Here’s to your November flush and your flannel cure.
Taylor Swift is to autumn what Mariah Carey is to Christmas: You can’t think of this particular time of the year without immediately singing one of her seasonal hits. And after the “Willow” singer’s love letter to fall made headlines back in 2021, I can’t think of a better time to point out all the Taylor Swift lyrics that are perfect for fall-inspired Instagram captions.
If you’re like the Grammy award-winner, and are thriving because, in her own words, it’s the season of:
Wearing tights for the first time in months and when the mornings are all chilly and you can see your breath and draw little pictures on foggy windows...
... not to mention all the “pumpkin flavored stuff” and “maroon/hunter green/mustard yellow color combos,” as Swift mentioned in her ode to fall on TikTok, then you’re probably posting so many pics of yourself in plaid, holding a PSL while surrounded by fall foliage on the ‘Gram. Even with a break in her tour schedule, Swift has jam-packed her fall with autumnal actives like attending Travis Kelce’s football games and spending time with her squad in the city. As a Swiftie, you’ve already got October plans yourself to attend the Eras Tour movie in theaters, and enter the 1989 (Taylor’s Version) era on Oct. 27. Those events are when a fall Taylor Swift quote is absolutely necessary.
Evermore is packed with more than a handful of tracks that could lend their words to your social media captions, two of which call out November specifically. And Red (Taylor's Version) is the soundtrack for cuffing season, traveling up north, and baking Swift’s chai cookie recipe at home. You could even gather up those lyrics from folklore and Midnights from the queen of cottagecore for every cardigan-wearing, late-night selfie. Here are 72 Taylor Swift lyrics from all her albums that are made for your fall photos on Instagram.
- “And then the time we woke up to find that summer gone.” — “Tim McGraw”
- “September saw a month of tears.” — “Tim McGraw”
- “But in your life you'll do things greater than dating the boy on the football team.” — “Fifteen”
- “She's cheer captain, and I'm on the bleachers.” — “You Belong With Me”
- “I run and run, past the pumpkin patch and the tractor rides.” — “The Best Day”
- “I don't know why all the trees change in the fall.” — “The Best Day”
- “It’s getting cold, I’ve got my big coat on.” — “The Best Day”
- “Give me something that’ll haunt me when you’re not around.” — “Sparks Fly”
- “Realized I loved you in the fall.” — “Back To December”
- “How you held me in your arms that September night.” — “Back To December”
- “And I can see you years from now in a bar, talking over a football game.” — “Mean”
- “It's so much colder than I thought it would be.” — “Never Grow Up”
- “Time turns flames to embers, you'll have new Septembers.” — “Innocent”
- “Can’t breathe whenever you’re gone, can’t turn back now, I’m haunted.” — “Haunted”
- “Ghosts from your past gonna jump out at me.” — “Ours”
- “Like the colors in autumn, so bright, just before they lose it all.” — “Red”
- “But loving him was red.” — “Red”
- “Autumn leaves falling down like pieces into place.” — “All Too Well”
- “Plaid shirt days and nights when you made me your own.” — “All Too Well”
- “You keep my old scarf from that very first week.” — “All Too Well”
- “Wind in my hair, you were there, you remember it all.” — “All Too Well”
- “That's when you came in wearing a football helmet, and said, ‘OK, let's talk.’” — “Stay Stay Stay”
- “I was reminiscing just the other day while having coffee all alone and, lord, it took me away.” — “Holy Ground”
- “Sipping coffee like you were on a late night show.” — “All Too Well (10 Minute Version)”
- “Kaleidoscope of loud heartbeats under coats.” — “Welcome To New York”
- “Lights are off, he’s taking off his coat.” — “Style”
- “The rest of the world was black and white but we were in screaming color.” — “Out of the Woods”
- “If you live like that, you live with ghosts.” — “Bad Blood”
- “Stand there like a ghost shaking from the rain.” — “How You Get The Girl”
- “Your smile, my ghost, I fell to my knees.” — “This Love”
- “Ten months older, I won’t give in, now that I’m clean I’m never gonna risk it.” — “Clean”
- “Buttons on a coat, light-hearted joke.” — “You Are In Love”
- “And for once you let go of your fears and your ghosts.” — “You Are In Love”
- “Small talk, he drives, coffee at midnight.” — “You Are In Love”
- “Wonder how many girls he had loved and left haunted.” — “...Ready For It?”
- “But if he’s a ghost then I can be a phantom.” — “...Ready For It?”
- “I recall late November, holdin' my breath.” — “Call It What You Want”
- “I wake in the night, I pace like a ghost.” — “The Archer”
- “Windows swung right open, autumn air.” — “Cornelia Street”
- “Jacket 'round my shoulders is yours.” — “Cornelia Street”
- “Now I’m searching for signs in a haunted club.” — “Death By A Thousand Cuts”
- “And now I love high tea, stories from uni, and the West End.” — “London Boy”
- “The buttons of my coat were tangled in my hair.” — “Soon You’ll Get Better”
- “I wanna be defined by the things that I love, not the things I hate, not the things that I'm afraid of, not the things that haunt me in the middle of the night.” — “Daylight”
- “And when I felt like I was an old cardigan, under someone's bed, you put me on and said I was your favorite.” — “Cardigan”
- “I knew you’d haunt all of my what-ifs.” — “Cardigan”
- “You know I didn’t want to have to haunt you, but what a ghostly scene.” — “My Tears Ricochet”
- “Pack your dolls and a sweater, we'll move to India forever.” — “Seven”
- “And I've been meaning to tell you, I think your house is haunted.” — “Seven”
- “August slipped away into a moment in time.” — “August”
- “Gold was the color of the leaves when I showed you around Centennial Park.” — “Invisible String”
- “Standing in your cardigan, kissin' in my car again.” — “Betty”
- “Life was a willow and it bent right to your wind.” — “Willow”
- “November flush and your flannel cure.” — “Champagne Problems”
- “My mind turns your life into folklore.” — “Gold Rush”
- “It's the kind of cold, fogs up windshield glass.” — “‘Tis The Damn Season”
- “Haunted by the look in my eyes that would’ve loved you for a lifetime.” — “Happiness”
- “And it gets colder and colder, when the sun goes down.” — “Coney Island”
- “The autumn chill that wakes me up.” — “Marjorie”
- “You loved the amber skies so much.” — “Marjorie”
- “Gray November.” — “Evermore”
- “Help, I’m still at the restaurant, still sitting in the corner I haunt.” — “Right Where You Left Me”
- “The rust that grew between telephones.” — “Maroon”
- “The lips I used to call home, so scarlet, it was maroon.” — “Maroon”
- “All of the people I’ve ghosted stand there in the room.” — “Anti-Hero”
- “I guess sometimes we all get some kind of haunted.” — “Midnight Rain”
- “And now that I’m grown, I’m scared of ghosts.” — “Would’ve, Could’ve, Should’ve”
- “I used to switch out these Kens, I’d just ghost.” — “Hits Different”
- “Just close your eyes, the sun is going down.” — “Safe & Sound”
- “Bundled up in their mittens and coats.” — “Christmas Tree Farm”
- “I’ll never wander London streets alone and haunted.” — “Beautiful Ghosts”
- “But the sleep comes fast and I’ll meet no ghosts.” — “Carolina”
With more vault tracks around the corner and theories about new albums to come, you have to wonder what new fall-inspired lyrics Swift has waiting to be written? It’s safe to say that Swifties will never run out of seasonal captions.
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