“White Horse (Taylor’s Version)” follows Swift’s tradition of putting the most vulnerable, deep and personal songs on her albums as a track 5. Lyrically, it’s about reality striking your mind and realizing that a relationship you were in isn’t in fact as perfect as the fairytale you thought it was.
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[Verse 1]
Say you're sorry, that face of an angel
Comes out just when you need it to
As I paced back and forth all this time
'Cause I honestly believed in you
[Pre-Chorus]
Holdin' on, the days drag on
Stupid girl, I shoulda known, I shoulda known
[Chorus]
That I'm not a princess, this ain't a fairytale
I'm not the one you'll sweep off her feet, lead her up the stairwell
This ain't Hollywood, this is a small town
I was a dreamer before you went and let me down
Now it's too late for you and your white horse
To come around
[Verse 2]
Maybe I was naive, got lost in your eyes
And never really had a chance
Well, my mistakе, I didn't know to be in love
You had to fight to have thе upper hand
[Pre-Chorus]
I had so many dreams about you and me
Happy endings, well now I know
[Chorus]
That I'm not a princess, this ain't a fairytale
I'm not the one you'll sweep off her feet, lead her up the stairwell
This ain't Hollywood, this is a small town
I was a dreamer before you went and let me down
Now it's too late for you and your white horse
To come around
[Bridge]
And there you are on your knees
Beggin' for forgiveness, beggin' for me
Just like I always wanted
But I'm so sorry
[Chorus]
'Cause I'm not your princess, this ain't our fairytale
I'm gonna find someone someday
Who might actually treat me well
This is a big world, that was a small town
There in my rearview mirror disappearing now
And it's too late for you and your white horse
Now it's too late for you and your white horse
To catch me now
[Outro]
Oh, woah, woah, woah
Try and catch me now, oh
It's too late to catch me now
Written By: Taylor Swift & Liz Rose
Produced By: Christopher Rowe & Taylor Swift
[Verse 1]
Say you're sorry, that face of an angel
Comes out just when you need it to
As I paced back and forth all this time
'Cause I honestly believed in you
Holdin' on, the days drag on
Stupid girl, I shoulda known, I shoulda known
[Chorus]
That I'm not a princess, this ain't a fairytale
I'm not the one you'll sweep off her feet, lead her up the stairwell
This ain't Hollywood, this is a small town
I was a dreamer before you went and let me down
Now, it's too late for you and your white horse
To come around
[Verse 2]
Maybe I was naive, got lost in your eyes
And never really had a chance
My mistake, I didn't know to be in love
You had to fight to have the upper hand
I had so many dreams about you and me
Happy endings, now, I know
[Chorus]
That I'm not a princess, this ain't a fairytale
I'm not the one you'll sweep off her feet, lead her up the stairwell
This ain't Hollywood, this is a small town
I was a dreamer before you went and let me down
Now, it's too late for you and your white horse
To come around
[Bridge]
And there you are on your knees
Beggin' for forgiveness, beggin' for me
Just like I always wanted
But I'm so sorry
[Chorus]
'Cause I'm not your princess, this ain't our fairytale
I'm gonna find someone someday who might actually treat me well
This is a big world, that was a small town
There in my rear view mirror disappearing now
And it's too late for you and your white horse
Now, it's too late for you and your white horse
To catch me now
[Outro]
Oh, whoa, whoa, whoa
Try and catch me now, oh
It's too late to catch me now
Written By: Taylor Swift & Liz Rose
Produced By: Nathan Chapman & Taylor Swift
In an interview with iHeart Radio, Swift explained:
The song ‘White Horse’ was a song I wrote with Liz Rose. And it was just about comparing the fairytale imagery we are taught as kids, comparing it to what can really happen in young love and young heartbreak, and how you just expect a happily ever after type thing. And then you don’t find it and you’re faced with this reality of, ‘Oh, this isn’t Hollywood, this is a small town.’ Those kinds of realizations that hit you. But I’ve always been so proud of this one. And every time I sing it still, I get so emotional, cause it’s really that emotion that’s just on the surface. Every time I hear this song, it’s like, ‘It’s too late for you and your white horse to catch me now.’ It’s like that coming of age where you realize you’re stronger than wanting that happily ever after, you want something better for yourself. He wants something different, something more independent, something freer than even what you were told about in fairytales.
On a 2008 interview with Billboard, Swift explained:
It’s one of the songs that I am really proud of on the record because it’s so sparse—it’s guitar, piano, and cello. It talks about falling in love and the fairy tales that you are going to have with this person, and then there is that moment where you realize that it is not going to happen. That moment is the most earth-shattering moment.
She also talked about it on a 2008 interview with MTV:
[It’s] about that moment that you realize that the person you thought was going to be Prince Charming is really not going to sweep you off your feet, and he’s going to sweep someone else off their feet. There’s that moment in the letdown where you realize that. That was a hard one to write.
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