Song
Today Was a Fairytale
Non-Album Songs · 2010 · Track 2
Sole author
Written byTaylor Swift
Produced byTaylor Swift, Nathan Chapman
Also released asToday was a Fairytale
Details
- Stated inspiration
- Written solely by Taylor in summer 2008 and held back. After she was cast in Valentine's Day (2010) she offered it for the film's soundtrack, feeling it did not fit the upcoming Speak Now.
Dresses
Incidental
Clothing
“I wore a dress, you wore a dark grey T-shirt”
The dress as the detail that fixes a perfect ordinary day: what each of them wore becomes the keepsake, the dress marking a moment worth storing.
Lore & Lyrics
Smile
Incidental
Identity & Self
“You've got a smile that takes me to another planet”
His smile is granted transporting power, lifting an ordinary day into fairytale register.
Lore & Lyrics
Hands
Incidental
Identity & Self
“You took me by the hand and you picked me up at six”
Taking register, the hand-take placed at the same plot-position as the date arrival ("picked me up at six"), the two gestures fused into a single act of the partner's invitation. The fairy-tale frame the song names is enacted at the level of the hand.
Lore & Lyrics