No Brian, that's not it at all.

Hello everyone,

So in case you haven't been following, each night on her Speak Now Tour Taylor has been writing lyrics from other artists on her arm. Each night it's been a different lyric, each expressing a different mood or feeling, and each from an artist we've come to know she listens to and admires.
Brian Mansfield wrote an article for USA Today talking about the lyrics from each night and her possible motivations for choosing them. You can find that here: USA Today

Essentially what they do in the article is point out that Taylor admires the artists she chose or has mentioned the songs before, and cites that as the reason for choosing the lyrics each night.

But no, Brian, that's not it. That's not it at all.

Obviously Brian Mansfield has never been a teenage girl.

There is something of an unspoken rule among teenage girls concerning song lyrics that are posted in a public place such as Facebook, Twitter, or, if you are an international superstar, your arm.
And that rule is as follows: The reason that said girl is posting said lyrics in such a public place is because she's trying to tell you something. It's because there's something she's feeling she wants you to know about, but can't find the words to say it herself.

And of course it makes perfect sense that any girl would choose lyrics from songs and/or artists that she enjoys and admires. Those are the songs that are the most familiar to her, the ones that are the easiest to draw on.
Yes, Taylor did choose those lyrics because she likes and knows those singers. But that's not really why there are song lyrics on her arm every night.
There are song lyrics on her arm every night because she has feelings that she wants her fans, who are the closest thing she has to Facebook friends, to know about and share with her.

Taylor has always been about connecting to her fans and trying to write songs that relate her to them, and vice versa. But Taylor can't be writing and recording songs every day to share with her fans how she's feeling. So she's found another way, one that girls around the world can relate to and understand.

By writing song lyrics on her arm every night Taylor is giving us yet another way to connect with her, another way to feel like we are part of her life. These lyrics are not just nods to artists she admires. They're little windows into her life right now. She even told fans at a T-Party at one of her Florida shows that the lyrics she chose for her three shows in Florida were her "emo breakup phase".

Taylor may be an international superstar with millions of fans, but that doesn't mean she's not still a girl who likes to send cryptic messages through song lyrics. We know she's mastered that art quite well.

It may be hard for other people to see, but as a nineteen year old girl myself I can see it clearly:
Taylor, really, is just another girl.

PS What's your favorite lyric Taylor has chosen so far? Leave me a comment :)