âEyes Openâ. âSafe & Soundâ 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 âSweeter than Fictionâ, 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, âI Don't Wanna Live Foreverâ, for the soundtrack of the film Fifty Shades Darker (2017). She also recorded an original song called âBeautiful Ghostsâ, which she wrote with Andrew Lloyd Webber for the Cats's soundtrack (2019). In 2020, Swift's documentary Miss Americana featured the song âOnly the Youngâ which was written after the 2018 United States elections. In 2022, she released an original song titled âCarolinaâ 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.
Taylor Swift is the Music Industry.
You're Losing Me
Taylor Swift Lyrics
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We thought a cure would come through in time, now I fear it won't
Remember lookin' at this room, we loved it 'cause of the light
Now, I just sit in the dark and wonder if it's time
Do I throw out everything we built or keep it?
I'm getting tired even for a phoenix
Always risin' from the ashes
You might just have dealt the final blow
Stop, you're losin' me
Stop, you're losin' me
Stop, you're losin' me
I can't find a pulse
My heart won't start anymore
For you
'Cause you're losin' me
Every mornin', I glared at you with storms in my eyes
How can you say that you love someone you can't tell is dyin'?
I sent you signals and bit my nails down to the quick
My face was gray, but you wouldn't admit that we were sick
And the air is thick with loss and indecision
I know my pain is such an imposition
Now, you're runnin' down the hallway
And you know what they all say
You don't know what you got until it's gone
Stop, you're losin' me
Stop, you're losin' me
Stop, you're losin' me
I can't find a pulse
My heart won't start anymore
For you
'Cause you're losin' me
'Cause you're losin' me
Stop (stop) 'cause you're losin' me
My heart won't start anymore ('cause you're losin' me)
My heart won't start anymore ('cause you're losin' me)
How long could we be a sad song
'Til we were too far gone to bring back to life?
I gave you all my best me's, my endless empathy
And all I did was bleed as I tried to be the bravest soldier
Fighting in only your army
Frontlines, don't you ignore me
I'm the best thing at this party
(You're losin' me)
And I wouldn't marry me either
A pathological people pleaser
Who only wanted you to see her
And I'm fadin', thinkin'
"Do something, babe, say something" (say something)
"Lose something, babe, risk something" (you're losin' me)
"Choose something, babe, I got nothing (got nothing)
To believe
Unless you're choosin' me"
You're losin' me
Stop (stop, stop), you're losin' me
Stop (stop, stop), you're losin' me
I can't find a pulse
My heart won't start anymore
In the song "You're Losing Me", Taylor Swift sings about a relationship that is falling apart. She starts off by acknowledging that her partner doesn't understand what is going on but goes on to describe how they had hoped that things would get better with time, but now, she fears that it won't. She thinks back to how they used to love the room they are in because of the light, but now, she sits in the dark and wonders if it's time to give up on everything they built.
In the chorus, she tells her partner to stop losing her. She can't find a pulse, and her heart won't start anymore for them. She is at her wits' end as she has been trying to save the relationship but in vain. The air is thick with indecision, and she feels that her pain is such an imposition. She sends signals to her partner, but they can't see how much she is hurting. She thinks about how long they can be a sad song before they are too far gone to bring back to life.
Towards the end of the song, Taylor expresses how she has been trying her best to be the bravest soldier fighting in their army, but all she did was bleed. She ends by challenging her partner to do something, say something, or risk something unless they choose her; they are losing her.
Line by Line Meaning
You say, "I don't understand," and I say, "I know you don't"
I know there's a gap between us, and you are struggling to comprehend what's going on.
We thought a cure would come through in time, now, I fear it won't
I thought we could get past our problems, but now I'm worried we might not be able to fix it.
Remember lookin' at this room, we loved it 'cause of the light
We used to find joy in this room because of the lighting.
Now, I just sit in the dark and wonder if it's time
I'm in a dark place and questioning if our relationship has run its course.
Do I throw out everything we built or keep it?
I need to decide whether to let go of everything we've built or try to keep it together.
I'm getting tired even for a phoenix
I'm exhausted and drained, even though I'm trying to rise from the ashes like a phoenix.
Always risin' from the ashes, mendin' all her gashes
I'm used to getting back up again and healing my own wounds when things go wrong.
You might just have dealt the final blow
Your recent actions could be the final straw that ends our relationship.
Stop, you're losin' me
I'm starting to lose interest in our relationship, and you need to stop before it's too late.
My heart won't start anymore for you
My heart doesn't feel the same way for you as it once did.
Every mornin', I glared at you with storms in my eyes
I woke up angry and resentful towards you every day.
How can you say that you love someone you can't tell is dyin'?
You say you love me, but you don't seem to notice or care that our relationship is falling apart.
And the air is thick with loss and indecision
There's a lot of sadness, uncertainty, and confusion in the air between us.
I know my pain is such an imposition
I'm aware that my pain and struggles are causing problems and difficulties in our relationship.
Now, you're runnin' down the hallway and you know what they all say
You're trying to leave and avoid the issues we're having, and people are noticing.
You don't know what you got until it's gone
You might not realize how important our relationship was until it's over.
How long could we be a sad song? 'Til we were too far gone to bring back to life?
How much longer can we keep going with this unhappy relationship before it becomes impossible to salvage?
I gave you all my best me's, my endless empathy
I tried my best to be understanding, supportive, and compassionate towards you.
And all I did was bleed as I tried to be the bravest soldier fighting in only your army
I sacrificed myself and put my wellbeing and needs after yours, without receiving the same level of care in return.
Frontlines, don't you ignore me
I've been fighting for us on the frontlines, and you can't ignore my efforts.
I'm the best thing at this party
I know my worth and value in this relationship.
"You're losin' me", and I wouldn't marry me either
I'm seeing signs that you're losing interest in me, and I don't blame you because I wouldn't want to be with me either.
A pathological people pleaser, who only wanted you to see her
I have a tendency to constantly please others and prioritize their happiness over mine, to the point where I lost sight of my true self in our relationship.
"Do something, babe, say something" (say something) "Lose something, babe, risk something" (you're losin' me) "Choose something, babe, I got nothing to believe, unless you're choosin' me"
I'm pleading with you to take action and do something to save our relationship, to risk something by prioritizing our connection, and to choose me above everything else.
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
Written by: Jack Michael Antonoff, Taylor Alison Swift
Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind
@Calwaii-xk3qt
The way the heartbeat stops when she says "I can't find a pulse," perfect
@Stormflower
@Daisy-le9trOKAY, THIS MAKES ME FEEL MORE CONNECTED TO HER
@hatake9439
âand i wouldnât marry me eitherâ is probably one of the saddest lyrics iâve heard from her. itâs so simple yet so hurtful.
@LeslieKatrice
Agreed. It was like a punch in the gut and the heart and the face all at the same time đ
@Sidneet_Edits
Her admitting to be a pathological people pleaser here just like she admitted to be covertly narcissistic in Anti Herođ Taylor was soo vulnerably strong in accepting her flaws and faults in Midnights era.
@johnnyguitars609
Weak. Coldplays maybe one day i can fly with u is better
@thewhisperingeye.
â@@johnnyguitars609find something safe to do
@DiligentThroat
@@johnnyguitars609then go listen to it babe â€
@aloeverah.
itâs actually here âŒïž
@vidushagilotra2901
I just love this song â€â€