“Enchanted” by Taylor swift is definitely not one of her popular or well known songs, but needless to say one of my favorites. The first time I heard the song was when I heard I cover of it by Adam Young, (Owl City), who was dedicating it to Taylor after they met at some sort of event; I immediately loved the song. From there, I decided to look up the original version of the song–Taylor Swifts version. This version was a bit slower and more acoustic sounding than Adam Young’s version, which I really liked. I’m not really a huge taylor swift fan, but I really do enjoy some of her songs, and really respect her as a singer and as a songwriter.

There’s a pretty story told by the lyrics in this song; Taylor (or some girl) met someone for the first time at some sort of event or just by chance somewhere and had an instant connection with them. Everything just seemed to fall into place so perfectly, just like a cliche love story. The rest of the night was magic; everything seemed so amazing and surreal that never wanted to let it go. But, like all good things, the night came to an end, and that’s the end of the magic. She wishes that she would have said something or told the person how she felt, but she didn’t. I think we’ve all had some sort of experience like that where we look back on something so great and wonder why we didn’t do everything in our power to try and extend that euphoria. But maybe some things are best left unsaid in a way, at least in my opinion. I think that part of the magic is that you know you’ll probably never see that person again, but you still play out everything that could possibly happen in your head. There’s something really special about that feeling you get when you meet someone and have that deep of a connection right off the bat. The butterflies, the involuntary grinning like you can’t contain your excitement. It truly is enchanted.

The verses of the song musically are much quieter and reserved than the choruses are, both instrumentally and vocally. The songs starts out with some sort of synth pad in the background laying down the chord progression in a pretty mystical sort of way. Then the guitar comes in, and the singing starts, and it keeps building until the first chorus, where she finally says how she feels about this person. I really like how the chorus instrumentals and vocals are different than the verse because it creates a really big impact moment. It’s like she was holding in all these feelings the entire time, until she couldn’t keep it in any longer and she exploded (metaphorically, of course). Only it was too late–the night was over and she never have the chance to confront her one night lover again. In chorus I feel like there’s a hint of regret, because she’s begging herself in the past not to let the night go.

This kind of music is not necessarily unusual for taylor swift in general, but it’s definitely a little less “pop”py than her more recent music, and much less synth instruments than her couple albums, which is a breath of fresh air, and where I think she fit’s in the best in regards to her comfort zone.

I wouldn’t really recommend this song to everyone, but I definitely think that if you like country or pop than you would enjoy (or at least appreciate) this song. I’m not a big country fan (or even a big pop fan at that), but I do find song now and again that I enjoy regardless of any genre bias. This would fit best in a love song playlist. (I don’t think I need to explain why).

It’s also a really great song to sing in the shower.

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