5 Of The Best Taylor Swift Song Lyrics About Marriage Ahead Of Her Wedding

Taylor Swift has been the queen of breakup anthems for two decades, but she's also written plenty of lyrics that tug at our heartstrings. The "Fearless" singer just loves love, and after multiple songs about walking down the aisle, she's finally getting her happy ending with Travis Kelce. In August 2025, the two posted a joint announcement on Instagram, sharing pictures of an elaborate floral fairytale garden, with small details from Swift's engagement photos we can't stop thinking about. "Your English teacher and your gym teacher are getting married," the newly betrothed singer wrote.

Since then, there's been much speculation surrounding the big day, and according to Page Six, Swift and Kelce are getting married on July 3. Although details of the wedding have been kept quiet, we're sure no expenses will be spared, as Swift lives an outrageously lavish life. And, of course, her wedding wouldn't be complete without the guests dancing to at least a couple of the Grammy winner's hits, especially if the lyrics contain a message about everlasting love. Ever the romantic, here are five of the best songs the bride-to-be has performed that will make you want to say, "I do."

Everyone knows the tragic ending of William Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet," but Taylor Swift managed to put a positive spin on the classic tale with her song, "Love Story." In the hit featured on her second album, "Fearless," Swift sings about star-crossed lovers whose parents forbid them to date. After secret meetings and longing for her love, they finally get their chance to be together: "He knelt to the ground and pulled out a ring, and said/Marry me, Juliet, you'll never have to be alone/I love you, and that's all I really know/I talked to your dad, go pick out a white dress/It's a love story, baby, just say 'Yes.'"

In an interview with The New York Times in May, Swift shared that she wrote "Love Story" when she was a teen, and her parents wouldn't let her see an older guy. "I was 17, sitting in my bedroom, mad at my parents because they wouldn't let me go on a date with a guy who was too old, so I shouldn't have been on a date with him anyway," she recalled. Swift joked, "And this is why you need to discipline your kids, because they might write songs that go number one."

During her "Lover" era, Taylor Swift wrote several songs about finding love and settling down with someone forever, with "Paper Rings" being one of the more fun tunes. The upbeat tempo with a punk rock feel would definitely be a banger for a wedding, especially with Swift singing, "I like shiny things, but I'd marry you with paper rings/Uh-huh, that's right/Darling, you're the one I want, and/I hate accidents, except when we went from friends to this/Uh-huh, that's right."

Although "Paper Rings" was likely written about Joe Alwyn, who was Swift's boyfriend at the time the album came out, she seemingly gave Travis Kelce a shout-out during her Eras tour when she transitioned from the song to "Stay Stay Stay," per a video shared by a fan on YouTube. As she sang, "This morning, I said we should talk about it/'Cause I read you should never leave a fight unresolved/That's when you came in wearing a football helmet/And said, 'Okay, let's talk,'" Swift gave fans a cheeky grin. We know how much she loves sprinkling Easter eggs into her performances, so we'd definitely bet that was a reference to the Kansas City Chiefs tight end.

Taylor Swift was just 16 years old when she wrote "Mary's Song (Oh My My My)" for her 2006 eponymous debut album, but it seems she had all the wisdom of someone much older. The melodic, almost lullaby-like tune is accompanied by lyrics that detail two kids who grew up to fall in love and eventually get married. After the bridge, Swift sings, "Take me back to the time when we walked down the aisle/Our whole town came and our mamas cried/You said, 'I do,' and I did, too/Take me home where we met so many years before/We'll rock our babies on that very front porch/After all this time, you and I." It's apparent that a teenage Swift manifested her future marriage to Travis Kelce, as she croons in the outro, "And I'll be eighty-seven, you'll be eighty-nine." As all Swifties know, Kelce's jersey number is 87, while the singer's birth year is 1989. What sorcery is this?

"Mary's Song" was actually written about a real-life couple who proved to Swift that true love exists. "This is a song that I wrote when I first moved to Nashville, and we had our neighbors over for dinner, and they were this 60-year-old couple, and they were just really cute. They acted like they were in high school and still had [a] crush on each other," she told Billboard in 2006 (via Us Weekly). We could totally see Swift and Kelce inspiring a young songwriter while in their golden years.

Although Taylor Swift veered more towards a pop sound over the years, she still incorporated a lot of the storytelling that country music is known for on her 2012 "Red" album. Her song "Starlight" is a poignant song about a young couple who had a whirlwind summertime romance in the '40s, with one particular night standing out to the narrator. "I met Bobby on the boardwalk, summer of '45/Picks me up late one night, out the window/We were seventeen and crazy, runnin' wild, wild/Can't remember what song it was playin' whеn we walked in/The night wе snuck into a yacht club party/Pretendin' to be a duchess and a prince," Swift sings. Although she leaves it ambiguous as to whether the couple lasts, the lyrics show her dreaming about their future: "Ooh, ooh, dancin' with me/Ooh, ooh, we could get married/Have ten kids and teach 'em how to dream."

As with many of Swift's songs, "Starlight" was based on a real-life experience. After the album came out, she told The Wall Street Journal that she was inspired by an throwback picture of a young couple dancing. "It immediately made me think of like how much fun they must have had that night. It was back in the late '40s," she shared. She learned that the couple was Robert F. Kennedy and Ethel Kennedy, who did indeed share a deep connection and stayed with each other until the very end, leaving behind 11 children.

Taylor Swift may be living the pop star life, but it seems she just wants to settle down and start a family with the man of her dreams. On her 2025 album, "The Life of a Showgirl," which showcases Swift's steamiest album art yet, the track "Wi$h Li$t" describes folks who want all the fame and fortune. She then sings, "I just want you, huh/Have a couple kids, got the whole block looking like you/We tell the whole world to leave us the f*** alone, and they do, wow/Got me dreaming 'bout a driveway with a basketball hoop/Boss up, settle down, got a wish (wish) list (list)/I just want you." Could there be a few little Kelces running around in Swift's near future?

It turns out that "Wi$h Li$t" has a special place in Swift's heart, with her sharing on "Heart Breakfast with Jamie Theakston and Emma Bunton" that it's one of her faves. "It's a song that was actually the last song that we made for the album. It was the song where after we finished it, I was like, 'Oh, we're done. We're good. We're done with this. This is the final piece,'" she revealed. Swift explained, "It details all these different things that people aspire to have in their lives and all the wishes that people are making all over the world of things in their lifestyle or things they want to buy or places they want to go. Then, in the course, it talks about what mine would be. I'm really into that one."