I'm Only Me When I'm With You
Bonus Track | Taylor Swift (2006)
Background and Release
Lyrical Theme
Music Video
«The 'I'm Only Me When I'm With You' was something I edited on my laptop. And it was just footage I had from being on the road, when I was like 16 or 17. We were all travelling on one bus. Like the whole band, me, my mom. It was a huge moment when we upgraded to two buses, and we had a girl's bus and a guy's bus. For a long time, it was just like, people cram together on this bus. It was hilarious, and fun, and a lot of those moments are captured in this video, which was just stuff that I had filmed on my camera. So, it's funny to go back and look at it. I never feel like I wasn't allowed to be a teenager just because I was in this business. Like, I definitely still got to have that.»
Live Performances
Taylor most recently performed “I’m Only Me When I’m With You” on October 26, 2018, as an acoustic surprise song during her “reputation Stadium Tour” concert in Melbourne, Australia. When introducing the song, she said:
«So the song that I have decided to play tonight is one that you guys were requesting online. And I have not played this in forever. There are a lot of people in this room who were not born when this song came out. So, for anyone who does know it, you're gonna have to scream even louder, okay? I wrote this song when I was 13 years old. And it was a bonus track on my first album.»
Lyrics
[Verse 1]
Friday night beneath the stars
In a field behind your yard
You and I are painting pictures in the sky
And sometimes we don’t say a thing
Just listen to the crickets sing
Everything I need is right here by my side
And I know everything about you
I don’t wanna live without you
[Chorus]
I’m only up when you’re not down
Don’t wanna fly if you’re still on the ground
It’s like no matter what I do
Well you drive me crazy half the time
The other half I’m only trying to let you know
That what I feel is true
And I’m only me when I’m with you
[Verse 2]
Just a small town boy and girl
Living in a crazy world
Trying to figure out what is and isn’t true
And I don’t try to hide my tears
The secrets or my deepest fears
Through it all nobody gets me like you do
And you know everything about me
You say that you can’t live without me
[Chorus]
I’m only up when you’re not down
Don’t wanna fly if you’re still on the ground
It’s like no matter what I do
Well you drive me crazy half the time
The other half I’m only trying to let you know
That what I feel is true
And I’m only me when I’m with you
[Bridge]
When I’m with anybody else it’s so hard to be myself
And only you can tell
[Chorus]
That I’m only up when you’re not down
Don’t wanna fly if you’re still on the ground
It’s like no matter what I do
Well you drive me crazy half the time
The other half I’m only trying to let you know
That what I feel is true
[Outro]
And I’m only me, who I wanna be
Well, I’m only me when I’m with you
With you (Uh huh)
Yeah
| Album | Taylor Swift | |||
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| Released | October 24, 2006 | |||
| Written | January 21, 2004 | |||
| Genre | Country | |||
| Length | 3:33 | |||
| Label | Big Machine Records | |||
| Songwriters | Taylor Swift Robert Ellis Orrall Angelo Petraglia | |||
| Producer | Nathan Chapman | |||
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