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sleepless in the onyx night but now the sky is opalite

1989 (Taylor’s Version) | Polaroids (From The Vault) - 2023

May 27 - Taylor Leaving her apartment in New York City.

By Brian Doben & Sarah Barlow for Red Album - 2012

TAYLOR SWIFT at the Songwriters Hall of Fame Ceremony 2026

and if you'd never come for me might've drowned in the melancholy

I do tend to write more songs when I have a broken heart, though, because when you’re in love, you’re just so fascinated by the fact you’re in love that you don’t take the time to write down everything that you’re feeling.

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“Giving up doesn’t always mean you’re weak, sometimes you’re just strong enough to let go.”

July 20, 2011 - At Market Table 54 in New York City, New York

Taylor Swift for Rolling Stone Magazine September 2014