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Haunted

Speak Now·2010

Artifact Information

Haunted

Eras

Speak Now

Albums

Speak Now

Released

2010

Musical style

Rock

Mood

Panic

All Versions

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Hot 100 Peak

Did not chart

Themes

AnxietyLoss

Curator's Note

Interpretation

Haunted is the panic of watching a relationship slip away in real time. The drums quicken like a heart about to burst — she writes "can't let go" as frantic and beautiful.

I'm a little afraid of this one; it's too true: you know it's ending, but your body panics before your mind does. Taylor makes that uncontrolled, near-terrified holding-on feel theatrical, like a final lunge.

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