"When Emma Falls in Love" is the eighteenth track from American singer and songwriter Taylor Swift's third re-recorded album, Speak Now (Taylor's Version), released on July 7, 2023, through Republic Records.
Background[]
Swift confirmed the existence of the song through social media on June 5, 2023.[2] A snippet of the song's demo leaked on July 17, 2023, through TikTok.
The song begins with a gentle piano, before building up to an explosive chorus filled with bass, synthesizers, and electric guitars. The bridge incorporates more electric guitar and angst, contrasting the initial delicacy of the first verse.
The song is rumored to be written about Emma Stone's relationship with Andrew Garfield.
Lyrics[]
[Verse 1]
When Emma falls in love, she paces the floor
Closes the blinds and locks the door
When Emma falls in love, she calls up her mom
Jokes about the ways that this could go wrong
She waits and takes her time, 'cause little miss sunshine
Always thinks it's gonna rain
When Emma falls in love, I know that boy will never be the same
[Chorus]
'Cause she's the kind of book that you can't put down
Like if Cleopatra grew up in a small town
And all the bad boys would be good boys
If they only had a chance to love her
And to tell you the truth, sometimes, I wish I was her
[Verse 2]
When Emma falls in love, it's all on her face
Hangs in the air like stars in outer space
When Emma falls in love, she disappears
And we all just laugh after seein' it all these years
When Emma falls apart, it's when she's alone
She takes on the pain and bears it on her own
'Cause when Emma falls in love, she's in it for keeps
She won't walk away unless she knows she absolutely has to leave
[Chorus]
'Cause she's the kind of book that you can't put down
Like if Cleopatra grew up in a small town
And all the bad boys would be good boys
If they only had a chance to love her
And to tell you the truth, sometimes, I wish I was her
[Bridge]
And she's so New York when she's in LA
She won’t lose herself in love the way I did
'Cause she'll call you out, she'll put you in your place
When Emma falls in love, I'm learning
[Verse 3]
Emma met a boy with eyes like a man
Turns out her heart fits right in the palm of his hand
Now he'll be her shelter when it rains
Little does he know, his whole world's about to change
[Chorus]
'Cause she's the kind of book that you can't put down
Like if Cleopatra grew up in a small town
And all the bad boys would be good boys
If they only had a chance to love her
And to tell you the truth, sometimes, I wish I was her
[Outro]
Yeah, between me and you, sometimes, I wish I was her
Audio[]
Live performance[]
The song was performed for the first time as the second surprise song in Kansas City, Missouri, on July 7, 2023, on The Eras Tour.
Trivia[]
- A lot of people speculate that Taylor played an acoustic version of the Speak Now outtake on the Disney show Take Two with Phineas and Ferb in 2010, becuase when she teaches the fictional characters Phineas and Ferb how to do a hairflip, she plays an unknown song on the guitar. Many people think that said unkown song is "When Emma Falls in Love", because the chords are similar.
References[]
| Speak Now | ||
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| "Mine" • "Sparks Fly" • "Back To December" • "Speak Now" • "Dear John" • "Mean" • "The Story Of Us" • "Never Grow Up" • "Enchanted" • "Better Than Revenge" • "Innocent" • "Haunted" • "Last Kiss" • "Long Live" | ||
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