A great way to practice listening skills is using music! Listen to the song Blank Space by Taylor Swift. This song has great phrases and expressive language. While listening, fill in the blanks. You can listen to the song more than once.
Then, answer the questions about the meaning of the song below. Post your answers below!
Nice to meet you, where you _____?
I could show you incredible things
Magic, madness, heaven, sin
Saw you there and I thought
Oh my God, look at that face
You look like my next _______
Love’s a game, wanna play?
New money, suit and tie
I can read you like a magazine
Ain’t it funny, ______ fly
And I know you heard about me
So hey, let’s be friends
I’m dying to see how this one ends
Grab your _____ and my hand
I can make the bad guys good for a weekend
So it’s gonna be forever
Or it’s gonna go down in flames
You can tell me when it’s over
If the high was worth the _____
Got a long list of ex-lovers
They’ll tell you I’m insane
‘Cause you know I love the players
And you love the _______
‘Cause we’re young and we’re reckless
We’ll take this way too far
It’ll leave you breathless
Or with a nasty scar
Got a long list of ex-lovers
They’ll tell you I’m _______
But I’ve got a blank space, baby
And I’ll write your name
Cherry lips, crystal skies
I could show you incredible things
______ kisses, pretty lies
You’re the King, baby, I’m your Queen
Find out what you want
Be that girl for a month
Wait, the worst is yet to come, oh no
Screaming, _______, perfect storms
I can make all the tables turn
Rose garden filled with thorns
Keep you second _______ like
“Oh my God, who is she?”
I get drunk on jealousy
But you’ll come back each time you leave
‘Cause, darling, I’m a nightmare dressed like a daydream
So it’s gonna be forever
Or it’s gonna go down in flames
You can tell me when it’s over
If the ______ was worth the pain
Got a long list of ex-lovers
They’ll tell you I’m insane
‘Cause you know I love the players
And you love the game
‘Cause we’re ______ and we’re reckless
We’ll take this way too far
It’ll leave you breathless
Or with a nasty scar
Got a long list of ex-lovers
They’ll tell you I’m insane
But I’ve got a blank _______, baby
And I’ll write your name
Boys only want love if it’s torture
Don’t say I didn’t say, I didn’t warn ya
Boys only want love if it’s torture
Don’t say I didn’t say, I didn’t ______ ya
So it’s gonna be forever
Or it’s gonna go down in ______
You can tell me when it’s over
If the high was worth the pain
Got a long list of ex-lovers
They’ll tell you I’m insane
‘Cause you know I love the players
And you love the game
‘Cause we’re young and we’re reckless
We’ll take this way too far
It’ll leave you breathless
Or with a ______ scar
Got a long list of ex-lovers
They’ll tell you I’m insane
But I’ve got a blank space, baby
And I’ll write your name
Questions:
- What does it mean when something “goes down in flames?”
- What does “a rose garden filled with thorns” mean?
- What does “if the high was worth the pain” mean?
- Taylor Swift says she wrote this song because it’s what people think of her. What do you think she means?