[Taylor talking]

So, over the years
A lot of people have asked me to sort of
Describe my song writing process from beginning to end
How long does it take? Where do you write? What are the circumstances? Do you start with music? Do you start with lyrics?
And my answer is always that it happens differently every time
And that's why I'm still so in love with song writing
So, what I've done here, is shown you three different examples
Of the beginning stages of these songs
And how they each started, different ways
So, I'll explain them to you
And maybe that will help you understand
Kind of how I put songs together

I sent this voice memo to Ryan Tedder
Because I'd always wanted to work with him
And finally, we scheduled some studio time
So, I always want to be prepared
I wanted to send him the idea that I was working on
Before we went into the studio
Just in case he wrote back and said, "I can't stand that
I want to work on something else
Think of something else"
So, I just sat down with the piano
Put my phone on top of the piano
And just, kind of explained to him
Where I wanted to go with the song
How I saw the melody sitting in
And we ended up recording the song the next day
And it ended up being on the record called "I Know Places"
So, this was the voice memo that I sent to him
The night before we ended up finishing the song
Okay, so this is kind of this rough idea thing

Uh-uh-uh
Oh, oh-oh-oh-I
Oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh-I
Oh-oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh-I-I-I

Na-na-na-na waiting at the back door
They're around and the vultures come around
And you know that they won't
They won't us
Say what they want 'bout, say what they want 'bout us
And you come and sing and listen
I would not think about it but I'm not done
Every know that a thing or two about it, thing or two about it, I

[Pre-Chorus 1]

'Cause they got the cages
They got the boxes and guns
They are the hunters
We are the foxes and we run

[Chorus]

Baby, I know some places we won't be found
And they'll be chasing their tails
Trying to track us down
'Cause I, I know places we can hide
I know places, I know places

Uh-uh-uh-I
Uh-uh-uh-I
Oh-oh-I
Uh-uh-uh-I
Know places

[Taylor Swift]

Or whatever
I don't know
But that's basically just like a dark
Really dark lyric, like, bridge thing
And it's about, like, everybody's, like
Trying to get into and ruin a love, or whatever
And it's like, you just, whatever, you know
And the chorus would just go to that major
And just be like "Ooh" chorus
So, I hope you like it
It wouldn't be a piano thing
It would be, like [*vocalizing*]
Like, very, like, beat
Now, I'm just making weird sounds
Hope you like it!