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My Cure

Unreleased | 2005

“My Cure” is one of Taylor’s many unreleased songs. She wrote it alone. Lyrically, it is about being so in love with someone that you would do anything to keep them in your life.
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Background and Lyrical Theme

Taylor most likely wrote “My Cure” in 2005 about her first boyfriend, Drew Dunlap (no, that’s not the Drew from “Teardrops On My Guitar.” In that song, she sings about Drew Hardwick, whom she only had a crush on).

There are two versions of “My Cure,” an acoustic and a studio recording. They each have different lyrics. A collector of Taylor’s unreleased music writes: “She is more confident and less desperate sounding in the studio than in the acoustic. I have both; they’re both in circulation.”

Production

According to the same insider, at one part the guitar in the studio version of “My Cure” sounds like a chord progression Taylor later used for her song “Long Live” from her third studio album, Speak Now (2010). This is just one of many examples of how she likes to re-use ideas from her unreleased music and later integrates them in songs that get released. She has also done this multiple times with lyrics (one example: “You All Over Me” and “Clean.”)

Lyrics

[Verse 1]
I know we’ve got a lot to say
Between now and forever
But I’d be a game if you would play
And my dear you get better
All throughout the day
You smile and walk away
All I can think to do
Is follow you

[Chorus]
And if you ever leave I’ll be crawling back for more
And if you ever need love I’ll be standing at your door
I’ll be sick inside, if baby you would be my cure

[Verse 2]
Wherever you think I am tonight
Just know we’re miles from a heartbreak
Because in the blink of a pretty brown eye
I’ll be right where you are baby
Sometime along the way
You take my breath away
Distracted by he view
I fall right into you

[Chorus]
And if you ever leave I’ll be crawling back for more
And if you ever need love I’ll be standing at your door
I’ll be sick inside, if baby you would be my cure

[Bridge]
They say I need to see
All the people out there waiting
But you take one look at me
And I know the mistake I’d be making

[Final Chorus]
Because if you ever leave I’ll be crawling back for more
And if you ever need my love I’m standing at your door
I’ll be sick inside, if baby you be my cure

[Outro]
I know we’ve got a lot to say
Between now and forever

Unreleased by Taylor Swift (Taylor Swift Switzerland)
General Information
ArtistTaylor Swift
StatusUnreleased
Leaked2011
Written2005
GenreCountry
Length3:30
SongwriterTaylor Swift
Studio Demo Recording

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