{"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&#8220;Innocent&#8221; is track eleven on Taylor&#8217;s 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&#8217;s interruption of her acceptance speech at the 2009 <em>MTV Video Music Awards<\/em>, the ballad is Taylor&#8217;s confession to West, claiming that he was &#8220;innocent&#8221; despite the public outrage after the controversy. The re-recording of the song, &#8220;Innocent (Taylor\u2019s Version)&#8221;, 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 &#8220;Innocent&#8221;. 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 &#8220;still an innocent&#8221;. 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 &#8220;open letter&#8221; to someone in her life, &#8220;telling them what I meant to tell them in person.&#8221; She also noted that one song in particular is addressed to &#8220;someone I forgive for what he said in front of the whole world,&#8221; 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 &#8220;expected me to write a song about [West],&#8221; she felt it was important to &#8220;write a song <em>to<\/em> him.&#8221;\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: &#8220;The decision to perform &#8216;Innocent&#8217; on the <em>VMAs<\/em> was very in line with what the album is about. The album is called <em>Speak Now<\/em>, it&#8217;s 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&#8217;ve sung a different song, I could&#8217;ve not gone, I could&#8217;ve 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&#8230;it seemed like the right call. If I&#8217;m going to live my life in the way that I wrote that album.&#8221;\n<br><br>\nTaylor didn&#8217;t 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 &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/taylorswiftswitzerland.ch\/index.php\/tours\/taylor-swift-the-eras-tour\/\">The Eras Tour<\/a>&#8221; (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&#8220;Innocent&#8221; garnered mixed reception from music critics. Allison Stewart of <em>The Washington Post<\/em> described &#8220;Innocent&#8221; as a &#8220;small masterpiece of passive-aggressiveness&#8221; 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. &#8220;Everyone 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,&#8221; Flippo said of the ballad. &#8220;It&#8217;s not unique. Some of the best country music writers do that, but typically those songs are self-directed and not about someone else.&#8221;\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&#8220;Innocent&#8221; 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&#8217;s 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&#8217;t it easier in your lunchbox days?<br \/>Always a bigger bed to crawl into<br \/>Wasn&#8217;t it beautiful when you believed in everything?<br \/>And everybody believed in you<\/p><p><strong>[Chorus 1]<\/strong><br \/>It&#8217;s alright, just wait and see, your string of lights are still bright to me<br \/>Oh, who you are is not where you&#8217;ve been<br \/>You&#8217;re still an innocent<br \/>Still an innocent<\/p><p><strong>[Verse 2]<\/strong><br \/>Did some things you can&#8217;t speak of<br \/>But at night you live it all again<br \/>You wouldn&#8217;t 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&#8217;t it easier in your firefly catching days?<br \/>When everything out of reach someone bigger brought down to you<br \/>Wasn&#8217;t it beautiful running wild till you fell asleep?<br \/>Before the monsters caught up to you<\/p><p><strong>[Chorus 2]<\/strong><br \/>It&#8217;s alright just wait and see, your string of lights are still bright to me<br \/>Oh, who you are is not where you&#8217;ve been<br \/>You&#8217;re still an innocent<br \/>It&#8217;s okay, life is a tough crowd<br \/>32 and still growing up now<br \/>Who you are is not what you did<br \/>You&#8217;re still an innocent<\/p><p><strong>[Bridge]<\/strong><br \/>Time turns flames to embers<br \/>You&#8217;ll 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&#8217;s alright just wait and see, your string of lights are still bright to me<br \/>Oh, who you are is not where you&#8217;ve been<br \/>You&#8217;re still an innocent<br \/>It&#8217;s okay, life is a tough crowd<br \/>32 and still growing up now<br \/>Who you are is not what you did<br \/>You&#8217;re still an innocent<br \/>You&#8217;re still an innocent<\/p><p><strong>[Outro]<\/strong><br \/>Lost your balance on the tight rope<br \/>It&#8217;s 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 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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&#8217;s 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&amp;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&amp;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&amp;list=OLAK5uy_kpg7xzIZ2y7-eZed6kuLgU_9izk9z74JU&amp;index=11&amp;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&#8217;s Version) [2023] &#8220;Innocent&#8221; is track eleven on Taylor&#8217;s third studio album, Speak Now (2010). Written in response to Kanye West&#8217;s interruption of her acceptance speech at the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards, the ballad is Taylor&#8217;s confession to West, claiming that he was &#8220;innocent&#8221; despite the public outrage after the controversy. The re-recording of the song, &#8220;Innocent (Taylor\u2019s Version)&#8221;, 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 &#8220;Innocent&#8221;. 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 &#8220;still an innocent&#8221;. 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 &#8216;Innocent&#8217; 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&#8217;t know how I feel about something, I say nothing. And that&#8217;s what I did until I could come to the conclusion that I came to in order to write &#8216;Innocent.&#8217; Even then, I didn&#8217;t talk about it, and I still don&#8217;t really.\u00bb Taylor Swift In the liner notes for Speak Now, Taylor explained that every song on the album is an &#8220;open letter&#8221; to someone in her life, &#8220;telling them what I meant to tell them in person.&#8221; She also noted that one song in particular is addressed to &#8220;someone I forgive for what he said in front of the whole world,&#8221; alluding to the MTV Video Music Awards incident. She said in an interview with New York Magazine that while she knew people &#8220;expected me to write a song about [West],&#8221; she felt it was important to &#8220;write a song to him.&#8221; 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&#8217;s the first time that anyone ever heard it. Putting out an album called Speak Now where you&#8217;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 Taylor Swift Talking to Access Hollywood in 2010, she added: &#8220;The decision to perform &#8216;Innocent&#8217; on the VMAs was very in line with what the album is about. The album is called Speak Now, it&#8217;s 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&#8217;ve sung a different song, I could&#8217;ve not gone, I could&#8217;ve done a bunch of different things. But I felt like going to the VMAs and singing a song about how I had felt&#8230;it seemed like the right call. If I&#8217;m going to live my life in the way that I wrote that album.&#8221; Taylor didn&#8217;t 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 &#8220;The Eras Tour&#8221; (2023-2024). She played it acoustically on piano. Critical Reception &#8220;Innocent&#8221; garnered mixed reception from music critics. Allison Stewart of The Washington Post described &#8220;Innocent&#8221; as a &#8220;small masterpiece of passive-aggressiveness&#8221; 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. &#8220;Everyone 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,&#8221; Flippo said of the ballad. &#8220;It&#8217;s not unique. Some of the best country music writers do that, but typically those songs are self-directed and not about someone else.&#8221; Commercial Performance &#8220;Innocent&#8221; 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&#8217;s 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). [&#8230;] [That is a] weird experience to have at any age, but even more surreal when you&#8217;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&#8217;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. [&#8230;] Some of these emotional revelations were surprising to people. Some expected anger and instead got compassion and empathy with &#8216;Innocent&#8217;.\u00bb Taylor Swift Upon the release of Speak Now (Taylor\u2019s Version), \u201cInnocent (Taylor&#8217;s Version)\u201d debuted and peaked at No. 63 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, the week ending July 13, 2023. 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