Taylor Swift’s marriage talk examined in song lyrics – what it means for Travis Kelce’s future

Taylor has been dreaming of marriage since she released her first album entitled ‘Taylor Fast‘. The dreamy lyrics in ‘The Song of Mary‘ read: “We were sitting in our favorite place in town / And you looked at me and got down on one knee / Take me back to when we walked down the aisle / Our whole town came and our mamas cried / You said yes and so did I.”

Singing about how we dream of marriage as teenagers.FifteenTaylor realizes that marriage isn’t everything, writing, “Back then I swore I’d marry him someday / But I’ve achieved some of my bigger dreams.”

Taylor’s Shakespeare-inspired song, ‘Love story‘ is perhaps her most fairytale-like take on a marriage, with the lyrics: “He knelt down and pulled out a ring / And said, ‘Marry me, Julia / You’ll never have to be alone / I love you and that’s all I really know / I talked to your daddy, pick out a white dress / It’s a love story, baby, just say yes.'”

At ‘Fearless‘ Safe Track ‘We were happyTaylor sings of thwarted plans to marry her childhood sweetheart and writes wistfully: “Nobody could remind us how we laughed in the dark / When we talked about your father’s farm / And you wanted to marry me / And we were happy.”

The whole ‘Speak NowThe title song is about someone who dreams of interrupting a wedding to tell their loved one not to get married – a different take on Taylor’s usually loving lyrics about marriage.

In the Vault Track’The stupidTaylor regrets not being the one her lover wants to marry and writes: “CaYou’ve got her on your arm and me in the wings. / I’ll get your longing looks, but she’ll get your ring.

‘TimelessIn “‘ Taylor tells the story of other couples’ lives, singing, “I was forced to marry another man / You would have been mine anyway / We would have been timeless.”

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Heartbreak Album’Red‘ does not see that 22-year-old Taylor dreams so much of marriage – at least not for herself. On ‘Starlight‘ She sings about Ethel Kennedy and writes: “We could get married / Have ten children and teach them to dream.”

Taylor was living her best single life when she released ‘1989‘, and this is reflected in the lack of lyrics referring to marriage; on their first purely pop album there is only one reference to marriage.

‘How to get the girl’ sees Taylor refer to marriage vows and sing: “I want you in good times and in bad.”

In contrast to ‘Call‘, Taylor’s next album, ‘Lover‘, was full of allusions to marriage.

The title song featured their now iconic rendition of wedding vows and is regularly used as a first dance song. “Ladies and gentlemen, would you please stand up? / I take this magnetic force of a man as my lover / My heart is borrowed and yours was blue / I vow to be overdramatic and faithful to my lover.”

‘Paper rings‘ Watch Taylor tell her partner she would “marry him with paper rings.”

Another album with minimal marriage references. The pandemic release mentions a wedding only once, in ‘The last great American dynasty‘, and Taylor wrote: “The wedding was charming, if a little awkward.”

‘Champagne problems‘ tells the story of doomed love, with several lines about a rejected marriage proposal. “Sometimes you just don’t know the answer until someone is on their knees and asks you,” Taylor writes, adding, “She would have made such a beautiful bride, it’s a pity she’s (expletive) out of her mind.”

Taylor seems to have rejected the idea of ​​marriage in ‘midnight,” and her 2022 album includes several scathing comments about being expected to walk down the aisle.

On the opening track of “midnight‘, ‘Lavender hazeTaylor complains that people expect her to get married, writing, “They just keep asking me if I’ll be their bride. They only see girls for one night or as a wife.”

‘Midnight rainIn “The 40 Fingers,” Taylor again rejects the idea of ​​marriage, singing, “He wanted comfort, I wanted that pain / He wanted a bride, I made a name for myself,” noting that she had no desire to be a bride.

At ‘High-resolution infidelitAnd she added: “A storm is coming, good husband, bad omen, I had to drag myself to the altar.”

Taylor’s opinion begins to change on her jaded heartbreak track:You lose me‘, in which she sings: “I wouldn’t marry myself either.”

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When Taylor released her latest album in April 2024, the star seemed obsessed with the idea of ​​marriage – or the pain she felt at not having walked down the aisle yet. Many songs alluded to how much she wanted to get married.

In the title song, Taylor expresses her desires by singing, “At dinner, you take my ring off my middle finger / And put it on the one where people put wedding rings / And this is the closest I’ve ever been to making my heart explode,” suggesting that she would be delighted at the idea of ​​marriage.

She indicated that she was waiting for a proposal, ‘Bye, London‘, Taylor writes, “You swore you loved me, but where were the clues? / I died on the altar waiting for the proof,” with her next mention of marriage in LOM to see the singer getting angry about the promise of a wedding. “You (swear word) – talked to me under the table / Talking rings and talking cradles.”

A more positive note: ‘Also High School‘, a song about Travis Kelce, Taylor references the game Marry, Kiss, Kill, in which the player chooses what he would do to three different people.

“Will you marry me, kiss me, or kill me? / It’s just a game, but really / I’m betting on all three things for both of us,” Taylor sings wittily, predicting a happy ending for herself and Travis.