Taylor Swift — Lyric Analysis
LyricScope analyzed the lyrics of 177 songs across 16 albums by Taylor Swift. They use 3,782 unique words out of 25,188 (lexical richness MATTR 0.75), with an average of 142 content words per song. Emotional tone: 25% of songs positive, 59% neutral, 16% negative.
Most used words by Taylor Swift
- know (427)
- love (282)
- time (263)
- one (240)
- say (239)
- back (226)
- see (209)
- think (201)
- baby (190)
- want (180)
- said (173)
- come (168)
- way (142)
- stay (135)
- night (128)
- tell (127)
- look (124)
- right (120)
- home (114)
- bad (110)
Signature phrases
- “look made look” (31)
- “made look made” (31)
- “welcome new york” (29)
- “come back” (26)
- “middle night” (23)
- “last time askin” (22)
- “getaway car” (22)
- “know better know” (19)
- “end game” (19)
- “better know better” (18)
Colors in the lyrics
- red (33)
- blue (32)
- white (28)
- gray (18)
- black (15)
- gold (11)
- rose (10)
- green (10)
Albums analyzed
- Taylor Swift (2006)
- Fearless (2008)
- Speak Now (2010)
- Red (2012)
- 1989 (2014)
- reputation (2017)
- Lover (2019)
- folklore (2020)
- evermore (2020)
- Fearless (Taylor’s Version) (2021)
- Red (Taylor’s Version) (2021)
- Midnights (2022)
- Speak Now (Taylor’s Version) (2023)
- 1989 (Taylor’s Version) (2023)
- THE TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT (2024)
- The Life of a Showgirl (2025)