12/15/2023 0 Comments Enchanted lyrics![]() ![]() Our scene opens on Swift being, presumably, at a party or other social event but she's just faking her way through the niceties with a smile and a laugh. "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" Now with a certified '(Taylor's Version)' tag in tow, Holler's favorite blonde-haired songstress has re-opened the doors to her most magical and whimsical song to date. Though it's arguably the song performed with the most pomp and circumstance. More recently, as Swift unveiled the highly-anticipated setlist for her career-spanning The Eras Tour, which splits the three-hour show into nine album-defined sections, it was revealed that 'Enchanted' was the sole song included from the Speak Now era. 9) and the Digital Song Sales and Streaming Songs charts. What resulted was an eleven-year-old song amassing millions of streams and re-entering the Billboard charts, including the Global 200 (No. The Gold-certified track saw a resurgence in late 2021, as it went viral on TikTok. 11 on the Country Digital Song Sales chart. 44 on the Digital Song Sales chart and No. 75 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, as well as No. Never a single, 'Enchanted' was released in October of 2010 as one of the original 14 tracks on Speak Now. There was one song, however, that formed a life of its own once eager Swifties got their hands on it, which is where we find 'Enchanted'. “And then lo and behold, she had written a song called ‘Enchanted’ that I kind of figured out was about me, which was really cool, really honored that someone would write something like that.The moment we dropped everything □□□ □ #taylorswift #eras #erastour #speaknow ♬ original sound - Holler she came to a show of mine back then and I got to meet her and I was a little bit starstruck,” he told Rappler in 2015. Regardless, Young is proud to be the subject of one of Swift’s most underrated and unapologetically lovestruck songs. While Owl City’s cover affirmed that he also had strong feelings for Swift when they met, she never responded to his rendition, confirming that their relationship never continued beyond the song itself. “‘Cause you were all of my dreams come true, and I just wish you knew, Taylor, I was so in love with you.” “I was never in love with someone else, I never had somebody waiting on me,” he sang. In the outro, Young responded directly to Swift’s pleas in her iconic refrain, “Please don’t be in love with someone else, please don’t have somebody waiting on you,” by giving her an answer. Young kept most of Swift’s lyrics the same, but he did amend some to reflect his perspective on their almost-romance, like adding her first name to part of the chorus. As custom with her music, Swift has never directly confirmed who “Enchanted” was written about, but the song’s secret message in the Speak Now booklet is simply “Adam.” Young got wind that it was reportedly about him and released a cover of “Enchanted” on his blog in response, infusing it with his auto-tuned touch. That person is reportedly “Fireflies” singer Owl City, a.k.a. “So I purposely wrote it in the song, so he would know.” “That's a word which that person used one time in an e-mail,” she said. Even her use of the word “wonderstruck” in the chorus was a very intentional message. “I started writing that in the hotel room when I got back, because it was just this positive, wistful feeling of ‘I hope you understand just how much I loved meeting you,’” she said. In a 2010 interview with Yahoo!, Swift explained that she wrote “Enchanted” after meeting someone in New York who captured her heart, expressing her hopes to continue a relationship. However, the lyrics have a surprising history and rumored inspiration behind them. ![]() ![]() As a result, it was the only song from Speak Now to be given a permanent spot on the Eras Tour setlist, and “Enchanted (Taylor’s Version)” landed in the Billboard Top 20, giving the song new life. That said, “Enchanted” didn’t get its own moment in the sun until it experienced a TikTok resurgence in 2021. The six-minute romance epic from her 2010 album Speak Now proved that Swift had the storytelling skills and gravitas to write her famous 10-minute breakup anthem for Red, which Rolling Stone named as one of its Best Songs of All Time. ![]() When it comes to Taylor Swift's songs, “Enchanted” walked so “All Too Well” could run. ![]()
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