Taylor Swift Releases New Song "Speak Now" (with Audio & Lyrics)

Two months ago the first single ("Mine") from Taylor Swift's upcoming album ("Speak Now") was leaked onto the internet (I.e. for the past two months I have been listening to it on repeat while running).

At midnight last night she released the second song from the album. This one shares the same name as the album and is just as catchy as "Mine". "Speak Now" is a little different at the start and is definitely different from a lot of her other songs in the way it sounds and how she sings it but I dig it. As usual, the chorus is awesome and keeps with the theme of all her songs - great to blast at fraternity socials as a way to keep the girls happy but also secretly singing along yourself.

In the video below she explains the meaning behind the song. Basically it is about her friend who broke up with a guy but thought they would always get back together. The guy then found a new girl and decided to marry her. Apparently the new girl was a grade A bitch. When Taylor's friend told her the news she asked her if she would "speak now", explaining "you know, like storm the church. Speak now or forever hold your peace."

Taylor will release a song a week until the album release on October 25th (3 weeks!!!). Next Tuesday at midnight she will release "Back to December" followed by "Mean" the next Tuesday at midnight. The full version of "Speak Now" and lyrics are below.

I am not the kind of girl
Who should be rudely barging in on a white veil occasion
But you are not the kind of boy
Who should be marrying the wrong girl

I sneak in and see your friends, and her snotty little family
All dressed in pastel
And she is yelling at a bridesmaid, somewhere back inside a room
Wearing a gown shaped like a pastry

This is surely not what you thought it would be
I lose myself in a daydream where I stand and say

Don’t say yes, run away now
I’ll meet you when you’re out of the church at the backdoor
Don’t wait or say a single vow
You need to hear me out and they said "speak now"

Fond gestures are exchanged
And the organ starts to play a song that sounds like a death march
And I am hiding in the curtains
It seems that I was uninvited by your lovely bride-to-be

She floats down the aisle like a pageant queen
But I know you wish it was me, you wish it was me
Don’t you?

Don’t say yes, run away now
I’ll meet you when you’re out of the church at the backdoor
Don’t wait or say a single vow
You need to hear me out and they said "speak now"

Don’t say yes, run away now
I’ll meet you when you’re out of the church at the backdoor
Don’t wait or say a single vow
Your time is running out and they said "speak now"

I hear the preacher say "speak now or forever hold your peace"
There’s the silence, there’s my last chance
I stand up with shaking hands, all eyes on me
Horrified looks from everyone in the room
But I’m only looking at you

I am not the kind of girl
Who should be rudely barging in on a white veil occasion
But you are not the kind of boy
Who should be marrying the wrong girl

Don’t say yes, run away now
I’ll meet you when you’re out of the church at the backdoor
Don’t wait or say a single vow
You need to hear me out and they said "speak now"

And you say let's run away now
I’ll meet when I’m out of my tux at the backdoor
Baby I didn’t say my vows, so glad you were around
When they said "speak now"