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"I Know Places" is the twelfth track from the standard edition of American singer and songwriter Taylor Swift's fifth studio album, 1989, released on October 27, 2014, through Big Machine Records. It is also the twelfth track from Swift's fourth re-recorded album, 1989 (Taylor's Version), released on October 27, 2023, through Republic Records.

Hidden message[]

Hidden message: And everyone was watching.

Lyrics[]

[Intro]
I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I-I
I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I-I
I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I-I (I, I, I, I)

[Verse 1]
You stand with your hand on my waistline
It's a scene and we're out here in plain sight
I can hear them whisper as we pass by
It's a bad sign, bad sign
Something happens when everybody finds out
See the vultures circling, dark clouds
Love's a fragile little flame, it could burn out
It could burn out

[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 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

[Verse 2]
Lights flash and we'll run for the fences
Let them say what they want, we won't hear it
Loose lips sink ships all the damn time
Not this time

[Pre-Chorus 2]
Just grab my hand
And don't ever drop it, my love
They are the hunters
We are the foxes, and we run

[Chorus]
Baby, I know 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

[Bridge]
They are the hunters
We are the foxes, and we run
Just grab my hand
And don't ever drop it, my love

[Chorus]
Baby, I know 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

[Outro]
They take their shots but we're bulletproof (I know places)
And you know, for me, it's always you (I know places)
In the dead of night, your eyes so green (I know places)
And I know, for you, it's always me (I know places)
I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I-I
I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I-I

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

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!

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Live performances[]

Swift performed "I Know Places" from May 5, 2015, in Tokyo, Japan, to December 12, 2015, in Melbourne, Australia, on The 1989 World Tour, as the seventh song on the setlist.[4] The song was also performed as a surprise song in Tokyo, Japan, on November 20, 2018, on The Reputation Stadium Tour. Swift performed the song once again as the first surprise song in Los Angeles, California, on August 8, 2023, on The Eras Tour, and on June 7, 2024, in Edinburgh, mashed-up with "Would've, Could've, Should've".

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-Remastered 4K- I Know Places - Taylor Swift - 1989 World Tour 2015 - EAS Channel

References[]

1989
"Welcome To New York" • "Blank Space" • "Style" • "Out Of The Woods" • "All You Had To Do Was Stay" • "Shake It Off" • "I Wish You Would" • "Bad Blood" • "Wildest Dreams" • "How You Get The Girl" • "This Love" • "I Know Places" • "Clean"
Deluxe Edition
"Wonderland" • "You Are In Love" • "New Romantics" • "I Know Places - Voice Memo" • "I Wish You Would - Voice Memo" • "Blank Space - Voice Memo"
Taylor's Version
"Slut!" • "Say Don't Go" • "Now That We Don't Talk" • "Suburban Legends" • "Is It Over Now?"
Taylor's Version Deluxe Edition
"Bad Blood" (feat. Kendrick Lamar)
Taylor's Version Deluxe+ Edition
"Slut!" (acoustic version)
Tangerine Edition
"Sweeter Than Fiction"
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