Most Romantic Lyrics From Taylor Swift’s ‘Reputation’

Perhaps Taylor’s most controversial album yet, Reputation — at face value — is an album about drama, and gossip, fame. And it is about all those things, but it contains some of Taylor’s most heartfelt love songs to date.

Despite having its fair share of negative reviews, Reputation also has its standout moments, with tracks such as ‘Delicate’ and ‘Getaway Car’ being considered some of Swift’s best.

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Although the marketing for this album, as well as the singles, suggested that it would be about drama and revenge, the deep cuts proved to be some of Taylor’s most romantic.

Here are my picks for the top 15 most romantic lyrics on Reputation:

1. “And I can’t let you go / Your hand-print's on my soul / It’s like your eyes are liquor / It’s like your body is gold”
2. “We can’t make / Any promises now, can we, babe? / But you can pour me a drink”
3. “You should take it as a compliment / That I got drunk and made fun of the way you talk”
4. “And all at once, you are the one I have been waiting for / King of my heart, body and soul”
5. “Late in the night, the city’s asleep / Your love is a secret I’m hoping, dreaming, dying to keep”
6. “My, my love had been frozen / Deep blue, but you painted me golden / Oh, and you held me close / Oh, how was I to know?”
7. “I’d kiss you as the lights went out / Swaying as the room burned down / I’d hold you as the water rushes in / If I could dance with you again”
8. “Even in my worst times, you could see the best in me / Flashback to my mistakes / My rebounds, my earthquakes / Even in my worst lies, you saw the truth in me”
9. “And I woke up just in time / Now I wake up by your side / My one and only, my lifeline”
10. “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”
11. “I recall late November / Holding my breath, slowly, I said / You don’t need to save me / But would you run away with me? (Yes)”
12. “And I know I make the same mistakes every time / Bridges burn, I never learn / At least I did one thing right / I did one thing right / I’m laughing with my lover, makin’ forts under cover”
13. “There’s glitter on the floor after the party / Girls carrying their shoes down in the lobby / Candlewax and polaroids on the hardwood floor / You and me forevermore”
14. “You squeeze my hand three times in the back of the taxi / I can tell this is gonna be the long road / I’ll be there if you’re the toast of the town, babe / Or if you strike out and you’re crawling home”
15. “Hold on to the memories, they will hold on to you / And I will hold on to you / Please don’t ever become a stranger / Whose laugh I could recognise anywhere”