CLAIRE, HOW DO PEOPLE THINK SHE DOESN’T WRITE EMPOWERING LYRICS “I’M SHINING LIKE FIREWORKS OVER YOUR SAD, EMPTY TOWN” IS LITERALLY THE MOST EMPOWERING LYRIC OF ALL TIME.

WOW UGH SUCH A HARD QUESTION UH ALL OF THEM TBH but okay top five here we go.

1. All Too Well (Hey you called me up again/just to break me like a promise/so casually cruel/in the name of being honest)
2. Enchanted (This is me praying that/this was the very first page/not how the story line ends/my thoughts will echo your name/until I see you again/these are the words I held back/as I was leaving too soon/I was enchanted to meet you)
3. Dear John (But I took your matches before fire could catch me/so don’t look now/I’m shining like fireworks/over your sad empty town)
4. I’m Only Me When I’m With You (And I don’t try to hide my tears/my secrets or my deepest fears/through it all nobody gets me like you do)
5. Sparks Fly (I run my fingers through your hair/and watch the lights go wild/just keep on keeping your eyes on me/it’s just wrong enough to make it feel right/lead me up the staircase won’t you whisper soft and slow/I’m captivated by you baby/like a firework show)

Honorable mentions to Cold As You, Mean, Back To December, The Story of Us, Better Than Revenge, Starlight, Everything Has Changed, Red, and basically every other song she’s ever written.