7 hours Ago By Emma McKee
On Taylor Swift’s debut album, she wrote songs about early heartbreak. Swift referenced her real relationships and breakups. She said two songs on the album took different approaches to breakups.
One was angry while another made a “moral statement” about cheating.Taylor Swift said one of her songs made a ‘moral statement’ about relationshipsSwift wrote the song “Should’ve Said No” about the painful end of a relationship. One of her former boyfriends cheated on her, and the sting of it provided a well of inspiration.
“I wrote this song by myself, and it literally took me just 20 minutes to write before we recorded it,” she told Great American Country in 2008. “I was living every line in this song at the time. I wrote this song about a guy who cheated on me who shouldn’t have.
”RelatedTaylor Swift Shared How the Romances She Sang About on ‘1989’ Were Completely Different Than in Past SongsAnother song on the album, “Picture to Burn” dealt with the end of a relationship, though it took a different perspective. Swift explained that “Picture To Burn” has an “angry and I’m-done-with-him attitude,” while “Should’ve Said No” is “more of a moral statement.” “It’s an ‘I love you, we were awesome and great together, but you messed this up and I would still be with you’ kinda thing,” Swift said.
“You said yes, and you should’ve said no.”Both songs received critical acclaim..
