Friendship #2

I'm Only Me When I'm With You by: Taylor Swift


Friday night beneath the stars,
in a field behind your yard,
you and I are paintin` pictures in the sky.
And sometimes we don`t say a thing;
just listen to the crickets sing.
Everything I need is right here by my side.
And I know everything about you
I don`t wanna live without you.

[Chorus:]
I`m only up when you`re not down.
Don`t wanna fly if you`re still on the ground.
It`s like no matter what I do.
Well you drive me crazy half the time;
the other half I`m only trying to let you know that what I feel is true.
And I`m only me when I`m with you.

Just a small town boy and girl
livin` in a crazy world.
Tryin` to figure out what is and isn`t true.
And I don`t try to hide my tears.
The secrets or my deepest fears.
Through it all nobody gets me like you do.
And you know everything about me.
You say you can`t live without me.

[Chorus]

When I`m with anybody else it`s so hard to be myself.
Only you can tell.

[Chorus:]
That I`m only up when you`re not down.
Don`t wanna fly if you`re still on the ground.
It`s like no matter what I do.
Well you drive me crazy half the time;
the other half I`m only trying to let you know that what I feel is true.
And I`m only me
Who I wanna be
Well, I`m only me when I`m with you
With you
Uh huh
Yeah

In this song, Taylor sings about how she is not the same around anyone but her bestfriend. Examples of this are shown right in the chorus of the song. "I`m only up when you`re not down. Don`t wanna fly if you`re still on the ground.
It`s like no matter what I do. Well you drive me crazy half the time;
the other half I`m only trying to let you know that what I feel is true. And I`m only me when I`m with you." If you think about it, Taylor is basically saying how she is only happy when her friend is happy, she doesnt want to fly unless her friend is going to fly with her, even though you make me crazy most of the time, I only act myself around you.