Dress
reputation (2017)
Background
In 2016, when Taylor was at the peak of overexposure, some of her rivals in the industry (including Scooter Braun, Kanye West and Justin Bieber) succeded in launching a worldwide hate campaign against her. As a result, Taylor disappeared from public view for an entire year and thought about quitting music for good. She became increasingly reticent on social media, having previously maintained an active presence with a large following, and avoided interactions with the press. She conceived her sixth studio album, reputation, as an answer to the media commotion surrounding her celebrity.
Lyrical Theme
«This song was one of those things where almost every line is something that I came up with like a year before, and then when I was writing the song, I just cherry picked, and I was like, ‘Like that, like that, like that, like that.’ And I was really proud of the hook of this because it sounds like a pickup line, and yet it is a love song about deep and tender feelings.»
Lyrics
[Verse 1]
Our secret moments in a crowded room
They got no idea about me and you
There is an indentation in the shape of you
Made your mark on me, a golden tattoo
[Pre-chorus]
All of this silence and patience, pining and anticipation
My hands are shaking from holding back from you (Ah, ah, ah)
All of this silence and patience, pining and desperately waiting
My hands are shaking from all this (Ah, ha, ha, ha)
[Chorus]
Say my name and everything just stops
I don’t want you like a best friend
Only bought this dress so you could take it off, take it off (Aa, ha, ha)
Carve your name into my bedpost
Cause I don’t want you like a best friend
Only bought this dress so you could take it off, take it off (Aa, ha, ha)
[Verse 2]
Inescapable, I’m not even going to try
And if I get burned, at least we were electrified
I’m spilling wine in the bathtub
You kiss my face and we’re both drunk
Everyone thinks that they know us
But they know nothing about
[Pre-chorus]
All of this silence and patience, pining and anticipation
My hands are shaking from holding back from you (Ah, ah, ah)
All of this silence and patience, pining and desperately waiting
My hands are shaking from all this (Ah, ha, ha, ha)
[Chorus]
Say my name and everything just stops
I don’t want you like a best friend
Only bought this dress so you could take it off, take it off (Aa, ha, ha)
Carve your name into my bedpost
Cause I don’t want you like a best friend
Only bought this dress so you could take it off, take it off (Aa, ha, ha)
Only bought this dress so you could take it off (Aa, ha, ha)
Only bought this dress so you could take it off (Aa, ha, ha)
[Bridge]
Flashback when you met me, your buzz cut and my hair bleached
Even in my worst times, you could see the best of me
Flashback to my mistakes, my rebounds, my earthquakes
Even in my worst lies, you saw the truth in me
And I woke up just in time
Now I wake up by your side
My one and only, my lifeline
I woke up just in time, now I wake up by your side
My hands shake, I can’t explain this (Aa, ha, ha, ha)
[Chorus]
Say my name and everything just stops
I don’t want you like a best friend
Only bought this dress so you could take it off, take it off (Aa, ha, ha)
Carve your name into my bedpost
Cause I don’t want you like a best friend
Only bought this dress so you could take it off, take it off (Aa, ha, ha)
[Outro]
There is an indentation in the shape of you (Only bought this dress so you could take it off)
You made your mark on me, a golden tattoo
Only bought this dress so you could take it off
Album | reputation | |||
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Released | November 10, 2017 | |||
Recorded | 2016–2017 | |||
Studio | Rough Customer (Brooklyn) | |||
Genre | Synth Pop | |||
Length | 3:27 | |||
Label | Big Machine Records | |||
Songwriters | Taylor Swift Jack Antonoff | |||
Producer | Jack Antonoff | |||
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