TEARDROPS ON MY GUITAR

"Teardrops on My Guitar" is the second single by country music artist from her self titled album, Taylor Swift, following her debut single "Tim McGraw". The story of the song is about the heartbreak of liking someone who is so close but is out of one's reach. Swift also states that it's about the conflicting feelings of loving someone and wanting them to love you back and wanting them to be happy. In a behind-the-scenes video, Swift reveals that the song was written about a classmate.

THE SONG

The song is about a boy named Drew that Taylor Swift was friends with in high school. He never realized how much she liked him. Taylor told Seventeen Magazine(in the June issue) details about the true story behind her song:

"He was a guy who I met freshman year of high school. He had the most beautiful eyes and this amazing smile. He was so cute and nice – and he talked to me every day… about his girlfriend! Which is like the screeching brake sound. But I had it bad for him. And I just kept thinking, Why am I so invisible to him? Why does he have to have a girlfriend? I never told him that I liked him, but I did write a song with his name on it – so I think he knows now."

Swift also had stated the event after the song became popular:

"Actually, he [Drew] showed up in my driveway a couple of months ago, and it was like in the movies where at the end the guy shows up in your driveway, and you have this awesome kiss – except it’s three years too late. I’m like, Why didn’t you do this years ago?!? He was a stranger by then, so I felt like I didn’t know him anymore."

THE VIDEO

The video for "Teardrops on My Guitar" was directed by Trey Fanjoy. It was filmed at Hume-Fogg High School in downtown In the video Taylor has fallen in love with her friend Drew (played by Tyler Hilton), but he loves somebody else, so she can't tell him how she really feels. For much of the video, Taylor is lying on her bed with her guitar, portraying the teardrops on her guitar at night when she knows she can't have the boy she loves. The pop mix of the video is played on VH1, however sometimes they play the original version.

[ Dedicated to Mr. Rough.. :D ]