Taylor Swift
Taylor Swift
Taylor Swift
Taylor Swift
Taylor Swift
Taylor Swift
Taylor Swift
Taylor Swift
Taylor Swift
Taylor Swift
Taylor Swift
Taylor Swift
Taylor Swift
Taylor Swift
Taylor Swift
“The Outside” was written by Swift about loneliness. She wrote it when just she was 12 years old.
In an interview with Entertainment Weekly, she talked about this song:
It’s about what I was going through at the time. I was a complete outcast at school and never fit in, never felt like I belonged....
[Verse 1]
I didn't know what I would find
When I went looking for a reason, I know
I didn't read between the lines
And, baby, I've got nowhere to go
[Pre-Chorus]
I tried to take the road less traveled by
But nothing seems to work the first few times
Am I right?
[Chorus]
So how can I ever try to be better?
Nobody ever lets me in
I can still see you, this ain't the best view
On the outside looking in
I've been a lot of lonely places
I've never been on the outside
[Verse 2]
You saw me there, but never knew
That I would give it all up to be
A part of this, a part of you
And now, it's all too late, so you see
[Pre-Chorus]
You could've helped if you had wanted to
But no one notices until it's too late to do anything
[Chorus]
How can I ever try to be better?
Nobody ever lets me in
I can still see you, this ain't the best view
On the outside looking in
I've been a lot of lonely places
I've never been on the outside
[Post-Chorus]
Oh, yeah
[Chorus]
How can I ever try to be better?
Nobody ever lets me in
And I can still see you, this ain't the best view
On the outside looking in
I've been a lot of lonely places
I've never been on the outside
[Outro]
Oh-oh
Oh, oh-oh
Oh-oh
Oh-oh
The Outside was written by Taylor Swift.
The Outside was produced by Robert Ellis Orrall.
Taylor Swift released The Outside on Tue Oct 24 2006.
This is one of the first songs I ever wrote, and it talks about the very reason I ever started to write songs. It was when I was twelve years old, and a complete outcast at school. I was a lot different than all the other kids, and I never really knew why. I was taller, and sang country music at kar...
In the lyric booklet, Taylor declared, “you are not alone”.
The journals released alongside Swift’s 2019 album Lover included journal entries with the lyrics to the song, dated February 13th and 14th, 2004.
Swift amusingly noted in those entries that she finished the track on Valentine’s Day because she had “nothing better to do”.