Taylor Swift Songs That Are Magical Spells
Taylor Swift is a billionaire. She has always found a way to get what she wants.
Who better to turn to as a magical mentor?
Besides, popular songs contain some of the most powerful magic to change your life. Try is and you’ll see.
(If you happen to be more of a Stevie Nicks fan, you can find my Stevie Nicks Songs That Are Magical Spells post here.)
Below, you’ll find my magical grimoire of 40 Taylor Swift songs and how to work magic with them.
They contain magic incantations to attract love, make an ex come back, heal a broken heart, make new friends, manifest what you want, gain confidence, succeed when you thought you never could, heal from betrayal, and get justice when someone has wronged you.
I hope this inspires you on a magical Taylor Swift journey.
Legal Disclaimer: Rosetta Magdalen LLC (dba Charm Your Life | Tarot + Magic) is not liable for any direct, indirect, or incidental, consequential, or punitive damages arising from your use and interpretation of the information provided in this blog post. This content does not, in any way, constitute legal, financial, or professional advice.
Ready? Let’s get into it.
Want free life-changing magic direct to your inbox? Click here.
No time (or desire) to incorporate spellwork into your life? Here’s the easiest way I know to change your reality.
For my manifestation movies list click here.
For my introduction to law of attraction click here.
Welcome to My Taylor Swift Grimoire
I believe that Taylor Swift is perhaps the most powerful witch alive today.
She has all of the things that so many of us want:
She’s adept at glamour magic, attraction magic, money magic, and the ability to get millions of people to nearly bankrupt themselves in order to follow her from concert to concert.
Not only that, but she gets them to buy every item of merch she offers (sometimes even multiple copies of the same vinyl album). How does she do it?
And now she’s now one of the wealthiest people in the world.
Whatever she wants to bring into being, she does it. She’s the “mastermind.” She’s fully aware of her powers. And, she’s been doing all this since she was 11 years old.
Like any good witch, she’s learned a lot about herself (and life) along the way. She shares her secrets in her songs.
Now, you can get whatever you want in life. And she shows you exactly how to do it.
Here’s How to Get Magical Outcomes From These Taylor Swift Songs
Caveat: I do not necessarily condone some of these uses, but this is about magic and not about what I personally do or don’t approve of. This list is made with a variety of of age groups in mind, from early 20s through infinity.
Scroll down and pick a spell category below. Categories are:
▪ attracting love/saving your relationship/making him come back
▪ making new friends/healing friendships/friend betrays you
▪ confidence/luck/manifestation/success
▪ healing from breakups
▪ betrayal/revenge/justice
▪ releasing trauma/shadow work/glamour magic
▪ channeling departed loved onesFind a song listed in that category that will have the magical effect that you want. If you’re unfamiliar with the song, listen to it first. I’ve made you a playlist at the bottom of this post.
I’ve pulled out a magical incantation from each song. Sing it, scream it, make it part of a candle spell, write it out and put it in a mojo bag . . . whatever you want. (Tweak the words of the song to make it absolutely true for your life.)
Listen to the song over and over. Sing the words over and over.
Tell the song: “You are now coming true in my life.”
Need some help turning any of these songs into a specific, powerful spell to change something in your life? Click here.
Let’s go!
Spells to Attract Love, Save Your Relationship, or Make Him Come Back
Tweak the words of the song you choose, so it rings absolutely true for your life.
The Other Side of the Door (Fearless, 2008)
Magical Use: When you want him back (maybe even after he cheated).
Incantation: I said, “Leave,” but all I really want is you / To stand outside my window throwing pebbles / Screaming, “I’m in love with you" / Wait there in the pouring rain, coming back for more / And don’t you leave.
Love Story (Fearless, 2008)
Magical Use: You’ve been in love with some guy since forever, and that “starcrossed lovers” vibe has haunted you. And, damn it, you want your happy ending.
Incantation: Romeo, save me, I’ve been feeling so alone / I keep waiting for you, but you never come / Is this in my head? I don’t know what to think / 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’."
Stay Stay Stay (Red, 2012)
Magical Use: You know you’re with a good guy who is 90% who you want him to be, and there’s been some trouble lately. You want to be able to talk about it and he’s not taking you seriously. You want to call in the version of him you need. And you want him to stay.
Incantation: Stay, stay, stay / I’ve been loving you for quite some time, time, time / You think that it's funny when I’m mad, mad, mad / But I think that it’s best if we both stay, stay, stay, stay.
Begin Again (Red, 2012)
Magical Use: You’re still healing from the guy who had to keep cutting you down to size and you’re ready to manifest the real deal, the guy who’s still the same loving and adoring person, years later, that you fall in love with now.
(If this is the spell song for you, the whole song can be your incantation, but I’ll just pull out this little bit.)
Incantation: And we walked down the block to my car / And I almost brought him up / But you start to talk about the movies / That your family watches every single Christmas / And I wanna talk about that / And for the first time, what’s past is past.
I Wish You Would (1989, 2014)
Magical Use: This one’s for a breakup that should never have happened, a misunderstanding that you couldn’t repair.
Incantation: I’d never forget you as long as I live and I / Wish you were right here, right now, it’s all good / I wish you would / I wish we could go back / And remember what we were fighting for and I / Wish you knew that / I miss you too much to be mad anymore and I / Wish you were right here, right now, it’s all good / I wish you would.
This Love (1989, 2014)
Magical Use: For that person you’ve tried to forget and you’ve tried to move on, but damn it, you want him back.
(This whole song is a mystical chant to that love.)
Incantation: This love is good, this love is bad / This love is alive back from the dead / These hands had to let it go free, and / This love came back to me.
Call It What You Want (Reputation, 2017)
Magical Use: When everyone is telling you that you screwed up your relationship, but you know you made the right decision. And now you’re visualizing the real one. In detail.
Incantation: And I know I make the same mistakes every time / Bridges burn, I never learn / At least I did one thing right / I did one thing right / I’m laughing with my lover, makin’ forts under covers / Trust him like a brother / Yeah, you know I did one thing right / Starry eyes sparkin’ up my darkest night.
imgonnagetyouback (TTPD, 2024)
Magical Use: When you’re sick of being played with, want to give him a taste of his own medicine, or compel him to come back, and then you can decide what to do with him.
Incantation:
Option 1 — Whether I’m gonna be your wife or / Gonna smash up your bike, I haven’t decided yet / But I’m gonna get you back / Whether I’m gonna curse you out or / Take you back to my house, I haven’t decidеd yet / But I’m gonna get you back.
Option 2 — I hear thе whispers in your eyes / I’ll make you wanna think twice / You’ll find that you were never not mine / (You’re mine).
The Prophecy (TTPD, 2024)
Magical Use: When you feel that your romantic life has somehow been cursed, and things have never gone right. Change it.
Incantation: Change the prophecy / Don’t want money / Just someone who wants my company / Let it once be me.
How You Get the Girl (1989, 2014)
Magical Use: You erase the former guy by visualizing and calling in the person who does everything right — and can do it with ease, forever. Or — and this is harder — visualize him deciding on his own to figure out how to be your guy.
Incantation: (Make up your own list or use this one. You’re not saying this stuff, he is.) “I want you for worse or for better / I would wait forever and ever / Broke your heart, I’ll put it back together / I would wait forever and ever” / And that’s how it works / That’s how you get the girl, girl (Oh-oh, oh) / And that’s how it works / That’s how you get the girl, girl.
Making Friends / Healing Lost Friendships / When a Friend Betrays You
Tweak the words of the song you choose, so it rings absolutely true for your life.
It’s Nice to Have a Friend (Lover, 2019)
Magical Use: Even adults sometimes have trouble making new friends. Conjure one up.
Incantation: Light pink sky, up on the roof / Sun sinks down, no curfew / Twenty questions, we tell the truth / You’ve been stressed out lately, yeah, me too / Something gave you the nerve / To touch my hand / It’s nice to have a friend (Ooh) / It’s nice to have a friend (Ooh).
seven (folklore, 2020)
Magical Use: Recreate the kind of friendships you used to have (or maybe never had, but want to).
Incantation: Sweet tea in the summer / Cross my heart, won’t tell no other / And though I can’t recall your face / I still got love for you / Pack your dolls and a sweater / We’ll move to India forever / Passed down like folk songs / Our love lasts so long.
dorothea (evermore, 2020)
Magical Use: Get that old friend back again. The one who drifted away to a fancy new life.
Incantation: It’s never too late to come back to my side / The stars in your eyes shined brighter in Tupelo / And if you're ever tired of bein’ known for who you know / You know that you’ll always know me.
22 (Red, 2012)
Magical Use: You want to find your tribe. And maybe step out of your comfort zone and do some things you’ve never done before.You’re feeling older and more tired than you need/want to, and want to feel free and excited again (or for the first time).
Incantation: (kind of a long one) Yeah / We’re happy, free, confused and lonely in the best way / It’s miserable and magical, oh, yeah / Tonight’s the night when we forget about the deadlines / It’s time, oh-oh / I don’t know about you / But I’m feeling twenty-two / Everything will be alright if / You keep me next to you / You don’t know about me / But I’ll bet you want to / Everything will be alright if / We just keep dancing like we’re / Twenty-two, twenty-two.
this is why we can’t have nice things (Reputation, 2017)
Magical Use: Banishing work when a friend backstabs you. (Check out the whole song for context.)
Incantation: This is why we can’t have nice things, darlin’ / Because you break them, I had to take them away / This is why we can’t have nice things, honey / Did you think I wouldn't hear all the things you said about me? / This is why we can't have nice things.
Confidence / Luck / Manifestation / Success
Tweak the words of the song you choose, so it rings absolutely true for your life.
Same Girl (2003 unreleased demo, track 1)
Magical Use: You are enough. Your dreams are enough. And you don’t need anyone else in order to achieve them. (A man is not a plan.)
Incantation: Some moments change your life / This could be one of them / I’m just living life and thinking / Hey this could be fun / I’ve always been the same girl / Living in the same world / Singing little songs at the break of dawn girl / Sitting on the front porch / Do do do do do / Watching what you say girl / Never blow away girl / Living in the crazy world / I’ve always been the same girl.
Lucky You (2003 unreleased demo, track 9 — first song she wrote)
Magical Use: You are lucky!
Incantation: Mama named her Lucky on a starlit night / A rabbit foot in her pocket, she dances in spite / Of the fact that she’s different / And yet she’s the same / And she says, "Do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do / Do-do-do-do-do-do-do, do-do-do-do / Do-do-do, do-do-do, do-do-do-do / Lucky you, lucky you."
(The “do-do-do”s mean “You can do it!”)
New Romantics (1989, 2014)
Magical Use: When you want to be brave enough to take chances instead of settling for something you don’t really want. (Because you know the safe things are not really safer.)
Incantation: Baby, I could build a castle / Out of all the bricks they threw at me / And every day is like a battle / But every night with us is like a dream / Baby, we’re the new romantics, come on, come along with me / Heartbreak is the national anthem, we sing it proudly / We are too busy dancin’ to get knocked off our feet / Baby, we’re the new romantics / The best people in life are free.
Mastermind (Midnights, 2022)
Magical Use: Sure you can use it to get some guy, but there’s so many even better things you can do with this one. You are the mastermind! Get whatever you want. Do with it what you will.
Incantation: What if I told you none of it was accidental? / And the first night that you saw me / Nothing was gonna stop me / I laid the groundwork, and then / Just like clockwork / The dominoes cascaded in a line / What if I told you I’m a mastermind? / And now you’re mine / It was all by design / ‘Cause I’m a mastermind.
I Can Do It With a Broken Heart (TTPD, 2024)
Magical Use: When you’re just not feeling it, but you have to get out there and do it. Or, there’s a big opportunity, but you doubt yourself. (Or, maybe you’re young and have a broken heart.)
Incantation: I’m so depressed, I act like it’s my birthday every day / I’m so obsessed with him, but he avoids me, like the plague / I cry a lot, but I am so productive, it’s an art / You know you’re good when you can even do it with a broken heart.
thanK you aIMee (TTPD, 2024)
Magical Use: When you need a spell to help you heal from trauma that just won’t go away.
Incantation:
Option 1 — All that time you were throwin’ punches, I was buildin’ somethin’ / And I couldn't wait to show you it was real / Screamed, “Fuck you, Aimee” to the night sky as the blood was gushin’ /
But I can’t forget the way you made me heal.
(Insert your abuser’s name in place of Aimee.)
Option 2 — I wrote a thousand songs that you find uncool / I built a legacy that you can’t undo / But when I count the scars, there’s a moment of truth / That there wouldn’t be this if there hadn’t been you.
Shake It Off (1989, 2014)
Magical Use: Reminding yourself of who you really are (or want to be, or can be), no matter what anyone else says or does to you.
Incantation:
Option 1 — I never miss a beat / I’m lightnin’ on my feet / And that’s what they don’t see, mm-mm / That’s what they don’t see, mm-mm / I’m dancin’ on my own / I make the moves up as I go / And that’s what they don’t know, mm-mm / That’s what they don’t know, mm-mm.
Option 2 — ‘Cause the players gonna play, play, play, play, play / And the haters gonna hate, hate, hate, hate, hate / Baby, I’m just gonna shake, shake, shake, shake, shake / I shake it off, I shake it off / Heartbreakers gonna break, break, break, break, break / And the fakers gonna fake, fake, fake, fake, fake / Baby, I’m just gonna shake, shake, shake, shake, shake / I shake it off, I shake it off.
Love: Breakups
Tweak the words of the song you choose, so it rings absolutely true for your life.
it’s time to go (evermore, 2020)
Magical Use: When you know it’s time to leave (a job, a friendship, a relationship), but you’re too afraid.
Incantation: Sometimes, givin’ up is the strong thing / Sometimes, to run is the brave thing / Sometimes, walkin’ out is the one thing / That will find you the right thing / Sometimes, givin’ up is the strong thing / Sometimes, to run is the brave thing / Sometimes, walkin’ out is the one thing / That will find you the right thing.
Picture to Burn (Taylor Swift, 2006)
Magical Use: Literally burn stuff to free yourself from memories and pain, and to realize that you lost nothing that was really worthwhile (just the illusion).
Incantation: I hate that stupid old pickup truck you never let me drive / You’re a redneck heartbreak who's really bad at lyin’ / So watch me strike a match on all my wasted time / As far as I’m concerned, you’re just another picture to burn.
(Works even if he isn’t a redneck and doesn’t drive a pickup.)
Blank Space (1989, 2014)
Magical Use: When you want to get over the latest heartbreak by “getting back on the horse.” And you’d like to see what it’s like to be the player instead of the played.
Incantation:
Option 1 — So it’s gonna be forever / Or it’s gonna go down in flames? / You can tell me when it’s over / If the high was worth the pain / Got a long list of ex-lovers / They’ll tell you I’m insane / ‘Cause you know I love the players / And you love the game /
Option 2 —I’ve got a blank space / And I’ll write your name.
Clean (1989, 2014)
Magical Use: Getting through the worst of a breakup or a betrayal. Or healing from abuse or trauma.
Incantation: Hung my head as I lost the war / And the sky turned black like a perfect storm / The rain came pouring down / When I was drownin’, that’s when I could finally breathe / And by mornin’ / Gone was any trace of you, I think I am finally clean.
I Forgot That You Existed (Lover, 2019)
Magical Use: A cheery little song (really!) for when you just want to forget about him, but he’s still living rent-free in your mind.
Incantation: I forgot that you existed / And I thought that it would kill me, but it didn’t / And it was so nice / So peaceful and quiet / I forgot that you existed / It isn’t love, it isn’t hate, it’s just indifference / I forgot that you / Sent me a clear message / Taught me some hard lessons / I just forget what they were / It’s all just a blur.
happiness, (evermore, 2020)
Magical Use: Maybe the best song ever to understand (and heal from) a breakup. (Listen to the whole song before working your spell.)
Incantation: Showed you all of my hiding spots / I was dancing when the music stopped / And in the disbelief, I can’t face reinvention / I haven’t met the new me yet / There’ll be happiness after you / But there was happiness because of you too / Both of these things can be true / There is happiness.
closure (evermore, 2020)
Magical Use: When an ex gets back in touch and you need to stay strong and not have hope. (Sometimes they want to keep you in rotation, so you’re there as an option in case they ever want you.)
Incantation: Yes, I got your letter / Yes, I’m doing better / It cut deep to know ya, right to the bone / Yes, I got your letter / Yes, I’m doing better / I know that it’s over, I don’t need your / Closure, closure, your closure / Your closure.
we are never ever getting back together (Red, 2012)
Magical Use: When that same lying, cheating charmer keeps coming back again and again and again. And you’re starting to hate yourself for being so weak.
Incantation: We are never, ever, ever getting back together / We are never, ever, ever getting back together / You go talk to your friends, talk to my friends, talk to me / But we are never, ever, ever, ever getting back / together / Like, ever.
white horse (Fearless, 2008)
Magical Use: When you need to remind yourself not to get sucked in to someone’s meant-to-be promises, when you’ve already experienced, over and over, that it’s all talk.
Incantation: I’m not your princess, this ain’t our fairytale / I’m gonna find someone someday who might actually treat me well / This is a big world, that was a small town / There in my rear view mirror disappearing now / And it’s too late for you and your white horse / Now, it’s too late for you and your white horse / To catch me now.
Betrayal / Justice
Tweak the words of the song you choose, so it rings absolutely true for your life.
Look What You Made Me Do (Reputation, 2017)
Magical Use: When you need to overcome the victim in you and take back your power. (Great for when you get used, stabbed in the back, stolen from . . . the whole range of badness.)
Incantation: Ooh, look what you made me do / Look what you made me do / Look what you just made me do / Look what you just made me / Ooh, look what you made me do / Look what you made me do / Look what you just made me do / Look what you just made me do.
Mean (Speak Now, 2010)
Magical Use: Bring your own dreams into being, while throwing a nice little “curse” on those bullies and baddies.
Incantation: Well, you can take me down / With just one single blow / But you don’t know what you don’t know / Someday, I'll be livin’ in a big, ole city / And all you’re ever gonna be is mean / Someday, I’ll be big enough so you can’t hit me / And all you’re ever gonna be is mean / Why you gotta be so mean?
no body, no crime (evermore, 2020)
Magical Use: When you need the strength to testify about abuse committed against you. When you need proof on that lying, cheating dog. Use this song to give yourself courage or to draw the evidence to you.
Incantation:
Option 1 — I think he did it, but I just can’t prove it (He did it) / I think he did it, but I just can’t prove it (He did it) / I think he did it, but I just can’t prove it / No, no body, no crime / But I ain’t lettin’ up until the day I die.
Option 2 — No, there ain’t no doubt / Somebody’s gotta catch him out.
Vigilante Shit (Midnights, 2022)
Magical Use: When you’re tired of feeling like a victim and ready to step into your power. This is glamour magic (where you feel your way into who you want to be), in this case, through how you dress.
Incantation: I don’t start shit, but I can tell you how it ends / Don't get sad, get even / So on the weekends / I don't dress for friends / Lately, I've been dressin’ for revenge.
Karma (Midnights, 2022)
Magical Use: Call down karma on a person who deserves it. (Warning: Do this only if you are 120% innocent of any meanness or wrongdoing yourself. What you send out will often come back to you in a very unpleasant way.)
Incantation:
Option 1 — Karma is the thunder / Rattling your ground / Karma’s on your scent like a bounty hunter / Karma’s gonna track you down / Step by step, from town to town / Sweet like justice, karma is a queen / Karma takes all my friends to the summit / Karma is the guy on the screen / Coming straight home to me.
Option 2 — Karma is my boyfriend / Karma is a god / Karma is the breeze in my hair on the weekend / Karma’s a relaxing thought / Aren’t you envious that for you it's not? / Sweet like honey, karma is a cat / Purring in my lap ‘cause it loves me / Flexing like a goddamn acrobat / Me and karma vibe like that.
Releasing Trauma / Shadow Work / Glamour Magic
Tweak the words of the song you choose, so it rings absolutely true for your life.
anti-hero (Midnights, 2022)
Magical Use: Accepting and loving your shadow self and making peace with all of the worst-case-scenarios you may think about yourself. And letting it all go. (Highly recommended to watch the music video as well as using the incantation.)
Incantation: I have this thing where I get older, but just never wiser / Midnights become my afternoons / When my depression works the graveyard shift, all of the people / I’ve ghosted stand there in the room / I should not be left to my own devices / They come with prices and vices / I end up in crisis (Tale as old as time) / I wake up screaming from dreaming / One day, I’ll watch as you’re leaving / ‘Cause you got tired of my scheming (For the last time).
bejeweled (Midnights, 2022)
Magical Use: When you’ve been pumping up your man’s ego for so long and they actually believed it so much that you’re not good enough for them anymore. Have you gotten a little dusty? Do you want to remember who you were, are, and want to be?
Incantation: Best believe I’m still bejeweled / When I walk in the room / I can still make the whole place shimmer / And when I meet the band / They ask, “Do you have a man?” / I could still say, “I don't remember” / Familiarity breeds contempt / Don’t put me in the basement / Whеn I want the penthouse of your heart / Diamonds in my eyes / I polish up real, I polish up real nice.
who’s afraid of little old me? (TTPD, 2024)
Magical Use: When you’ve been sad, defeated, and depressed for a long time, the next step to healing is often justified anger. So, get witchy!
Incantation: So I leap from the gallows and I levitate down your street /
Crash the party like a record scratch as I scream / "Who’s afraid of little old me?" / I was tame, I was gentle ‘til the circus life made me mean / "Don’t you worry, folks, we took out all her teeth" / Who’s afraid of little old me? / Well, you should be / (You should be) You should be / (You should be) You should be / ‘Cause you lured me (You should be) / And you hurt me (You should be) / And you taught me.
Channeling Departed Loved Ones
Tweak the words of the song, so it rings absolutely true for your life.
marjorie (evermore, 2020)
Magical Use: When you want to connect with a beloved ancestor or mentor in your life who has passed.
Incantation:
Option 1 — What died didn’t stay dead / What died didn’t stay dead / You’re alive, you’re alive in my head / What died didn’t stay dead / What died didn’t stay dead / You’re alive, so alive.
Option 2 — I should’ve asked you questions / I should’ve asked you how to be / Asked you to write it down for me / Should’ve kept every grocery store receipt / ‘Cause every scrap of you would be taken from me / Watched as you signed your name Marjorie / All your closets of backlogged dreams / And how you left them all to me.
The Magical Taylor Swift Playlist
Here’s a secret reward for making it all the way down to the bottom of this post: Almost all of the songs from this massive witchy Taylor Swift how-to. A few songs were not available for streaming, but they’re almost all here. Enjoy!
