Taylor Swift - You Belong With Me

As this is my very first blog, i wish to tell you all that i am new to this and this might be decent for my first time.

I am starting this session with a song titled You Belong With Me by Taylor Swift. You can listen to a preview at http://www.apple.com/itunes/charts/songs/taylor-swift/you-belong-with-me/ and the lyrics you can read at http://www.lyrics.com/lyrics/taylor-swift/you-belong-with-me.html

There are three people in this song, there is her, a guy lets call him Joe, and Joe's girlfriend, we will call her Sara. It starts out with Taylor singing about how Sara doesn't get or understand anything that Joe talks about, and how Taylor does. She is then talking about the differences between her and Sara how she is just an average girl, and how Sara is the "perfect" girl and she does everything right.

Eventually, Taylor and Joe are walking together and she is enjoying the time they spend together. I am assuming that when she is talking about him and his smile and how its easy she is keeping to herself. "You say you're fine I know you better than that, Hey whatcha doing with a girl like that" is i think the most interesting line in the entire song, and i will explain later.

She eventually goes into how he has come to her with her problems but she still hasn't told him how she feels. Later on he is confiding with her some of his secrets which shows trust, and she is still hesitating to tell him how she feels.

Now that we have the summary down, i can start picking it apart.

First he has a girlfriend, which is the first line in the song. I think that this means that he is settled in his life, he is looking for something more than just the everyday monotony. he has seemed to have found it, but its not complete. "she's going off about something that you said" tells me that she is either up tight, stressed, or just having a bad day. Tuesday night was a very interesting pick. Obviously Mondays suck because you just go back to work or school from a weekend, but Tuesday i consider to be the worst day of the week because that is when you have all the homework to do or you have a full 3 days ahead of you till the weekend again. I also think its puts in the start of the monotony that is there through the whole song.

As she starts to talk about the differences between her and Sara, its interesting that she says everything that a "normal guy" would want, short skirts, cheer captain, but then she talks about her and her t-shirts and being on the bleachers, so i assume that Joe is a sports star at their school. She also thinks that what he is looking for he will finally find in her in some magical way. She tells about how she has always been there for him and how she is everything he would want or need which i do not believe in. True, there may be times when i just need to talk with a specific person, or hold on to one person but i believe that you need to find your own happiness in your own way.

The second verse starts out with Taylor and Joe walking together. There is a big question mark over my head about that. Its that he has a girlfriend and he is alone with another girl. true, i have done that.... but i always had the question of is this the right thing to do. The song doesn't give any hints if he likes being with her or if he has those questions. So i am wondering how firm of a relationship does Joe and Sara have? He says he is fine, which in my mind means Freaked-out Insecure Neurotic and Emotional, and yes i have felt all of those at the same time. not too happy. He is a very happy guy most of the time until he is going out with Sara because of the smile and how Taylor hasn't seen it in a while. She knows him, she has known him for a long time and they are just good friends.

"I remember you driving to my house in the middle of the night, i am the only one that makes you laugh when you know you're about to cry, and i know your favorite songs and you tell me about your dreams" He has so much trust in her, there are only three people that i tell EVERYTHING to and she is one of his "three". but the next line is "Think i know where you belong think i know its with me" which is so weird to think about. Another human being is telling you where they think that you should be.

This is the biggest down fall of this song in my mind, because no one can tell you what is best for you, no one can tell you where you should go or what you should do. Only you can decide what is best for you. Other people can tell you what their opinion is but only you can make that decision of what to do with your life. You have control of what you do, weather for good or for evil you can make that decision with out having anyone tell you what to do.

SUMMARY
I enjoy this song for a good listen and to think about stuff with it. I do disagree with the message behind it because you are the only one who can make decisions for you. You have to want to have that relationship, or that house, or your family. No one can make those decisions for you.