Love Story

Today's blog post will be about the third track on Taylor Swift's Fearless album. Love Story is a song that really blew Taylor up in the UK and this is the song that a lot of my friends fell in love with. I'd been a fan of Taylor beforehand but Love Story is what made me love Taylor even more as a song-writer and singer.

I have no personal times in my life that I can connect this song to, but it's the story in which this song is based on which gives me so many memories of when I studied Drama at school. When this song was released, I was in a small production of Romeo and Juliet and this play is one of my all time favourite Shakespeare plays. Love Story was released in the UK at the same time and I remember everyone was so much in love with the song that we had to include it into the play.

This play was one where I had so many fun memories. Whenever I studied Shakespeare at school and at college was when I was the most happy because Shakespeare plays just give me so much passion. I love the words in the script and how they can come to life in so many ways. The language may not be one that is easily understood, but it is what is in between the lines that makes the story come to life.

I really enjoy wondering about what would happen if Shakepeare plays changed from what they originally were; if alternate events happened to the characters than what was in the original text. How could it have changed events at the end of the play? Would it be the same ending or would it be totally different? A lot of Shakespeare plays end in sadness. heartbreak and tragedy but there is also happy endings as well which is what Taylor loves. Romeo and Juliet is a tragedy but I love how Taylor has turned the story around to have a happy ending. It related to her outlook on love at that time, she has this fairytale idea of love and incorporated it into tragedy which is what I love. We all experience tragedy, but it is our own actions and reactions to the tragedy that defines what happy ending we have.

Fifteen

Fifteen is the second track from Taylor's album Fearless. The song is originally written about Abigail, Taylor's best friend from high school. This song about Taylor and Abigail's friendship reminds me of my very own. Their friendship reminds me of my friendship with my childhood best friend. We both went to the same school, attended prom together and still are best friends to this very day.

This song reminds me of our friendship when we were both fifteen. We were both in the last year of secondary school and within that year we both dated guys that broke our hearts. I remember we would talk about the boys that we liked and we always encouraged each other to follow our hearts. We always did and we always got heartbroken but at the end of it all we realized that there is more important things in our lives than love. It was a lot of fun to be talking about our ex's and laughing about how we got it so wrong.

I remember when we both attended prom. We didn't have dates like a lot of other girls but I think prom was a lot better with my best friend beside me. I also remember when we found a rounders set on the green of the big manor where our prom was being held. We both took off our heels and played rounders barefoot in the dark in the middle of the green. It was such a funny memory! I even remember when she stood at the small balcony overlooking the green and shouting out Romeo and Juliet quotes. Even then we still laughed about our mistakes in love. We still do now. But I know she has found someone who will always make her feel like a princess. Cinderella's ending is nothing in comparison!

We both grew up into two women who still cherish each other as friends. I've gone to university and got a degree whereas my best friend is now a mother and has her own little family. I am proud of her for what she has achieved in her life. I will always treasure her as a friend and even though we both have our own lives; we always have time to see each other and make many more good memories.

Fifteen is song full of so much innocence and it just reminds me of how young and silly both me and my best friend could be when we were both fifteen. We both experienced heartbreak and awful times at that age but being there for each other is what made it all the more worthwhile to keep our head high and stay strong. I don't know what I would have done without my best friend. We've both made mistakes in our lives but we always support each other no matter what decisions we make in life.

Fearless

Fearless is the first track from Taylor's 2nd album Fearless. I think this is the perfect song to start off this blog. Fearless is a love song about falling in love with someone, and being caught up in the moment and following your heart no matter what and saying all of the things that you want. That is what Fearless is defined for me. There will be moments in your life where you hesitate and don't speak about how you truly feel and then you look back on the moment in the future and you regret it so much.

This song is a perfect description about something that happened in my life five years ago. At the time I was attending college and I was studying Performing Arts at college. There was a boy in my class called E and I remember in one of the first lessons we had to pair up for a project within the lesson. He had previously attended my secondary school and we were friends of friends but we never spoke to each other. And even right then and there I couldn't say anything to him. It wasn't because I didn't want to, it because I actually didn't know what to say. At this point I was a very shy girl and I always found it difficult to speak to people when I first met them and tried to get to know them. It did prevent me from making a few friendships in my life but that's how I've always been. I am better at speaking to people now but I always have this wall up when it comes to my shyness.

However, soon after that E and I had to work together again in a small group because we had to devise a performance from a small part of a script. In one part of the script we had to flirt with each other, and because I love acting and have been doing it for a long time I was comfortable with the scene. However, when we finished practicing and we were out of character I noticed him. I don't know what it was but suddenly we had the courage to speak to each other and I notice how much I really liked his company and how lovely of a guy he was.

I never told anyone I liked him apart from one friend of mine who didn't attend my college so I felt safe that no one would know. I had crushes on guys in the past but they would always be a source of gossip so it never worked out.

I think at the time he did have a girlfriend, and I found out and I was saddened by it but I got over it quickly enough and just got on with my life at college. During that time, there was a small window of time where E was very down. He wasn't as happy as he usually was so I wondered if something had happened with his girlfriend. I didn't know too much about his relationship apart from my friend telling me that they were going through a rough patch. I didn't know the girlfriend so I didn't say anything because it had nothing to do with me.

Then he suddenly became his cheery old self again and I noticed he was speaking to me again but as if I was the only one in the room he wanted to speak too. This was when I realized I really did like him. I remember calling my friend every evening about what we talked about in class and she was giggling at how struck I was. I felt like a silly schoolgirl.

It wasn't long until I realized I needed to tell him about how I felt. It was so nerve wracking because I had confessed to boys before but I had always been turned down so I never had the confidence to admit my feelings to people. However, I felt in my gut that this time it would be a good ending. I still felt nervous about telling him so through the wonderful social media of Facebook, I remember posting a status about wanting to tell someone I like them and feeling bad that they didn't know. And guess who is the first person to message me? E.

At this point I knew that there was a huge chance he liked me back because he literally messaged me seconds after I posted the status. He then spent the next hour asking me about who it was and questions about who it was. In the end he knew he was someone from my Performing Arts class. He begged me to let him know who it was the next day when we were in class. The next day came and I didn't have the nerves to tell him, and luckily he hadn't remembered either. But when I came home there was a message from E telling me that I had forgot to let him know about who I liked. Again it took about half an hour before I finally said "It's you!". Them two words were the most nerve wracking words I have ever told someone, but it was the most fearless moment of my life. He confessed he felt the same way and five years later we are still together.

Fearless is definitely the song that bookmarks that part of my life. I always wondered how my life would have been like if I hadn't told him. We have talked about it before and he said if I hadn't confessed then he would have after time. Whether that would have happened or not we will never know. Fearless and that time of my life have taught me that you should never hesitate to say what is on your mind because it could make you miss out on so much in your life.

About this blog

Taylor Swift is a big inspiration to me and something that I've always cherished about her is her song-writing ability. I have been a passionate fan of her music since 2008 when I was fourteen years old.
Fearless was the first album I ever listened to and from then on I always felt a personal connection to all of her songs.
They always related to heartbreak, falling in love, being hurt by friends and the happy moments of my life also.
I've always wanted to explain how Taylor's songs have had an impact on my life and this blog will be all about it.

I will be starting from the Fearless album and I will continue on through her discography and write about the times in my life where each song has connected to me.

I hope you enjoy this blog, it is going to be very therapeutic for me so I hope it helps you too.
I feel like Taylor's music has told stories about her life, but it has also told the stories of millions of girls across the world who look up to her as a role model.

This is my story.