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The 11th track on Taylor Swift’s 1989 finds her using cyclical metaphors to ponder on the cycles of her relationship. Sometimes it’s good, sometimes it’s bad, but regardless, it’s still love.
This is also the only song on 1989 to be solely written by Swift. However, she did co-write every song on the album, with “Style” having the most writers: four.
In an interview, Swift told how she decided to change who she would fall in love with:
[I’m] not looking for anything, not necessarily being open to anything, but only being open to the idea that, if I found someone who would never try to change me, that would be the only person I could fall in love with.
Lyrics
[Verse 1]
Clear blue water High tide came and brought you in And I could go on and on, on and on And I will Skies grew darker Currents swept you out again And you were just gone and gone, gone and gone
[Pre-Chorus 1]
In silent screams and wildest dreams I never dreamed of this
[Chorus 1]
This love is good, this love is bad This love is alive back from the dead, oh-oh, oh These hands had to let it go free, and This love came back to me, oh-oh, oh Oh-oh, oh, oh-oh, oh
[Verse 2]
Tossing, turning Struggled through the night with 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
[Pre-Chorus 2]
Been losing grip, on sinking ships You showed up just in time
[Chorus 2]
This love is good, this love is bad This love is alive back from the dead, oh-oh, oh These hands had to let it go free, and This love came back to me, oh-oh, oh This love left a permanent mark This love is glowing in the dark, oh-oh, oh These hands had to let it go free, and And this love came back to me, oh-oh, oh
[Post-Chorus]
(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, oh)
[Bridge]
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
[Chorus 2]
This love is good, this love is bad This love is alive back from the dead, oh-oh, oh These hands had to let it go free, and This love came back to me, oh-oh, oh (This love) This love left a permanent mark (This love) This love is glowing in the dark, oh-oh, oh (This love) These hands had to let it go free, and (This love) This love came back to me, oh-oh, oh
[Post-Chorus]
(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, this love came back to me, oh-oh, oh
