Ours
Producers
Elevator buttons and morning air
Strangers' silence makes me want to take the stairs
If you were here, we'd laugh about their vacant stares
But right now, my time is theirs
Seems like there's always someone who disapproves
They'll judge it like they know about me and you
And the verdict comes from those with nothing else to do
The jury's out, but my choice is you
[Chorus]
So don't you worry your pretty little mind
People throw rocks at things that shine
And life makes love look hard
The stakes are high, the water's rough
But this love is ours
[Verse 2]
You never know what people have up their sleeves
Ghosts from your past gonna jump out at me
Lurking in the shadows with their lip gloss smiles
But I don't care, 'cause right now, you're mine
And you'll say
[Chorus]
Don't you worry your pretty little mind
People throw rocks at things that shine
And life makes love look hard
The stakes are high, the water's rough
But this love is ours
And it's not theirs to speculate if it's wrong and
Your hands are tough, but they are where mine belong and
I'll fight their doubt and give you faith with this song for you
'Cause I love the gap between your teeth
And I love the riddles that you speak
And any snide remarks from my father about your tattoos
Will be ignored, 'cause my heart is yours
[Chorus]
So don't you worry your pretty little mind
People throw rocks at things that shine
And life makes love look hard
And don't you worry your pretty little mind
People throw rocks at things that shine
But they can't take what's ours
They can't take what's ours
The stakes are high, the water's rough
But this love is ours
About
“Ours” is a track on the deluxe edition of Taylor Swift’s 2010 album Speak Now. Like her song “Love Story,” it tells the tale of a love frowned upon by others.
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Taylor told VH1:
I’m excited about telling the beginnings of stories, like the story of this song called ‘Ours,’ where I wrote it about this guy nobody thought I should be with. So I wrote this song specifically just to play it for him, just to show him, ‘I don’t care what anyone says. I don’t care that you have tattoos. I don’t care that you have a gap between your teeth. I love you for who you are.’ And that song ended up actually making it on [Speak Now] and becoming a #1 song.
“Ours” is certified Platinum by the RIAA.
- 1.All Too Well
- 3.The Best Day
- 4.Red
- 5.Holy Ground
- 7.Our Song
- 8.22
- 11.Mean
- 13.So It Goes...
- 14.Fifteen
- 15.Mine
- 16.Sparks Fly
- 17.State of Grace
- 18.Haunted
- 19.Never Grow Up
- 20.Treacherous
- 21.Babe
- 23.Fearless
- 24.Enchanted
- 25.Change
- 26.Ours
- 27.Out Of The Woods
- 30.This Love
- 31.The Lucky One
- 32.Invisible
- 33.Breathe
- 34.Better Man
- 35.Jump Then Fall
- 36.Begin Again
- 38.The Story Of Us
- 39.Forever & Always
- 40.Hey Stephen
- 41.Speak Now
- 42.Wonderland
- 43.White Horse
- 45.Starlight
- 46.I Know Places