Taylor Swift's "New Year's Day" Lyrics Will Make You Cry & Call Your Ex
As promised, Taylor Swift released her fifth single from Reputation during Scandal tonight as part of a promotion for Grey's Anatomy. I guess this is her telling us she really loves the TGIT lineup? Girl, same. Anyway, the song "New Year's Day" is the fifth and final single released from Reputation before the entire album drop. Last week, TGIT announced it would be debuting the "world premiere performance" of Swift's new song, and Taylor Swift's "New Year's Day" song lyrics definitely do not disappoint.
The announcement of Swift's "New Year's Day" performance was made last week on Nov. 2, when TGIT tweeted a video that showed a bunch of shots of what appears to be Swift's Rhode Island coastal home and her playing a short chord on a piano. The announcement was made at nearly the same exact time Swift announced the upcoming arrival of her song "Call It What You Want." These separate announcements did not make it clear whether the TGIT "world premiere performance" would be an entirely new song from Swift or just another version of "Call It What You Want," but now that "New Year's Day" has arrived, we know that it was an entirely new song altogether!
The "New Year's Day" lyrics go:
There’s glitter on the floor after the party. Girls carrying their shoes down in the lobby. Candle wax and Polaroids on the hardwood floor. You and me from the night before but don’t read the last page. But I stay when you’re lost and I’m scared and you turn anyway.
I want your midnights, but I’ll be cleaning up bottles with you on New Year’s Day. You squeeze my hand three times in the back of the taxi. I can tell that it’s gonna be a long road. I’ll be there if you’re the toast of the town babe or if you strike out and you’re crawling home. Don’t read the last page. But I stay when it’s hard or it’s wrong or we’re making mistakes. I want your midnights, but I’ll be cleaning up bottles with you on New Year’s Day.
Hold on to the memories, they will hold on to you. Hold on to the memories, they will hold on to you. Hold on to the memories, they will hold on to you. And I will hold on to you. Please don’t ever become a stranger whose laugh I could recognize anywhere. Please don’t ever become a stranger whose laugh I could recognize anywhere.
There’s glitter on the floor after the party. Girls carrying their shoes down in the lobby. Candle wax and Polaroids on the hardwood floor. You and me forevermore. Please don’t read the last page. But I stay when it’s hard or it’s wrong or we’re making mistakes. I want your midnights, but I’ll be cleaning up bottles with you on New Year’s Day.
Hold on to the memories, they will hold on to you. Hold on to the memories, they will hold on to you. Hold on to the memories, they will hold on to you. And I will hold on to you.
Please don’t ever become a stranger (Hold on to the memories, they will hold on to you). Whose laugh I could recognize anywhere (Hold on to the memories, they will hold on to you). Please don’t ever become a stranger (Hold on to the memories, they will hold on to you). Whose laugh I could recognize anywhere (And I will hold on to you).
And here's the official video:
This was the last song to be released before the Reputation drop. An extended version of "New Year's Day" will reportedly be airing on Freeform on Nov. 10, according to Good Morning America.
"Call It What You Want" was released just hours after Swift made the announcement of its arrival. The lyrics are super romantic and are reportedly about Swift's boyfriend of one year, Joe Alwyn.
The "Call It What You Want" lyrics go:
My castle crumbled overnight, I brought a knife to a gunfight, they took the crown but it's alright. All the liars are calling me one, nobody's heard from me in months, I'm doing better than I ever was.
Cause my baby's fit like a daydream, walking with his head down, I'm the one he's walking to. So, call it what you want yeah, call it what you want to. My baby's fly like a jet stream, high above the whole scene, loves me like I'm brand new. So, call it what you want yeah, call it what you want to.
All my flowers grew back as thorns, windows boarded back up after the storm, he built a fire just to keep me warm. All the drama queens taking swings, all the jokers dressing up as kings, they fade to nothing when I look at him.
And I know I make the same mistakes every time, bridges burn, I never learn, at least I did one thing right, I did one thing right. I'm laughing with my lover, making forts under covers, trust him like a brother, yeah you know I did one thing right. Starry eyes sparking up my darkest night.
Cause my baby's fit like a daydream, walking with his head down, I'm the one he's walking to. So, call it what you want yeah, call it what you want to. My baby's fly like a jet stream, high above the whole scene, loves me like I'm brand new. So, call it what you want yeah, call it what you want to.
I want to wear his initial on a chain around my neck, not because he owns me, but 'cause he really knows me, which is more than they can say. I recall late November, holding my breath, slowly I said, "You don't need to save me, but would you run away with me?" "Yes."
Cause my baby's fit like a daydream, walking with his head down, I'm the one he's walking to. So, call it what you want yeah, call it what you want to. My baby's fly like a jet stream, high above the whole scene, loves me like I'm brand new. So, call it what you want yeah, call it what you want to.
Fans are in love with "New Year's Day" and are dying to hear the rest of Reputation.
Yeah, Taylor, you might want to go ahead and drop Reputation already. I think your fans might combust.
