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Speak Now [Liner Veri1ed

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Taylor Swift

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Speak Now [Liner Notes] Lyrics

Prologue

'Speak now or forever hold your peace,' the words said

by preachers at the end of wedding ceremonies all
over the world, right before the vows. It's a last chance
for protest, a moment that makes everyone's heart
race, and a moment I've always been strangely
fascinated by. So many fantasize about bursting into a
church, saying what they'd kept inside for years like in
the movies. In real life, it rarely happens.

Real life is a funny thing, you know. In real life, saying

the right thing at the right moment is beyond crucial.
So crucial, in fact, the most of us start to hesitate, for
fear of saying the wrong thing at the wrong time. But
lately what I've begun to fear more than that is letting
the moment pass without saying anything.

I think most of us fear reaching the end of our life, and

looking back regretting the moments we didn't speak
up. When we didn't say 'I love you.' When we should've
said 'I'm sorry.' When we didn't stand up for ourselves
or someone who needed help.

These songs are made up of words I didn’t say when

the moment was right in front of me. These songs are
open letters. Each is written with a specific person in
mind, telling them what I meant to tell them in person.
To the beautiful boy whose heart I broke in December.
To my first love who I never thought would be my first
heartbreak. To my band. To a mean man I used to be
afraid of. To someone who made my world very dark
for a while. To a girl who stole something of mine. To
someone I forgive for what he said in front of the
whole world.

Words can break someone into a million pieces, but

they can also put them back together. I hope you use
yours for good, because the only words you’ll regret
more than the ones left unsaid are the ones you use to
intentionally hurt someone.

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What you say might be too much for some people.

Maybe it will come out all wrong and you’ll stutter and
you’ll walk away embarrassed, wincing as you play it all
back in your head. But I think the words you stop
yourself from saying are the ones that will haunt you
the longest.

So say it to them. Or say it to yourself in the mirror. Say

it in a letter you’ll never send or in a book millions
might read someday. I think you deserve to look back
on your life without a chorus of resounding voices
saying ‘I could’ve, but it’s too late now.’

There is a time for silence. There is a time waiting your

turn. But if you know how you feel, and you so clearly
know what you need to say, you’ll know it.

I don't think you should wait. I think you should speak

now.

Love, Taylor

PS: To all the boys who inspired this album, you

should've known.

1. Mine
Hidden message: Toby

2. Sparks Fly
Hidden message: Portland, Oregon

3. Back to December
Hidden message: Tay

4. Speak Now
Hidden message: You always regret what you don't
say

5. Dear John
Hidden message: Loved you from the very first day

6. Mean
Hidden message: I thought you got me

7. The Story of Us
Hidden message: CMT Awards

8. Never Grow Up
Hidden message: I moved out in July

9. Enchanted
Hidden message: Adam

10. Better Than Revenge

Hidden message: You thought I would forget

11. Innocent
Hidden message: Life is full of little interruptions

12. Haunted
Hidden message: Still to this day

13. Last Kiss

Hidden message: Forever and always

14. Long Live

Hidden message: For you

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“Speak Now [Liner Notes]” is the prologue of the

album “Speak Now” by Taylor Swift and the hidden
messages from each song of the album.
The album was out in 2010 and was written by Taylor
herself.
It isn’t a part of the album but created here in Genius to
help people organize the album songs and their hidden
messages, with annotations of the prologue and
annotations of the hidden messages.

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Speak Now (2010)

Taylor Swift

1. Mine
9. Enchanted

2. Sparks Fly
10. Better Than Revenge

3. Back to December
11. Innocent

4. Speak Now
12. Haunted

5. Dear John
13. Last Kiss

6. Mean
14. Long Live

7. The Story Of Us
Speak Now [Liner Notes]

8. Never Grow Up

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Taylor Swift October 25, 2010

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