Taylor Swift - Clean (Taylor's Version)

“Clean (Taylor’s Version)” is a new take on Taylor Swift’s original song from her 2014 album, “1989”. It came out on October 27, 2023, as part of Taylor’s re-recorded “1989 (Taylor’s Version)” album.

“Clean” has a different meaning to fans who’ve had struggles with mental illness, addiction, and abuse – it’s about being quite literally clean. While Taylor didn’t think of that meaning originally, she immediately accepted the fandom-wide meaning once she heard of it. The hidden message to Clean is “She lost him, but she found herself, and somehow that was everything.” This song is not just about losing someone you love – it’s also about losing yourself. Being clean is about moving on as a person and really taking care of yourself mentally.

While it still feels like the original, “Clean (Taylor’s Version)” has subtle changes that show how Taylor has grown as an artist. Her more mature voice and evolved musical style give the song a deeper feeling.

Written By: Adam Feeney, Louis Bell & Taylor Swift

Produced By: Taylor Swift & Imogen Heap

[Verse 1]

The drought was the very worst, ah-ah, ah-ah

When the flowers that we'd grown together died of thirst

It was months and months of back and forth, ah-ah, ah-ah

You're still all over me like a wine-stained dress I can't wear anymore

[Pre-Chorus]

Hung my head as I lost the war

And the sky turned black like a perfect storm

[Chorus]

The rain came pouring down

When I was drownin', that's when I could finally breathe

And by mornin', gone was any trace of you

I think I am finally clean

[Verse 2]

There was nothin' left to do, ah-ah, ah-ah

When the butterflies turnеd to dust that covered my whole room

So I punchеd a hole in the roof, ah-ah, ah-ah

Let the flood carry away all my pictures of you

[Pre-Chorus]

The water filled my lungs

I screamed so loud, but no one heard a thing

[Chorus]

The rain came pourin' down

When I was drownin', that's when I could finally breathe

And by mornin', gone was any trace of you

I think I am finally clean

[Post-Chorus]

I think I am finally clean

Ah-ah-ah-ah-ah

Said I think I am finally clean

Ah-ah-ah

[Bridge]

Ten months sober, I must admit

Just because you're clean, don't mean you don't miss it

Ten months older, I won't give in

Now that I'm clean, I'm never gonna risk it

[Break]

The drought was the very worst, ah-ah, ah-ah

When the flowers that we'd grown together died of thirst

[Chorus]

The rain came pourin' down

When I was drownin', that's when I could finally breathe

And by mornin', gone was any trace of you

I think I am finally clean

The rain came pourin' down

When I was drownin', that's when I could finally breathe

And by mornin', gone was any trace of you

I think I am finally clean

[Outro]

Finally clean

Think I'm finally clean

Ah-ah-ah-ah

Think I'm finally clean

STOLEN

VERSION

Written By: Adam Feeney, Louis Bell & Taylor Swift

Produced By: Taylor Swift & Imogen Heap

LYRICS

[Verse 1]

The drought was the very worst, ah-ah, ah-ah

When the flowers that we'd grown together died of thirst

It was months and months of back and forth, ah-ah, ah-ah

You're still all over me like a wine-stained dress I can't wear anymore

[Pre-Chorus]

Hung my head as I lost the war

And the sky turned black like a perfect storm

[Chorus]

The rain came pouring down

When I was drownin', that's when I could finally breathe

And by mornin'

Gone was any trace of you, I think I am finally clean

[Verse 2]

There was nothin' left to do, ah-ah, ah-ah

When the butterflies turned to dust that covered my whole room

So I punched a hole in the roof, ah-ah, ah-ah

Let the flood carry away all my pictures of you

[Pre-Chorus]

The water filled my lungs, I screamed so loud

But no one heard a thing

[Chorus]

The rain came pouring down

When I was drownin', that's when I could finally breathe

And by mornin'

Gone was any trace of you, I think I am finally clean

[Post-Chorus]

I think I am finally clean

Ah-ah-ah-ah-ah

Said, I think I am finally clean

Ah-ah-ah-ah

[Bridge]

Ten months sober, I must admit

Just because you're clean, don't mean you don't miss it

Ten months older, I won't give in

Now that I'm clean, I'm never gonna risk it

The drought was the very worst, ah-ah, ah-ah

When the flowers that we'd grown together died of thirst (Oh)

[Chorus]

The rain came pouring down

When I was drownin', that's when I could finally breathe

And by mornin'

Gone was any trace of you, I think I am finally clean

The rain came pouring down

When I was drownin', that's when I could finally breathe

And by mornin'

Gone was any trace of you, I think I am finally clean

[Outro]

Finally clean

Think I'm finally clean

Ah-ah, ah-ah

Think I'm finally clean

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In an interview with Elle magazine, Taylor said the following about “Clean”:

“Clean” I wrote as I was walking out of Liberty in London. Someone I used to date— it hit me that I’d been in the same city as him for two weeks and I hadn’t thought about it. When it did hit me, it was like, ‘Oh, I hope he’s doing well’. And nothing else. And you know how it is when you’re going through heartbreak. A heartbroken person is unlike any other person. Their time moves at a completely different pace than ours. It’s this mental, physical, emotional ache and feeling so conflicted. Nothing distracts you from it. Then time passes, and the more you live your life and create new habits, you get used to not having a text message every morning saying, ‘Hello, beautiful. Good morning.’ You get used to not calling someone at night to tell them how your day was. You replace these old habits with new habits, like texting your friends in a group chat all day and planning fun dinner parties and going out on adventures with your girlfriends, and then all of a sudden one day you’re in London and you realize you’ve been in the same place as your ex for two weeks and you’re fine. And you hope he’s fine. The first thought that came to my mind was – I’m finally clean.

Imogen Heap, co-writer and co-producer of on the original version of “Clean”, joined Swift for the re-recording on 1989 (Taylor’s Version). In an Instagram post documenting the process, she commended Swift on her efforts to re-record and own her music:

This is Taylor playing a badass card to stay in control of her work in a commercial music industry that largely works against musicians…Thank you Taylor for inviting me into your world!

In a 2012 interview with Time Magazine, Swift revealed her dream collaboration to be with Imogen Heap. Heap documented their first collaboration in October 2014.

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