There’s nothing like finding new love after experiencing devastating heartbreak. Just ask Taylor Swift. The Grammy award-winning singer opened up about the anxiety that comes with discovering newfound love after a breakup on “Labyrinth” a song on her new project, Midnights’. The tenth track on Taylor’s tenth studio album, “Labyrinth,” takes a trip through the singer’s past relationships unveiling the apprehension and skepticism she feels about finding love. It doesn’t end there. She finds optimism through a new love.
You may be familiar with the lyrics from “Labyrinth.” Taylor quoted the song’s lyric, “Breathe in, breathe through, breathe deep, breathe out,” in her now-infamous NYU graduation speech. Below, check out what the lyrics to Taylor Swift’s “Labyrinth” mean.
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[Verse 1]”It only hurts this much right now”Was what I was thinkin’ the whole timeBreathe in, breathe through, breathe deep, breathe outI’ll be gettin’ over you my whole life
Taylor opens “Labyrinth” reflecting on a past heartbreak and feeling like she’d spend her whole life getting over it.
[Pre-Chorus]You know how scared I am of elevators Never trust it if it rises fastIt can’t last
The Grammy winner revealed her fear of elevators and used it to describe the fear of falling in love too quickly.
[Chorus]Uh-oh, I’m fallin’ in loveOh no, I’m fallin’ in love againOh, I’m fallin’ in loveI thought the plane was goin’ downHow’d you turn it right around?
The chorus details Taylor’s fear of falling in love after experiencing heartbreak and a new boo unexpectedly swooping in and changing her perspective.
[Verse 2]It only feels this raw right nowLost in the labyrinth of my mindBreak up, break free, break through, break downYou would break your back to make me break a smile
Taylor flashes back to the immediate feelings are ending things with a former lover and uses a new lover as proof that there’s someone willing to go above and behind to make her happy.
[Pre-Chorus]You know how much I hateThat everybody just expects me to bounce backJust like that
She uses the pre-chorus to open up about the advice that people give her after heartbreak and reveals just how much she doesn’t like it.
[Chorus]Uh-oh, I’m fallin’ in loveOh no, I’m fallin’ in love againOh, I’m fallin’ in loveI thought the plane was goin’ downHow’d you turn it right around?Uh-oh, I’m fallin’ in loveOh no, I’m fallin’ in love againOh, I’m fallin’ in loveI thought the plane was goin’ downHow’d you turn it right around?Uh-oh, I’m fallin’ in loveOh no, I’m fallin’ in love againOh, I’m fallin’ in loveI thought the plane was goin’ downHow’d you turn it right around?Uh-oh, I’m fallin’ in loveOh no, I’m fallin’ in love againOh, I’m fallin’ in loveI thought the plane was goin’ downHow’d you turn it right around?
