What It's About: Being Mature Enough To Forgive Those Who've Wronged You Making the top three is Innocent, a hauntingly beautiful song about forgiveness, closure and emotional maturity; deep topics that a casual listener might not necessarily expect from bubbly, fun-loving, hopeless romantic Taylor Swift. Taylor has confessed that the inspiration for Innocent stemmed from Kanye Wests unexpected outburst at the VMAs in 2009. West, during the announcement of Best Female Music Video, sabotaged Taylors acceptance speech by interrupting and claiming Beyonces video was in fact more deserving. As a result of this, Taylor decided to use her trademark way of dealing with her emotions by converting them to song. However, Taylor has stated that she did so because she believed it was important to write a song to him rather than about him, in an attempt to offer forgiveness to Kanye, rather than demand pity from her fans. What makes Innocent so poignant is that Taylor reminds her listeners that even as an adult, you never really stop growing, people have childish relapses when they wish they could return to their firefly catching days and forget they have responsibilities and that their actions have consequences. Taylor uses the word innocent as a term of endearment for someone who did something wrong, but because of lack of thought, rather than malice. The line Who you are is not what you did promotes forgiveness in a way that reminds us that people sometimes make mistakes, but if youre remorseful, they dont necessarily define who you are.