Leaked lyrics are fueling speculation that the Speak Now track might be about the singer/guitarist.
By Jocelyn Vena
<P>"Innocent" is about <a href="/news/articles/1650042/taylor-swift-needed-perform-innocent-at-vmas.jhtml">Kanye West</a>. "Back to December" might be about <a href="/news/articles/1649822/taylor-swift-back-december-lyrics-apology.jhtml">Taylor Lautner</a>. "Mean" is <a href="/news/articles/1650286/taylor-swift-lashes-out-at-her-critics-on-mean.jhtml">all about her critics</a>. And it appears that <a href="/music/artist/mayer_john/artist.jhtml">John Mayer</a> may even be the subject of a song penned by <a href="/music/artist/swift__taylor/artist.jhtml">Taylor Swift</a> for her forthcoming album, <i>Speak Now,</i> due October 25.</P><P>While Swift isn't naming names on "Dear John" — well, last names at least — she doesn't shy away from calling out someone for a love gone terribly wrong. There's no confirmation that the tune is about Mayer, but some <a href="http://www.accesshollywood.com/report-taylor-swift-reveals-john-mayer-romance-on-new-album_article_38504" target="_blank">lyrics that have appeared online</a> have everyone wondering if he's the John she's singing about.</P><P>In the song, Swift really gives it to the aforementioned guy, singing, "Dear John/ I see it all now that you're gone/ Don't you think I was too young/ To be messed with/ The girl in the dress/ Cried the whole way home/ I should've known."</P><P>Further on, she sings, "It was wrong/ Don't you think 19's too young/ To be played/ By your dark, twisted games/ When I loved you so."</P><P><a href="/news/articles/1625724/john-mayer-talks-taylor-swift-collaboration-half-my-heart.jhtml">A teenage Swift collaborated with the 30-something Mayer</a> on a tune titled "Half of My Heart," which appeared on his 2009 album, <i>Battle Studies,</i> and the two had been rumored to have dated for a short period after they worked on the track.</P><P>Additional leaked lyrics from "Dear John" include: "My mother accused me of losing my mind/ But I swore I was fine/ You'll add my name to your long list of traitors who don't understand/ And I'll look back in regret, I ignored what they said/ 'Run as fast as you can.' "</P><P>Strangely enough, the last line of this verse is very similar to one written by the subject of "Innocent," West, in his <a href="/news/articles/1647751/kanye-wests-runaway-lyrics-what-do-think.jhtml">single "Runaway"</a> — off his forthcoming November release, <a href="/news/articles/1650171/kanye-west-reveals-banned-cover-art-my-beautiful-dark-twisted-fantasy.jhtml"><i>My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy</i></a> — which he performed at the VMAs last month.</P><P>Swift recently discussed "Dear John" with the <a href="http://www.nypost.com/p/entertainment/music/tattale_taylor_mLp9Lv8d2nN1FVGJQzX89I" target="_blank"><i>New York Post,</i></a> admitting, "There's actually no surprise person on this record." She added: "I will be excited for you to hear that song, though."</P><P><i>Do you think "Dear John" is about John Mayer? Share your theories in the comments!</i></p>
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