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state of grace is the first track off taylor swift’s fourth studio album RED. state of grace was released on october 16, 2012 as a promotional single along with other songs like begin again and red. state of grace was the only song that didn’t later get released as a music video. the song was written by taylor swift and produced by nathan chapman and taylor swift. the song is different from all the other songs on RED as it is a mix of rock, alternative rock and arena rock. the song was produced at blackbird studios in nashville, tennessee. it is four minutes and fifty six seconds long making it the third longest song on red. state of grace was lucky to have a acoustic version on the red deluxe version. the acoustic version is far away from the original. instead of having high production it is a simple and slow song.

state of grace was written about taylor swift’s ex jake gyllenhaal. you can see this in the lyric “twin fire signs and four blue eyes”. jake and taylor are both sagittarius making them both fire signs. they also both have blue eyes. taylor swift describes the song as the feeling when you first fall in love with someone in a epic way. jake and taylor meet unexpectedly this is seen in the lyric “and i never saw you coming/and i’ll never be the same. this love in the beginning according to taylor is “brave and wild”. but it doesn’t last for long as the song progresses the love is described as “loved in the shades of wrong” which is unfortunate but luckily taylor has found her life long partner joe alwyn.

now you might be wondering why i love the song state of grace so much. well first of all vocals. there are a number of high notes in this song and taylor manages to nail each and one of them in the studio version and live. second it’s such a great album opener. the album RED is about love and what better way to start an album about love than state of grace! it describes when you fall in love with someone as shown above. third it’s relatable. admit it you’ve fallen in love with someone before. if you decided to take the next step is another conversation. but this song describes when you first fall in love with someone which is relatable. lastly this song is a lyrical masterpiece. the lyrics I listed before are just some of the amazing lyrics in this song. take for example “we learn to live with the pain, mosaic broken hearts” this line has so many meanings in one!! “ this is the golden age of something good and right and real” that in my opinion is the best way to end a song. i could go on and on about how much i love state of grace but that would be too read!