The Trick To Holding On
-by Taylor Swift
[the American Queen to my American Princess]
Let go of the ones who hurt you
Let go of the ones you outgrow
Let go of the words they hurt your way
as you're walking out the door
The only thing cut and dry
In this hedge-maze life
Is the fact that their words will cut
but your tears will dry
They don't tell you this when you are young
You can't hold onto everything
Can't show up for everyone
You pick your poison
Or your cure
Phone numbers you know by heart
And the ones you don't answer anymore
Hold onto the faint recognition in
the eye of a stranger
As it catches you in its lustrous net
How quickly we become entwined
How wonderful it is to forget
All the times your intuition failed you
But it hasn't killed you yet
Hold on to childish whims and moonlight
Swims and your blazing self-respect
And if you drive the roads of this town
Ones you've gone down so many times before
Flashback to all the times
Life nearly ran you off the road
But tonight your hand is steady
Suddenly you'll know
The trick to holding on
was all that letting go.
