You belong with me Lyrics Song by Taylor Swift

You belong with me

Song	You belong with me
Artist	Taylor Swift
Album	Fearless
Released	4 Nov, 2008
Songwriters	Taylor Swift & Liz Rose
Produced by	Nathan Chapman & Taylor Swift
Performance Rights	BMI
Awards	MTV Video Music Award for Best Female Video, Kids' Choice Award for Favorite Song
Genres	Country pop, Pop

Lyrics

You're on the phone with your girlfriend, she's upset

She's going off about something that you said

'Cause she doesn't get your humor like I do

I'm in the room, it's a typical Tuesday night

I'm listening to the kind of music she doesn't like

And she'll never know your story like I do

But she wears short skirts

I wear T-shirts

She's Cheer Captain, and I'm on the bleachers

Dreaming about the day when you wake up and find

That what you're looking for has been here the whole time

If you could see that I'm the one

Who understands you

Been here all along

So, why can't you see?

You belong with me

You belong with me

Walk in the streets with you in your worn-out jeans

I can't help thinking this is how it ought to be

Laughing on a park bench thinking to myself

Hey, isn't this easy?

And you've got a smile

That can light up this whole town

I haven't seen it in a while

Since she brought you down

You say you're fine, I know you better than that

Hey, what you doing with a girl like that?

She wears high heels

I wear sneakers

She's Cheer Captain, and I'm on the bleachers

Dreaming about the day when you wake up and find

That what you're looking for has been here the whole time

If you could see that I'm the one

Who understands you

Been here all along

So, why can't you see?

You belong with me

Standing by and waiting at your backdoor

All this time how could you not know, baby?

You belong with me

You belong with me

Oh, I remember you driving to my house

In the middle of the night

I'm the one who makes you laugh

When you know you're 'bout to cry

And I know your favorite songs

And you tell me 'bout your dreams

Think I know where you belong

Think I know it's with me

Can't you see that I'm the one

Who understands you?

Been here all along

So, why can't you see?

You belong with me

Standing by and waiting at your backdoor

All this time how could you not know, baby?

You belong with me

You belong with me

You belong with me

Have you ever thought just maybe

You belong with me?

You belong with me

About

You Belong With Me is the story of a guy who gets into such a toxic relationship to see how much another girl likes him. It appears on Taylor's sophomore album, Fearless.

Taylor said the following about the track on a page on Big Machine Records' website, which has since been removed:

I overheard a friend of mine talking to his girlfriend and she was completely on the defensive, saying [things] 'I love you more than anything! Baby, I'm so sorry.' She was just yelling at him! I felt very bad for him at that moment. So I came up with the first line 'You're on the phone with your girlfriend, she's upset, she's saying something you said,' and I made her run into the story that I love her and she needs her. stay with me instead.

What has co-writer Liz Rose said about the song?

'You Belong with Me' was written at the end of Fearless's recording session. She said, 'I am finishing the record on Monday. Let's write an uptempo song.' We wrote 'You Belong with Me' in an hour or two. It's amazing to go back to a work tape and listen to it, because you won't even believe the nuance you see in the album version. When she is writing something, she is already building it in her mind. She listens to everything.

What did the artists say about the song?

Swift told the story behind the song:

I came to the writing session with Liz Rose and said, I got the idea. I overheard a friend of mine talking to his girlfriend and he was totally defensive, 'No, baby... I had to get off the phone too quickly... I tried to call you back right away... of course. I love you. more than anything! Baby, I'm so sorry.' She was just yelling at him! I felt very bad for him at that moment. So the first line I came up with was 'You're on the phone with your girlfriend, she's upset, going on about everything you said,' and I ran her into the story line that I love her and He needs to be with me instead. That just became the whole picture. It was really fun for us to write the line, 'She wears a short skirt, I wear a T-shirt.'

He explained its more basic meaning:

The song is basically about wanting someone who is with this girl who doesn't appreciate her at all. Basically like 'girl-next-door-itis'. You like this guy you've had all your life, and you know him better than him but somehow the popular girl gets the guy every time.