Our generation has grownup with Taylor Swift. From "Teardrops on My Guitar" to "Bad Blood," Taylor has been here to lend us some advice when life gets difficult. When a boy broke your heart or you had a new crush, you could always find support in Taylor's lyrics. She's been a role model and has given us a variety of life lessons in the forms of catchy pop tunes.
1. "Cause when you're fifteen and somebody tells you they love you, you're gonna believe them."
Whether it was your high school sweetheart or just that cute guy or girl in your class, Taylor knew exactly how you felt. Freshman year of high school is a hard adjustment and you had a lot to learn about life. She reminded you that life isn’t always how you expect it to be, but that it will all be alright.2. “But I miss screaming and fighting and kissing in the rain, and it's 2 a.m. and I'm cursing your name, you're so in love that you act insane.”
We may not want to admit it, but we all secretly love to ride the emotional rollercoaster. Your new relationship may seem nice and easy, but part of you is definitely missing the up and down of your old one, and Taylor shows that it's ok to be crazy in love sometimes.
3. “And all you're ever gonna be is mean.”
It’s a sad fact of life, but mean people are everywhere and at every stage of your life. Taylor’s here to tell you that you’re going to go on to do big things and they’re just going to be mean and miserable for their whole lives.4. "But sophistication isn't what you wear or who you know,or pushing people down to get you where you wanna go.”
There’s a lot more to being a respectable person than just how much money or power you have (looking at you, Donald Trump).5. “Losing him was blue like I'd never known, missing him was dark grey all alone, forgetting him was like trying to know somebody you never met, but loving him was red."
Some things in life aren’t easy to put into words. With love and heartbreak, you can’t always find a way to describe how you’re feeling, but Taylor explains the feelings well.6. “I've been spending the last eight months thinking all love ever does is break and burn and end, but on a Wednesday in a cafe I watched it begin again”
It’s easy to become hopeless after a bad breakup, but new opportunities are always around the corner. Don’t lose faith in love because it can surprise you when you least expect it to.
7. “Band aids don't fix bullet holes, you say sorry just for show, if you live like that, you live with ghosts”
If you constantly burn bridges with people without ever making it up to them, you’re going to live a life of regrets. We all hurt each other because we’re human, so when you hurt someone sincerely try to repair the damage you’ve done.8. “And the haters gonna hate, hate, hate, hate, hate...I shake it off”
People are always going to doubt and question you, but let other people do their thing and you just keep doing your thing. 9.“You go talk to your friends, talk to my friends, talk to me, but we are never ever ever ever getting back together”
It’s easy to get sucked into the cycle of breaking up and getting back together, but it isn’t healthy. Breaking up with someone doesn’t mean that you have stop hanging out with your mutual friends or even them, so don’t be afraid to lose that if it’s what’s best for you.
10. “I'm thirteen now and don't know how my friends could be so mean, I come home crying and you hold me tight"
Even when it seems like the world has completely turned against you, your parents can be there to comfort you. Also, hugging things out will always make you feel better.
11. “I'm so gangster you can find me baking cookies at night, You out clubbin' but I just made caramel delight”
Sometimes you just need a weekend in your pajamas to watch Netflix. Taylor understands this and knows that marathoning the new show on Netflix and eating a whole tub of cookie dough can actually be cool.
