What Is Ronan By Taylor Swift About?

A song dedicated to a 4-year-old boy who died on May 9, 2011, in the arms of his mother Maya Thompson after 9 months of fighting neuroblastoma a disease in which cancer cells affect the nervous tissue of the body.

When Ronan died in May 2011, just three days before his fourth birthday, Maya decided to continue the blog, with heartfelt letters to her late son, as a way to cry.

Swift met Maya in October 2011 after she invited her to her concert at the Jobing.com Arena in Glendale, Arizona for her Speak Now World Tour. When they met, Swift told Maya that she had written a song inspired by Maya’s blog, which made her cry.

Swift first performed the song on the 2012 Stand Up to Cancer broadcast in September 2012 before it was released online. The only other time she performed was in Glendale, Arizona, stopping on her 1989 world tour, which was attended by Maya, who is credited as a writer for the song.

Ronan Song Lyrics Taylor Swift

I remember your bare feet down the hallway
I remember your little laugh
Race cars on the kitchen floor, plastic dinosaurs
I love you to the moon and back

I remember your blue eyes looking into mine
Like we had our own secret club
I remember you dancing before bed time
Then jumping on me, waking me up

I can still feel you hold my hand, little man
And even the moment I knew
You fought it hard like an army guy
Remember I leaned in and whispered to you

Come on baby with me, we’re gonna fly away from here
You were my best four years

I remember the drive home
When the blind hope turned to crying and screaming “Why?”
Flowers pile up in the worst way, no one knows what to say
About a beautiful boy who died

And it’s about to be Halloween
You could be anything you wanted if you were still here
I remember the last day when I kissed your face
And whispered in your ear

Come on baby with me, we’re gonna fly away from here
Out of this curtained room in this hospital grey, we’ll just disappear
Come on baby with me, we’re gonna fly away from here
You were my best four years

What if I’m standing in your closet trying to talk to you?
What if I kept the hand-me-downs you won’t grow into?
And what if I really thought some miracle would see us through?
What if the miracle was even getting one moment with you?

Come on baby with me, we’re gonna fly away from here
Come on baby with me, we’re gonna fly away from here
You were my best four years

I remember your bare feet down the hallway
I love you to the moon and back

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FAQ

Who wrote Ronan?

Roan is a 4-year-old boy who died of cancer, song was written by her mother Maya Thompson, and Taylor Swift and produced by Taylor Swift.

When did Ronan by Taylor Swift come out?

The song Ronan was released on 8th September 2012.

When was Ronan Thompson born?

Ronan Thompson was born on 12th May 2007.

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