He's got a one-hand feel on the steering wheel, the other on my heart.
This song is just pure joy for me. I heard it in high school and I feel like it captures a lot of the fun of being a teenager. The excitement of having a crush and flirting. Feeling a new sense of freedom but without having too much in the way of responsibility. It reminds me of all the Friday nights hanging out with friends. Doing whatever, being kind of dumb, but having so much fun. It’s just such good vibes all around.
In a lot of ways I wish I could take my current maturity back to high school to relive some of the more dramatic moments with a more developed brain, but I know that maturity would also make me too logical, less willing to take risks, and I would have missed out on the moments that made me laugh the most. The memories that have stuck around and become the most important to me are the ones when I was just living in the moment, not taking anything to seriously, and just having fun.
While I’m technically an adult (I guess), I still feel all the emotions of this song when I’m driving the car by myself singing along. I love when it comes on while I’m going to pick up groceries and I feel no different than I did singing along as I was driving to high school. I love that music can transport us back to a feeling. I might not be able to time travel, but singing along to music like Our Song really does feel like for a moment I can transcend time, like the past and the present have merged into one moment for the duration of this simple song.
Our song is the way you laugh, the first date "man I didn't kiss her and I should have.
I love Taylor Swift’s music and have a deep curiosity about who it is so meaningful to so many people. If you have any thoughts about this song in particular please share it in the comments below so that me and the Swiftie community that finds this space can enjoy your insights.
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