Inspired by and written for the 2022 movie Where the Crawdads Sing, “Carolina” follows the life and adventures of a young girl named Kya as she grows up isolated in the marsh of North Carolina. Swift wrote the haunting song entirely by herself, with frequent collaborator Aaron Dessner on the product...
[Verse 1]
Oh, Carolina creeks running through my veins
Lost I was born, lonesome I came
Lonesome I'll always stay
Carolina knows why, for years, I roam
Free as these birds, light as whispers
Carolina knows
[Pre-Chorus]
And you didn't see me here
No, they never did see me here
And she's in my dreams
[Chorus]
Into the mist, into the clouds
Don't leave
I make a fist, I'll make it count
And there are places I will never, ever go
And things that only Carolina will ever know
[Verse 2]
Carolina stains on the dress she left
Indelible scars, pivotal marks
Blue as the life she fled
Carolina pines, won't you cover me?
Hide me like robes down the back road
Muddy these webs we weave
[Pre-Chorus]
And you didn't see me here
Oh, they never did see me
And she's in my dreams
[Chorus]
Into the mist, into the clouds
Don't leave
I make a fist, I'll make it count
And there are places I will never, ever go
And things that only Carolina will ever know
[Bridge]
And you didn't see me here
They never did see me here
No, you didn't see me here
They never saw me
[Outro]
Oh, Carolina knows why for years they've said
That I was guilty as sin and sleep in a liar's bed
But the sleep comes fast and I'll meet no ghosts
It's between me, the sand, and the sea
Carolina knows
Carolina was written by Taylor Swift.
Carolina was produced by Taylor Swift & Aaron Dessner.
Taylor Swift released Carolina on Fri Jun 24 2022.
Where The Crawdads Sing is a book I got absolutely lost in when I read it years ago. As soon as I heard there was a film in the works starring the incredible Daisy Edgar Jones and produced by the brilliant Reese Witherspoon, I knew I wanted to be a part of it from the musical side. I wrote the song...
Swift shared on Twitter:
About a year & half ago I wrote a song about the story of a girl who always lived on the outside, looking in. Figuratively & literally. The juxtaposition of her loneliness & independence. Her curiosity & fear all tangled up. Her persisting gentleness & t...
“Carolina” debuted at #60 on the Billboard Hot 100 during the chart week ending of July 9, 2022.