Millions of fans have been more than a little antsy to hear something new from Taylor Swift, whose 2008 album Fearless went platinum six times over in the U.S.
So antsy, in fact, that somebody leaked the lead track from her October 2010 album Speak Now before Swift and Co. wanted to release it. As the low-quality MP3 began to go viral online, Big Machine Records decided to push out the real deal. It immediately jumped to No. 1 on the digital chart and No. 3 on Billboard's Hot 100.
"Mine" is Taylor's account of her first, sweet realization that she's in a committed relationship. She lauds two great ideas: loyalty and remembering your first rush of love when life gets mundane. On the first count, she sings, "Braced myself for the good-bye/'Cause that's all I've ever known/Then you took me by surprise/You said, 'I'll never leave you alone.'" As for the second, "But we got bills to pay/We got nothin' figured out/When it was hard to take/This is what I thought about/Do you remember, we were sittin' there by the water?/You put your arm around me for the first time."
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SOURCE: Plugged In
Meredith Whitmore
