Holy Ground
Written By Taylor Swift
Produced By Jeff Bhasker
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Track 11 on "Red".
"Holy Ground (Taylor's Version)" is the eleventh track from Swift's second re-recorded album Red (Taylor's Version).
Lyrically, this song finds Swift looking back on a past relationship that didn't last and receive the best ending, but realizing, even if short-lived, it was good for the memories and learnings they have shared.
This song's subject is speculated to be Joe Jonas, since the hidden message for this track was "When you came to the show in SD" which occuring was during Swift's Speak Now Tour and Joe Jonas was spotted watching Swift performing in San Diego.
Lyrics
[Verse 1]
I was reminiscing just the other day
While having coffee all alone and, Lord, it took me away
Back to a first-glance feeling on New York time
Back when you fit my poems like a perfect rhyme
Took off faster than a green light, go
Yeah, you skip the conversation when you already know
I left a note on the door with a joke we'd made
And that was the first day
[Chorus]
And darling, it was good
Never looking down
And right there where we stood
Was holy ground
[Verse 2]
Spinning like a girl in a brand new dress
We had this big, wide city all to ourselves
We block the noise with the sound of "I need you"
And for the first time, I had something to lose
And I guess we fell apart in the usual way
And the story's got dust on every page
But sometimes I wonder how you think about it now
And I see your face in every crowd
[Chorus]
'Cause darling, it was good
Never looking down
And right there where we stood
Was holy ground
[Bridge]
Tonight I'm gonna dance
For all that we've been through
But I don't wanna dance
If I'm not dancing with you
Tonight I'm gonna dance
Like you were in this room
But I don't wanna dance
If I'm not dancing with you
[Chorus]
It was good
Never looking down
And right there where we stood
Was holy ground
[Outro]
Tonight I'm gonna dance
For all that we've been through
But I don't wanna dance
If I'm not dancing with you
Tonight I'm gonna dance
Like you were in this room
But I don't wanna dance
If I'm not dancing with you