Song
Haunted
Speak Now · 2010 · Track 12
Sole author
Written byTaylor Swift
Produced byNathan Chapman, Taylor Swift
Mash-ups & Live Pairings
- Haunted / exile — Sydney, Night 4, Haunted / exile — Edinburgh, Night 3, Haunted / Wonderland — Vancouver, Night 1, The Black Dog / Haunted — New Orleans, Night 1
Motifs & symbols
Haunting
Central
Supernatural & Gothic
“Something keeps me holding on to nothing; Haunting, haunting, haunting me”
The source text for Taylor's haunting motif cluster — the most direct and sustained gothic treatment in her catalogue. The repetition of haunted as both noun and verb enacts the motif itself: the word itself refuses to leave. Identified by the Patreon community as the OG of Taylor's ghost and haunting imagery.
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Sister Songs