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“Enchanted” is track nine on Taylor’s third studio album, Speak Now (2010). It is a power ballad about infatuation with someone after first meeting them, and worrying about whether the initial feelings will be reciprocated. The song was used as the theme song for Taylor’s fragrances Wonderstruck and Wonderstruck Enchanted. The re-recording of the song, “Enchanted (Taylor’s Version)”, was released on July 7, 2023, on Speak Now (Taylor’s Version).
“Enchanted” is track nine on Taylor’s third studio album, Speak Now (2010). It is a power ballad about infatuation with someone after first meeting them, and worrying about whether the initial feelings will be reciprocated. The song was used as the theme song for Taylor’s fragrances Wonderstruck and Wonderstruck Enchanted. The re-recording of the song, “Enchanted (Taylor’s Version)”, was released on July 7, 2023, on Speak Now (Taylor’s Version).
Background and Lyrical Theme
Background and Lyrical Theme
“Enchanted” was written by Taylor and produced by Nathan Chapman. The lyrics feature a fairy tale undertone to describe the magic of romance, which is musically underlined by crescendos each time Taylor sings “I was enchanted to meet you”, leading up to a harmony-layred coda towards the song’s conclusion. Taylor said the bridge was her favorite part of the song because it represents her stream of consciousness when she was writing it. She revealed the story behind the song in an interview:
«I had talked to him on email before, but I had never met him. And meeting him, it was this overwhelming feeling of: I really hope that you're not in love with somebody. And the whole entire way home, I remember the glittery New York City buildings passing by, and then just sitting there thinking, 'Am I ever going to talk to this person again?' And that pining away for a romance that may never even happen, but all you have is this hope that it could, and the fear that it never will. I started writing that in the hotel room when I got back. Because it just was this positive, wistful feeling of, 'I hope you understand just how much I loved meeting you. I hope that you know that meeting you was not something that I took lightly, or just in passing.' And I think my favorite part of that song is the part where, in the bridge, it goes to a stream of consciousness of, 'Please don't be in love with someone else/Please don't have somebody waiting on you.' Because at that moment, that's exactly what my thoughts were. And it feels good to write exactly what your thoughts were in a certain moment.»
«I made sure to say it all in these songs. [...] It was an album that was the most precious to me because of its vast extremes. It was unfiltered and potent. [...] My most wistfully romantic [song] is 'Enchanted'.»
Taylor Swift
Lyrics
Lyrics
[Verse 1]
There I was again tonight
Forcing laughter, faking smiles
Same old tired, lonely place
Walls of insincerity
Shifting eyes and vacancy
Vanished when I saw your face
All I can say is it was enchanting to meet you
[Verse 2]
Your eyes whispered, “Have we met?”
Across the room your silhouette
Starts to make its way to me
The playful conversation starts
Counter all your quick remarks
Like passing notes in secrecy
And it was enchanting to meet you
All I can say is I was enchanted to meet you
[Chorus 1]
This night is sparkling, don’t you let it go
I’m wonderstruck, blushing all the way home
I’ll spend forever wondering if you knew
I was enchanted to meet you
[Verse 3]
The lingering question kept me up
2am, who do you love?
I wonder ’til I’m wide awake
Now I’m pacing back and forth
Wishing you were at my door
I’d open up and you would say,
“It was enchanting to meet you,
All I know is I was enchanted to meet you”
[Chorus 2]
This night is sparkling, don’t you let it go
I’m wonderstruck, blushing all the way home
I’ll spend forever wondering if you knew
This night is flawless, don’t you let it go
I’m wonderstruck, dancing around all alone
I’ll spend forever wondering if you knew
I was enchanted to meet you
[Bridge]
This is me praying that
This was the very first page
Not where the story line ends
My thoughts will echo your name
Until I see you again
These are the words I held back
As I was leaving too soon
I was enchanted to meet you
Please don’t be in love with someone else
Please don’t have somebody waiting on you
Please don’t be in love with someone else
Please don’t have somebody waiting on you
[Chorus 2]
This night is sparkling, don’t you let it go
I’m wonderstruck, blushing all the way home
I’ll spend forever wondering if you knew
This night is flawless, don’t you let it go
I’m wonderstruck, dancing around all alone
I’ll spend forever wondering if you knew
I was enchanted to meet you
[Outro]
Please don’t be in love with someone else
Please don’t have somebody waiting on you
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