{"id":1729,"date":"2020-08-24T17:11:55","date_gmt":"2020-08-24T17:11:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/taylorswiftswitzerland.ch\/?page_id=1729"},"modified":"2025-10-02T20:58:39","modified_gmt":"2025-10-02T19:58:39","slug":"innocent","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/taylorswiftswitzerland.ch\/index.php\/albums\/speak-now-album\/speak-now-songs\/innocent\/","title":{"rendered":"Innocent"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"1729\" class=\"elementor elementor-1729\" data-elementor-settings=\"{&quot;ha_cmc_init_switcher&quot;:&quot;no&quot;}\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-5131a13e elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no wpr-column-slider-no wpr-equal-height-no\" data-id=\"5131a13e\" 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class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-xl\">Innocent<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-30bdd63 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"30bdd63\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Promotional Single | Speak Now (2010) | Speak Now (Taylor's Version) [2023]<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-9740215 elementor-hidden-mobile\" data-id=\"9740215\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element 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data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-44ce5982 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"44ce5982\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\u201cInnocent\u201d is track eleven on Taylor\u2019s third studio album, <em><a href=\"https:\/\/taylorswiftswitzerland.ch\/index.php\/albums\/speak-now-album\/\">Speak Now <\/a><\/em>(2010). Written in response to Kanye West\u2019s interruption of her acceptance speech at the 2009 <em>MTV Video Music Awards<\/em>, the ballad is Taylor\u2019s confession to West, claiming that he was \u201cinnocent\u201d despite the public outrage after the controversy. The re-recording of the song, \u201cInnocent (Taylor\u2019s Version)\u201d, was released on July 7, 2023, on <em><a href=\"https:\/\/taylorswiftswitzerland.ch\/index.php\/re-recordings\/speak-now-taylors-version\/\">Speak Now (Taylor\u2019s Version)<\/a><\/em>.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7f2b3ae elementor-widget elementor-widget-table-of-contents\" data-id=\"7f2b3ae\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;headings_by_tags&quot;:[&quot;h3&quot;,&quot;h5&quot;],&quot;exclude_headings_by_selector&quot;:[],&quot;no_headings_message&quot;:&quot;No headings were found on this page.&quot;,&quot;marker_view&quot;:&quot;numbers&quot;,&quot;hierarchical_view&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;min_height&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;min_height_tablet&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;min_height_mobile&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]}}\" data-widget_type=\"table-of-contents.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-toc__header\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h5 class=\"elementor-toc__header-title\">\n\t\t\t\tTable of Contents\t\t\t<\/h5>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-toc__7f2b3ae\" class=\"elementor-toc__body\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-toc__spinner-container\">\n\t\t\t\t<i class=\"elementor-toc__spinner eicon-animation-spin eicon-loading\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-85161fb elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"85161fb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Background and Lyrical Theme<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e56ab06 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e56ab06\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tIt took Taylor six months to write \u201cInnocent\u201d. The song features sparse instrumentation to reflect the simplicity of innocence, while lyrically it speaks about someone who has lost their way in life but who is \u201cstill an innocent\u201d. It also conveys a message of forgiveness and redemption, describing how anyone can rise above and move past a difficult time in their life and become a better person \u2013 which Kanye sadly did not.\u00a0Taylor told <em>Billboard<\/em> she took her time to reflect on how she really felt before she wrote the song:\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8cccc26 elementor-blockquote--align-left elementor-blockquote--skin-border elementor-widget elementor-widget-blockquote\" data-id=\"8cccc26\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"blockquote.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<blockquote class=\"elementor-blockquote\">\n\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-blockquote__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\u00abThe song 'Innocent' is about something that really intensely affected me emotionally. It took a while to write that song. That was a huge, intense thing in my life that resonated for a long time. It was brought up to me in grocery stores, and everywhere I went, and in a lot of times in my life when I don't know how I feel about something, I say nothing. And that's what I did until I could come to the conclusion that I came to in order to write 'Innocent.' Even then, I didn't talk about it, and I still don't really.\u00bb\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-q-footer\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<cite class=\"elementor-blockquote__author\">Taylor Swift<\/cite>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/blockquote>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-981eab8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"981eab8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tIn the liner notes for <em>Speak Now<\/em>, Taylor explained that every song on the album is an \u201copen letter\u201d to someone in her life, \u201ctelling them what I meant to tell them in person.\u201d She also noted that one song in particular is addressed to \u201csomeone I forgive for what he said in front of the whole world,\u201d alluding to the <em>MTV Video Music Awards<\/em> incident. She said in an interview with <em>New York Magazine<\/em> that while she knew people \u201cexpected me to write a song about [West],\u201d she felt it was important to \u201cwrite a song <em>to<\/em> him.\u201d\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-12e5546 elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"12e5546\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"html.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-9609324988608069\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block; text-align:center;\"\r\n     data-ad-layout=\"in-article\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-9609324988608069\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"8575665800\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-72d493f elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"72d493f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Live Performances<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d272b87 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d272b87\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tTaylor premiered the song at the 2010 <em>MTV Video Music Awards<\/em> on September 12, a month prior to the release of <em>Speak Now<\/em>, as a means of putting the controversy behind her. She discussed her performance on her website:\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cfcda8c elementor-blockquote--align-left elementor-blockquote--skin-border elementor-widget elementor-widget-blockquote\" data-id=\"cfcda8c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"blockquote.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<blockquote class=\"elementor-blockquote\">\n\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-blockquote__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\u00abI was fortunate enough to get a chance to perform this song on the <i>VMA<\/i>s, and that's the first time that anyone ever heard it. Putting out an album called <i>Speak Now<\/i> where you're supposed to say what you feel when you know how you feel, I felt that performing that song on that particular award show was appropriate. I hope everybody likes this one.\u00bb\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-q-footer\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<cite class=\"elementor-blockquote__author\">Taylor Swift<\/cite>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/blockquote>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e065692 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e065692\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tTalking to <em>Access Hollywood<\/em> in 2010, she added: \u201cThe decision to perform \u2018Innocent\u2019 on the <em>VMAs<\/em> was very in line with what the album is about. The album is called <em>Speak Now<\/em>, it\u2019s about saying what you need to say at the moment you need to say it. And I had a bunch of options going into the <em>VMAs<\/em>: I could\u2019ve sung a different song, I could\u2019ve not gone, I could\u2019ve done a bunch of different things. But I felt like going to the <em>VMAs<\/em> and singing a song about how I had felt\u2026it seemed like the right call. If I\u2019m going to live my life in the way that I wrote that album.\u201d\n<br><br>\nTaylor didn\u2019t perform the song again for 13 years, until she chose it as the second surprise song for her show on November 24, 2023, in S\u00e3o Paulo (Brazil) on \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/taylorswiftswitzerland.ch\/index.php\/tours\/taylor-swift-the-eras-tour\/\">The Eras Tour<\/a>\u201d (2023-2024). She played it acoustically on piano.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-33b9838 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"33b9838\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Critical Reception<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f96308d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f96308d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\u201cInnocent\u201d garnered mixed reception from music critics. Allison Stewart of <em>The Washington Post<\/em> described \u201cInnocent\u201d as a \u201csmall masterpiece of passive-aggressiveness\u201d in her review of the album. Country-music journalist and <em>CMT<\/em> editorial director Chet Flippo said he was not at all surprised by the way Taylor handled herself at the show. \u201cEveryone was waiting to see how she would do it, and that\u2019s what she does: She writes songs based on what\u2019s going on in her life,\u201d Flippo said of the ballad. \u201cIt\u2019s not unique. Some of the best country music writers do that, but typically those songs are self-directed and not about someone else.\u201d\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6e4e49a elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"6e4e49a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"html.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-9609324988608069\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block; text-align:center;\"\r\n     data-ad-layout=\"in-article\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-9609324988608069\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"5291687957\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-49ace2a elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"49ace2a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Commercial Performance<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0c9fa07 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0c9fa07\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\u201cInnocent\u201d achieved moderate critical and commercial success, debuting at No. 53 and 27 on the <i>Canadian Hot 100 <\/i>and <i>Billboard Hot 100<\/i>\u00a0respectively, following the release of <i>Speak Now<\/i>.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3b62728 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3b62728\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Taylor's Version<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-036c3ed elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"036c3ed\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tThe re-recording of the song, \u201cInnocent (Taylor\u2019s Version)\u201d was released on July 7, 2023. In the prologue for <em>Speak Now (Taylor\u2019s Version)<\/em>, Taylor mentioned that the song still means a lot to her:\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-615679a elementor-blockquote--align-left elementor-blockquote--skin-border elementor-widget elementor-widget-blockquote\" data-id=\"615679a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"blockquote.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<blockquote class=\"elementor-blockquote\">\n\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-blockquote__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\u00abI went through my first worldwide scandal (the mic grab seen around the world). [...] [That is a] weird experience to have at any age, but even more surreal when you're 19. I had the nagging sense that in the most intense moments of my life, I had frozen. I had said nothing publicly. I still don't know if it was out of instinct, not wanting to seem impolite, or just overwhelming fear. But I made sure to say it all in these songs. [...] Some of these emotional revelations were surprising to people. Some expected anger and instead got compassion and empathy with 'Innocent'.\u00bb\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-q-footer\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<cite class=\"elementor-blockquote__author\">Taylor Swift<\/cite>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/blockquote>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e9d13b6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e9d13b6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tUpon the release of <em>Speak Now (Taylor\u2019s Version)<\/em>, \u201cInnocent (Taylor\u2019s Version)\u201d debuted and peaked at No. 63 on the <em>Billboard Hot 100<\/em> chart, the week ending July 13, 2023.\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-244eb13 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"244eb13\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5132504 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"5132504\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Lyrics<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-90d5977 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"90d5977\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>[Verse 1]<\/strong><br \/>Guess you really did it this time<br \/>Left yourself in your war path<br \/>Lost your balance on a tightrope<br \/>Lost your mind trying to get it back<\/p><p><strong>[Pre-Chorus 1]<\/strong><br \/>Wasn\u2019t it easier in your lunchbox days?<br \/>Always a bigger bed to crawl into<br \/>Wasn\u2019t it beautiful when you believed in everything?<br \/>And everybody believed in you<\/p><p><strong>[Chorus 1]<\/strong><br \/>It\u2019s alright, just wait and see, your string of lights are still bright to me<br \/>Oh, who you are is not where you\u2019ve been<br \/>You\u2019re still an innocent<br \/>Still an innocent<\/p><p><strong>[Verse 2]<\/strong><br \/>Did some things you can\u2019t speak of<br \/>But at night you live it all again<br \/>You wouldn\u2019t be shattered on the floor now<br \/>If only you had seen what you know now then<\/p><p><strong>[Pre-Chorus 2]<\/strong><br \/>Wasn\u2019t it easier in your firefly catching days?<br \/>When everything out of reach someone bigger brought down to you<br \/>Wasn\u2019t it beautiful running wild till you fell asleep?<br \/>Before the monsters caught up to you<\/p><p><strong>[Chorus 2]<\/strong><br \/>It\u2019s alright just wait and see, your string of lights are still bright to me<br \/>Oh, who you are is not where you\u2019ve been<br \/>You\u2019re still an innocent<br \/>It\u2019s okay, life is a tough crowd<br \/>32 and still growing up now<br \/>Who you are is not what you did<br \/>You\u2019re still an innocent<\/p><p><strong>[Bridge]<\/strong><br \/>Time turns flames to embers<br \/>You\u2019ll have new Septembers<br \/>Every one of us has messed up too<br \/>Minds change like the weather<br \/>I hope you remember<br \/>Today is never too late to<br \/>Be brand new<\/p><p><strong>[Chorus 2]<\/strong><br \/>It\u2019s alright just wait and see, your string of lights are still bright to me<br \/>Oh, who you are is not where you\u2019ve been<br \/>You\u2019re still an innocent<br \/>It\u2019s okay, life is a tough crowd<br \/>32 and still growing up now<br \/>Who you are is not what you did<br \/>You\u2019re still an innocent<br \/>You\u2019re still an innocent<\/p><p><strong>[Outro]<\/strong><br \/>Lost your balance on the tight rope<br \/>It\u2019s never too late to get it back<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5f7bb65 elementor-share-buttons--view-icon elementor-share-buttons--skin-framed elementor-share-buttons--color-custom elementor-share-buttons--shape-square elementor-grid-0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-share-buttons\" data-id=\"5f7bb65\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"share-buttons.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-grid\" role=\"list\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-grid-item\" 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href=\"https:\/\/taylorswiftswitzerland.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/speak-now.jpg\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"Speak Now by Taylor Swift (Big Machine Records, 2010)\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MzI0LCJ1cmwiOiJodHRwczpcL1wvdGF5bG9yc3dpZnRzd2l0emVybGFuZC5jaFwvd3AtY29udGVudFwvdXBsb2Fkc1wvMjAyMFwvMDhcL3NwZWFrLW5vdy5qcGcifQ%3D%3D\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/taylorswiftswitzerland.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/speak-now-1024x1024.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-324\" alt=\"Speak Now by Taylor Swift (Big Machine Records, 2010)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/taylorswiftswitzerland.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/speak-now-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/taylorswiftswitzerland.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/speak-now-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/taylorswiftswitzerland.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/speak-now-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/taylorswiftswitzerland.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/speak-now-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/taylorswiftswitzerland.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/speak-now.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-40a5535 elementor-widget-divider--view-line_text elementor-widget-divider--element-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"40a5535\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider__text elementor-divider__element\">\n\t\t\t\tGeneral Information\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fed76dc elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"fed76dc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<table><tbody><tr><th>Artist<\/th><td><a href=\"https:\/\/taylorswiftswitzerland.ch\/index.php\/biography\/\">Taylor Swift<\/a><\/td><\/tr><tr><th>Albums<\/th><td><a href=\"https:\/\/taylorswiftswitzerland.ch\/index.php\/albums\/speak-now-album\/\">Speak Now<\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/taylorswiftswitzerland.ch\/index.php\/re-recordings\/speak-now-taylors-version\/\">Speak Now (Taylor\u2019s Version)<\/a><\/td><\/tr><tr><th>Released<\/th><td>September 12, 2010<\/td><\/tr><tr><th>Re-Released<\/th><td>July 7, 2023<\/td><\/tr><tr><th>Written<\/th><td>2009\u20132010<\/td><\/tr><tr><th>Genre<\/th><td>Country Rock<\/td><\/tr><tr><th>Length<\/th><td>5:01<\/td><\/tr><tr><th>Labels<\/th><td><a href=\"https:\/\/taylorswiftswitzerland.ch\/index.php\/wiki\/big-machine-records\/\">Big Machine Records<\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/taylorswiftswitzerland.ch\/index.php\/wiki\/republic-records\/\">Republic Records<\/a><\/td><\/tr><tr><th>Songwriter<\/th><td>Taylor Swift<\/td><\/tr><tr><th>Producers<\/th><td>Nathan Chapman (original)<br \/>Christopher Rowe<br \/>Taylor Swift<\/td><\/tr><tr><th class=\"infobox-header description\" style=\"text-align: center;\" colspan=\"2\"><h6>SPEAK NOW CHRONOLOGY<\/h6><\/th><\/tr><tr><td class=\"infobox-full-data\" colspan=\"2\"><table><tbody><tr><td style=\"text-align: center;\" width=\"33%\"><a href=\"https:\/\/taylorswiftswitzerland.ch\/index.php\/albums\/speak-now-album\/speak-now-songs\/better-than-revenge\/\">Better Than Revenge<\/a><\/td><td style=\"text-align: center;\" width=\"33%\"><strong>Innocent<\/strong><\/td><td style=\"text-align: center;\" width=\"33%\"><a href=\"https:\/\/taylorswiftswitzerland.ch\/index.php\/albums\/speak-now-album\/speak-now-songs\/haunted\/\">Haunted<\/a><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e14598e elementor-widget-divider--view-line_text elementor-widget-divider--element-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"e14598e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider__text elementor-divider__element\">\n\t\t\t\tSong Certification\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-49ee87b elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"49ee87b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" src=\"https:\/\/taylorswiftswitzerland.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/gold.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-6507\" alt=\"&quot;Gold&quot; certification by the Recording Industry Association of America. Signifying 500,000 units sold in the United States of America.\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-398fbe0 elementor-widget-divider--view-line_text elementor-widget-divider--element-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"398fbe0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider__text elementor-divider__element\">\n\t\t\t\tHidden Message\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a8d0ecd elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a8d0ecd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tLife is full of little interruptions\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-942a0c6 elementor-widget-divider--view-line_text elementor-widget-divider--element-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"942a0c6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider__text elementor-divider__element\">\n\t\t\t\tSong Artwork\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2b9f167 elementor-arrows-position-inside elementor-pagination-position-outside elementor-widget 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data-settings=\"{&quot;youtube_url&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.youtube.com\\\/watch?v=vO6JqQpJboY&ab_channel=TaylorSwiftVEVO&quot;,&quot;video_type&quot;:&quot;youtube&quot;,&quot;controls&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"video.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-wrapper elementor-open-inline\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-video\"><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-33f2281 elementor-widget-divider--view-line_text elementor-widget-divider--element-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"33f2281\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider__text elementor-divider__element\">\n\t\t\t\tTaylor's Version\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5d07ee1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-video\" data-id=\"5d07ee1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;youtube_url&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.youtube.com\\\/watch?v=A2wlx7ZkkkQ&ab_channel=TaylorSwift-Topic&quot;,&quot;video_type&quot;:&quot;youtube&quot;,&quot;controls&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"video.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-wrapper elementor-open-inline\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-video\"><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c57ac16 elementor-widget-divider--view-line_text elementor-widget-divider--element-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"c57ac16\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider__text elementor-divider__element\">\n\t\t\t\tOriginal Audio\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-954a4b3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-video\" data-id=\"954a4b3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;youtube_url&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.youtube.com\\\/watch?v=mVQH7_TfjWA&list=OLAK5uy_kpg7xzIZ2y7-eZed6kuLgU_9izk9z74JU&index=11&ab_channel=TaylorSwift-Topic&quot;,&quot;video_type&quot;:&quot;youtube&quot;,&quot;controls&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"video.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-wrapper elementor-open-inline\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-video\"><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Innocent Promotional Single | Speak Now (2010) | Speak Now (Taylor\u2019s Version) [2023] \u201cInnocent\u201d is track eleven on Taylor\u2019s third studio album, Speak Now (2010). Written in response to Kanye West\u2019s interruption of her acceptance speech at the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards, the ballad is Taylor\u2019s confession to West, claiming that he was \u201cinnocent\u201d despite the public outrage after the controversy. The re-recording of the song, \u201cInnocent (Taylor\u2019s Version)\u201d, was released on July 7, 2023, on Speak Now (Taylor\u2019s Version). Table of Contents Background and Lyrical Theme It took Taylor six months to write \u201cInnocent\u201d. The song features sparse instrumentation to reflect the simplicity of innocence, while lyrically it speaks about someone who has lost their way in life but who is \u201cstill an innocent\u201d. It also conveys a message of forgiveness and redemption, describing how anyone can rise above and move past a difficult time in their life and become a better person \u2013 which Kanye sadly did not.\u00a0Taylor told Billboard she took her time to reflect on how she really felt before she wrote the song: \u00abThe song \u2018Innocent\u2019 is about something that really intensely affected me emotionally. It took a while to write that song. That was a huge, intense thing in my life that resonated for a long time. It was brought up to me in grocery stores, and everywhere I went, and in a lot of times in my life when I don\u2019t know how I feel about something, I say nothing. And that\u2019s what I did until I could come to the conclusion that I came to in order to write \u2018Innocent.\u2019 Even then, I didn\u2019t talk about it, and I still don\u2019t really.\u00bb Taylor Swift In the liner notes for Speak Now, Taylor explained that every song on the album is an \u201copen letter\u201d to someone in her life, \u201ctelling them what I meant to tell them in person.\u201d She also noted that one song in particular is addressed to \u201csomeone I forgive for what he said in front of the whole world,\u201d alluding to the MTV Video Music Awards incident. She said in an interview with New York Magazine that while she knew people \u201cexpected me to write a song about [West],\u201d she felt it was important to \u201cwrite a song to him.\u201d Live Performances Taylor premiered the song at the 2010 MTV Video Music Awards on September 12, a month prior to the release of Speak Now, as a means of putting the controversy behind her. She discussed her performance on her website: \u00abI was fortunate enough to get a chance to perform this song on the VMAs, and that\u2019s the first time that anyone ever heard it. Putting out an album called Speak Now where you\u2019re supposed to say what you feel when you know how you feel, I felt that performing that song on that particular award show was appropriate. I hope everybody likes this one.\u00bb Taylor Swift Talking to Access Hollywood in 2010, she added: \u201cThe decision to perform \u2018Innocent\u2019 on the VMAs was very in line with what the album is about. The album is called Speak Now, it\u2019s about saying what you need to say at the moment you need to say it. And I had a bunch of options going into the VMAs: I could\u2019ve sung a different song, I could\u2019ve not gone, I could\u2019ve done a bunch of different things. But I felt like going to the VMAs and singing a song about how I had felt\u2026it seemed like the right call. If I\u2019m going to live my life in the way that I wrote that album.\u201d Taylor didn\u2019t perform the song again for 13 years, until she chose it as the second surprise song for her show on November 24, 2023, in S\u00e3o Paulo (Brazil) on \u201cThe Eras Tour\u201d (2023-2024). She played it acoustically on piano. Critical Reception \u201cInnocent\u201d garnered mixed reception from music critics. Allison Stewart of The Washington Post described \u201cInnocent\u201d as a \u201csmall masterpiece of passive-aggressiveness\u201d in her review of the album. Country-music journalist and CMT editorial director Chet Flippo said he was not at all surprised by the way Taylor handled herself at the show. \u201cEveryone was waiting to see how she would do it, and that\u2019s what she does: She writes songs based on what\u2019s going on in her life,\u201d Flippo said of the ballad. \u201cIt\u2019s not unique. Some of the best country music writers do that, but typically those songs are self-directed and not about someone else.\u201d Commercial Performance \u201cInnocent\u201d achieved moderate critical and commercial success, debuting at No. 53 and 27 on the Canadian Hot 100 and Billboard Hot 100\u00a0respectively, following the release of Speak Now. Taylor\u2019s Version The re-recording of the song, \u201cInnocent (Taylor\u2019s Version)\u201d was released on July 7, 2023. In the prologue for Speak Now (Taylor\u2019s Version), Taylor mentioned that the song still means a lot to her: \u00abI went through my first worldwide scandal (the mic grab seen around the world). [\u2026] [That is a] weird experience to have at any age, but even more surreal when you\u2019re 19. I had the nagging sense that in the most intense moments of my life, I had frozen. I had said nothing publicly. I still don\u2019t know if it was out of instinct, not wanting to seem impolite, or just overwhelming fear. But I made sure to say it all in these songs. [\u2026] Some of these emotional revelations were surprising to people. Some expected anger and instead got compassion and empathy with \u2018Innocent\u2019.\u00bb Taylor Swift Upon the release of Speak Now (Taylor\u2019s Version), \u201cInnocent (Taylor\u2019s Version)\u201d debuted and peaked at No. 63 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, the week ending July 13, 2023. 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