[[{"@context":"http:\/\/schema.org","@type":"BlogPosting","about":["http:\/\/www.wikidata.org\/entity\/Q113453","Employee Experience & Engagement","Real Talk: Mental Health, Well-Being, and Laughter","http:\/\/www.wikidata.org\/entity\/Q17014697","http:\/\/www.wikidata.org\/entity\/Q14937678","https:\/\/www.the-future-of-commerce.com\/2022\/12\/15\/taylor-swift-lyrics-for-work\/#BlogPosting#6","http:\/\/www.wikidata.org\/entity\/Q109801645","http:\/\/www.wikidata.org\/entity\/Q26876","http:\/\/www.wikidata.org\/entity\/Q97680635"],"wordCount":1809,"url":"https:\/\/www.the-future-of-commerce.com\/2022\/12\/15\/taylor-swift-lyrics-for-work\/","mainEntityOfPage":"https:\/\/www.the-future-of-commerce.com\/2022\/12\/15\/taylor-swift-lyrics-for-work\/","description":"\"I'm so sick of running as fast as I can.\" Taylor Swift lyrics for work to try and summarize all the feels that we've been feeling.","name":"Taylor Swift lyrics for work: \u201cI gave my blood, sweat, and tears for this\u201d","headline":"Taylor Swift lyrics for work: \u201cI gave my blood, sweat, and tears for this\u201d","articleBody":"The past few years have been trying, to say the least \u2013 as the world changed, so did work. Our couches became our conference room, our pets became our co-workers, and yet, the world keeps spinning. We\u2019ve pulled together some Taylor Swift lyrics for work to try to summarize all the feels that we\u2019ve been feeling.\u201cTime won\u2019t fly\/it\u2019s like I\u2019m paralyzed by it\/ I\u2019d like to be my old self again\/ But I\u2019m still tryin\u2019 to find it\u201d\u2013 All Too WellI\u2019m so sick of running as fast as I can, wondering if I\u2019d get there quicker if I was a man: Taylor Swift lyrics for work, glass ceiling smashing editionDismissed as cute, disparaged for taking a stand, literally shoved offstage while receiving an award for her work amid her acceptance speech, having her work capitalized upon \u2013 then the rights to what she\u2019d created taken from her, demanding accountability after a man assaulted her, then being sued by him and counter-suing (spoiler: he lost), Swift has become a feminist icon.Don\u2019t know what else to do pic.twitter.com\/1uBrXwviTS\u2014 Taylor Swift (@taylorswift13) November 14, 2019When Swift delivered the line, \u201cyour sweet disposition and my wide-eyed gaze\u201d during her performance at the 2014 Grammy\u2019s, I stopped working and looked to the TV, my youngest daughter on the sofa next to me, also completely transfixed, yet clueless as to what the lyrics actually meant. But as a woman, I knew \u2013 most of us do; there was a good reason that Swift\u2019s voice was shaking as she sang.In less than a minute, Twitter (RIP) revealed exactly who and what she was singing about, and I became invested. Not because it was a soap opera, but because for so many women, it was a reality that plays over again and again, generation after generation \u2013 and we want more for our daughters, and ourselves.As Swift has grown and evolved, she\u2019s composed countless lyrics that cut to the core of what women frequently experience at work \u2013 as well as the spirit of strength that often emerges after years of tolerating the bias and poor behaviors of others:\u201cThey\u2019d say I hustled, put in the work\/ They wouldn\u2019t shake their heads and question how much of this I deserve\/ What I was wearing\/ If I was rude\/ Could all be separated from my good ideas and power moves?\u201d \u2013 The Man: Ask any woman in business, they\u2019ll tell you that every line in Swift\u2019s song \u201cThe Man\u201d hits a little too hard. From questioning ability to clothing choices, women still face far more bias and obstacles than their male counterparts.\u201cShe should be mad\/ Should be scathing like me\/ But no one likes a mad woman\/ What a shame she went mad\/ You made her like that\u201d \u2013 Mad Woman: Bias against women transcends all levels of privilege and class \u2013 the marginalization of women is a constant factor in our everyday lives, both inside and outside our homes. As women age, they tend to become more aware of their own power and less tolerant of the patriarchal systems stacked against them. And when they speak up, they\u2019re labeled as angry, emotional, or shrill.\u201cHe wanted a bride\/ I was making my own name\u201d \u2013\u00a0Midnight Rain: Even if they\u2019re the breadwinners, women carry more of the mental and emotional load at home. This fact is one of the hypotheses of why younger generations are delaying having children, or putting it off entirely: they\u2019ve seen their own parents struggle with equity, and realize that thanks to inequality, it\u2019s nearly impossible to have a fulfilling career, financial security, and a family, so instead, they\u2019re choosing themselves.\u201cThey say looks can kill and I might try\/ I don\u2019t dress for women\/ I don\u2019t dress for men\/ Lately, I\u2019ve been dressin\u2019 for revenge\/ I don\u2019t start sh*t, but I can tell you how it ends\u201d \u2013\u00a0Vigilante Sh*t: This song became an instant hit with good reason \u2013 it resonates.\u201cNever be so polit\u0435 you forget your power\u201d \u2013\u00a0Marjorie: A great reminder that women are often dinged for being direct and concise \u2013 a trait that\u2019s glorified in men.\u201cThe idea you had of me, who was she\/ A never-needy, ever-lovely jewel\/ Whose shine reflects on you\u201d \u2013 All Too Well: Enough said.\u201cDear reader, bend when you can\/ Snap when you have to\u201d      Difficult women: Exhausted by bias, a revolution rises                Tired of being written out of their own narrative, difficult women get comfortable holding the reins of power.      I don\u2019t start sh*t, but I can tell you how it ends: Email replies we can only dream of, Swiftie-styleDear Reader: Use these replies at your own peril \u2013 but remember, drafts sometimes feel great to write, then store away.\u201cThere\u2019s no time for tears\/ I\u2019m just sitting here planning my revenge\u201d \u2013 Picture to Burn\u201cSo, don\u2019t you worry your pretty little mind\/ People throw rocks at things that shine\u201d \u2013 Ours\u201cThis is why we can\u2019t have nice things, darling\u201d\u2013\u00a0This Is Why We Can\u2019t Have Nice Things\u201cHoney, I rose up from the dead, I do it all the time\/ I got a list of names, and yours is in red, underlined\u201d\u2013Look What You Made Me Do\u201cI\u2019m shining like fireworks over your sad, empty town\u201d\u2013\u00a0Dear John\u201cYou took a swing, I took it hard\/ \u00a0And down here from the ground I see who you are\u201d \u2013 Tell Me Why\u201cYou play stupid games, you win stupid prizes\u201d \u2013 Miss Americana and the Heartbreak Prince\u201cDon\u2019t treat me like some situation that needs to be handled\/ I\u2019m fine with my spite and my tears, and my beers and my candles\u201d \u2013 Closure\u201cGet it off your chest\/ Get it off my desk\/ That lavender haze\/ I just wanna stay, I just wanna stay in that lavender haze\u201d \u2013 Lavender Haze\u201cAnd I keep my side of the street clean\/ You wouldn\u2019t know what I mean\u201d \u2013 Karma\u201cAnd I have to say, by the way, I just may like some explanations\u201d\u2013 Question      Save the dream: May the 4th quotes for navigating our present galaxy                A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away, a group of rebel warriors upon Rogue One sacrificed all for the greater good. We need more of them today, in real-life.      I think I\u2019ve seen this film before, and I didn\u2019t like the ending: Taylor Swift lyrics for work that just\u2026 hitPart of Swift\u2019s allure are the Easter eggs that she hides \u2013 she\u2019s notorious for playing the long game.These Taylor Swift lyrics don\u2019t need an explanation; when you read them, you just know.\u201cSpiderboy, king of thieves\/ Weave your little webs of opacity\u201d \u2013Karma\u201cMy castle crumbled overnight\/ I brought a knife to a gunfight\/ They took the crown but it\u2019s alright\u201d \u2013 Call It What You Want\u201cThe jokes weren\u2019t funny, I took the money\/ My friends from home don\u2019t know what to say\u201d \u2013 You\u2019re On Your Own Kid\u201c\u2019Cause it\u2019s all over, it\u2019s not meant to be\/ So I\u2019ll say words I don\u2019t believe\u201d \u2013 Bigger Than the Whole Sky\u201cIt takes everything in me just to get up each day\/ But it\u2019s wonderful to see that you\u2019re OK\u201d \u2013 Mr. Perfectly Fine\u201cAsk me what I learned from all those years\/ Ask me what I earned from all those tears\/ Ask me why so many fade, but I\u2019m still here\u201d \u2013 Karma\u201cIt\u2019s me, hi, I\u2019m the problem, it\u2019s me\u201d \u2013 Anti-Hero\u201cYou call me up again just to break me like a promise\/ So casually cruel in the name of being honest\u201d \u2013 All Too Well\u201cThey told me all of my cages were mental\/ So I got wasted like all my potential\u201d \u2013 This is Me Trying\u201cMy pennies made your crown\u201d \u2014 KarmaNot much hits harder than this TikTok mash-up of these Taylor Swift lyrics and scenes from The Office: @editscovenn His song >>> #theoffice #theofficeus #michaelscott #michaelscottedit #taylorswift #mastermind #stevecarell #jimandpam #dwight #officehumor #sadoffice #sadmichaelscott #noonewantedtoplaywithmeasalittlekid  \u266c original sound \u2013 edits  Everything you lose is a step you take: T-Swift lyrics of wisdom, perseverance, and empowermentLooking back over the arc of time adds perspective \u2013 and all great leaders know that being able to lift-up the morale of your employees should be top on your priority list.Taylor has you covered with lyrics to inspire at work:\u201c\u2018Cause baby, I could build a castle out of all the bricks they threw at me\u201d \u2013\u00a0New Romantics\u201cPushed from the precipice, climbed right back up the cliff\/ Long story short, I survived\u201d\u2013 Long Story Short\u201cSo we\u2019ve been outnumbered\/ Raided and now cornered\/ It\u2019s hard to fight when the fight ain\u2019t fair\u201d \u2013Change\u201cDesert all your past lives and if you don\u2019t recognize yourself that means you did it right\u201d \u2014 Dear Reader\u201cThese walls that they put up to hold us back will fall down\/ It\u2019s a revolution, the time will come for us to finally win\u201d \u2014 Change\u201cI\u2019ll be strong, I\u2019ll be wrong\/ Oh, but life goes on\u201d \u2013 A Place In This World\u201cTonight we stand, get off our knees\/ Fight for what we\u2019ve worked for all these years\/ And the battle was long, it\u2019s the fight of our lives\/ But we\u2019ll stand up champions tonight\u201d \u2013 Change\u201cAll the magic we made\/ And bring on all the pretenders\/ One day we will be remembered\u201d \u2013 Long Live\u201cThey might be bigger, but we\u2019re faster and never scared\u201d \u2013 Change\u201cThat\u2019s a real f-ing legacy to leave\u201d \u2013 Maroon\u201cGoodbye, goodbye, goodbye\/ You were bigger than the whole sky\u201d \u2013 Bigger Than The Whole Sky\u201cI bury hatchets but I keep maps of where I put \u2019em\u201d \u2013 End Game\u201cWith you I serve, with you I fall down\u201d\u2013 Epiphany      Quiet quitting, acting your wage, and the TikTok of it all                Burnout has entered the chat: Quiet quitting doesn't mean quitting your job, but rather unsubscribing from the above-and-beyond mentality.      Believe it or not, T Swift lyrics can even help identify employees that are at risk of leaving, as this TikTok demonstrates: @emilybruth Just a few of the many signs that that person might be on their way out  #burnout #quitting #highachiever  \u266c Question\u2026? \u2013 Taylor Swift  \u201cIt was rare, I was there; I remember it all too well.\u201d\u201cLong live allthe mountains we moved\/I had the time of my life fighting dragons with you.\u201d  Hybrid work, the Great Resignation, quiet quitting \u2013 2019 would NEVER.But it\u2019s a new world, and work doesn\u2019t work like it once did.Dive into the 2023 HR trends HERE.","dateModified":"2022-12-15","datePublished":"2022-12-15","author":{"@type":"Person","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/957309943fbb2331b671a959c9f00051?s=96&d=mm&r=g","height":96,"width":96,"@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/957309943fbb2331b671a959c9f00051?s=96&d=mm&r=g"},"url":"https:\/\/www.the-future-of-commerce.com\/contributor\/jenn-vande-zande\/","name":"Jenn Vande Zande","identifier":229,"@id":"https:\/\/www.the-future-of-commerce.com\/contributor\/jenn-vande-zande\/#Person"},"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https:\/\/www.the-future-of-commerce.com\/wp-content\/themes\/hybris_foc\/assets\/images\/layout\/logo-foc-2x.svg","height":"96","width":"293","@id":"https:\/\/www.the-future-of-commerce.com\/wp-content\/themes\/hybris_foc\/assets\/images\/layout\/logo-foc-2x.svg"},"address":{"@type":"PostalAddress","name":"The Future of Commerce","addressCountry":"https:\/\/www.the-future-of-commerce.com\/#Country","addressLocality":"Newtown Square","addressRegion":"PA","postalCode":"19073","streetAddress":"3999 West Chester Pike","@id":"https:\/\/www.the-future-of-commerce.com\/#PostalAddress"},"url":"https:\/\/www.the-future-of-commerce.com\/","alternateName":"The Future of Commerce and Customer Engagement","additionalType":"news media","name":"The Future of Commerce","description":"News, information, and analysis on the future of commerce, including e-commerce, customer engagement, B2B, B2C, DTC, supply chain, sustainability, and purpose.","sameAs":["https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/groups\/4844282","https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/a-call-for-a-better-experience\/id1479742201","https:\/\/twitter.com\/FutureOfCEC","https:\/\/www.the-future-of-commerce.com\/feed\/"],"contactPoint":"https:\/\/www.the-future-of-commerce.com\/#ContactPoint","legalName":"The Future of Commerce","parentOrganization":"https:\/\/www.sap.com\/index.html#Organization","numberOfEmployees":"https:\/\/www.the-future-of-commerce.com\/#QuantitativeValue","@id":"https:\/\/www.the-future-of-commerce.com\/"},"video":{"@type":"VideoObject","name":"Taylor Swift - 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