Taylor Swift Explains The Story Behind "Never Grow Up" On Her Official Website "Never Grow Up" Is A Song About The Fact That I Don't Quite Know How I Feel About Growing Up. It's Tricky. Growing Up Happens Without You Knowing It. Growing Up Is Such A Crazy Concept Because A Lot Of Times When You Were Younger You Wish You Were Older. I Look Out Into A Crowd Every Night And I See A Lot Of Girls That Are My Age And Going Through Exactly The Same Things As I'm Going Through. Every Once In A While I Look Down And I See A Little Girl Who Is Seven Or Eight And I Wish I Could Tell Her All Of This. There She Is Becoming Who She Is Going To Be And Forming Her Thoughts And Dreams And Opinions. I Wrote This Song For Those Little Girls."