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The price for being vulnerable that way is grief. One of the things I’ve always liked about Swift’s persona is that it’s more concerned with being in love than being loved. No scars to your beautiful, were stars and were beautiful. In the new lyrics, Swift makes this more explicit, singing, “Just between us, did the love affair maim you all too well? / Just between us, do you remember it all too well?” It’s funny to think about how that would have hit back when I first fell in love with this song - it was the question I wanted to ask and knew I couldn’t. You should know youre beautiful just the way you are And you dont have to change a thing. The image of the scarf is the part of this grief that’s denial - the desperate conviction that somebody would have kept it because it meant something, instead of the more likely reason that they forgot it ever belonged to you. It is a song about grieving a love affair that mattered more to you than to the other party. The guy doesn’t matter he’s just the occasion. “All Too Well,” short or long, isn’t a song about how a guy kept your scarf. Me say, 'Woman you nah fi change nothing' I love you just the way you are, girl You dont have to change You dont have to do a thing, no Just the way you are, girl If you put on a pound or if you take off a pound Hey, just the way you are, girl Wake up with no make-up, we nah break up Just the way you are, girl And in my eyes youre a star. It’s hard to imagine the woman you see acting like the woman in the songs, but it’s hard to listen to the songs without thinking, this must be how she is. Billy Joel - Just the Way You Are Lyrics.
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All of us desire that significant other who’ll accept us ‘just the way we are’ rather than trying to exert their own will and ideologies upon us. So in a way, this is like the ultimate love song. In her music, she is always crying over a lost love or falling hard for a new one in real life, Swift is so careful about her image that it took a particularly dedicated paparazzo to snap a picture of her that showed her belly button. Just the Way You Are is The Ultimate Love Song.
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Part of Swift’s appeal lies in this contradiction. In her art, in her self-presentation, Swift makes a window that’s actually a mirror: You gaze into the emotional world of her music, but all you’re seeing is yourself. It’s representative, too, of the tricky intimacy she cultivates with her fans. My meaning of this song is that no matter who you are, where you come from, what you look like and how old you are, just be yourself and someone out there will. If somebody wanted to know what her whole deal was, this is the song you’d play for them. It’s a sorrowful romantic ballad about being left behind, rich in careful details - a scarf, a refrigerator light - that give it a building power. “All Too Well” is not just Swift’s best song it’s also her most representative.