
The mythology ( folklore, anyone? ) behind the shift is that Swift’s label president at the time, Big Machine Records CEO Scott Borchetta, told her to move on from whimsy and fairytale iconography - she was entering her 20s and this LP warranted a more mature title. Adolescence to adulthoodīefore “Speak Now” became “Speak Now,” the working title was “Enchanted,” named after the power ballad of the same name. In preparation for “Speak Now (Taylor’s Version)”, The Associated Press reached out to Taylor Swift scholars to discuss all the ways listeners can and should think about the release. The “Taylor’s Version” albums, instigated by music manager Scooter Braun’s sale of her early catalogue, represent Swift’s effort to control her own songs and how they’re used - a fitting ethos for “Speak Now”, a record built exclusively of her own voice. “Speak Now (Taylor’s Version)”, released on Friday, is the third release of the six albums Swift plans to re-record. The album served as a close document of her nascent fame and future career ambitions, and now, 13 years on, it’s back. Swift proved her detractors wrong on “Speak Now”, an album that arrived just before her pivot from country’s youngest hope to pop’s freshest voice. Her 2006 self-titled debut and 2008′s “Fearless” had inspired both acclaim and criticism for her bold bridges and keen lyricism - these are masterful country-pop songs, critics argued, but surely a teen idol wasn’t responsible for them. In 2010, newly anointed as a Grammy winner, Taylor Swift released “Speak Now”, her third studio album and her first without a single songwriting collaboration. like when everyone says they wanted to be love but when someone tells them they love them, they freak out and leave the people who told them they love them.Taylor Swift performs onstage in Texas. On a sidenote: I think this song says a lot about people who are having a hard time what to feel or how act when something they thought they wanted is right in front of them. **** I think this part is knowing and being sad about the fact that the relationship could possibly end (since she's having a hard time making arrangements to herself) but also knowing that the only person who could make you happy is the person who's about to break your heart. **** i think it's about waiting for someone to make a decision whether they'll stay or go.

When you're young enough to repay (old enough to stay in a committed, give-and-take relationship) but also young enough sell (young enough to sell out your relationship by taking the easy way out and breaking it off)

Asking someone or yourself why is it hard to make arrangements with yourself
