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2006


“Taylor Swift” (released October 24, 2006)


“Tim McGraw”


He said the way my blue eyes shined

Put those Georgia stars to shame that night

I said, "That's a lie"

Just a boy in a Chevy truck

That had a tendency of gettin' stuck

On back roads at night

And I was right there beside him all summer long

And then the time we woke up to find that summer gone


But when you think Tim McGraw

I hope you think my favorite song

The one we danced to all night long

The moon like a spotlight on the lake

When you think happiness

I hope you think that little black dress

Think of my head on your chest

And my old faded blue jeans

When you think Tim McGraw

I hope you think of me


September saw a month of tears

And thankin' God that you weren't here

To see me like that

But in a box beneath my bed

Is a letter that you never read

From three summers back

It's hard not to find it all a little bittersweet

And lookin' back on all of that, it's nice to believe


When you think Tim McGraw

I hope you think my favorite song

The one we danced to all night long

The moon like a spotlight on the lake

When you think happiness

I hope you think that little black dress

Think of my head on your chest

And my old faded blue jeans

When you think Tim McGraw

I hope you think of me


And I'm back for the first time since then

I'm standin' on your street

And there's a letter left on your doorstep

And the first thing that you'll read is:


"When you think Tim McGraw

I hope you think my favorite song

Someday you'll turn your radio on

I hope it takes you back to that place"


When you think happiness

I hope you think that little black dress

Think of my head on your chest

And my old faded blue jeans

When you think Tim McGraw

I hope you think of me


Oh, think of me

Mmmm


He said the way my blue eyes shined

Put those Georgia stars to shame that night

I said, "That's a lie"



"Picture To Burn"


State the obvious, I didn't get my perfect fantasy

I realize you love yourself more than you could ever love me

So go and tell your friends that I'm obsessive and crazy

That's fine I'll tell mine that you're gay!

By the way...


I hate that stupid old pickup truck

You never let me drive

You're a redneck heartbreak

Who's really bad at lying

So watch me strike a match

On all my wasted time

As far as I'm concerned

You're just another picture to burn!


There's no time for tears

I'm just sitting here planning my revenge

There's nothing stopping me

From going out with all of your best friends

And if you come around saying sorry to me

My daddy's gonna show you how sorry you'll be


'Cause I hate that stupid old pickup truck

You never let me drive

You're a redneck heartbreak

Who's really bad at lying

So watch me strike a match

On all my wasted time

As far as I'm concerned

You're just another picture to burn!


And if you're missing me

You'd better keep it to yourself

'Cause coming back around here

Would be bad for your health...


'Cause I hate that stupid old pickup truck

You never let me drive

You're a redneck heartbreak

Who's really bad at lying

So watch me strike a match

On all my wasted time

In case you haven't heard

I really really hate that...


Stupid old pickup truck

You never let me drive

You're a redneck heartbreak

Who's really bad at lying

So watch me strike a match

On all my wasted time

As far as I'm concerned

You're just another picture to burn!


Burn, burn, burn, baby, burn

You're just another picture to burn

Baby, burn...



"Teardrops On My Guitar"


Drew looks at me

I fake a smile so he won't see

That I want and I'm needing

Everything that we should be


I'll bet she's beautiful, that girl he talks about

And she's got everything that I have to live without


Drew talks to me

I laugh 'cause it's just so funny

That I can't even see

Anyone when he's with me


He says he's so in love, he's finally got it right

I wonder if he knows he's all I think about at night


He's the reason for the teardrops on my guitar

The only thing that keeps me wishing on a wishing star

He's the song in the car I keep singing. Don't know why I do


Drew walks by me

Can he tell that I can't breathe?

And there he goes, so perfectly

The kind of flawless I wish I could be


She'd better hold him tight, give him all her love

Look in those beautiful eyes and know she's lucky 'cause


He's the reason for the teardrops on my guitar

The only thing that keeps me wishing on a wishing star

He's the song in the car I keep singing. Don't know why I do


So, I drive home alone

As I turn out the light

I'll put his picture down

And maybe get some sleep tonight


'Cause he's the reason for the teardrops on my guitar

The only one who's got enough of me to break my heart

He's the song in the car I keep singing. Don't know why I do


He's the time taken up, but there's never enough

And he's all that I need to fall into


Drew looks at me

I fake a smile so he won't see



"A Place In This World"


I don't know what I want, so don't ask me

'Cause I'm still trying to figure it out

Don't know what's down this road, I'm just walking

Trying to see through the rain coming down

Even though I'm not the only one

Who feels the way I do


I'm alone, on my own, and that's all I know

I'll be strong, I'll be wrong, oh but life goes on

Oh, I'm just a girl, trying to find a place in this world


Got the radio on, my old blue jeans

And I'm wearing my heart on my sleeve

Feeling lucky today, got the sunshine

Could you tell me what more do I need

And tomorrow's just a mystery, oh yeah

But that's OK


I'm alone, on my own, and that's all I know

I'll be strong, I'll be wrong, oh but life goes on

Oh, I'm just a girl, trying to find a place in this world


Maybe I'm just a girl on a mission

But I'm ready to fly


I'm alone, on my own, and that's all I know

I'll be strong, I'll be wrong, oh but life goes on

Oh I'm alone, on my own, and that's all I know

Oh I'm just a girl, trying to find a place in this world


Oh I'm just a girl

Oh I'm just a girl, oh, oh

Oh I'm just a girl



"Cold As You"


You have a way of coming easily to me

And when you take, you take the very best of me

So I start a fight 'cause I need to feel something

And you do what you want 'cause I'm not what you wanted


Oh, what a shame, what a rainy ending given to a perfect day

Just walk away, ain't no use defending words that you will never say

And now that I'm sitting here thinking it through

I've never been anywhere cold as you


You put up walls and paint them all a shade of gray

And I stood there loving you and wished them all away

And you come away with a great little story

Of a mess of a dreamer with the nerve to adore you


Oh, what a shame, what a rainy ending given to a perfect day

So just walk away, ain't no use defending words that you will never say

And now that I'm sitting here thinking it through

I've never been anywhere cold as you


You never did give a damn thing, honey, but I cried, cried for you

And I know you wouldn't have told nobody if I died, died for you, died for you


Oh, what a shame, what a rainy ending given to a perfect day

Every smile you fake is so condescending counting all the scars you made

And now that I'm sitting here thinking it through

I've never been anywhere cold as you



"The Outside"


I didn't know what I would find

When I went looking for a reason

I know I didn't read between the lines

And, baby, I've got nowhere to go


I tried to take the road less traveled by

But nothing seems to work the first few times

Am I right?


So how can I ever try to be better?

Nobody ever lets me in

I can still see you

This ain't the best view

On the outside looking in

And I've been a lot of lonely places

I've never been on the outside


You saw me there, but never knew

That I would give it all up to be

A part of this, a part of you

And now it's all too late. So you see


You could've helped if you had wanted to

But no one notices until it's too late to do anything


So how can I ever try to be better?

Nobody ever lets me in

I can still see you

This ain't the best view

On the outside looking in

And I've been a lot of lonely places

I've never been on the outside


Oh, yeah


So how can I ever try to be better?

Nobody ever lets me in

And I can still see you

This ain't the best view

On the outside looking in

And I've been a lot of lonely places

I've never been on the outside



"Tied Together With A Smile"


Seems the only one who doesn't see your beauty

Is the face in the mirror looking back at you

You walk around here thinking you're not pretty

But that's not true 'cause I know you


Hold on, baby, you're losing it

The water's high, you're jumping into it

And letting go

And no one knows

That you cry, but you don't tell anyone

That you might not be the golden one

And you're tied together with a smile

But you're coming undone


I guess it's true that love was all you wanted

'Cause you're giving it away like it's extra change

Hoping it will end up in his pocket

But he leaves you out like a penny in the rain


Oh, 'cause it's not his price to pay

It's not his price to pay


Hold on, baby, you're losing it

The water's high, you're jumping into it

And letting go

And no one knows

That you cry, but you don't tell anyone

That you might not be the golden one

And you're tied together with a smile

But you're coming undone


Hold on, baby, you're losing it

The water's high, you're jumping into it

And letting go

And no one knows

That you cry, but you don't tell anyone

That you might not be the golden one

And you're tied together with a smile

But you're coming undone


You're tied together with a smile

But you're coming undone

Goodbye, baby

With a smile, baby, baby



"Stay Beautiful"


Cory's eyes are like a jungle

He smiles, it's like the radio

He whispers songs into my window

In words that nobody knows

There's pretty girls on every corner

That watch him as he's walking home

Saying, "Does he know?"

Will you ever know?


You're beautiful

Every little piece love

And don't you know

You're really gonna be someone

Ask anyone

And when you find everything you looked for

I hope your life leads you back to my door

Oh, but if it don't

Stay beautiful


Cory finds another way to be

The highlight of my day

I'm taking pictures in my mind

So I can save them for a rainy day

It's hard to make a conversation

When he's taking my breath away

I should say, hey, by the way


You're beautiful

Every little piece love

And don't you know

You're really gonna be someone

Ask anyone

And when you find everything you looked for

I hope your life leads you back to my door

Oh, but if it don't

Stay beautiful


If you and I are a story

That never gets told

If what you are is a daydream

I'll never get to hold

At least you'll know


You're beautiful

Every little piece love

And don't you know

You're really gonna be someone

Ask anyone

And when you find everything you looked for

I hope your life leads you back to my front door

Oh, but if it don't

Will you stay

Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful

Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful?

La la la

Oh, oh, oh, oh

Oh, but if it don't

Stay beautiful

Stay beautiful

Na, na, na, na, na



"Should've Said No"


It's strange to think the songs we used to sing

The smiles, the flowers, everything is gone

Yesterday I found out about you

Even now just looking at you feels wrong


You say that you'd take it all back, given one chance

It was a moment of weakness and you said, "Yes."


You should've said "No", you should've gone home

You should've thought twice 'fore you let it all go

You should've known that word

'Bout what you did with her'd

Get back to me (get back to me).

And I should've been there in the back of your mind

I shouldn't be asking myself, "Why?"

You shouldn't be begging for forgiveness at my feet...

You should've said "No", baby, and you might still have me


You can see that I've been crying

And baby, you know all the right things to say

But do you honestly expect me to believe

We could ever be the same?


You say that the past is the past, you need one chance

It was a moment of weakness and you said, "Yes."


You should've said "No", you should've gone home

You should've thought twice 'fore you let it all go

You should've known that word

'Bout what you did with her'd,

Get back to me (get back to me).

And I should've been there in the back of your mind

I shouldn't be asking myself, "Why?"

You shouldn't be begging for forgiveness at my feet...

You should've said "No", baby, and you might still have me


I can't resist

Before you go, tell me this:

Was it worth it?

Was she worth this?


No... no, no, no...


You should've said "No", you should've gone home

You should've thought twice 'fore you let it all go

You should've known that word

'Bout what you did with her'd,

Get back to me (get back to me).

And I should've been there in the back of your mind

I shouldn't be asking myself, "Why?"

You shouldn't be begging for forgiveness at my feet...

You should've said "No", baby, and you might still have me



"Mary's Song (Oh My My My)"


She said, I was seven and you were nine

I looked at you like the stars that shined

In the sky, the pretty lights

And our daddies used to joke about the two of us

Growing up and falling in love and our mamas smiled

And rolled their eyes and said, "Oh my, my, my"


Take me back to the house in the backyard tree

Said you'd beat me up, you were bigger than me

You never did, you never did

Take me back when our world was one block wide

I dared you to kiss me and ran when you tried

Just two kids, you and I

Oh my, my, my, my


Well, I was sixteen when suddenly

I wasn't that little girl you used to see

But your eyes still shined like pretty lights

And our daddies used to joke about the two of us

They never believed we'd really fall in love

And our mamas smiled and rolled their eyes

And said, "Oh my, my, my"


Take me back to the creek beds we turned up

Two A.M. riding in your truck and all I need is you next to me

Take me back to the time we had our very first fight

The slamming of doors instead of kissing goodnight

You stayed outside 'til the morning light

Oh my, my, my, my


A few years had gone and come around

We were sitting at our favorite spot in town

And you looked at me, got down on one knee


Take me back to the time when we walked down the aisle

Our whole town came and our mamas cried

You said "I do" and I did too

Take me home where we met so many years before

We'll rock our babies on that very front porch

After all this time, you and I


I'll be eighty-seven; you'll be eighty-nine

I'll still look at you like the stars that shine

In the sky, oh my, my, my



"Our Song"


I was riding shotgun

With my hair undone

In the front seat of his car

He's got a one-hand feel

On the steering wheel

The other on my heart

I look around, turn the radio down

He says, "Baby, is something wrong?"

I say, "Nothing

I was just thinking

How we don't have a song"

And he says...


Our song is the slamming screen door

Sneakin' out late, tapping on your window

When we're on the phone and you talk real slow

'Cause it's late and your mama don't know

Our song is the way you laugh

The first date: "Man, I didn't kiss her, and I should have."

And when I got home ... 'fore I said, "Amen"

Asking God if he could play it again


I was walking up

The front porch steps

After everything that day

Had gone all wrong

And been trampled on

And lost and thrown away

Got to the hallway,

Well, on my way

To my lovin' bed

I almost didn't notice

All the roses

And the note that said...


Our song is the slamming screen door

Sneakin' out late, tapping on your window

When we're on the phone and you talk real slow

'Cause it's late and your mama don't know

Our song is the way you laugh

The first date: "Man, I didn't kiss her, and I should have"

And when I got home ... 'fore I said, "Amen"

Asking God if he could play it again


I've heard every album, listened to the radio

Waited for something to come along

That was as good as our song...


'Cause our song is the slamming screen door

Sneakin' out late, tapping on his window

When we're on the phone and he talks real slow

'Cause it's late and his mama don't know

Our song is the way he laughs

The first date: "Man, I didn't kiss him, and I should have"

And when I got home ... 'fore I said, "Amen"

Asking God if he could play it again

Play it again


Oh, yeah...

Oh-oh, yeah


I was riding shotgun

With my hair undone

In the front seat of his car

I grabbed a pen

And an old napkin

And I wrote down our song



"I'm Only Me When I'm With You"


Friday night beneath the stars

In a field behind your yard

You and I are paintin' pictures in the sky

And sometimes we don't say a thing

Just listen to the crickets sing

Everything I need is right here by my side


And I know everything about you

I don't wanna live without you


I'm only up when you're not down

Don't wanna fly if you're still on the ground

It's like no matter what I do

Well, you drive me crazy half the time

The other half I'm only tryna let you know that what I feel is true

And I'm only me when I'm with you


Just a small town boy and girl

Livin' in a crazy world

Tryna figure out what is and isn't true

And I don't try to hide my tears

My secrets or my deepest fears

Through it all nobody gets me like you do


And you know everything about me

You say that you can't live without me


I'm only up when you're not down

Don't wanna fly if you're still on the ground

It's like no matter what I do

Well, you drive me crazy half the time

The other half I'm only tryna let you know that what I feel is true

And I'm only me when I'm with you


When I'm with anybody else

It's so hard to be myself

And only you can tell


...That I'm only up when you're not down

Don't wanna fly if you're still on the ground

It's like no matter what I do

Well, you drive me crazy half the time

The other half I'm only tryna let you know that what I feel is true

And I'm only me

Who I wanna be

Well, I'm only me when I'm with you

With you



"Invisible"


She can't see the way your eyes

Light up when you smile

She'll never notice how you stop and stare

Whenever she walks by


And you can't see me wantin' you the way you want her

But you are everything to me


And I just wanna show you

She don't even know you

She's never gonna love you like I want to

And you just see right through me

But if you only knew me

We could be a beautiful

Miracle

Unbelievable

Instead of just invisible


There's a fire inside of you

That can't help but shine through

She's never gonna see the light

No matter what you do


And all I think about is how to make you think of me

And everything that we could be


I just wanna show you

She don't even know you

She's never gonna love you like I want to

And you just see right through me

But if you only knew me

We could be a beautiful

Miracle

Unbelievable

Instead of just invisible


Like shadows in a faded light

Oh, we're invisible

I just wanna open your eyes

And make you realize


I just wanna show you

She don't even know you

Baby, let me love you

Let me want you

You just see right through me

But if you only knew me

We could be a beautiful

Miracle

Unbelievable

Instead of just invisible


She can't see the way your eyes

Light up when you smile



"A Perfectly Good Heart"


Why would you wanna break a perfectly good heart?

Why would you wanna take our love and tear it all apart, now?

Why would you wanna make the very first scar?

Why would you wanna break a perfectly good heart?


Maybe I should've seen the signs, should've read the writing on the wall

And realized by the distance in your eyes that I would be the one to fall

No matter what you say, I still can't believe

That you would walk away

It don't make sense to me, but


Why would you wanna break a perfectly good heart?

Why would you wanna take our love and tear it all apart, now?

Why would you wanna make the very first scar?

Why would you wanna break a perfectly good heart?


It's not unbroken anymore

How do I get it back the way it was before?


Why would you wanna break a perfectly good heart?

Why would you wanna take our love and tear it all apart, now?

Why would you wanna make the very first scar?

Why would you wanna break, would you wanna break a


Why would you wanna break a perfectly good heart?

Why would you wanna take our love and tear it all apart, now?

Why would you wanna make the very first scar?

Why would you wanna break a perfectly good heart?

2007


"Christmases When You Were Mine"


Please take down the mistletoe

'Cause I don't wanna think about that right now

'Cause everything I want is miles away

In a snow covered little town

My momma's in the kitchen, worrying about me

Season's greetings, hope you're well

Well I'm doing alright

If you were wondering

Lately I can never tell


I know this shouldn't be a lonely time

But there were Christmases when you were mine


I've been doing fine without you, really

Up until the nights got cold

And everybody's here, except you, baby

Seems like everyone's got someone to hold


But for me it's just a lonely time

'Cause there were Christmases when you were mine


Merry Christmas, everybody

That'll have to be something I just say this year

I'll bet you got your mom another sweater

And were your cousins late again?

When you were putting up the lights this year

Did you notice one less pair of hands?


I know this shouldn't be a lonely time

But there were Christmases when I didn't wonder how you are tonight

'Cause there were Christmases when you were mine


You were mine



"Christmas Must Be Something More"


What if ribbons and bows didn't mean a thing?

Would the song still survive without five golden rings?

Would you still wanna kiss without mistletoe?

What would happen if God never let it snow?

What would happen if Christmas carols told a lie?

Tell me, what would you find?


You'd see that today holds something special

Something holy, not superficial

So here's to the birthday boy who saved our lives

It's something we all try to ignore

And put a wreath up on your door

So here's something you should know that is for sure

Christmas must be something more


What if angels did not pay attention to

All the things that we wished they would always do?

What if happiness came in a cardboard box?

Then I think there is something we all forgot

What would happen if presents all went away?

Tell me, what would you find?


You'd see that today holds something special

Something holy, not superficial

So here's to the birthday boy who saved our lives

It's something we all try to ignore

And put a wreath up on your door

So here's something you should know that is for sure

Christmas must be something more


We get so caught up in all of it

Business and relationships

Hundred-mile-an-hour lives

And it's this time of year

And everybody's here

It seems the last thing on your mind


Is that the day holds something special

Something holy, not superficial?

So here's to Jesus Christ who saved our lives

It's something we all try to ignore

And put a wreath up on your door

But here's something you should know that is for sure

Christmas must be something

Christmas must be something

Christmas must be something more


There's gotta be more

There's gotta be more

2008


"Beautiful Eyes"


Your beautiful eyes

Stare right into my eyes

And sometimes I think of you late at night

I don't know why, I


I wanna be somewhere where you are

I wanna be where


You're here, your eyes are looking into mine

So baby, make me fly

My heart has never felt this way before

I'm looking through your

I'm looking through your eyes


I wake up, I'm alive

In only a little while I'll cry

'Cause you're my lullaby

So baby, come hold me tight 'cause I-I


I wanna be everything you need

I wanna be where


You're here, your eyes are looking into mine

So baby, make me fly

My heart has never felt this way before

I'm looking through your

I'm looking through your eyes


Just as long as you're mine

I'll be your everything tonight

Let me love you, kiss you

Oh, baby, let me miss you

Let me see your

Dream about, dream about

Dream about your eyes

Eyes, eyes

Beautiful eyes



"I Heart ?"


Wish I had concentrated

They said love was complicated

But it's something I just fell into

And it was overrated

But just look what I created

I keep my life in black and blue

Before you ask me if I'm alright

Think about what I had to do, ooh yeah


Wake up and smell the breakup

Fix my heart, put on my make-up

Another mess I didn't plan

And I'll bet you thought you beat me

Wish you could only see

I got an I heart question mark

Written on the back of my hand


I'll be fine if you just walk by

But you had to talk about why

You were wrong and I was right

But I can't believe you made me

Sit at home, cry like a baby

Wait right by the phone every night


And now you ask about you and I

There's no you and I

Remember what you put me through


I had to wake up and smell the breakup

Fix my heart, put on my make-up

Another mess I didn't plan

And I'll bet you thought you beat me

Wish you could only see

I got an I heart question mark

Written on the back of my hand


And when you're home all alone at night

You'll still wonder why

You took everything I had, oh baby

I haven't thought about you and I

There's no you and I

And I know someday you will


Wake up and smell the breakup

Realize that we won't make-up

It didn't go the way you planned

And you'll know you didn't beat me

When you look down and see

I got an I heart question mark written on the back of my hand


Written on the back of my hand

An I heart question mark, yeah

Written on the back of my hand



“Fearless (Taylor’s Version)” (released April 9, 2021) (original version released November 11, 2008)


"Fearless (Taylor's Version)"


There's something 'bout the way

The street looks when it's just rained

There's a glow off the pavement, you walk me to the car

And you know I wanna ask you to dance right there

In the middle of the parking lot, yeah

Oh, yeah


We're driving down the road, I wonder if you know

I'm trying so hard not to get caught up now

But you're just so cool, run your hands through your hair

Absent-mindedly making me want you


And I don't know how it gets better than this

You take my hand and drag me head first, fearless

And I don't know why but with you I'd dance

In a storm in my best dress, fearless


So, baby, drive slow 'til we run out of road in this one-horse town

I wanna stay right here, in this passenger's seat

You put your eyes on me

In this moment now, capture it, remember it


'Cause I don't know how it gets better than this

You take my hand and drag me head first, fearless

And I don't know why but with you I'd dance

In a storm in my best dress, fearless

Oh, oh


Well, you stood there with me in the doorway

My hands shake, I'm not usually this way but

You pull me in and I'm a little more brave

It's the first kiss, it's flawless, really something

It's fearless

Oh, yeah


'Cause I don't know how it gets better than this

You take my hand and drag me head first, fearless

And I don't know why but with you I'd dance

In a storm in my best dress, fearless

'Cause I don't know how it gets better than this

You take my hand and drag me head first, fearless

And I don't know why but with you I'd dance

In a storm in my best dress, fearless


Oh, oh

Oh-oh, yeah



"Fifteen (Taylor's Version)"


You take a deep breath and you walk through the doors

It's the mornin' of your very first day

You say hi to your friends you ain't seen in a while

Try and stay out of everybody's way

It's your freshman year and you're gonna be here

For the next four years in this town

Hopin' one of those senior boys will wink at you and say

"You know, I haven't seen you around before"


'Cause when you're fifteen and somebody tells you they love you

You're gonna believe them

And when you're fifteen, feelin' like there's nothin' to figure out

Well, count to ten, take it in

This is life before you know who you're gonna be

Fifteen


You sit in class next to a redhead named Abigail

And soon enough, you're best friends

Laughin' at the other girls who think they're so cool

We'll be outta here as soon as we can

And then you're on your very first date and he's got a car

And you're feelin' like flyin'

And your mama's waitin' up and you're thinkin' he's the one

And you're dancin' 'round your room when the night ends

When the night ends


'Cause when you're fifteen and somebody tells you they love you

You're gonna believe them

And when you're fifteen and your first kiss

Makes your head spin 'round

But in your life you'll do things greater than

Dating the boy on the football team

But I didn't know it at fifteen


When all you wanted was to be wanted

Wish you could go back and tell yourself what you know now

Back then, I swore I was gonna marry him someday

But I realized some bigger dreams of mine

And Abigail gave everything she had

To a boy who changed his mind

And we both cried


'Cause when you're fifteen and somebody tells you they love you

You're gonna believe them

And when you're fifteen, don't forget to look before you fall

I've found time can heal most anything

And you just might find who you're supposed to be

I didn't know who I was supposed to be

At fifteen


La-la-la, la-la-la, la-la-la-la

La-la-la, la-la-la, la-la-la-la

La-la-la, la-la-la


Your very first day

Take a deep breath, girl

Take a deep breath as you walk through the doors



"Love Story (Taylor's Version)"


We were both young when I first saw you

I close my eyes and the flashback starts

I'm standing there

On a balcony in summer air

See the lights, see the party, the ball gowns

See you make your way through the crowd

And say, "Hello"

Little did I know


That you were Romeo, you were throwing pebbles

And my daddy said, "Stay away from Juliet"

And I was crying on the staircase

Begging you, "Please don't go," and I said


Romeo, take me somewhere we can be alone

I'll be waiting, all there's left to do is run

You'll be the prince and I'll be the princess

It's a love story, baby, just say, "Yes"


So I sneak out to the garden to see you

We keep quiet 'cause we're dead if they knew

So close your eyes

Escape this town for a little while, oh, oh


'Cause you were Romeo, I was a scarlet letter

And my daddy said, "Stay away from Juliet"

But you were everything to me

I was begging you, "Please don't go," and I said


Romeo, take me somewhere we can be alone

I'll be waiting, all there's left to do is run

You'll be the prince and I'll be the princess

It's a love story, baby, just say, "Yes"

Romeo, save me, they're trying to tell me how to feel

This love is difficult, but it's real

Don't be afraid, we'll make it out of this mess

It's a love story, baby, just say, "Yes"


Oh, oh


And I got tired of waiting

Wondering if you were ever coming around

My faith in you was fading

When I met you on the outskirts of town


And I said, "Romeo, save me, I've been feeling so alone

I keep waiting for you, but you never come

Is this in my head? I don't know what to think"

He knelt to the ground and pulled out a ring, and said

"Marry me, Juliet, you'll never have to be alone

I love you and that's all I really know

I talked to your dad, go pick out a white dress

It's a love story, baby, just say, 'Yes'"


Oh, oh, oh

Oh, oh, oh

'Cause we were both young when I first saw you



"Hey Stephen (Taylor's Version)"


Mmm-mm, mm-mm

Mmm-mm, mm-mm

Mmm-mm, mm-mm, yeah


Hey Stephen, I know looks can be deceiving

But I know I saw a light in you

And as we walked we were talking

I didn't say half the things I wanted to

Of all the girls tossing rocks at your window

I'll be the one waiting there even when it's cold

Hey Stephen, boy, you might have me believing

I don't always have to be alone


'Cause I can't help it if you look like an angel

Can't help it if I wanna kiss you in the rain so

Come feel this magic I've been feeling since I met you

Can't help it if there's no one else

Mmm, I can't help myself


Hey Stephen, I've been holding back this feeling

So I got some things to say to you

I've seen it all, so I thought

But I never seen nobody shine the way you do

The way you walk, way you talk, way you say my name

It's beautiful, wonderful, don't you ever change

Hey Stephen, why are people always leaving?

I think you and I should stay the same


'Cause I can't help it if you look like an angel

Can't help it if I wanna kiss you in the rain so

Come feel this magic I've been feeling since I met you

Can't help it if there's no one else

Mmm, I can't help myself


They're dimming the street lights, you're perfect for me

Why aren't you here tonight?

I'm waiting alone now, so come on and come out

And pull me near and shine, shine, shine

Hey Stephen, I could give you fifty reasons

Why I should be the one you choose

All those other girls, well, they're beautiful

But would they write a song for you? (Ha-ha-ha)


I can't help it if you look like an angel

Can't help it if I wanna kiss you in the rain so

Come feel this magic I've been feeling since I met you

Can't help it if there's no one else

Mmm, I can't help myself

If you look like an angel

Can't help it if I wanna kiss you in the rain so

Come feel this magic I've been feeling since I met you

Can't help it if there's no one else

Mmm, I can't help myself


Ah-uh, myself

Mmm-mm, I can't help myself

I can't help myself

Oh-oh-oh

Mmm-mm, mm-mm

Mmm-mm, mm-mm

Mmm-mm, mm-mm



"White Horse (Taylor's Version)"


Say you're sorry, that face of an angel

Comes out just when you need it to

As I paced back and forth all this time

'Cause I honestly believed in you

Holdin' on, the days drag on

Stupid girl, I shoulda known, I shoulda known


That I'm not a princess, this ain't a fairytale

I'm not the one you'll sweep off her feet, lead her up the stairwell

This ain't Hollywood, this is a small town

I was a dreamer before you went and let me down

Now it's too late for you and your white horse

To come around


Maybe I was naïve, got lost in your eyes

And never really had a chance

My mistake, I didn't know to be in love

You had to fight to have the upper hand

I had so many dreams about you and me

Happy endings, now I know


That I'm not a princess, this ain't a fairytale

I'm not the one you'll sweep off her feet, lead her up the stairwell

This ain't Hollywood, this is a small town

I was a dreamer before you went and let me down

Now it's too late for you and your white horse

To come around


And there you are on your knees

Beggin' for forgiveness, beggin' for me

Just like I always wanted

But I'm so sorry


'Cause I'm not your princess, this ain't our fairytale

I'm gonna find someone someday

Who might actually treat me well

This is a big world, that was a small town

There in my rear view mirror disappearing now

And it's too late for you and your white horse

Now it's too late for you and your white horse

To catch me now


Oh, whoa, whoa, whoa

Try and catch me now, oh

It's too late to catch me now



"You Belong With Me (Taylor's Version)"


You're on the phone with your girlfriend, she's upset

She's going off about something that you said

'Cause she doesn't get your humor like I do

I'm in my room, it's a typical Tuesday night

I'm listening to the kind of music she doesn't like

And she'll never know your story like I do


'Cause she wears short skirts, I wear T-shirts

She's Cheer Captain and I'm on the bleachers

Dreaming 'bout the day when you wake up and find

That what you're looking for has been here the whole time


If you could see that I'm the one who understands you

Been here all along, so why can't you see?

You belong with me, you belong with me


Walking the streets with you and your worn-out jeans

I can't help thinking this is how it ought to be

Laughing on a park bench, thinking to myself

Hey, isn't this easy?

And you've got a smile that could light up this whole town

I haven't seen it in a while since she brought you down

You say you're fine, I know you better than that

Hey, whatcha doing with a girl like that?


She wears high heels, I wear sneakers

She's Cheer Captain and I'm on the bleachers

Dreaming about the day when you wake up and find

That what you're looking for has been here the whole time


If you could see that I'm the one who understands you

Been here all along, so why can't you see?

You belong with me

Standing by and waiting at your back door

All this time how could you not know, baby?

You belong with me, you belong with me


Oh, I remember you driving to my house

In the middle of the night

I'm the one who makes you laugh

When you know you're 'bout to cry

I know your favorite songs

And you tell me 'bout your dreams

Think I know where you belong

Think I know it's with me


Can't you see that I'm the one who understands you

Been here all along, so why can't you see?

You belong with me

Standing by and waiting at your back door

All this time how could you not know, baby?

You belong with me, you belong with me


You belong with me

Have you ever thought just maybe

You belong with me?

You belong with me



"Breathe (Taylor's Version)"

(feat. Colbie Caillat)


I see your face in my mind as I drive away

'Cause none of us thought it was gonna end that way

People are people and sometimes we change our minds

But it's killing me to see you go after all this time


Mm-mm, mm-mm-mm-mm

Mm-mm, mm-mm-mm-mm


The music starts playing like the end of a sad movie

It's the kind of ending you don't really wanna see

'Cause it's tragedy and it'll only bring you down

Now I don't know what to be without you around


And we know it's never simple, never easy

Never a clean break, no one here to save me

You're the only thing I know like the back of my hand


And I can't breathe without you, but I have to

Breathe without you, but I have to


Never wanted this, never wanna see you hurt

Every little bump in the road, I tried to swerve

But people are people and sometimes it doesn't work out

And nothin' we say is gonna save us from the fallout


And we know it's never simple, never easy

Never a clean break, no one here to save me

You're the only thing I know like the back of my hand


And I can't breathe without you, but I have to

Breathe without you but I have to


It's 2 A.M., feeling like I just lost a friend

Hope you know it's not easy, easy for me

It's 2 A.M., feeling like I just lost a friend

Hope you know this ain't easy, easy for me


And we know it's never simple, never easy

Never a clean break, no one here to save me, oh


I can't breathe without you, but I have to

Breathe without you, but I have to

Breathe without you, but I have to

Breathe without you, but I have to


I'm sorry, I'm sorry (Mmm)

I'm sorry, (Yeah, yeah) I'm sorry

I'm sorry, I'm sorry (Ooh, ooh)

I'm sorry



"Tell Me Why (Taylor's Version)"


I took a chance, I took a shot

And you might think I'm bulletproof, but I'm not

You took a swing, I took it hard

And down here from the ground, I see who you are


I'm sick and tired of your attitude

I'm feeling like I don't know you

You tell me that you love me, then cut me down

And I need you like a heartbeat

But you know you got a mean streak

Makes me run for cover when you're around

Here's to you and your temper

Yes, I remember what you said last night

And I know that you see what you're doin' to me

Tell me why


Well, you could write a book on

How to ruin someone's perfect day

Well, I get so confused and frustrated

Forget what I'm tryin' to say, oh


I'm sick and tired of your reasons

I got no one to believe in

You tell me that you want me, then push me around

And I need you like a heartbeat

But you know you got a mean streak

Makes me run for cover when you're around

Here's to you and your temper

Yes, I remember what you said last night

And I know that you see what you're doin' to me

Tell me why


Why do you have to make me feel small

So you can feel whole inside?

Why do you have to put down my dreams

So you're the only thing on my mind?


I'm sick and tired of your attitude

Feeling like I don't know you

You tell me that you want me, then cut me down

I'm sick and tired of your reasons

I've got no one to believe in

You ask me for my love, then you push me around

Here's to you and your temper

Yes, I remember what you said last night

And I know that you see what you're doin' to me

Tell me why (Why)

Tell me why (Oh)


I take a step back, I let you go

I told you I'm not bulletproof

Now you know



"You're Not Sorry (Taylor's Version)"


All this time I was wasting hoping you would come around

I've been giving out chances every time and all you do is let me down

And it's taken me this long, baby, but I've figured you out

And you're thinking we'll be fine again, but not this time around


You don't have to call anymore

I won't pick up the phone

This is the last straw

Don't wanna hurt anymore

And you can tell me that you're sorry

But I don't believe you, baby, like I did before

You're not sorry

No, no, oh-oh


You're looking so innocent, I might believe you if I didn't know

Could've loved you all my life if you hadn't left me waiting in the cold

And you've got your share of secrets

And I'm tired of being last to know, oh

And now you're asking me to listen

'Cause it's worked each time before


But you don't have to call anymore

I won't pick up the phone

This is the last straw

Don't wanna hurt anymore

And you can tell me that you're sorry

But I don't believe you, baby, like I did before

You're not sorry

No, no, oh-oh

You're not sorry

No, no, oh-oh


You had me crawling for you, honey

And it never would've gone away, no

You used to shine so bright, but I watched all of it fade


So you don't have to call anymore

I won't pick up the phone

This is the last straw

There's nothing left to beg for

And you can tell me that you're sorry

But I don't believe you, baby, like I did before

You're not sorry

No, no, oh-oh

You're not sorry

No, no, oh-oh


No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no

Woah, oh, oh oh, oh oh oh

Oh, oh, oh, no, no, no, no, no, no



"The Way I Loved You (Taylor's Version)"


He is sensible and so incredible

And all my single friends are jealous

He says everything I need to hear and it's like

I couldn't ask for anything better

He opens up my door and I get into his car

And he says, "You look beautiful tonight."

And I feel perfectly fine


But I miss screaming and fighting and kissing in the rain

And it's 2 AM and I'm cursing your name

You're so in love that you act insane

And that's the way I loved you

Breaking down and coming undone

It's a roller coaster kind of rush

And I never knew I could feel that much

And that's the way I loved you


He respects my space

And never makes me wait

And he calls exactly when he says he will

He's close to my mother

Talks business with my father

He's charming and endearing

And I'm comfortable


But I miss screaming and fighting and kissing in the rain

And it's 2 AM and I'm cursing your name

You're so in love that you acted insane

And that's the way I loved you

Breaking down and coming undone

It's a roller coaster kind of rush

And I never knew I could feel that much

And that's the way I loved you


He can't see the smile I'm faking

And my heart's not breaking

'Cause I'm not feeling anything at all

And you were wild and crazy

Just so frustrating

Intoxicating, complicated

Got away by some mistake and now


I miss screaming and fighting and kissing in the rain

It's 2 AM and I'm cursing your name

I'm so in love that I acted insane

And that's the way I loved you

Breaking down and coming undone

It's a roller coaster kind of rush

And I never knew I could feel that much

And that's the way I loved you oh, oh


Whoa, whoa, oh-oh, oh

And that's the way I loved you oh, oh, oh, oh

Oh, oh, oh, whoa

Never knew I could feel that much

And that's the way I loved you



"Forever & Always (Taylor's Version)"


Once upon a time

I believe it was a Tuesday when I caught your eye

And we caught onto something

I hold onto the night

You looked me in the eye and told me you loved me

Were you just kidding?

'Cause it seems to me

This thing is breaking down, we almost never speak

I don't feel welcome anymore

Baby, what happened? Please tell me

'Cause one second it was perfect

Now you're halfway out the door


And I stare at the phone, he still hasn't called

And then you feel so low you can't feel nothing at all

And you flashback to when he said, "Forever and always."

Oh, and it rains in your bedroom

Everything is wrong

It rains when you're here and it rains when you're gone

'Cause I was there when you said, "Forever and always."


Was I out of line?

Did I say something way too honest, made you run and hide

Like a scared little boy?

I looked into your eyes

Thought I knew you for a minute, now I'm not so sure

So here's to everything coming down to nothing

Here's to silence that cuts me to the core

Where is this going?

Thought I knew for a minute, but I don't anymore


And I stare at the phone, he still hasn't called

And then you feel so low you can't feel nothing at all

And you flashback to when he said, "Forever and always."

Oh, and it rains in your bedroom

Everything is wrong

It rains when you're here and it rains when you're gone

'Cause I was there when you said, "Forever and always."

You didn't mean it baby, I don't think so


Oh, back up, baby, back up

Did you forget everything?

Back up, baby, back up

Did you forget everything?


'Cause it rains in your bedroom

Everything is wrong

It rains when you're here and it rains when you're gone

'Cause I was there when you said, "Forever and always."

Oh, I stare at the phone, he still hasn't called

And then you feel so low you can't feel nothing at all

And you flashback to when we said, "Forever and always."

And it rains in your bedroom

Everything is wrong

It rains when you're here and it rains when you're gone

'Cause I was there when you said, "Forever and always."

You didn't mean it baby

You said, "Forever and always," yeah



"The Best Day (Taylor's Version)"


I'm five years old, it's getting cold, I've got my big coat on

I hear your laugh and look up smiling at you, I run and run

Past the pumpkin patch and the tractor rides

Look now, the sky is gold

I hug your legs and fall asleep on the way home


I don't know why all the trees change in the fall

But I know you're not scared of anything at all

Don't know if Snow White's house is near or far away

But I know I had the best day with you today


I'm thirteen now

And don't know how my friends could be so mean

I come home crying and you hold me tight and grab the keys

And we drive and drive until we found a town far enough away

And we talk and window shop 'til I've forgotten all their names


I don't know who I'm going to talk to now at school

But I know I'm laughing on the car ride home with you

Don't know how long it's going to take to feel okay

But I know I had the best day with you today


I have an excellent father, his strength is making me stronger

God smiles on my little brother, inside and out

He's better than I am

I grew up in a pretty house and I had space to run

And I had the best days with you


There is a video I found from back when I was three

You set up a paint set in the kitchen and you're talking to me

It's the age of princesses and pirate ships and the seven dwarfs

And Daddy's smart

And you're the prettiest lady in the whole wide world


And now I know why all the trees change in the fall

I know you were on my side even when I was wrong

And I love you for giving me your eyes

For staying back and watching me shine

And I didn't know if you knew, so I'm taking this chance to say

That I had the best day with you today



"Change (Taylor's Version)"


Well, it's a sad picture, the final blow hits you

Somebody else gets what you wanted again and

You know it's all the same, another time and place

Repeating history and you're getting sick of it

But I believe in whatever you do

And I'll do anything to see it through


Because these things will change

Can you feel it now?

These walls that they put up to hold us back will fall down

This revolution, the time will come

For us to finally win

And we'll sing hallelujah, we'll sing hallelujah

Oh, oh


So we've been outnumbered, raided, and now cornered

It's hard to fight when the fight ain't fair

We're getting stronger now, find things they never found

They might be bigger but we're faster and never scared

You can walk away, say we don't need this

But there's something in your eyes says we can beat this


'Cause these things will change

Can you feel it now?

These walls that they put up to hold us back will fall down

This revolution, the time will come

For us to finally win

And we'll sing hallelujah, we'll sing hallelujah

Oh, oh


Tonight, we'll stand, get off our knees

Fight for what we've worked for all these years

And the battle was long, it's the fight of our lives

But we'll stand up champions tonight


It was the night things changed

Can you see it now?

When the walls that they put up to hold us back fell down

It's a revolution, throw your hands up

'Cause we never gave in

And we'll sing hallelujah, we sang hallelujah

Hallelujah



"Jump Then Fall (Taylor's Version)"


I like the way you sound in the morning

We're on the phone and without a warning

I realize your laugh is the best sound

I have ever heard

I like the way I can't keep my focus

I watch you talk, you didn't notice

I hear the words but all I can think is

We should be together


Every time you smile, I smile

And every time you shine, I'll shine for you


Whoa oh, I'm feeling you, baby

Don't be afraid to

Jump then fall

Jump then fall into me

Baby, I'm never gonna leave you

Say that you wanna be with me too

'Cause I'ma stay through it all

So jump then fall


Well I like the way your hair falls in your face

You got the keys to me

I love each freckle on your face, oh

I've never been so wrapped up, honey

I like the way you're everything I ever wanted

I had time to think it o-over

And all I can say is come closer

Take a deep breath and jump then fall into me


'Cause every time you smile, I smile

And every time you shine, I'll shine for you


Whoa oh, I'm feeling you, baby

Don't be afraid to

Jump then fall

Jump then fall into me

Baby, I'm never gonna leave you

Say that you wanna be with me too

'Cause I'ma stay through it all

So jump then fall


The bottom's gonna drop out from under our feet

I'll catch you, I'll catch you

When people say things that bring you to your knees

I'll catch you

The time is gonna come when you're so mad you could cry

But I'll hold you through the night until you smile


Whoa oh, I need you, baby

Don't be afraid, please

Jump then fall

Jump then fall into me

Baby, I'm never gonna leave you

Say that you wanna be with me too

'Cause I'ma stay through it all

So jump then fall

Jump then fall, baby

Jump then fall into me, into me


Every time you smile, I smile

And every time you shine, I shine

And every time you're here

Baby, I'll show you, I'll show you

You can jump then fall, jump then fall

Jump then fall into me, into me, yeah



"Untouchable (Taylor's Version)"


Untouchable like a distant diamond sky

I'm reaching out and I just can't tell you why

I'm caught up in you, I'm caught up in you


Untouchable, burning brighter than the sun

And when you're close, I feel like coming undone


In the middle of the night when I'm in this dream

It's like a million little stars spelling out your name

You got to come on, come on, say that we'll be together

Come on, come on, little taste of heaven


It's half full and I won't wait here all day

I know you're saying that you'd be here anyway


But you're untouchable, burning brighter than the sun

And now that you're close, I feel like coming undone


In the middle of the night when I'm in this dream

It's like a million little stars spelling out your name

You got to come on, come on, say that we'll be together

Come on, come on, oh

In the middle of the night waking from this dream

I want to feel you by my side, standing next to me

You got to come on, come on, say that we'll be together

Come on, come on, little taste of heaven


I'm caught up in you

Oh-oh, oh, oh-oh

But you're untouchable, burning brighter than the sun

Now that you're close, I feel like coming undone


In the middle of the night when I'm in this dream

It's like a million little stars spelling out your name

You got to come on, come on, say that we'll be together

Come on, come on, oh

In the middle of the night when I'm in this dream

It's like a million little stars spelling out your name

You got to come on, come on, say that we'll be together

Come on, come on, come on

In the middle of the night waking from this dream

I want to feel you by my side, standing next to me

You got to come on, come on, say that we'll be together

Come on, come on, little taste of heaven

And in the middle of the night when I'm in this dream

It's like a million little stars spelling out your name

You got to come on, come on, oh, come on, come on

Come on, come on, oh, oh, oh


It's like a million little stars spelling out your name

They're spelling out your name, oh



"Come In With The Rain (Taylor's Version)"


I could go back to every laugh

But I don't wanna go there anymore

And I know all the steps up to your door

But I don't wanna go there anymore


Talk to the wind, talk to the sky

Talk to the man with the reasons why

And let me know what you find


I'll leave my window open

'Cause I'm too tired at night to call your name

Just know I'm right here hoping

That you'll come in with the rain


I could stand up and sing you a song

But I don't wanna have to go that far

And I, I've got you down, I know you by heart

And you don't even know where I start


Talk to yourself, talk to the tears

Talk to the man who put you here

And don't wait for the sky to clear


I'll leave my window open

'Cause I'm too tired at night to call your name

Just know I'm right here hoping

That you'll come in with the rain


I've watched you so long, screamed your name

I don't know what else I can say


I'll leave my window open

'Cause I'm too tired at night for all these games

Just know I'm right here hoping

That you'll come in with the rain


I could go back to every laugh

But I don't wanna go there anymore



"Superstar (Taylor's Version)"


This is wrong but I can't help but feel like

There ain't nothing more right babe

Misty morning comes again and I can't

Help but wish I could see your face

And I knew from the first note played

I'd be breaking all my rules to see you

You smile that beautiful smile and all the girls in the front row

Scream your name


So dim that spotlight, tell me things like

I can't keep my eyes off of you

I'm no one special, just another wide-eyed girl

Who's desperately in love with you

Give me a photograph to hang on my wall, superstar


Morning loneliness

Comes around when I'm not dreaming about you

When my world wakes up today

You'll be in another town

And I knew when I saw your face

I'd be counting down the ways to see you

You smile that beautiful smile and all the girls in the front row scream your name


So dim that spotlight, tell me things like

I can't take my eyes off of you

I'm no one special, just another wide-eyed girl

Who's desperately in love with you

Give me a photograph to hang on my wall, superstar


You played in bars, you play guitar

And I'm invisible and everyone knows who you are

And you'll never see, you sing me to sleep

Every night from the radio


So dim that spotlight, tell me things like

I can't take my eyes off of you

I'm no one special, just another wide-eyed girl

Who's desperately in love with you

Give me a photograph to hang on my wall, superstar


Sweet, sweet superstar

Superstar



"The Other Side Of The Door (Taylor's Version)"


In the heat of the fight I walked away

Ignorin' words that you were sayin'

Tryna make me stay

I said, "This time I've had enough"

And you've called a hundred times

But I'm not picking up


'Cause I'm so mad I might tell you that it's over

But if you look a little closer


I said, "Leave," but all I really want is you

To stand outside my window throwin' pebbles

Screamin', "I'm in love with you"

Wait there in the pourin' rain, comin' back for more

And don't you leave 'cause I know

All I need is on the other side of the door


Me and my stupid pride are sittin' here alone

Goin' through the photographs, starin' at the phone

I keep goin' back over things we both said

And I remember the slamming door

And all the things that I misread


Oh, babe, if you know everything

Tell me why you couldn't see

When I left, I wanted you to chase after me, yeah


I said, "Leave," but all I really want is you

To stand outside my window throwin' pebbles

Screamin', "I'm in love with you"

Wait there in the pourin' rain, comin' back for more

And don't you leave 'cause I know

All I need is on the other side of the door


And I'll scream out the window

I can't even look at you

I don't need you but I do, I do, I do

I say, "There's nothing you can say

To make this right again, I mean it, I mean it"

But what I mean is


I said, "Leave," but, baby, all I want is you

To stand outside my window throwin' pebbles

Screamin', "I'm in love with you"

Wait there in the pourin' rain, comin' back for more

And don't you leave 'cause I know

All I need is on the other side of the door


With your face and the beautiful eyes

And the conversation with the little white lies

And the faded picture of a beautiful night

You carried me from your car up the stairs

And I broke down crying, was she worth this mess?

After everything and that little black dress

After everything I must confess, I need you



"Today Was A Fairytale (Taylor's Version)"


Today was a fairytale

You were the prince

I used to be a damsel in distress

You took me by the hand and you picked me up at six

Today was a fairytale

Today was a fairytale

Today was a fairytale

I wore a dress

You wore a dark grey t-shirt

You told me I was pretty when I looked like a mess

Today was a fairytale


Time slows down

Whenever you're around


Can you feel this magic in the air?

It must have been the way you kissed me

Fell in love when I saw you standing there

It must have been the way

Today was a fairytale

It must have been the way

Today was a fairytale


Today was a fairytale

You've got a smile

That takes me to another planet

Every move you make everything you say is right

Today was a fairytale

Today was a fairytale

All that I can say

Is now it's getting so much clearer

Nothing made sense 'til the time I saw your face

Today was a fairytale


Time slows down

Whenever you're around, yeah


But can you feel this magic in the air?

It must have been the way you kissed me

Fell in love when I saw you standing there

It must have been the way

Today was a fairytale

It must have been the way

Today was a fairytale


Time slows down

Whenever you're around

I can feel my heart

It's beating in my chest

Did you feel it?

I can't put this down


But can you feel this magic in the air?

It must have been the way you kissed me

Fell in love when I saw you standing there

It must have been the way


But can you feel this magic in the air?

It must have been the way you kissed me

Fell in love when I saw you standing there

It must have been the way

Today was a fairytale

It must have been the way

Today was a fairytale


Today was a fairytale



"You All Over Me (Taylor's Version) (From The Vault)"

(feat. Maren Morris)


Once the last drop of rain has dried off the pavement

Shouldn't I find a stain, but I never do

The way the tires turn stones, on old county roads

They leave 'em muddy underneath

Reminds me of you

You find graffiti on the walls of old bathroom stalls

You know, you can scratch it right off

It's how it used to be

But like the dollar in your pocket it's been spent and traded in

You can't change where it's been

Reminds me of me


I lived, and I learned

Had you, got burned

Held out, and held on

God knows, too long

And wasted time, lost tears

Swore that I'd get out of here

But no amount of freedom gets you clean

I've still got you all over me


The best and worst day of June

Was the one that I met you

With your hands in your pockets

And your "Don't you wish you had me?" grin

Well, I did, so I smiled, and I melted like a child

Now every breath of air I breathe reminds me of then


And I lived, and I learned

Had you, got burned

Held out, and held on

God knows, too long

And wasted time, lost tears

Swore that I'd get out of here

But no amount of freedom gets you clean

I've still got you all over me


I lived, and I learned

And found out what it was to turn around

And see, that we

Were never really meant to be

So I lied, and I cried

And I watched a part of myself die

'Cause no amount of freedom gets you clean

I've still got you all over me

I've still got you all over me

Still got you all over me



"Mr. Perfectly Fine (Taylor's Version) (From The Vault)"


Mr. "Perfect face"

Mr. "Here to stay"

Mr. "Looked me in the eye and told me you would never go away"

Everything was right

Mr. "I've been waiting for you all my life"

Mr. "Every single day until the end, I will be by your side"


But that was when I got to know Mr. "Change of heart"

Mr. "Leaves me all alone," I fall apart

It takes everything in me just to get up each day

But it's wonderful to see that you're okay


Hello Mr. "Perfectly fine"

How's your heart after breaking mine?

Mr. "Always at the right place at the right time," baby

Hello Mr. "Casually cruel"

Mr. "Everything revolves around you"

I've been Miss "Misery" since your goodbye

And you're Mr. "Perfectly fine"


Mr. "Never told me why"

Mr. "Never had to see me cry"

Mr. "Insincere apology so he doesn't look like the bad guy"

He goes about his day

Forgets he ever even heard my name

Well, I thought you might be different than the rest, I guess you're all the same


'Cause I hear he's got his arm 'round a brand-new girl

I've been pickin' up my heart, he's been pickin' up her

And I never got past what you put me through

But it's wonderful to see that it never fazed you


Hello Mr. "Perfectly fine"

How's your heart after breakin' mine?

Mr. "Always at the right place at the right time," baby

Hello Mr. "Casually cruel"

Mr. "Everything revolves around you"

I've been Miss "Misery" since your goodbye

And you're Mr. "Perfectly fine"


So dignified in your well-pressed suit

So strategized, all the eyes on you

Sashay away to your seat

It's the best seat, in the best room

Oh, he's so smug, Mr. "Always wins"

So far above me in every sense

So far above feeling anything


And it's really such a shame

It's such a shame

'Cause I was Miss "Here to stay"

Now I'm Miss "Gonna be alright someday"

And someday maybe you'll miss me

But by then, you'll be Mr. "Too late"


Goodbye Mr. "Perfectly fine"

How's your heart after breakin' mine?

Mr. "Always at the right place at the right time," baby

Goodbye Mr. "Casually cruel"

Mr. "Everything revolves around you"

I've been Miss "Misery" for the last time

And you're Mr. "Perfectly fine"

You're perfectly fine

Mr. "Looked me in the eye and told me you would never go away"

You said you'd never go away



"We Were Happy (Taylor's Version) (From The Vault)"


We used to walk along the streets

When the porch lights were shining bright

Before I had somewhere to be

Back when we had all night and we were happy

I do recall a good while back, we snuck into the circus

You threw your arms around my neck, back when I deserved it

And we were happy


When it was good, baby, it was good, baby

We showed 'em all up

No one could touch the way we laughed in the dark

Talking 'bout your daddy's farm we were gonna buy someday

And we were happy


We used to watch the sun go down on the boats in the water

That's sorta how I feel right now

And goodbye's so much harder 'cause we were happy


When it was good, baby, it was good, baby

We showed 'em all up

No one could touch the way we laughed in the dark

Talking 'bout your daddy's farm we were gonna buy someday

And we were happy

We were happy


Oh, I hate those voices telling me I'm not in love anymore

But they don't give me choices and that's what these tears are for

'Cause we were happy, we were happy


When it was good, baby, it was good, baby

We showed 'em all up

No one could touch the way we laughed in the dark

Talking 'bout your daddy's farm

And you were gonna marry me

And we were happy

Yeah, we were happy

Oh-oh, oh-oh-oh

We were happy



"That's When (Taylor's Version) (From The Vault)"

(feat. Keith Urban)


You said, "I know"

When I said, "I need some time, need some space

To think about all of this"

You watched me go

And I knew my

Words were hard to hear

And harder to ever take back

And I said, "When can I-I-I come back?"


And you said that's when

When I wake up in the morning

That's when, when it's sunny or storming

Laughing, when I'm crying

And that's when, I'll be waiting at the front gate

That's when, when I see your face

I'll let you in, and baby, that's when

Mm, mm


I said, "I know"

When you said, "I did you wrong

Made mistakes

And put you through all of this" (through all of this)

Then through the phone

Came all your tears

And I said, "Leave those all in our past"

And you said, "When can I-I-I come back?"


And I said, that's when

When I wake up in the morning

That's when, when it's sunny or storming

Laughing, when I'm crying

And that's when I'll be waiting at the front gate

That's when, when I see your face

I'll let you in, and baby, that's when"


And you said, "Honestly

When you were gone

Did you ever think of me?"

And I said


"That's when, when I woke up in the morning

That's when, it was sunny or storming

Laughing when I was crying

And that's when, you were waiting at the front gate

That's when, when I saw your face

You let me in, and baby, that's when"


That's when, when I wake up in the morning (Yeah)

That's when, when it's sunny or storming

When I'm laughing, when I'm crying

That's when I'll be waiting at the front gate

(That when I miss you, that's when I want you)

That's when, when I see your face

That's when I love you, that's when



"Don't You (Taylor's Version) (From The Vault)"


Hey, I knew I'd run into you somewhere

It's been a while, I didn't mean to stare

I heard she's nothin' like me

I'm sure she'll make you happy


But don't you

Don't you smile at me and ask me how I've been

Don't you say you've missed me if you don't want me again

You don't know how much I feel I love you still

So why don't you, don't you?


Ah, ah, ah, ah


Sometimes I really wish that I could hate you

I've tried, but that's just somethin' I can't do

My heart knows what the truth is

I swore I wouldn't do this


But don't you

Don't you smile at me and ask me how I've been

Don't you say you've missed me if you don't want me again

You don't know how much I feel I love you still

So why don't you, don't you?


So I walk outta here tonight

Try to go on with my life

And you can say, "We're still friends"

I don't wanna pretend

So if I see you again


Don't you (Don't you)

Don't you smile at me and ask me how I've been

Don't you (Don't you), say you've missed me if you don't want me again

You don't (You don't), know how much I feel I love you still

So why don't you, don't you?


Ah, ah, ah, ah

Don't you, ah, ah, ah



"Bye Bye Baby (Taylor's Version) (From The Vault)"


It wasn't just like a movie

The rain didn't soak through my clothes, down to my skin

I'm driving away and I, I guess you could say

This is the last time I'll drive this way again

Lost in the gray and I try to grab at the fray

'Cause I, I still love you but I can't


Bye, bye, to everything I thought was on my side

Bye, bye, baby

I want you back but it's come down to nothing

And all I have is your sympathy

'Cause you took me home but you just couldn't keep me

Bye, bye, baby

Bye, bye, baby


The picture frame is empty

On the dresser, vacant just like me

I see your writing on the dash

Then back to your hesitation

I was so sure of everything

Everything I thought we'd always have

Guess I never doubted it

Then the here and the now floods in

Feels like I'm becoming a part of your past


Bye, bye, to everything I thought was on my side

Bye, bye, baby

I want you back but it's come down to nothing

And all I have is your sympathy

'Cause you took me home but you just couldn't keep me

Bye, bye, baby


And there's so much that I can't touch

You're all I want but it's not enough this time

And all the pages are just slipping through my hands

And I'm so scared of how this ends


Bye, bye, to everything I thought was on my side

Bye, bye, baby

I want you back but it's come down to nothing

And all I have is your sympathy

'Cause you took me home but you just couldn't keep me


Bye, bye, to everything I thought was on my side

Bye, bye, baby

I want you back but it's come down to nothing

And all I have is your sympathy

'Cause you took me home but you just couldn't keep me

Oh, you took me home, I thought you were gonna keep me

Bye, bye, baby

Bye, bye, baby

2009


"Crazier"


I'd never gone with the wind

Just let it flow

Let it take me where it wants to go

'Til you open the door

There's so much more

I'd never seen it before


I was trying to fly but I couldn't find wings

But you came along and you changed everything


You lift my feet off the ground

You spin me around

You make me crazier, crazier

Feels like I'm falling and I am lost in your eyes

You make me crazier, crazier, crazier


I've watched from a distance

As you made life your own

Every sky was your own kind of blue

And I wanted to know

How that would feel

And you made it so real


You showed me something that I couldn't see

You opened my eyes and you made me believe


You lift my feet off the ground

You spin me around

You make me crazier, crazier

Feels like I'm falling and I am lost in your eyes

You make me crazier, crazier, crazier


Baby, you showed me what living is for

I don't wanna hide anymore


You lift my feet off the ground

You spin me around

You make me crazier, crazier

Feels like I'm fallin' and I am lost in your eyes

You make me crazier, crazier, crazier

Crazier, crazier.

2010


“Speak Now (Taylor’s Version)” (released July 7, 2023) (original version released October 25, 2010)


"Mine (Taylor's Version)"


Ah-ah, ah-ah

Ah-ah, ah-ah


You were in college working part-time, waitin' tables

Left a small town, never looked back

I was a flight risk with a fear of falling

Wonderin' why we bother with love if it never lasts


I say, "Can you believe it?"

As we're lyin' on the couch

The moment I could see it

Yes, yes, I can see it now


Do you remember, we were sittin' there by the water?

You put your arm around me for the first time

You made a rebel of a careless man's careful daughter

You are the best thing that's ever been mine


Flash forward and we're takin' on the world together

And there's a drawer of my things at your place

You learn my secrets and you figure out why I'm guarded

You say we'll never make my parents' mistakes


But we got bills to pay

We got nothing figured out

When it was hard to take

Yes, yes, this is what I thought about


Do you remember, we were sittin' there by the water?

You put your arm around me for the first time

You made a rebel of a careless man's careful daughter

You are the best thing that's ever been mine

Do you remember all the city lights on the water?

You saw me start to believe for the first time

You made a rebel of a careless man's careful daughter

You are the best thing that's ever been mine


Oh-oh, oh


And I remember that fight, 2:30AM

As everything was slippin' right out of our hands

I ran out cryin' and you followed me out into the street

Braced myself for the goodbye

'Cause that's all I've ever known

Then you took me by surprise

You said, "I'll never leave you alone"


You said, "I remember how it felt sitting by the water

And every time I look at you, it's like the first time

I fell in love with a careless man's careful daughter

She is the best thing that's ever been mine"


Hold on and make it last

Hold on, never turn back

(Hold on) You made a rebel of a careless man's careful daughter

(Hold on) You are the best thing that's ever been mine


Yes, yes, do you believe it? (Hold on)

Yes, yes, we're gonna make it now (Hold on, yeah)

Yes, yes, and I can see it (Hold on)

Yes, yes, I can see it now (See it now, see it now)



"Sparks Fly (Taylor's Version)"


The way you move is like a full on rainstorm

And I'm a house of cards

You're the kind of reckless that should send me runnin'

But I kinda know that I won't get far

And you stood there in front of me, just close enough to touch

Close enough to hope you couldn't see what I was thinkin' of


Drop everything now, meet me in the pouring rain

Kiss me on the sidewalk, take away the pain

'Cause I see sparks fly whenever you smile

Get me with those green eyes, baby, as the lights go down

Give me something that'll haunt me when you're not around

'Cause I see sparks fly whenever you smile


My mind forgets to remind me you're a bad idea

You touch me once and it's really somethin'

You find I'm even better than you imagined I would be

I'm on my guard for the rest of the world

But with you, I know it's no good

And I could wait patiently, but I really wish you would


Drop everything now, meet me in the pouring rain

Kiss me on the sidewalk, take away the pain

'Cause I see sparks fly whenever you smile

Get me with those green eyes, baby, as the lights go down

Give me something that'll haunt me when you're not around

'Cause I see sparks fly whenever you smile


I run my fingers through your hair and watch the lights go wild

Just keep on keepin' your eyes on me

It's just wrong enough to make it feel right

And lead me up the staircase, won't you whisper soft and slow?

I'm captivated by you, baby, like a firework show


Drop everything now, meet me in the pouring rain

Kiss me on the sidewalk (Ah-ah), take away the pain

'Cause I see sparks fly whenever you smile

Get me with those green eyes, baby, as the lights go down

Give me something that'll haunt me when you're not around

'Cause I see sparks fly whenever you smile


And the sparks fly

Oh, baby, smile

And the sparks fly



"Back To December (Taylor's Version)"


I'm so glad you made time to see me

How's life? Tell me, how's your family?

I haven't seen them in a while

You've been good, busier than ever

We small talk, work and the weather

Your guard is up and I know why


Because the last time you saw me

Is still burned in the back of your mind

You gave me roses and I left them there to die


So, this is me swallowing my pride

Standin' in front of you sayin', "I'm sorry for that night"

And I go back to December all the time

It turns out freedom ain't nothing but missin' you

Wishin' I'd realized what I had when you were mine

I go back to December, turn around and make it alright

I go back to December all the time


These days, I haven't been sleeping

Stayin' up, playing back myself leavin'

When your birthday passed and I didn't call

Then I think about summer, all the beautiful times

I watched you laughin' from the passenger side

And realized I loved you in the fall


And then the cold came, the dark days

When fear crept into my mind

You gave me all your love and all I gave you was goodbye


So, this is me swallowing my pride

Standin' in front of you, sayin', "I'm sorry for that night"

And I go back to December all the time

It turns out freedom ain't nothing but missin' you

Wishin' I'd realized what I had when you were mine

I go back to December, turn around and change my own mind

I go back to December all the time


I miss your tanned skin, your sweet smile

So good to me, so right

And how you held me in your arms that September night

The first time you ever saw me cry

Maybe this is wishful thinkin'

Probably mindless dreaming

But if we loved again, I swear I'd love you right

I'd go back in time and change it, but I can't

So, if the chain is on your door, I understand


But this is me swallowing my pride

Standin' in front of you, sayin', "I'm sorry for that night"

And I go back to December

It turns out freedom ain't nothing but missin' you

Wishin' I'd realized what I had when you were mine

I go back to December, turn around and make it alright

I go back to December, turn around and change my own mind

I go back to December all the time


All the time



"Speak Now (Taylor's Version)"


I am not the kind of girl

Who should be rudely bargin' in on a white veil occasion

But you are not the kind of boy

Who should be marrying the wrong girl

I sneak in and see your friends

And her snotty little family all dressed in pastel

And she is yelling at a bridesmaid

Somewhere back inside a room

Wearin' a gown shaped like a pastry


This is surely not what you thought it would be

I lose myself in a daydream

Where I stand and say


Don't say yes, run away now

I'll meet you when you're out

Of the church, at the back door

Don't wait or say a single vow

You need to hear me out

And they said, "Speak now"


Fond gestures are exchanged

And the organ starts to play a song that sounds like a death march

And I am hiding in the curtains

It seems that I was uninvited by your lovely bride-to-be


She floats down the aisle like a pageant queen

But I know you wish it was me

You wish it was me, don't you?


Don't say yes, run away now

I'll meet you when you're out

Of the church, at the back door

Don't wait or say a single vow

You need to hear me out

And they said, "Speak now"

Don't say yes, run away now (Run away now)

I'll meet you when you're out

Of the church, at the back door

Don't wait or say a single vow (Say a single vow)

Your time is running out

And they said, "Speak now"


Ooh (Run away now), la

Ooh (Say a single vow), ooh


I hear the preacher say

"Speak now or forever hold your peace"

There's the silence, there's my last chance

I stand up with shaky hands, all eyes on me

Horrified looks from everyone in the room

But I'm only lookin' at you


I am not the kind of girl

Who should be rudely bargin' in on a white veil occasion

But you are not the kind of boy

Who should be marrying the wrong girl, haha


So, don't say yes, run away now

I'll meet you when you're out

Of the church, at the back door

Don't wait or say a single vow

You need to hear me out

They said, "Speak now"

And you say, "Let's run away now (Run away now)

I'll meet you when I'm out

Of my tux, at the back door

Baby, I didn't say my vows (Say a single vow)

So glad you were around

When they said, 'Speak now'"



"Dear John (Taylor's Version)"


Long were the nights

When my days once revolved around you

Counting my footsteps

Prayin' the floor won't fall through again

And my mother accused me of losin' my mind

But I swore I was fine

You paint me a blue sky

Then go back to turn it to rain

And I lived in your chess game

But you change the rules every day

Wonderin' which version of you

I might get on the phone tonight

Well, I stopped pickin' up

And this song is to let you know why


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 shoulda known


Well, maybe it's me and my blind optimism to blame

Or maybe it's you and your sick need

To give love and take it away

And you'll add my name to your long list of traitors

Who don't understand

And I'll look back and regret how I ignored when they said

"Run as fast as you can"


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

Dear John, I see it all now, it was wrong

Don't you think nineteen's too young to be played by

Your dark, twisted games when I loved you so?

I shoulda known


You are an expert at "Sorry" and keepin' lines blurry

Never impressed by me acing your tests

All the girls that you run dry have tired, lifeless eyes

'Cause you burned them out

But I took your matches before fire could catch me

So don't look now

I'm shining like fireworks over your sad, empty town

Oh


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 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 wrote you a song

You shoulda known


You shoulda known

Don't you think I was too young?

You shoulda known



"Mean (Taylor's Version)"


You, with your words like knives

And swords and weapons that you use against me

You have knocked me off my feet again

Got me feeling like I'm nothing

You, with your voice like nails on a chalkboard

Calling me out when I'm wounded

You, pickin' on the weaker man


Well, you can take me down

With just one single blow

But you don't know what you don't know


Someday, I'll be livin' in a big old city

And all you're ever gonna be is mean

Someday, I'll be big enough so you can't hit me

And all you're ever gonna be is mean

Why you gotta be so mean?


You, with your switching sides

And your wildfire lies and your humiliation

You have pointed out my flaws again

As if I don't already see them

I walk with my head down, trying to block you out

'Cause I'll never impress you

I just wanna feel okay again


I bet you got pushed around

Somebody made you cold

But the cycle ends right now

'Cause you can't lead me down that road

And you don't know what you don't know


Someday, I'll be livin' in a big old city

And all you're ever gonna be is mean

Someday, I'll be big enough so you can't hit me

And all you're ever gonna be is mean

Why you gotta be so mean?


And I can see you years from now in a bar

Talking over a football game

With that same big, loud opinion but nobody's listening

Washed up and ranting about the same old bitter things

Drunk and grumblin' on about how I can't sing

But all you are is mean


All you are is mean

And a liar, and pathetic

And alone in life, and mean

And mean, and mean, and mean


But someday, I'll be livin' in a big old city

And all you're ever gonna be is mean, yeah

Someday, I'll be big enough so you can't hit me

And all you're ever gonna be is mean

Why you gotta be so mean?

Someday, I'll be livin' in a big old city

(Why you gotta be so mean?)

And all you're ever gonna be is mean

(Why you gotta be so mean?)

Someday, I'll be big enough so you can't hit me

(Why you gotta be so mean?)

And all you're ever gonna be is mean

Why you gotta be so mean?



"The Story Of Us (Taylor's Version)"


I used to think one day we'd tell the story of us

How we met and the sparks flew instantly

And people would say, "They're the lucky ones"

I used to know my place was the spot next to you

Now I'm searchin' the room for an empty seat

'Cause lately I don't even know what page you're on


Oh, a simple complication

Miscommunications lead to fallout

So many things that I wish you knew

So many walls up, I can't break through


Now I'm standin' alone in a crowded room

And we're not speakin'

And I'm dyin' to know, is it killin' you

Like it's killin' me? Yeah

I don't know what to say since the twist of fate

When it all broke down

And the story of us looks a lot like a tragedy now


Next chapter


How'd we end up this way?

See me nervously pulling at my clothes and tryin' to look busy

And you're doin' your best to avoid me

I'm starting to think one day I'll tell the story of us

How I was losin' my mind when I saw you here

But you held your pride like you should've held me


Oh, I'm scared to see the ending

Why are we pretending this is nothin'?

I'd tell you I miss you, but I don't know how

I've never heard silence quite this loud


Now I'm standin' alone in a crowded room

And we're not speakin'

And I'm dyin' to know, is it killin' you

Like it's killin' me? Yeah

I don't know what to say since the twist of fate

When it all broke down

And the story of us looks a lot like a tragedy now


This is looking like a contest

Of who can act like they care less

But I liked it better when you were on my side

The battle's in your hands now

But I would lay my armor down

If you said you'd rather love than fight


So many things that you wish I knew

But the story of us might be ending soon


Now I'm standin' alone in a crowded room

And we're not speakin'

And I'm dyin' to know, is it killin' you

Like it's killin' me? Yeah

And I don't know what to say since the twist of fate

When it all broke down

And the story of us looks a lot like a tragedy now, now, now

And we're not speakin'

And I'm dyin' to know, is it killin' you

Like it's killin' me? Yeah

I don't know what to say since the twist of fate

'Cause we're goin' down

And the story of us looks a lot like a tragedy now


The end



"Never Grow Up (Taylor's Version)"


Your little hand's wrapped around my finger

And it's so quiet in the world tonight

Your little eyelids flutter 'cause you're dreaming

So I tuck you in, turn on your favourite nightlight


To you, everything's funny

You got nothing to regret

I'd give all I have, honey

If you could stay like that


Oh, darling, don't you ever grow up

Don't you ever grow up, just stay this little

Oh, darling, don't you ever grow up

Don't you ever grow up, it could stay this simple

I won't let nobody hurt you

Won't let no one break your heart

And no one will desert you

Just try to never grow up


Never grow up


You're in the car, on the way to the movies

And you're mortified your mom's dropping you off

At fourteen, there's just so much you can't do

And you can't wait to move out someday and call your own shots


But don't make her drop you off around the block

Remember that she's gettin' older, too

And don't lose the way that you dance around

In your PJs getting ready for school


Oh, darling, don't you ever grow up

Don't you ever grow up, just stay this little

Oh, darling, don't you ever grow up

Don't you ever grow up, it could stay this simple

No one's ever burned you

Nothing's ever left you scarred

And even though you want to

Just try to never grow up


Take pictures in your mind of your childhood room

Memorize what it sounded like when your dad gets home

Remember the footsteps, remember the words said

And all your little brother's favorite songs

I just realized everything I have is, someday, gonna be gone


So, here I am in my new apartment

In a big city, they just dropped me off

It's so much colder than I thought it would be

So I tuck myself in and turn my nightlight on


Wish I'd never grown up

I wish I'd never grown up

Oh, I don't wanna grow up

Wish I'd never grown up, I could still be little

Oh, I don't wanna grow up

Wish I'd never grown up, it could still be simple

Oh, darling, don't you ever grow up

Don't you ever grow up, just stay this little

Oh, darlin', don't you ever grow up

Don't you ever grow up, it could stay this simple

I won't let nobody hurt you (Never grow up)

Won't let no one break your heart

And even though you want to

Please, try to never grow up


Oh, oh (Never grow up)

Don't you ever grow up

Oh (Never grow up)

Just never grow up



"Enchanted (Taylor's Version)"


There I was again tonight

Forcing laughter, faking smiles

Same old tired, lonely place

Walls of insincerity

Shifting eyes and vacancy

Vanished when I saw your face

All I can say is it was enchanting to meet you


Your eyes whispered, "Have we met?"

Across the room, your silhouette

Starts to make its way to me

The playful conversation starts

Counter all your quick remarks

Like passing notes in secrecy

And it was enchanting to meet you

All I can say is I was enchanted to meet you


This night is sparklin', don't you let it go

I'm wonderstruck, blushin' all the way home

I'll spend forever wonderin' if you knew

I was enchanted to meet you


The lingering question kept me up

2AM, who do you love?

I wonder 'til I'm wide awake

And now, I'm pacing back and forth

Wishing you were at my door

I'd open up and you would say

"Hey, it was enchanting to meet you"

All I know is I was enchanted to meet you


This night is sparklin', don't you let it go

I'm wonderstruck, blushin' all the way home

I'll spend forever wonderin' if you knew

This night is flawless, don't you let it go

I'm wonderstruck, dancing around all alone

I'll spend forever wonderin' if you knew

I was enchanted to meet you


This is me praying that

This was the very first page

Not where the storyline ends

My thoughts will echo your name

Until I see you again

These are the words I held back

As I was leaving too soon

I was enchanted to meet you

Please, don't be in love with someone else

Please, don't have somebody waiting on you

Please, don't be in love with someone else (Ooh)

Please, don't have somebody waiting on you (Oh-oh)


This night is sparklin', don't you let it go

I'm wonderstruck, blushin' all the way home

I'll spend forever wonderin' if you knew

This night is flawless (Please, don't be in love with someone else)

Don't you let it go

I'm wonderstruck (Please, don't have somebody waiting on you)

Dancing around all alone

I'll spend forever (Please, don't be in love with someone else)

Wonderin' if you knew

I was enchanted to meet you


Please, don't be in love with someone else

Please, don't have somebody waiting on you



"Better Than Revenge (Taylor's Version)"


Now go stand in the corner and think about what you did

Ha, time for a little revenge


The story starts when it was hot and it was summer, and

I had it all, I had him right there where I wanted him

She came along, got him alone, and let's hear the applause

She took him faster than you can say "Sabotage"

I never saw it coming, wouldn't have suspected it

I underestimated just who I was dealing with

She had to know the pain was beating on me like a drum

She underestimated just who she was stealing from


She's not a saint and she's not what you think

She's an actress, woah

He was a moth to the flame

She was holding the matches, woah

Soon, she's gonna find stealing other people's toys

On the playground won't make you many friends

She should keep in mind, she should keep in mind

There is nothing I do better than revenge, ha


She looks at life like it's a party and she's on the list

She looks at me like I'm a trend and she's so over it

I think her ever-present frown is a little troubling, and

She thinks I'm psycho 'cause I like to rhyme her name with things

But sophistication isn't what you wear or who you know

Or pushing people down to get you where you wanna go

Oh, they didn't teach you that in prep school so it's up to me

But no amount of vintage dresses gives you dignity

(Think about what you did)


She's not a saint and she's not what you think

She's an actress, woah

He was a moth to the flame

She was holding the matches, woah

Soon, she's gonna find stealing other people's toys

On the playground won't make you many friends

She should keep in mind, she should keep in mind

There is nothing I do better than revenge, ha


I'm just another thing for you to roll your eyes at, honey

You might have him, but haven't you heard?

I'm just another thing for you to roll your eyes at, honey

You might have him, but I always get the last word

Woah, woah-ah-oh


She's not a saint and she's not what you think

She's an actress, woah (She deserved it)

He was a moth to the flame

She was holding the matches, woah

Soon, she's gonna find stealing other people's toys

On the playground won't make you many friends

She should keep in mind, she should keep in mind

There is nothing I do better than revenge


Do you still feel like you know what you're doing?

'Cause I don't think you do, oh (No, no, no, no)

Do you still feel like you know what you're doing? (No)

I don't think you do, I don't think you do

Let's hear the applause (Come on, come on)

Come on, show me how much better you are

(So much better, yeah?)

See, you deserve some applause

'Cause you're so much better

She took him faster than you could say "Sabotage"



"Innocent (Taylor's Version)"


I guess you really did it this time

Left yourself in your war path

Lost your balance on a tightrope

Lost your mind trying to get it back


Wasn't it easier in your lunchbox days?

Always a bigger bed to crawl into

Wasn't it beautiful when you believed in everything

And everybody believed in you?


It's alright, just wait and see

Your string of lights are still bright to me, oh

Who you are is not where you've been

You're still an innocent

You're still an innocent


Did some things you can't speak of

But at night, you live it all again

You wouldn't be shattered on the floor now

If only you had seen what you know now then


Wasn't it easier in your firefly-catching days?

When everything out of reach

Someone bigger brought down to you

Wasn't it beautiful running wild 'til you fell asleep

Before the monsters caught up to you?


It's alright, just wait and see

Your string of lights are still bright to me, oh

Who you are is not where you've been

You're still an innocent

It's okay, and life is a tough crowd

Thirty-two and still growing up now

Who you are is not what you did

You're still an innocent


Time turns flames to embers

You'll have new Septembers

Every one of us has messed up, too, ooh

Minds change like the weather

I hope you remember

Today is never too late to be brand new, oh


It's alright, just wait and see

Your string of lights is still bright to me, oh

Who you are is not where you've been

You're still an innocent

It's okay, and life is a tough crowd

Thirty-two and still growing up now

Who you are is not what you did

You're still an innocent

You're still an innocent


Lost your balance on a tightrope, oh

It's never too late to get it back



"Haunted (Taylor's Version)"


You and I walk a fragile line

I have known it all this time

But I never thought I'd live to see it break

It's getting dark and it's all too quiet

And I can't trust anything now

And it's coming over you like it's all a big mistake


Oh, holding my breath

Won't lose you again

Something's made your eyes go cold


Come on, come on, don't leave me like this

I thought I had you figured out

Something's gone terribly wrong

You're all I wanted

Come on, come on, don't leave me like this

I thought I had you figured out

Can't breathe whenever you're gone

Can't turn back now, I'm haunted


Stood there and watched you walk away

From everything we had

But I still mean every word I said to you

He will try to take away my pain

And he just might make me smile

But the whole time, I'm wishing he was you instead


Oh, holding my breath

Won't see you again

Something keeps me holding onto nothing


Come on, come on, don't leave me like this

I thought I had you figured out

Something's gone terribly wrong

You're all I wanted

Come on, come on, don't leave me like this

I thought I had you figured out

Can't breathe whenever you're gone

Can't turn back now, I'm haunted


I know, I know

I just know

You're not gone

You can't be gone, no


Come on, come on, don't leave me like this

I thought I had you figured out

Something's gone terribly wrong

Won't finish what you started

Come on, come on, don't leave me like this

I thought I had you figured out

Can't breathe whenever you're gone

I can't go back, I'm haunted


Oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh

You and I walk a fragile line

I have known it all this time

Never ever thought I'd see it break

Never thought I'd see it



"Last Kiss (Taylor's Version)"


I still remember the look on your face

Lit through the darkness at 1:58

The words that you whispered for just us to know

You told me you loved me, so why did you go away?

Away


I do recall now, the smell of the rain

Fresh on the pavement, I ran off the plane

That July ninth, the beat of your heart

It jumps through your shirt, I can still feel your arms


But now I'll go

Sit on the floor wearing your clothes

All that I know is I don't know

How to be something you miss


I never thought we'd have a last kiss

I never imagined we'd end like this

Your name, forever the name on my lips


I do remember the swing of your step

The life of the party, you're showing off again

And I'd roll my eyes and then you'd pull me in

I'm not much for dancing, but for you, I did

Because I love your handshake, meeting my father

I love how you walk with your hands in your pockets

How you kissed me when I was in the middle of saying something

There's not a day I don't miss those rude interruptions


And I'll go

Sit on the floor wearing your clothes

All that I know is I don't know

How to be something you miss


I never thought we'd have a last kiss

I never imagined we'd end like this

Your name, forever the name on my lips, mm-hmm


So I'll watch your life in pictures like I used to watch you sleep

And I feel you forget me like I used to feel you breathe

And I'll keep up with our old friends just to ask them how you are

Hope it's nice where you are

And I hope the sun shines and it's a beautiful day

And something reminds you you wish you had stayed

You can plan for a change in the weather and time

But I never planned on you changing your mind


So, I'll go

Sit on the floor wearing your clothes

All that I know is I don't know

How to be something you miss


I never thought we'd have a last kiss

I never imagined we'd end like this

Your name, forever the name on my lips


Just like our last kiss

Forever the name on my lips

Forever the name on my lips

Just like our last



"Long Live (Taylor's Version)"


I said, "Remember this moment"

In the back of my mind

The time we stood with our shaking hands

The crowds in stands went wild

We were the kings and the queens

And they read off our names

The night you danced like you knew our lives would

Never be the same

You held your head like a hero on a history book page

It was the end of a decade

But the start of an age


Long live the walls we crashed through

How the kingdom lights shined just for me and you

I was screaming, "Long live all the magic we made"

And bring on all the pretenders

One day, we will be remembered


I said, "Remember this feeling"

I pass the pictures around

Of all the years that we stood there on the sidelines

Wishing for right now

We are the kings and the queens

You traded your baseball cap for a crown

When they gave us our trophies

And we held them up for our town

And the cynics were outraged

Screaming, "This is absurd"

'Cause for a moment, a band of thieves in ripped up jeans

Got to rule the world


Long live the walls we crashed through

How the kingdom lights shined just for me and you

I was screaming, "Long live all the magic we made"

And bring on all the pretenders, I'm not afraid

Long live all the mountains we moved

I had the time of my life fighting dragons with you

I was screaming, "Long live that look on your face"

And bring on all the pretenders

One day, we will be remembered


Hold on to spinning around

Confetti falls to the ground

May these memories break our fall

Will you take a moment? Promise me this

That you'll stand by me forever

But if, God forbid, fate should step in

And force us into a goodbye

If you have children some day

When they point to the pictures

Please tell 'em my name

Tell 'em how the crowds went wild

Tell 'em how I hope they shine

Long live the walls we crashed through

I had the time of my life with you


Long, long live the walls we crashed through

How the kingdom lights shined just for me and you

And I was screaming, "Long live all the magic we made"

And bring on all the pretenders, I'm not afraid

Singing, "Long live all the mountains we moved"

I had the time of my life fighting dragons with you

And long, long live that look on your face

And bring on all the pretenders

One day, we will be remembered



"Ours (Taylor's Version)"


Elevator buttons and morning air

Strangers' silence makes me want to take the stairs

If you were here, we'd laugh about their vacant stares

But right now, my time is theirs

Seems like there's always someone who disapproves

They'll judge it like they know about me and you

And the verdict comes from those with nothing else to do

The jury's out, but my choice is you


So don't you worry your pretty little mind

People throw rocks at things that shine

And life makes love look hard

The stakes are high, the water's rough

But this love is ours


You never know what people have up their sleeves

Ghosts from your past gonna jump out at me

Lurking in the shadows with their lip gloss smiles

But I don't care, 'cause right now, you're mine

And you'll say


Don't you worry your pretty little mind

People throw rocks at things that shine

And life makes love look hard

The stakes are high, the water's rough

But this love is ours


And it's not theirs to speculate if it's wrong and

Your hands are tough, but they are where mine belong and

I'll fight their doubt and give you faith with this song for you

'Cause I love the gap between your teeth

And I love the riddles that you speak

And any snide remarks from my father about your tattoos

Will be ignored, 'cause my heart is yours


So don't you worry your pretty little mind

People throw rocks at things that shine

And life makes love look hard

Don't you worry your pretty little mind

People throw rocks at things that shine

But they can't take what's ours

They can't take what's ours

The stakes are high, the water's rough

But this love is ours



"Superman (Taylor's Version)"


Tall, dark, and superman

He puts papers in his briefcase and drives away

To save the world or go to work

It's the same thing to me

He's got his mother's eyes, his father's ambition

I wonder if he knows how much that I miss him

I hang on every word you say, yay

And you smile and say, "How are you?"

And I'll say, "Just fine"

I always forget to tell you, I love you

I love you forever


I watch superman fly away

You've got a busy day today

Go save the world, I'll be around

And I watch superman fly away

Come back, I'll be with you someday

I'll be right here on the ground

When you come back down


Tall, dark and beautiful

He's complicated, he's irrational

But I hope someday you'll take me away, and save the day, yeah

Something in his deep brown eyes has me sayin'

He's not all bad like his reputation

And I can't hear one single word they say

And you'll leave, got places to be, and I'll be okay

I always forget to tell you I love you

I loved you from the very first day


I watch superman fly away

You've got a busy day today

Go save the world, I'll be around

And I watch superman fly away

Come back, I'll be with you someday

I'll be right here on the ground

When you come back down


And I watch you fly around the world

And I hope you don't save some other girl

Don't forget, don't forget about me

I'm far away, but I never let you go

I'm love-struck and looking out the window

Don't forget, don't forget where I'll be


Right here, wishing the flowers were from you

Wishing the card was from you

Wishing the call was from you

'Cause I loved you from the very first day


I watch superman fly away

You've got a busy day today

Go save the world, I'll be around

Forever and ever

And I watch superman fly away

I swear, I'll be with you someday

I'll be right here on the ground

When you come back down


La, la, la, la, la, la

La, la, la, la, la, la

When you come back down



"Electric Touch (Taylor's Version) (From The Vault)"

(feat. Fall Out Boy)


Just breathe, just relax, it'll be okay

Just an hour 'til your car's in the driveway

Just the first time ever hangin' out with you tonight

I've got my money on things goin' badly

Got a history of stories ending sadly

Still hoping that the fire won't burn me

Just one time, just one time


All I know is this could either break my heart or bring it back to life

Got a feelin' your electric touch could fill this ghost town up with life

And I want you now, wanna need you forever

In the heat of your electric touch, mmm


I've been left in the rain lost and pining

I'm tryin' hard not to look like I'm trying

'Cause every time I tried hard for love, it fell apart (Woah)

I've gotten used to no one callin' my phone

I've grown accustomed to sleepin' alone

Still, I know that all it takes is to get it right

Just one time, just one time


All I know is this could either break my heart or bring it back to life

Got a feelin' your electric touch could fill this ghost town up with life

And I want you now, wanna need you forever

In the heat of your electric touch, mmm


I was thinking just one time (Just one time)

Maybe the stars align (Just one time)

And maybe I call you mine

And you won't need space

Or string me along while you decide

And just one time (Just one time)

Maybe the moment's right (The moment's right)

It's 8:05 and I see two headlights


All I know is this could either break my heart or bring it back to life

Got a feelin' your electric touch (Ooh)

All I know is this could either break my heart or bring it back to life

Got a feelin' your electric touch could fill this ghost town up with life (Life)

And I want you now, wanna need you forever

In the heat of your electric touch, mmm



"When Emma Falls in Love (Taylor's Version) (From The Vault)"


When Emma falls in love, she paces the floor

Closes the blinds and locks the door

When Emma falls in love, she calls up her mom

Jokes about the ways that this one could go wrong

She waits and takes her time

'Cause Little Miss Sunshine always thinks it's gonna rain

When Emma falls in love, I know

That boy will never be the same


'Cause she's the kind of book that you can't put down

Like if Cleopatra grew up in a small town

And all the bad boys would be good boys

If they only had a chance to love her

And to tell you the truth, sometimes I wish I was her


When Emma falls in love, it's all on her face

Hangs in the air like stars in outer space

When Emma falls in love, she disappears

And we all just laugh after seein' it all these years

When Emma falls apart, it's when she's alone

She takes on the pain and bears it on her own

'Cause when Emma falls in love, she's in it for keeps

She won't walk away unless she knows she absolutely has to leave


And she's the kind of book that you can't put down

Like if Cleopatra grew up in a small town

And all the bad boys would be good boys

If they only had a chance to love her

And to tell you the truth, sometimes I wish I was her


Well, she's so New York when she's in L.A

She won't lose herself in love the way that I did

'Cause she'll call you out, she'll put you in your place

When Emma falls in love, I'm learning


Emma met a boy with eyes like a man

Turns out her heart fits right in the palm of his hand

Now he'll be her shelter when it rains

Little does he know, his whole world's about to change


'Cause she's the kind of book that you can't put down

Like if Cleopatra grew up in a small town

And all the bad boys would be good boys

If they only had a chance to love her

And to tell you the truth, sometimes I wish I was her


Yeah, between me and you, sometimes I wish I was her



"I Can See You (Taylor's Version) (From The Vault)"


Uh-uh, uh, uh


You brush past me in the hallway

And you don't think I, I, I can see ya, do ya?

I've been watchin' you for ages

And I spend my time tryin' not to feel it


But what would you do if I went to touch you now?

What would you do if they never found us out?

What would you do if we never made a sound?


'Cause I can see you waitin' down the hall from me

And I could see you up against the wall with me

And what would you do? Baby, if you only knew

That I can see you


Uh-uh, uh, uh


And we kept everything professional

But something's changed, it's somethin' I, I like

They keep watchful eyes on us

So it's best that we move fast and keep quiet

You won't believe half the things I see inside my head

Wait 'til you see half the things that haven't happened yet


But what would you do if I went to touch you now?

What would you do if they never found us out?

What would you do if we never made a sound?


'Cause I can see you waitin' down the hall from me

And I could see you up against the wall with me

And what would you do? Baby, if you only knew, oh, oh, oh

That I could see you throw your jacket on the floor

I could see you, make me want you even more

What would you do? Baby, if you only knew

That I can see you


Uh-uh, uh, uh


I can see you in your suit and your necktie

Passed me a note saying, "Meet me tonight"

Then we kissed and you know I won't ever tell, yeah

And I could see you being my addiction

You can see me as a secret mission

Hide away and I will start behaving myself


Uh-uh, uh, uh

Oh-oh, oh, oh


I can see you waitin' down the hall from me

And I could see you up against the wall with me

And what would you do? Baby, if you only knew, oh

That I could see you throw your jacket on the floor

I could see you, make me want you even more

What would you do? Baby, if you only knew

That I can see you, oh, I can see you


Oh, I see you, I see you, baby

I see you

(Uh-uh, uh, uh) I see you, I see you, baby

Oh, baby



"Castles Crumbling (Taylor's Version) (From The Vault)"

(feat. Hayley Williams)


(Once, I had an empire)

(Once, I had an empire)

(Once, I had an empire)


Once, I had an empire in a golden age

I was held up so high, I used to be great

They used to cheer when they saw my face

Now, I fear I have fallen from grace


And I feel like my castle's crumbling down

And I watch all my bridges burn to the ground

And you don't want to know me, I will just let you down

You don't wanna know me now


Once, I was the great hope for a dynasty

Crowds would hang on my words and they trusted me

Their faith was strong, but I pushed it too far

I held that grudge 'til it tore me apart


Power went to my head and I couldn't stop

Ones I loved tried to help, so I ran them off

And here I sit alone behind walls of regret

Falling down like promises that I never kept


And I feel like my castle's crumbling down

And I watch all my bridges burn to the ground

And you don't want to know me, I will just let you down

You don't wanna know me now


My foes and friends watch my reign end

I don't know how it could've ended this way

Smoke billows from my ships in the harbor

People look at me like I'm a monster

Now they're screamin' at the palace's front gates

Used to chant my name

Now they're screaming that they hate me

Never wanted you to hate me


My castle's crumbling down

And I watch all my bridges burn to the ground

And you don't want to know me, I will just let you down (Just let you down)

My castle's crumbling down

You don't wanna know me now, now


(Once, I had an empire)

(Once, I had an empire)

(Once, I had an empire)



"Foolish One (Taylor's Version) (From The Vault)"


My cards are on the table, yours are in your hand

Chances are, tonight, you've already got plans

And chances are I will talk myself to sleep again

You give me just enough attention to keep my hopes too high

Wishful thoughts forget to mention when something's really not right

And I will block out these voices of reason in my head


And the voices say, "You are not the exception

You will never learn your lesson"


Foolish one

Stop checkin' your mailbox for confessions of love

That ain't never gonna come

You will take the long way, you will take the long way down


You know how to keep me waitin'

I know how to act like I'm fine

Don't know what to call this situation

But I know I can't call you mine

And it's delicate, but I will do my best to seem bulletproof

'Cause when my head is on your shoulder

It starts thinkin' you'll come around

And maybe, someday, when we're older

This is something we'll laugh about

Over coffee every mornin' while you're watching the news


But then the voices say, "You are not the exception

You will never learn your lesson"


Foolish one

Stop checkin' your mailbox for confessions of love

That ain't never gonna come

You will take the long way, you will take the long way down

Foolish one

Stop checkin' your mailbox for confessions of love

That ain't never gonna come

You will learn the hard way instead of just walkin' out


Now I'm slidin' down the wall with my head in my hands

Sayin', "How could I not see the signs?"

Oh, you haven't written me or called

But goodbye screamin' in the silence

And the voices in my head are tellin' me why

'Cause you got her on your arm and me in the wings

I'll get your longing glances, but she'll get your ring

And you will say you had the best of intentions

And maybe I will finally learn my lesson


Foolish one

Stop checkin' your mailbox for confessions of love

That ain't never gonna come

You will take the long way, you will take the long way down

Foolish one

Stop checkin' your mailbox for confessions of love

That ain't never gonna come

You will learn the hard way instead of just walkin' out, oh-oh, oh, oh


La-la-la-la-la, la-la-la-la, oh

La-la-la-la-la

Ain't never gonna come

Ooh, you will learn the hard way now

Foolish one

Sittin' 'round waiting for confessions of love

They ain't never gonna come

And thinkin' he's the one, you should've been walkin' out

Foolish one

The day is gonna come for your confessions of love

When all is said and done, he just wasn't the one

No, he just wasn't the one



"Timeless (Taylor's Version) (From The Vault)"


Down the block, there's an antique shop

And something in my head said, "Stop," so I walked in

On the counter was a cardboard box

And the sign said, "Photos: twenty-five cents each"

Black and white, saw a '30s bride

And school lovers laughin' on the porch of their first house

The kinda love that you only find once in a lifetime

The kind you don't put down

And that's when I called you and it's so hard to explain

But in those photos, I saw us instead

And, somehow, I know that you and I would've found each other

In another life, you still would've turned my head even if we'd met


On a crowded street in 1944

And you were headed off to fight in the war

You still would've been mine

We would have been timeless

I would've read your love letters every single night

And prayed to God you'd be comin' home all right

And you would've been fine

We would have been timeless

'Cause I believe that we were supposed to find this

So, even in a different life, you still would've been mine

We would've been timeless


I had to smile when it caught my eye

There was one of a teenage couple in the driveway

Holdin' hands on the way to a dance

And the date on the back said 1958

Which brought me back to the first time I saw you

Time stood still like somethin' in this old shop

I thought about it as I started lookin' 'round

At these precious things that time forgot

That's when I came upon a book covered in cobwebs

Story of a romance torn apart by fate

Hundreds of years ago, they fell in love, like we did

And I'd die for you in the same way if I first saw your face


In the fifteen hundreds off in a foreign land

And I was forced to marry another man

You still would've been mine

We would have been timeless

I would've read your love letters every single night

And run away and left it all behind

You still would've been mine

We would've been timeless

'Cause I believe that we were supposed to find this

So, even in a different life, you still would've been mine

We would've been timeless


Time breaks down your mind and body

Don't you let it touch your soul

It was like an age-old classic

The first time that you saw me

The story started when you said, "Hello"


In a crowded room a few short years ago

And sometimes there's no proof, you just know

You're always gonna be mine

We're gonna be

I'm gonna love you when our hair is turnin' gray

We'll have a cardboard box of photos of the life we've made

And you'll say, "Oh my, we really were timeless"


We're gonna be timeless, timeless

You still would've been mine

We would've been

Even if we'd met on a crowded street in 1944

You still would've been mine

We would've been


Down the block, there's an antique shop

And somethin' in my head said, "Stop," so I walked in



"If This Was A Movie (Taylor's Version)"


Last night, I heard my own heart beatin'

Sounded like footsteps on my stairs

Six months gone and I'm still reachin'

Even though I know you're not there

I was playin' back a thousand memories, baby

Thinkin' 'bout everything we've been through

Maybe I've been going back too much lately

When time stood still and I had you


Come back, come back, come back to me like

You would, you would if this was a movie

Stand in the rain outside 'til I came out

Come back, come back, come back to me like

You could, you could if you just said you're sorry

I know that we could work it out somehow

But if this was a movie, you'd be here by now


I know people change and these things happen

But I remember how it was back then

Wrapped up in your arms and our friends are laughin'

'Cause nothing like this ever happened to them

Now I'm pacing down the hall, chasing down your street

Flashback to the night when you said to me

Nothing's gonna change, not for me and you

Back before I knew how much I had to lose


Come back, come back, come back to me like

You would, you would if this was a movie

Stand in the rain outside 'til I came out

Come back, come back, come back to me like

You could, you could if you just said you're sorry

I know that we could work it out somehow

But if this was a movie, you'd be here by now


If you're out there, if you're somewhere, if you're moving on

I've been waiting for you every day since you've been gone

I just want it back the way it was before

And I just wanna see you back at my front door


And I say, "Come back, come back, come back to me like

You would before you said it's not that easy

Before the fight, before I locked you out

But I take it all back now"


Come back, come back, come back to me like

You would, you would if this was a movie

Stand in the rain outside 'til I came out

Come back, come back, come back to me like

You could, you could if you just said you're sorry

I know that we could work it out somehow

But if this was a movie, you'd be here by now


You'd be here by now

It's not the kind of ending you wanna see now

Baby, what about the ending?

Oh, I thought that you'd be here by now

Oh, oh

Thought you'd be here by now


2011


"Safe & Sound (Taylor's Version)"

(feat. Joy Williams & John Paul White)


I remember tears streaming down your face when I said, "I'll never let you go"

When all those shadows almost killed your light

I remember you said, "Don't leave me here alone"

But all that's dead and gone and passed tonight


Just close your eyes

The sun is going down

You'll be alright

No one can hurt you now

Come, morning light

You and I'll be safe and sound


Don't you dare look out your window, darlin', everything's on fire

The war outside our door keeps ragin' on

Hold on to this lullaby

Even when the music's gone, gone


Just close your eyes

The sun is going down

You'll be alright

No one can hurt you now

Come, morning light

You and I'll be safe and sound


Ooh, ooh

Ooh, ooh

Oh (Oh)

Oh (Oh)

Ooh, ooh

Ooh, ooh

Oh

Oh


Just close your eyes

You'll be alright

Come, morning light

You and I'll be safe and sound


Ooh, ooh

Ooh, ooh

Ooh, ooh

Ooh, ooh

Ooh, ooh

Ooh, ooh

2012


"Eyes Open"


Everybody's waiting

Everybody's watching

Even when you're sleeping

Keep your ey-eyes open


The tricky thing

Is yesterday we were just children

Playing soldiers

Just pretending

Dreaming dreams with happy endings

In backyards, winning battles with our wooden swords

But now we've stepped into a cruel world

Where everybody stands and keeps score


Keep your eyes open


Everybody's waiting for you to break down

Everybody's watching to see the fallout

Even when you're sleeping, sleeping

Keep your ey-eyes open

Keep your ey-eyes open

Keep your ey-eyes open


So here you are, two steps ahead and staying on guard

Every lesson forms a new scar

They never thought you'd make it this far

But turn around (turn around), oh they've surrounded you

It's a showdown (showdown) and nobody comes to save you now

But you've got something they don't

Yeah you've got something they don't

You've just gotta keep your eyes open


Everybody's waiting for you to break down

Everybody's watching to see the fallout

Even when you're sleeping, sleeping

Keep your ey-eyes open

Keep your ey-eyes open

Keep your ey-eyes


Keep your feet ready

Heartbeat steady

Keep your eyes open

Keep your aim locked

The night goes dark

Keep your eyes open


Keep your ey-eyes open

Keep your ey-eyes open

Keep your ey-eyes open

Keep your ey-eyes open


Everybody's waiting for you to break down

Everybody's watching to see the fallout

Even when you're sleeping, sleeping


Keep your ey-eyes open

Keep your ey-eyes open

Keep your ey-eyes open

Keep your ey-eyes open

Keep your ey-eyes open



“Red (Taylor’s Version)” (released November 12, 2021) (original version released October 22, 2012)


"State Of Grace (Taylor's Version)"


I'm walking fast through the traffic lights

Busy streets and busy lives

And all we know is touch and go

We are alone with our changing minds

We fall in love till it hurts or bleeds or fades in time


And I never saw you coming

And I'll never be the same


You come around and the armor falls

Pierce the room like a cannonball

Now all we know is don't let go

We are alone, just you and me

Up in your room, and our slates are clean

Just twin fire signs, four blue eyes


So you were never a saint

And I loved in shades of wrong

We learn to live with the pain

Mosaic broken hearts

But this love is brave and wild


And I never saw you coming

And I'll never be the same


This is a state of grace

This is the worthwhile fight

Love is a ruthless game

Unless you play it good and right

These are the hands of fate

You're my Achilles heel

This is the golden age of something good and right and real


And I never saw you coming

And I'll never be the same, oh

And I never saw you coming

And I'll never be the same

(So you were never a saint, and I loved in shades of wrong)

(We learn to live with the pain, mosaic broken hearts)

(But this love is brave and wild)


This is a state of grace

This is the worthwhile fight

Love is a ruthless game

Unless you play it good and right



"Red (Taylor's Version)"


Loving him is like driving a new Maserati down a dead-end street

Faster than the wind, passionate as sin, ending so suddenly

Loving him is like trying to change your mind once you're already flying through the free fall

Like the colors in autumn, so bright, just before they lose it all


Losing him was blue like I'd never known

Missing him was dark gray, all alone

Forgetting him was like trying to know somebody you never met

But loving him was red


(Red, red, red)

(Red, red, red)

(Red, red, red)

(Red, red, red)

But loving him was red

(Red, red, red)

(Red, red, red)

(Red, red, red)

(Red, red, red)


Touching him was like

Realizing all you ever wanted was right there in front of you

Memorizing him was as

Easy as knowing all the words to your old favorite song

Fighting with him was like

Trying to solve a crossword and realizing there's no right answer

Regretting him was like

Wishing you never found out that love could be that strong


Losing him was blue like I'd never known

Missing him was dark gray, all alone (Woah)

Forgetting him was like

Trying to know somebody you never met

But loving him was red


(Red, red, red)

(Red, red, red)

Oh, red (Red, red, red)

(Red, red, red)

Burning red (Red, red, red)

(Red, red, red)

(Red, red, red)

(Red, red, red)


Remembering him comes in flashbacks and echoes

Tell myself it's time now, gotta let go

But moving on from him is impossible

When I still see it all in my head

In burning red

Burning, it was red


Oh, losing him was blue like I'd never known

Missing him was dark gray, all alone (Woah)

Forgetting him was like trying to know somebody you never met

'Cause loving him was red


(Red, red, red; red, red, red)

Yeah, yeah, red

(Red, red, red; red, red, red)

Burning red (Red, red, red; red, red, red)

(Red, red, red; red, red, red)


And that's why he's spinning 'round in my head (Red, red, red; red, red, red)

Comes back to me (Red, red, red; red, red, red), burning red

(Red, red, red; red, red, red) Yeah, yeah

(Red, red, red; red, red, red)


His love was like driving a new Maserati down a dead-end street



"Treacherous (Taylor's Version)"


Put your lips close to mine

As long as they don't touch

Out of focus, eye to eye

Till the gravity's too much

And I'll do anything you say

If you say it with your hands

And I'd be smart to walk away

But you're quicksand


This slope is treacherous

This path is reckless

This slope is treacherous

And I, I, I like it


I can't decide if it's a choice

Getting swept away

I hear the sound of my own voice

Asking you to stay

All we are is skin and bone

Trained to get along

Forever going with the flow

But you're friction


This slope is treacherous

This path is reckless

This slope is treacherous

I, I, I like it


Two headlights shine through the sleepless night and I will

Get you a, get you alone

Your name has echoed through my mind and I just

Think you should, think you should know

That nothing safe is worth the drive and I would

Follow you, follow you home

I'll follow you, follow you home


This hope is treacherous

This daydream is dangerous

This hope is treacherous

I, I, I

I, I, I

I, I, I


Two headlights shine through the sleepless night and I will

Get you a, get you alone

Your name has echoed through my mind and I just

Think you should, think you should know

That nothing safe is worth the drive and I will

Follow you, follow you home

I'll follow you, follow you home

I'll follow you, follow you home

I'll follow you, follow you home


This slope is treacherous

I, I, I like it



"I Knew You Were Trouble (Taylor's Version)"


Once upon a time, a few mistakes ago

I was in your sights, you got me alone

You found me, you found me, you found me

I guess you didn't care, and I guess I liked that

And when I fell hard, you took a step back

Without me, without me, without me


And he's long gone when he's next to me

And I realize the blame is on me


'Cause I knew you were trouble when you walked in

So shame on me now

Flew me to places I'd never been

'Til you put me down, oh

I knew you were trouble when you walked in

So shame on me now

Flew me to places I'd never been

Now I'm lying on the cold hard ground


Oh, oh-oh

Trouble, trouble, trouble

Oh, oh-oh

Trouble, trouble, trouble


No apologies, he'll never see you cry

Pretends he doesn't know that he's the reason why

You're drowning, you're drowning, you're drowning

And I heard you moved on from whispers on the street

A new notch in your belt is all I'll ever be

And now I see, now I see, now I see


He was long gone when he met me

And I realize the joke is on me, hey


I knew you were trouble when you walked in (Oh)

So shame on me now

Flew me to places I'd never been

'Til you put me down, oh

I knew you were trouble when you walked in

So shame on me now

Flew me to places I'd never been (Yeah)

Now I'm lying on the cold hard ground


Oh, oh-oh (Yeah)

Trouble, trouble, trouble (Trouble)

Oh, oh-oh

Trouble, trouble, trouble


And the saddest fear

Comes creeping in

That you never loved me

Or her, or anyone, or anything

Yeah


I knew you were trouble when you walked in

So shame on me now

Flew me to places I'd never been (Never been)

'Til you put me down, oh

I knew you were trouble when you walked in (Knew it right there)

So shame on me now (Knew it right there)

Flew me to places I'd never been (Ooh)

Now I'm lying on the cold hard ground


Oh, oh-oh

Trouble, trouble, trouble (Oh)

Oh, oh-oh

Trouble, trouble, trouble (Trouble)

I knew you were trouble when you walked in

Trouble, trouble, trouble

I knew you were trouble when you walked in

Trouble, trouble, trouble



"All Too Well (Taylor's Version)"


I walked through the door with you

The air was cold

But something 'bout it felt like home somehow and I

Left my scarf there at your sister's house

And you've still got it in your drawer even now


Oh, your sweet disposition

And my wide-eyed gaze

We're singing in the car, getting lost upstate

Autumn leaves falling down like pieces into place

And I can picture it after all these days

And I know it's long gone and that magic's not here no more

And I might be okay but I'm not fine at all, oh-oh-oh


'Cause there we are again on that

Little town street

You almost ran the red 'cause you were

Looking over at me

Wind in my hair, I was there

I remember it all too well


Photo album on the counter

Your cheeks were turning red

You used to be a little kid with glasses in a twin-sized bed

And your mother's telling stories 'bout you on the tee ball team

You taught me about your past, thinking your future was me

And I know it's long gone and there was nothing else I could do

And I forget about you long enough to forget why I needed to


'Cause there we are again in the middle of the night

We're dancing round the kitchen in the refrigerator light

Down the stairs, I was there

I remember it all too well, yeah


And maybe we got lost in translation

Maybe I asked for too much

But maybe this thing was a masterpiece

Till you tore it all up

Running scared, I was there

I remember it all too well


And you call me up again

Just to break me like a promise

So casually cruel in the name of being honest

I'm a crumpled up piece of paper lying here

'Cause I remember it all, all, all too well


Time won't fly, it's like I'm paralyzed by it

I'd like to be my old self again but I'm still trying to find it

After plaid shirt days and nights when you made me your own

Now you mail back my things and I walk home alone

But you keep my old scarf from that very first week

'Cause it reminds you of innocence and it smells like me

You can't get rid of it

'Cause you remember it all too well


'Cause there we are again when I loved you so

Back before you lost the one real thing you've ever known

It was rare, I was there, I remember it all too well

Wind in my hair, you were there, you remember it all

Down the stairs, you were there, you remember it all

It was rare, I was there, I remember it all too well



"22 (Taylor's Version)"


It feels like a perfect night

To dress up like hipsters

And make fun of our exes

Ah, ah, ah, ah

It feels like a perfect night

For breakfast at midnight

To fall in love with strangers

Ah ah, ah, ah

Yeah, we're happy, free, confused and lonely at the same time

It's miserable and magical, oh yeah

Tonight's the night when we forget about the deadlines, it's time

Ah, ah


I don't know about you

But I'm feeling 22

Everything will be alright if

You keep me next to you

You don't know about me

But I'll bet you want to

Everything will be alright if

We just keep dancing like we're

22

22


It seems like one of those nights

This place is too crowded

Too many cool kids ("Who is Taylor Swift anyway?")

Ah ah, ah ah

It seems like one of those nights

We ditch the whole scene

And end up dreaming instead of sleeping, yeah

We're happy, free, confused and lonely in the best way

It's miserable and magical, oh yeah

Tonight's the night when we forget about the heartbreaks, it's time

Ah, ah


I don't know about you

But I'm feeling 22

Everything will be alright if

You keep me next to you

You don't know about me

But I'll bet you want to

Everything will be alright if (Alright)

We just keep dancing like we're

22

22 (I don't know about you)

22

22


It feels like one of those nights

We ditch the whole scene

It feels like one of those nights

We won't be sleeping

It feels like one of those nights

You look like bad news

I gotta have you

I gotta have you


I don't know about you (I don't know about you)

But I'm feeling 22

Everything will be alright if

You keep me next to you

You don't know about me (You don't know about me)

But I'll bet you want to

Everything will be alright if

We just keep dancing like we're 22

22

22 (Dancing like)

22

22


It feels like one of those nights

We ditch the whole scene

It feels like one of those nights

We won't be sleeping

It feels like one of those nights

You look like bad news

I gotta have you

I gotta have you



"I Almost Do (Taylor's Version)"


I bet this time of night you're still up

I bet you're tired from a long hard week

I bet you're sittin' in your chair by the window

Looking out at the city and I bet

Sometimes you wonder 'bout me


And I just want to tell you

It takes everything in me

Not to call you

And I wish I could run to you

And I hope you know that

Every time I don't

I almost do

I almost do


I bet you think I either moved on or hate you

'Cause each time you reach out, there's no reply

I bet it never, ever occurred to you

That I can't say hello to you and risk another goodbye


And I just want to tell you

It takes everything in me

Not to call you

And I wish I could run to you

And I hope you know that

Every time I don't

I almost do, I almost do


Oh, we made quite a mess, babe

It's probably better off this way

And I confess, baby

In my dreams you're touching my face

And asking me if I'd want to try again with you

And I almost do


And I just want to tell you

It takes everything in me

Not to call you

And I wish I could run to you

And I hope you know that

Every time I don't

I almost do, I almost do


I bet this time of night you're still up

I bet you're tired from a long hard week

I bet you're sittin' in your chair by the window

Looking out at the city and I hope

Sometimes you wonder 'bout me



"We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together (Taylor's Version)"


I remember when we broke up the first time

Saying, "This is it, I've had enough", 'cause like

We hadn't seen each other in a month

When you said you needed space, what?

Then you come around again and say

"Baby, I miss you and I swear I'm gonna change, trust me"

Remember how that lasted for a day?

I say, "I hate you," we break up, you call me, "I love you"


Ooh, we called it off again last night but

Ooh, this time I'm telling you, I'm telling you


We are never ever ever getting back together

We are never ever ever getting back together

You go talk to your friends, talk to my friends, talk to me

But we are never ever ever ever getting back together


Like, ever


I'm really gonna miss you picking fights

And me falling for it, screaming that I'm right

And you would hide away and find your peace of mind

With some indie record that's much cooler than mine


Ooh, you called me up again tonight but

Ooh, this time, I'm telling you, I'm telling you


We are never ever ever getting back together

We are never ever ever getting back together

You go talk to your friends, talk to my friends, talk to me

But we are never ever ever ever getting back together


Yeah

Yeah

Yeah


I used to think that we were forever ever

And I used to say never say never


So he calls me up and he's like, "I still love you"

And I'm like, I'm just, I mean this is exhausting you know?

Like we are never getting back together

Like, ever


(No)

We are never ever ever getting back together

We are never ever ever getting back together

You go talk to your friends, talk to my friends, talk to me

But we are never ever ever ever getting back together


(We)

No

(Getting back together)

(We)

(Getting back together)

You go talk to your friends, talk to my friends, talk to me

(Talk to me)

But we are never ever ever ever getting back together



"Stay Stay Stay (Taylor's Version)"


I'm pretty sure we almost broke up last night

I threw my phone across the room at you

I was expecting some dramatic turn away but you stayed


This morning I said we should talk about it

'Cause I read you should never leave a fight unresolved

That's when you came in wearing a football helmet and said, "Ok, let's talk"

And I said


Stay, stay, stay

I've been loving you for quite some time, time, time

You think that it's funny when I'm mad, mad, mad

But I think that it's best if we both stay


Before you I'd only dated self-indulgent takers

Who took all of their problems out on me

But you carry my groceries and now I'm always laughing

And I love you because you have given me no choice but to


Stay, stay, stay

I've been loving you for quite some time, time, time

You think that it's funny when I'm mad, mad, mad

But I think that it's best if we both stay

Stay, stay, stay, stay


You took the time to memorize me

My fears, my hopes and dreams

I just like hanging out with you

All the time

All those times that you didn't leave

It's been occurring to me

I'd like to hang out with you

For my whole life


Stay

And I'll be loving you for quite some time

No one else is gonna love me when I get mad, mad, mad

So I think that it's best if we both stay

Stay, stay, stay, stay, stay


Stay, stay, stay

I've been loving you for quite some time, time, time

You think that it's funny when I'm mad, mad, mad

But I think that it's best if we both stay

Stay, stay, stay, stay, stay


Stay, stay, stay

I've been loving you for quite some time, time, time

You think that it's funny when I'm mad, mad, mad

But I think that it's best if we both stay


That's so fun



"The Last Time (Taylor's Version)"

(feat. Gary Lightbody)


I find myself at your door

Just like all those times before

I'm not sure how I got there

All roads they lead me here

I imagine you are home

In your room, all alone

And you open your eyes into mine

And everything feels better


And right before your eyes

I'm breaking, no past

No reasons why

Just you and me


This is the last time I'm asking you this

Put my name at the top of your list

This is the last time I'm asking you why

You break my heart in the blink of an eye, eye, eye


You find yourself at my door

And just like all those times before

You wear your best apology

But I was there to watch you leave

And all the times I let you in

Just for you to go again

Disappear when you come back

Everything is better


And right before your eyes

I'm aching

No past, nowhere to hide

Just you and me


This is the last time I'm asking you this

Put my name at the top of your list

This is the last time I'm asking you why

You break my heart in the blink of an eye, eye, eye


This is the last time you tell me I've got it wrong

This is the last time I say it's been you all along

This is the last time I let you in my door

This is the last time, I won't hurt you anymore

Oh-ho, oh-ho, oh-ho, oh-ho

Oh-ho, oh-ho, oh-ho, oh-ho


This is the last time I'm asking you this

Put my name at the top of your list

This is the last time I'm asking you why

You break my heart in the blink of an eye


This is the last time I'm asking you this

(This is the last time I'm asking you this)

Put my name at the top of your list

(Put my name at the top of your list)

This is the last time I'm asking you why

(This is the last time I'm asking you why)

You break my heart in the blink of an eye

(You break my heart)

This is the last time I'm asking you, last time I'm asking you

Last time I'm asking you this

This is the last time I'm asking you, last time I'm asking you

Last time I'm asking you this

This is the last time I'm asking you, last time I'm asking you

Last time I'm asking you this

This is the last time I'm asking you, last time I'm asking you

Last time I'm asking you this



"Holy Ground (Taylor's Version)"


I was reminiscing just the other day

While having coffee all alone

And Lord it took me away

Back to a first-glance feeling on New York time

Back when you fit my poems like a perfect rhyme

Took off faster than a green light, go

Yeah you skip the conversation when you already know

I left a note on the door with a joke we'd made

And that was the first day


And darling it was good

Never looking down

And right there where we stood

Was holy ground


Spinning like a girl in a brand new dress

We had this big wide city all to ourselves

We block the noise with the sound of, "I need you"

And for the first time I had something to lose

And I guess we fell apart in the usual way

And the story's got dust on every page

But sometimes I wonder how you think about it now

And I see your face in every crowd


'Cause darling, it was good

Never looking down

And right there where we stood

Was holy ground


Tonight, I'm gonna dance

For all that we've been through

But I don't wanna dance

If I'm not dancing with you

Tonight, I'm gonna dance

Like you were in this room

But I don't wanna dance

If I'm not dancing with you


It was good

Never looking down

And right there where we stood

Was holy ground


Tonight, I'm gonna dance

For all that we've been through

But I don't wanna dance

If I'm not dancing with you

Tonight, I'm gonna dance

Like you were in this room

But I don't wanna dance

If I'm not dancing with you



"Sad Beautiful Tragic (Taylor's Version)"


Long handwritten note, deep in your pocket

Words, how little they mean, when you're a little too late

I stood right by the tracks, your face in a locket

Good girls, hopeful they'll be and long they will wait


We had a beautiful magic love there

What a sad, beautiful, tragic love affair


In dreams, I meet you in warm conversation

And we both wake in lonely beds, different cities

And time is taking its sweet time erasing you

And you've got your demons

And darling, they all look like me


'Cause we had a beautiful magic love there

What a sad, beautiful, tragic love affair (Whoa, oh, whoa, oh)


Distance, timing, breakdown, fighting

Silence, the train runs off its tracks

Kiss me, try to fix it, could you just try to listen?

Hang up, give up, and for the life of us we can't get back

A beautiful magic love there

What a sad, beautiful, tragic, beautiful, tragic, beautiful


What we had, a beautiful magic love there

What a sad, beautiful, tragic, love affair

We had a beautiful magic love there

What a sad, beautiful, tragic love affair



"The Lucky One (Taylor's Version)"


New to town with a made up name

In the angel's city, chasing fortune and fame

And the camera flashes make it look like a dream

You had it figured out since you were in school

Everybody loves pretty, everybody loves cool

So overnight, you look like a sixties queen


Another name goes up in lights

Like diamonds in the sky


And they'll tell you now, you're the lucky one

Yeah, they'll tell you now, you're the lucky one

But can you tell me now, you're the lucky one?

Oh, oh, oh


Now, it's big black cars and Riviera views

And your lover in the foyer doesn't even know you

And your secrets end up splashed on the news front page

And they tell you that you're lucky, but you're so confused

'Cause you don't feel pretty, you just feel used

And all the young things line up to take your place


Another name goes up in lights

You wonder if you'll make it out alive


And they'll tell you now, you're the lucky one

Yeah, they'll tell you now, you're the lucky one

But can you tell me now, you're the lucky one?

Oh, oh, oh

Oh, oh, oh


It was a few years later, I showed up here

And they still tell the legend of how you disappeared

How you took the money and your dignity, and got the hell out

They say you bought a bunch of land somewhere

Chose the rose garden over Madison Square

And it took some time, but I understand it now


'Cause now my name is up in lights

But I think you got it right


Let me tell you now, you're the lucky one

Let me tell you now, you're the lucky one

Let me tell you now, you're the lucky one, oh, oh, oh

Yeah, they'll tell you now, you're the lucky one

Yeah, they'll tell you now, you're the lucky one

Let me tell you now, you're the lucky one, oh, oh, oh

Oh, oh, whoa, oh, oh



"Everything Has Changed (Taylor's Version)"

(feat. Ed Sheeran)


(You good to go?)


All I knew this morning when I woke

Is I know something now

Know something now I didn't before

And all I've seen since 18 hours ago

Is green eyes and freckles and your smile

In the back of my mind, making me feel like


I just wanna know you better

Know you better, know you better now

I just wanna know you better

Know you better, know you better now

I just wanna know you better

Know you better, know you better now

I just wanna know you, know you, know you


'Cause all I know is we said, "Hello"

And your eyes look like coming home

All I know is a simple name

Everything has changed

All I know is you held the door

You'll be mine and I'll be yours

All I know since yesterday

Is everything has changed


And all my walls stood tall, painted blue

But I'll take 'em down, take 'em down

And open up the door for you

And all I feel in my stomach is butterflies

The beautiful kind, making up for lost time

Taking flight, making me feel right


I just wanna know you better

Know you better, know you better now

I just wanna know you better

Know you better, know you better now

I just wanna know you better

Know you better, know you better now

I just wanna know you, know you, know you


'Cause all I know is we said, "Hello"

And your eyes look like coming home

All I know is a simple name

Everything has changed

All I know is you held the door

You'll be mine and I'll be yours

All I know since yesterday

Is everything has changed


Come back and tell me why

I'm feeling like I've missed you all this time

And meet me there tonight

And let me know that it's not all in my mind


I just wanna know you better

Know you better, know you better now

I just wanna know you, know you, know you


All I know is we said, "Hello"

And your eyes look like coming home

All I know is a simple name

Everything has changed

All I know is you held the door

And you'll be mine and I'll be yours

All I know since yesterday

Is everything has changed


All I know is we said, "Hello"

So dust off your highest hopes

All I know is pouring rain

And everything has changed

All I know is a new found grace

All my days, I'll know your face

All I know since yesterday

Is everything has changed



"Starlight (Taylor's Version)"


I said, "Oh my, what a marvelous tune"

It was the best night

Never would forget how he moved

The whole place was dressed to the nines

And we were dancing, dancing

Like we're made of starlight

Like we're made of starlight


I met Bobby on the boardwalk, summer of '45

Picks me up late one night

Out the window, we were seventeen and crazy, running wild, wild

Can't remember what song it was playing when we walked in

The night we snuck into a yacht club party

Pretending to be a duchess and a prince


And I said, "Oh my, what a marvelous tune"

It was the best night, never would forget how he moved

The whole place was dressed to the nines

And we were dancing, dancing

Like we're made of starlight, starlight

Like we're made of starlight, starlight


He said, "Look at you, worrying too much about things you can't change

You'll spend your whole life singing the blues if you keep thinking that way"

He was trying to skip rocks on the ocean, saying to me

"Don't you see the starlight, starlight?

Don't you dream impossible things?"


Like, "Oh my, what a marvelous tune"

It was the best night, never would forget how he moved

The whole place was dressed to the nines

And we were dancing, dancing

Like we're made of starlight, starlight

Like we're made of starlight, starlight


Ooh-ooh, he's talking crazy

Ooh-ooh, dancing with me

Ooh-ooh, we could get married

Have ten kids and teach 'em how to dream


(Ooh, hoo, hoo)

(Ooh, hoo, hoo)

(Ooh, hoo, hoo)

(Ooh, hoo, hoo)


Oh my, what a marvelous tune

It was the best night, never would forget how he moved

The whole place was dressed to the nines

And we were dancing, dancing

Like we're made of starlight, starlight

Like we're made of starlight, starlight


Like we're made of starlight, starlight

Like we dream impossible dreams

Like starlight, starlight (Ooh, hoo, hoo)

Like we dream impossible dreams (Ooh, hoo, hoo)


Don't you see the starlight, starlight? (Ooh, hoo, hoo)

Don't you dream impossible things?



"Begin Again (Taylor's Version)"


Took a deep breath in the mirror

He didn't like it when I wore high heels, but I do

Turn the lock and put my headphones on

He always said he didn't get this song, but I do, I do


I walked in expecting you'd be late

But you got here early and you stand and wave

I walk to you

You pull my chair out and help me in

And you don't know how nice that is, but I do


And you throw your head back laughing like a little kid

I think it's strange that you think I'm funny 'cause he never did

I've been spending the last eight months

Thinking all love ever does is break and burn and end

But on a Wednesday in a café, I watched it begin again


You said you never met one girl who

Had as many James Taylor records as you, but I do

We tell stories and you don't know why

I'm coming off a little shy, but I do


But you throw your head back laughing like a little kid

I think it's strange that you think I'm funny 'cause he never did

I've been spending the last eight months

Thinking all love ever does is break and burn and end

But on a Wednesday in a café, I watched it begin again


And we walked down the block to my car

And I almost brought him up

But you start to talk about the movies

That your family watches every single Christmas

And I wanna talk about that

And for the first time, what's past is past


'Cause you throw your head back laughing like a little kid

I think it's strange that you think I'm funny 'cause he never did

I've been spending the last eight months

Thinking all love ever does is break and burn and end

But on a Wednesday in a café, I watched it begin again


But on a Wednesday in a café, I watched it begin again



"The Moment I Knew (Taylor's Version)"


You should've been there

Should've burst through the door

With that "Baby, I'm right here" smile

And it would've felt like

A million little shining stars had just aligned

And I would've been so happy


Christmas lights glisten

I've got my eye on the door

Just waiting for you to walk in

But the time is ticking

People ask me how I've been

As I comb back through my memory

How you said you'd be here

You said you'd be here


And it was like slow motion

Standing there in my party dress

In red lipstick

With no one to impress

And they're all laughing

As I'm looking around the room

But there was one thing missing

And that was the moment I knew


And the hours pass by

Now I just wanna be alone

But your close friends always seem to know

When there's something really wrong

So they follow me down the hall

And there in the bathroom

I try not to fall apart

And the sinking feeling starts

As I say hopelessly

"He said he'd be here"


And it was like slow motion

Standing there in my party dress

In red lipstick

With no one to impress

And they're all laughing

And asking me about you

But there was one thing missing (Missing)

And that was the moment I knew


What do you say

When tears are streaming down your face

In front of everyone you know?

And what do you do

When the one who means the most to you

Is the one who didn't show?


You should've been here

And I would've been so happy


And it was like slow motion

Standing there in my party dress

In red lipstick

With no one to impress

And they're all standing around me, singing

"Happy birthday to you"

But there was one thing missing

And that was the moment I knew

Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh, I knew

Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh


You called me later

And said, "I'm sorry I didn't make it"

And I said, "I'm sorry, too"

And that was the moment I knew



"Come Back...Be Here (Taylor's Version)"


You said it in a simple way

4 AM, the second day

How strange that I don't know you at all

Stumbled through the long goodbye

One last kiss, then catch your flight

Right when I was just about to fall


I told myself, don't get attached

But in my mind, I play it back

Spinning faster than the plane that took you


And this is when the feeling sinks in

I don't wanna miss you like this

Come back, be here, come back, be here

I guess you're in New York today

I don't wanna need you this way

Come back, be here, come back, be here


The delicate beginning rush

The feeling you can know so much

Without knowing anything at all

And now that I can put this down

If I had known what I know now

I never would've played so nonchalant


Taxi cabs and busy streets

That never bring you back to me

I can't help but wish you took me with you


And this is when the feeling sinks in

I don't wanna miss you like this

Come back, be here, come back, be here

I guess you're in London today

And I don't wanna need you this way

Come back, be here, come back, be here


This is falling in love in the cruellest way

This is falling for you when you are worlds away

In New York, be here

But you're in London, and I break down

'Cause it's not fair that you're not around


This is when the feeling sinks in

I don't wanna miss you like this

Come back, be here, come back, be here

I guess you're in New York today

And I don't wanna need you this way

Come back, be here, come back, be here


Oh-oh, oh-oh

I don't wanna miss you like this

Oh-oh, oh-oh

Come back, be here

Come back, be here



"Girl At Home (Taylor's Version)"


Don't look at me, you got a girl at home

And everybody knows that, everybody knows that, ah-ah

Don't look at me, you got a girl at home

And everybody knows that


I don't even know her

But I feel a responsibility

To do what's upstanding and right

It's kinda like a code, yeah

And you've been getting closer and closer

And crossing so many lines


And it would be a fine proposition

If I was a stupid girl

But, honey, I am no one's exception

This, I have previously learned


So don't look at me, you got a girl at home

And everybody knows that, everybody knows that, ah-ah

Don't look at me, you got a girl at home

And everybody knows that, everybody knows that

I see you turn off your phone

And now you've got me alone, and I say

Don't look at me, you got a girl at home

And everybody knows that, everybody knows that


I just wanna make sure

You understand perfectly

You're the kind of man who makes me sad

While she waits up

You chase down the newest thing

And take for granted what you have


And it would be a fine proposition

If I was a stupid girl

And, yeah, I might go with it

If I hadn't once been just like her


So don't look at me, you got a girl at home

And everybody knows that, everybody knows that, ah-ah

Don't look at me, you got a girl at home

And everybody knows that, everybody knows that

I see you turn off your phone

And now you've got me alone, and I say

Don't look at me, you got a girl at home

And everybody knows that, everybody knows that


Oh-oh

Oh-oh


Call a cab, lose my number

You're about to lose your girl

Call a cab, lose my number

Let's consider this lesson learned


Don't look at me, you got a girl at home

And everybody knows that, everybody knows that, ah-ah

Don't look at me, you got a girl at home

And everybody knows that, everybody knows that

Wanna see you pick up your phone

And tell her you're coming home

Don't look at me, you got a girl at home

And everybody knows that, everybody knows that


It would be a fine proposition

If I hadn't once been just like her



"Ronan (Taylor's Version)"


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 going to 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 going to fly away from here

Out of this curtained room and this hospital gray, we'll just disappear

Come on, baby, with me

We're going to fly away from here

You were my best four years"


What if I'm standing in your closet trying to talk to you?

And 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 going to fly away from here

Come on, baby, with me

We're going to 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



"Better Man (Taylor's Version) (From The Vault)"


I know I'm probably better off on my own

Than lovin' a man who didn't know what he had when he had it

And I see the permanent damage you did to me

Never again, I just wish I could forget when it was magic


I wish it wasn't 4AM, standing in the mirror

Saying to myself, "You know you had to do it"

I know the bravest thing I ever did was run


Sometimes, in the middle of the night, I can feel you again

But I just miss you, and I just wish you were a better man

And I know why we had to say goodbye like the back of my hand

But I just miss you, and I just wish you were a better man

A better man


I know I'm probably better off all alone

Than needing a man who could change his mind

At any given minute

And it was always on your terms

I waited on every careless word

Hoping they might turn sweet again

Like it was in the beginning


But your jealousy, oh, I can hear it now

Talking down to me like I'd always be around

Push my love away like it was some kind of loaded gun

Oh, you never thought I'd run


Sometimes, in the middle of the night, I can feel you again

But I just miss you, and I just wish you were a better man

And I know why we had to say goodbye, like the back of my hand

But I just miss you, and I just wish you were a better man

A better man


I hold onto this pride because these days it's all I have

And I gave to you my best and we both know you can't say that

I wish you were a better man

I wonder what we would've become

If you were a better man

We might still be in love

If you were a better man

You would've been the one

If you were a better man

Yeah, yeah


Sometimes, in the middle of the night, I can feel you again

But I just miss you, and I just wish you were a better man

And I know why we had to say goodbye, like the back of my hand

But I just miss you, and I just wish you were a better man

A better man

(Sometimes, in the middle of the night, I can feel you again)

We might still be in love, if you were a better man

(But I just miss you and I just wish you were a better man)

Yeah, yeah

I know why we had to say goodbye like the back of my hand

But I just miss you and I just wish you were a better man

A better man


We might still be in love

If you were a better man

You would've been the one

If you were a better man



"Nothing New (Taylor's Version) (From The Vault)"

(feat. Phoebe Bridgers)


They tell you while you're young

"Girls, go out and have your fun"

Then they hunt and slay the ones who actually do it

Criticize the way you fly

When you're soaring through the sky

Shoot you down and then they sigh

And say, "She looks like she's been through it"

Lord, what will become of me

Once I've lost my novelty?


I've had too much to drink tonight

And I know it's sad but this is what I think about

And I wake up in the middle of the night

It's like I can feel time moving

How can a person know everything at eighteen

But nothing at twenty-two?

And will you still want me when I'm nothing new?


How long will it be cute, all this crying in my room?

When you can't blame it on my youth

And roll your eyes with affection

And my cheeks are growing tired

From turning red and faking smiles

Are we only biding time 'til I lose your attention

And someone else lights up the room?

People love an ingénue


I've had too much to drink tonight

How did I go from growing up to breaking down?

And I wake up in the middle of the night

It's like I can feel time moving

How can a person know everything at eighteen

But nothing at twenty-two?

And will you still want me when I'm nothing new?


I know someday I'm gonna meet her

It's a fever dream

The kind of radiance you only have at seventeen

She'll know the way and then she'll say she got the map from me

I'll say I'm happy for her then I'll cry myself to sleep

Oh woah, oh woah, oh, oh


I've had (I've had) too much to drink tonight

But I wonder if they'll miss me once they drive me out

I wake up (Wake up) in the middle of the night

And I can feel time moving

How can a person know everything at eighteen

But nothing at twenty-two?

And will you still want me, will you still want me

Will you still want me when I'm nothing new?



"Babe (Taylor's Version) (From The Vault)"


What about your promises, promises?

What about your promises, promises, promises? (No)


What a shame

Didn't wanna be the one that got away, yeah

Big mistake, you broke the sweetest promise

That you never should have made


I'm here on the kitchen floor

You call, but I won't hear it

You said, "No one else"

How could you do this, babe? (What about your promises, promises?)


You really blew this, babe

We ain't getting through this one, babe

This is the last time I'll ever call you, babe (This is the last time, this is the last time)

This is the last time I'll ever call you, babe

(What about your promises, promises, promises?)


What a waste

Takin' down the pictures and the plans we made, yeah

And it's strange how your face doesn't look so innocent

Your secret has its consequence and that's on you, babe


I break down every time you call

We're a wreck, you're the wrecking ball

We said, "No one else"

How could you do this, babe? (What about your promises, promises?)


You really blew this, babe

We ain't getting through this one, babe

This is the last time I'll ever call you, babe (This is the last time, this is the last time)

This is the last time I'll ever call you


Since you admitted it, I keep picturing

Her lips on your neck, I can't unsee it

I hate that because of you, I can't love you, babe

What a shame didn't want to be the one that got away

How could you do this, babe?


You really blew this, babe

We ain't getting through this one, babe

This is the last time I'll ever call you, babe (This is the last time, this is the last time)

This is the last time I'll ever call you, babe


I'm here on the kitchen floor, you call but I won't hear it

You said, "No one else"

We ain't getting through this one, babe

I break down every time you call

We're a wreck, you're the wrecking ball

You said, "No one else"

This is the last time I'll ever call you, babe


What about your promises, promises?



"Message In A Bottle (Taylor's Version) (From The Vault)"


I know that you like me

And it's kinda frightening

Standing here waiting, waiting

And I became hypnotized by freckles and bright eyes

Tongue tied

But, now, you're so far away and I'm down

Feeling like a face in the crowd

I'm reaching for you, terrified


'Cause you could be the one that I love

I could be the one that you dream of

A message in a bottle is all I can do

Standing here hoping it gets to you

You could be the one that I keep

And I could be the reason you can't sleep at night

A message in a bottle is all I can do

Standing here hoping it gets to you


These days I'm restless

Workdays are endless

Look how you made me, made me

But time moves faster

Replaying your laughter

Disaster


'Cause, now, you're so far away and I'm down

Feeling like a face in the crowd

I'm reaching for you, terrified


'Cause you could be the one that I love

And I could be the one that you dream of

A message in a bottle is all I can do

Standing here hoping it gets to you

You could be the one that I keep

And I could be the reason you can't sleep at night

A message in a bottle is all I can do

Standing here hoping it gets to you


How is it in London? (London)

Where were you while I'm wondering (Wondering)

If I'll ever see you again?


You could be the one that I love

And, now, I'm standing here hoping it gets to you


'Cause you could be the one that I love

I could be the one that you dream of

A message in a bottle is all I can do

Standing here hoping it gets to you

You could be the one that I keep

And I could be the reason you can't sleep at night

A message in a bottle is all I can do

Standing here hoping it gets to you


You could be the one that I love

You could be the one that I love

My love

And, now, I'm standing here hoping this gets to you



"I Bet You Think About Me (Taylor's Version) (From The Vault)"

(feat. Chris Stapleton)


3 AM and I'm still awake, I'll bet you're just fine

Fast asleep in your city that's better than mine

And the girl in your bed has a fine pedigree

And I'll bet your friends tell you she's better than me, huh


Well, I tried to fit in with your upper-crust circles

Yeah, they let me sit in back when we were in love

Oh, they sit around talkin' about the meaning of life

And the book that just saved 'em that I hadn't heard of


But now that we're done and it's over

I bet you couldn't believe

When you realized I'm harder to forget than I was to leave

And I bet you think about me


You grew up in a silver-spoon gated community

Glamorous, shiny, bright Beverly Hills

I was raised on a farm, no, it wasn't a mansion

Just livin' room dancin' and kitchen table bills


But you know what they say, you can't help who you fall for

And you and I fell like an early spring snow

But reality crept in, you said we're too different

You laughed at my dreams, rolled your eyes at my jokes


Mr. Superior Thinkin'

Do you have all the space that you need?

I don't have to be your shrink to know that you'll never be happy

And I bet you think about me


I bet you think about me, yes

I bet you think about me


Oh, block it all out

The voices so loud, sayin'

"Why did you let her go?"

Does it make you feel sad

That the love that you're lookin' for

Is the love that you had?


Now you're out in the world, searchin' for your soul

Scared not to be hip, scared to get old

Chasing make-believe status, last time you felt free

Was when none of that shit mattered 'cause you were with me


But now that we're done and it's over

I bet it's hard to believe

That it turned out I'm harder to forget than I was to leave

And, yeah, I bet you think about me


I bet you think about me, yes

I bet you think about me


I bet you think about me when you're out

At your cool indie music concerts every week

I bet you think about me in your house

With your organic shoes and your million-dollar couch

I bet you think about me when you say

"Oh my god, she's insane, she wrote a song about me"

I bet you think about me



"Forever Winter (Taylor's Version) (From The Vault)"


He says he doesn't believe anything much he hears these days

He says, "Why fall in love, just so you can watch it go away?"

He spends most of his nights wishing it was how it used to be

He spends most of his flights getting pulled down by gravity

I call, just checking up on him

He's up, 3 A.M., pacing

He says, "It's not just a phase I'm in"

My voice comes out begging


All this time I didn't know

You were breaking down

I'd fall to pieces on the floor

If you weren't around

Too young to know it gets better

I'll be summer sun for you forever

Forever winter if you go


He seems fine most of the time

Forcing smiles and never minds

His laugh is a symphony

When the lights go out, it's hard to breathe

I pull at every thread trying to solve the puzzles in his head

Live my life scared to death he'll decide to leave instead

I call, just checking up on him

He's up, 5 A.M., wasted

Long gone, not even listening

My voice comes out screaming


All this time I didn't know

You were breaking down

I'd fall to pieces on the floor

If you weren't around

Too young to know it gets better

I'll be summer sun for you forever

Forever winter if you go


If I was standing there in your apartment

I'd take that bomb in your head and disarm it

I'd say I love you even at your darkest and

Please don't go


I didn't know

You were breaking down

I'd fall to pieces on the floor

If you weren’t around

Too young to know it gets better

I'll be summer sun for you forever

Forever winter if you go


I'll be your summer sun forever

At 3 A.M., pacing

All this time I didn't know

At 5 A.M., wasted

I'd be in pieces on the floor

Forever winter if you go


He says he doesn't believe anything much he hears these days

I say, "Believe in one thing, I won't go away"



"Run (Taylor's Version) (From The Vault)"

(feat. Ed Sheeran)


One, two, three, four


Give me the keys, I'll bring the car back around

We shouldn't be in this town

And my so-called friends, they don't know

I'd drive away before I let you go

So give me a reason and don't say no, no

There's a chain 'round your throat, piece of paper where I wrote

"I'll wait for you"

There's a key on the chain, there's a picture in a frame

Take it with you


And run, like you'd run from the law

Darling, let's run

Run from it all

We can go where our eyes can take us

Go where no one else is, run

Ooh, we'll run

Ooh, we'll run

Ooh, we'll run


So you laugh like a child

And I'll sing like no one cares

No one to be, no one to tell

I could see this view a hundred times

Pale blue sky reflected in your eyes

So give me a reason and don't say no, no

And the note from the locket, you keep it in your pocket

Since I gave it to you

There's a heart on your sleeve

I'll take it when I leave

And hold it for you


And run, like you'd run from the law

Darling, let's run

Run from it all

We can go like they're trying to chase us

Go where no one else is, run

Ooh, we'll run

Ooh, we'll run

Ooh, we'll run


There's been this hole in my heart

This thing was a shot in the dark

Say you'll never let 'em tear us apart

And I'll hold onto you while we run (And we run, and we run, and we run)


Like you'd run from the law (And we run, and we run, and we run)

Darling, let's run (And we run, and we run, and we run)

Run from it all (And we run, and we run, and we run)

We can go where our eyes can take us (And we run, and we run, and we run)

Go where no one else is, run (And we run, and we run, and we run)

Ooh, we'll run (And we run, and we run, and we run)

Ooh, we'll run (And we run, and we run, and we run)

Ooh, we'll run (And we run, and we run, and we run)

Ooh, and we'll run



"The Very First Night (Taylor's Version) (From The Vault)"


I wish I could fly

I'd pick you up and we'd go back in time

I'd write this in the sky

I miss you like it was the very first night


And so it goes

Every weekend, this same party

I never go alone and I don't seem brokenhearted

My friends all say they know everything I'm going through

I drive down different roads

But they all lead back to you

'Cause they don't know about the night in the hotel

They weren't riding in the car when we both fell

Didn't read the note on the Polaroid picture

They don't know how much I miss you


I wish I could fly

I'd pick you up and we'd go back in time

I'd write this in the sky

I miss you like it was the very first night


And so it was

We never saw it coming

Not trying to fall in love

But we did like children running

Back then we didn't know we were built to fall apart

We broke the status quo, then we broke each other's hearts

But don't forget about the night out in LA

Danced in the kitchen, chased me down through the hallway

No one knows about the words that we whispered

No one knows how much I miss you


I wish I could fly

I'd pick you up and we'd go back in time

I'd write this in the sky

I miss you like it was the very first night


Take me away, take me away

Take me away to you, to you

Take me away, take me away

Take me away to you, to you


I remember the night at the hotel

I was riding in the car when we both fell

I'm the one on the phone as you whisper

"Do you know how much I miss you?"

I wish that we could go back in time

And I'd say to you

"I miss you like it was the very first night"


I wish I could fly

I'd pick you up and we'd go back in time

I'd write this in the sky

I miss you like it was the very first night

Take me away, take me away

Take me away to you, to you

Take me away, take me away

Take me away to you, to you



"All Too Well (10 Minute Version) (Taylor's Version) (From The Vault)"


I walked through the door with you, the air was cold

But something 'bout it felt like home somehow

And I left my scarf there at your sister's house

And you've still got it in your drawer, even now

Oh, your sweet disposition and my wide-eyed gaze

We're singing in the car, getting lost upstate

Autumn leaves falling down like pieces into place

And I can picture it after all these days


And I know it's long gone and

That magic's not here no more

And I might be okay, but I'm not fine at all

Oh, oh, oh


'Cause there we are again on that little town street

You almost ran the red 'cause you were lookin' over at me

Wind in my hair, I was there

I remember it all too well


Photo album on the counter, your cheeks were turning red

You used to be a little kid with glasses in a twin-sized bed

And your mother's telling stories 'bout you on the tee-ball team

You taught me 'bout your past, thinking your future was me

And you were tossing me the car keys, "fuck the patriarchy"

Key chain on the ground, we were always skipping town

And I was thinking on the drive down, any time now

He's gonna say it's love, you never called it what it was

'Til we were dead and gone and buried

Check the pulse and come back swearing it's the same

After three months in the grave

And then you wondered where it went to as I reached for you

But all I felt was shame and you held my lifeless frame


And I know it's long gone and

There was nothing else I could do

And I forget about you long enough

To forget why I needed to


'Cause there we are again in the middle of the night

We're dancing 'round the kitchen in the refrigerator light

Down the stairs, I was there

I remember it all too well

And there we are again when nobody had to know

You kept me like a secret, but I kept you like an oath

Sacred prayer and we'd swear

To remember it all too well, yeah


Well, maybe we got lost in translation

Maybe I asked for too much

But maybe this thing was a masterpiece

'Til you tore it all up

Running scared, I was there

I remember it all too well

And you call me up again just to break me like a promise

So casually cruel in the name of being honest

I'm a crumpled up piece of paper lying here

'Cause I remember it all, all, all


They say all's well that ends well, but I'm in a new Hell

Every time you double-cross my mind

You said if we had been closer in age maybe it would have been fine

And that made me want to die

The idea you had of me, who was she?

A never-needy, ever-lovely jewel whose shine reflects on you

Not weeping in a party bathroom

Some actress asking me what happened, you

That's what happened, you

You who charmed my dad with self-effacing jokes

Sipping coffee like you're on a late-night show

But then he watched me watch the front door all night, willing you to come

And he said, "It's supposed to be fun turning twenty-one"


Time won't fly, it's like I'm paralyzed by it

I'd like to be my old self again, but I'm still trying to find it

After plaid shirt days and nights when you made me your own

Now you mail back my things and I walk home alone

But you keep my old scarf from that very first week

'Cause it reminds you of innocence and it smells like me

You can't get rid of it

'Cause you remember it all too well, yeah

'Cause there we are again when I loved you so

Back before you lost the one real thing you've ever known


It was rare, I was there

I remember it all too well

Wind in my hair, you were there

You remember it all

Down the stairs, you were there

You remember it all

It was rare, I was there

I remember it all too well


And I was never good at telling jokes, but the punch line goes

"I'll get older, but your lovers stay my age"

From when your Brooklyn broke my skin and bones

I'm a soldier who's returning half her weight

And did the twin flame bruise paint you blue?

Just between us, did the love affair maim you, too?

'Cause in this city's barren cold

I still remember the first fall of snow

And how it glistened as it fell

I remember it all too well


Just between us, did the love affair maim you all too well?

Just between us, do you remember it all too well?

Just between us, I remember it (Just between us), all too well

Wind in my hair, I was there, I was there

Down the stairs, I was there, I was there

Sacred prayer, I was there, I was there

It was rare, you remember it all too well

Wind in my hair, I was there, I was there

Down the stairs, I was there, I was there

Sacred prayer, I was there, I was there

It was rare, you remember it

Wind in my hair, I was there, I was there

Down the stairs, I was there, I was there

Sacred prayer, I was there, I was there

It was rare, you remember it

Wind in my hair, I was there, I was there

Down the stairs, I was there, I was there

Sacred prayer, I was there, I was there

It was rare, you remember it

2013


"Sweeter Than Fiction"


Hit the ground, hit the ground, hit the ground, oh oh

Only sound, only sound that you hear is "No"

You never saw it comin'

Slipped when you started runnin'

And now you've come undone and I, I, I, I


Seen you fall, seen you crawl on your knees, eh eh

Seen you lost in a crowd, seen your colors fade

Wish I could make it better

Someday you won't remember

This pain you thought would last forever and ever


There you'll stand, ten feet tall

I will say, "I knew it all along."

Your eyes are wider than distance

This life is sweeter than fiction


Just a shot, just a shot in the dark, oh oh

All you got, all you got are your shattered hopes

They never saw it comin'

You hit the ground runnin'

And now you're onto something, I, I, I say


What a sight, what a sight when the light came on

Proved me right, proved me right when you proved them wrong

And in this perfect weather

It's like we don't remember

The rain we thought would last forever and ever


There you'll stand, ten feet tall

I will say, "I knew it all along."

Your eyes are wider than distance

This life is sweeter than fiction


There you'll stand, next to me

All at once, the rest is history

Your eyes are wider than distance

This life is sweeter than fiction (than fiction)


I'll be one of the many saying,

"Look at you now, look at you now, now."

I'll be one of the many saying,

"You made us proud, you made us proud, proud."

I'll be one of the many saying,

"Look at you now, look at you now, now."

I'll be one of the many saying,

"You made us proud, you made us proud, proud."


And when they call your name

and they put your picture in a frame

You know that I'll be there time and again

'Cause I loved you when, when you


Hit the ground, hit the ground, hit the ground, oh oh

Only sound, only sound that you heard was "No"

Now in this perfect weather

It's like we don't remember

The rain we thought would last forever and ever (forever)


There you'll stand, ten feet tall (ten feet tall)

I will say, "I knew it all along." (I knew it all along)

Your eyes are wider than distance (your eyes)

This life is sweeter than fiction


There you'll stand next to me (next to me)

All at once, the rest is history (ooooh)

Your eyes are wider than distance (your eyes)

This life is sweeter than fiction (than fiction)


It's sweeter than fiction

It's sweeter, yeah

It's sweeter than, sweeter

Sweeter than fiction

2014


“1989 (Taylor’s Version)” (released October 27, 2023) (original version released October 27, 2014)


"Welcome To New York (Taylor’s Version)"


Walking through a crowd

The village is aglow

Kaleidoscope of loud

Heartbeats under coats

Everybody here

Wanted something more

Searching for a sound we hadn't

Heard before

And it said


Welcome to New York

It's been waiting for you

Welcome to New York

Welcome to New York

Welcome to New York

It's been waiting for you

Welcome to New York

Welcome to New York


It's a new soundtrack

I could dance to this beat, beat

Forevermore

The lights are so bright

But they never blind me, me

Welcome to New York

It's been waiting for you

Welcome to New York

Welcome to New York


When we first dropped our bags on

Apartment floors

Took our broken hearts

Put them in a drawer

Everybody here was someone else

Before

And you can want who you want

Boys and boys and

Girls and girls


Welcome to New York

It's been waiting for you

Welcome to New York

Welcome to New York

Welcome to New York

It's been waiting for you

Welcome to New York

Welcome to New York


It's a new soundtrack

I could dance to this beat, beat

Forevermore

The lights are so bright

But they never blind me, me

Welcome to New York (New York)

It's been waiting for you

Welcome to New York

Welcome to New York


Like any great love it keeps you

Guessing

Like any real love

It's ever-changing

Like any true love


It drives you crazy

But you know you wouldn't

Change anything anything

Anything


Welcome to New York

It's been waiting for you

Welcome to New York

Welcome to New York

Welcome to New York

It's been waiting for you

Welcome to New York

Welcome to New York


It's a new soundtrack

I could dance to this beat

The lights are so bright

But they never blind me

Welcome to New York

New soundtrack

It's been waiting for you

Welcome to New York

The lights are so bright

But they never blind me

Welcome to New York

So bright

They never blind me

Welcome to New York

Welcome to New York



"Blank Space (Taylor’s Version)"


Nice to meet you, where you been?

I could show you incredible things

Magic, madness, heaven, sin

Saw you there, and I thought

"Oh my God, look at that face

You look like my next mistake

Love's a game, wanna play?"

Ayy


New money, suit and tie

I can read you like a magazine

Ain't it funny? Rumors fly

And I know you heard about me

So hey, let's be friends

I'm dying to see how this one ends

Grab your passport and my hand

I can make the bad guys good for a weekend


So it's gonna be forever

Or it's gonna go down in flames

You can tell me when it's over, mm

If the high was worth the pain

Got a long list of ex-lovers

They'll tell you I'm insane

'Cause you know I love the players

And you love the game


'Cause we're young and we're reckless

We'll take this way too far

It'll leave you breathless, hmm

Or with a nasty scar

Got a long list of ex-lovers

They'll tell you I'm insane

But I've got a blank space, baby

And I'll write your name


Cherry lips, crystal skies

I could show you incredible things

Stolen kisses, pretty lies

You're the King, baby, I'm your Queen

Find out what you want

Be that girl for a month

Wait, the worst is yet to come, oh no


Screaming, crying, perfect storms

I can make all the tables turn

Rose garden filled with thorns

Keep you second guessing like

"Oh my God, who is she?"

I get drunk on jealousy

But you'll come back each time you leave

'Cause, darling, I'm a nightmare dressed like a daydream


So it's gonna be forever

Or it's gonna go down in flames

You can tell me when it's over, mm

If the high was worth the pain

Got a long list of ex-lovers

They'll tell you I'm insane

'Cause you know I love the players

And you love the game


'Cause we're young and we're reckless

We'll take this way too far

It'll leave you breathless, hmm

Or with a nasty scar

Got a long list of ex-lovers

They'll tell you I'm insane

But I've got a blank space, baby

And I'll write your name


Boys only want love if it's torture

Don't say I didn't, say I didn't warn ya

Boys only want love if it's torture

Don't say I didn't say, I didn't warn ya


So it's gonna be forever

Or it's gonna go down in flames

You can tell me when it's over, mm

If the high was worth the pain

Got a long list of ex-lovers

They'll tell you I'm insane

'Cause you know I love the players

And you love the game


'Cause we're young and we're reckless

We'll take this way too far

It'll leave you breathless, hmm

Or with a nasty scar

Got a long list of ex-lovers

They'll tell you I'm insane

But I've got a blank space, baby

And I'll write your name



"Style (Taylor’s Version)"


Midnight

You come and pick me up, no headlights

Long drive

Could end in burning flames or paradise

Fade into view, oh, it's been a while since I have even heard from you (heard from you)


I should just tell you to leave 'cause I

Know exactly where it leads but I

Watch us go 'round and 'round each time


You got that James Dean daydream look in your eye

And I got that red lip classic thing that you like

And when we go crashing down, we come back every time

'Cause we never go out of style

We never go out of style


You got that long hair, slicked back, white t-shirt

And I got that good girl faith and a tight little skirt

And when we go crashing down, we come back every time

'Cause we never go out of style

We never go out of style


So it goes

He can't keep his wild eyes on the road

Takes me home

Lights are off, he's taking off his coat, hmm, yeah

I say, "I heard, oh, that you've been out and about with some other girl, some other girl."


He says, "What you've heard is true but I

Can't stop thinking about you," and I

I said, "I've been there, too, a few times."


'Cause you got that James Dean daydream look in your eye

And I got that red lip classic thing that you like

And when we go crashing down, we come back every time

'Cause we never go out of style

We never go out of style


You got that long hair, slicked back, white t-shirt

And I got that good girl faith and a tight little skirt (tight little skirt)

And when we go crashing down, we come back every time

'Cause we never go out of style (We never go, we never go)

We never go out of style


Take me home

Just take me home, yeah

Just take me home

(Out of style)


You got that James Dean daydream look in your eye

And I got that red lip classic thing that you like

And when we go crashing down (when we go)

We come back every time

'Cause we never go out of style

We never go out of style



"Out Of The Woods (Taylor’s Version)"


Looking at it now

It all seems so simple

We were lying on your couch

I remember

You took a Polaroid of us

Then discovered (then discovered)

The rest of the world was black and white

But we were in screaming color

And I remember thinking


Are we out of the woods yet?

Are we out of the woods yet?

Are we out of the woods yet?

Are we out of the woods?

Are we in the clear yet?

Are we in the clear yet?

Are we in the clear yet?

In the clear yet? Good

Are we out of the woods yet?

Are we out of the woods yet?

Are we out of the woods yet?

Are we out of the woods?

Are we in the clear yet?

Are we in the clear yet?

Are we in the clear yet?

In the clear yet? Good

Are we out of the woods?


Looking at it now

Last December (last December)

We were built to fall apart

Then fall back together (back together)

Ooh, your necklace hanging from my neck

The night we couldn't quite forget

When we decided (we decided)

To move the furniture so we could dance

Baby, like we stood a chance

Two paper airplanes flying, flying, flying

And I remember thinkin'


Are we out of the woods yet?

Are we out of the woods yet?

Are we out of the woods yet?

Are we out of the woods?

Are we in the clear yet?

Are we in the clear yet?

Are we in the clear yet?

In the clear yet? Good

Are we out of the woods yet?

Are we out of the woods yet?

Are we out of the woods yet?

Oh

Are we out of the woods?

Are we in the clear yet?

Are we in the clear yet?

Are we in the clear yet?

In the clear yet? Good

Are we out of the woods?


Remember when you hit the brakes too soon?

Twenty stitches in a hospital room

When you started cryin', baby, I did, too

But when the sun came up, I was lookin' at you

Remember when we couldn't take the heat

I walked out and said, "I'm settin' you free,"

But the monsters turned out to be just trees

When the sun came up, you were lookin' at me


You were lookin' at me

You were lookin' at me


Are we out of the woods yet?

Are we out of the woods yet?

Are we out of the woods yet?

Are we out of the woods?

I remember

Are we in the clear yet?

Are we in the clear yet?

Are we in the clear yet?

In the clear yet? Good

Oh, I remember


Are we out of the woods yet?

Are we out of the woods yet?

(Yeah)

Are we out of the woods yet?

Are we out of the woods?

Are we in the clear yet?

Are we in the clear yet?

Are we?

Are we in the clear yet?

In the clear yet? Good


Are we out of the woods yet?

Are we out of the woods yet?

Are we out of the woods yet?

Are we out of the woods?


Are we in the clear yet?

(Yeah)

Are we in the clear yet?

(Yeah)

Are we in the clear yet?

In the clear yet? Good


Are we out of the woods yet?

Are we out of the woods yet?

Are we out of the woods yet?

Are we out of the woods?


Are we in the clear yet?

Are we in the clear yet?

Are we in the clear yet?

In the clear yet? Good

Are we out of the woods yet?

Are we out of the woods yet?

Are we out of the woods yet?

Are we out of the woods?

Are we in the clear yet?

Are we in the clear yet?

Are we in the clear yet?

In the clear yet? Good



"All You Had To Do Was Stay (Taylor’s Version)"


(Hey, hey, hey)

(Hey, hey, hey)

(Hey, hey, hey)

(Hey, hey, hey)


People like you always want back the love they gave away

And people like me wanna believe you when you say you've changed

The more I think about it now the less I know

All I know is that you drove us off the road


Stay

Hey, all you had to do was stay

Had me in the palm of your hand

Then why'd you have to go and lock me out when I let you in?

Stay

Hey, now you say you want it back

Now that it's just too late

Well, could've been easy

All you had to do was stay


All you had to do was stay

All you had to do was stay

All you had to do was stay

All you had to do was stay


Here you are now, calling me up, but I don't know what to say

I've been picking up the pieces of the mess you made

People like you always want back the love they pushed aside

But people like me are gone forever when you say goodbye


Stay

Hey, all you had to do was stay

Had me in the palm of your hand

Then why'd you have to go and lock me out when I let you in?

Stay

Hey, now you say you want it back

Now that it's just too late

Well, could've been easy

All you had to do was stay


All you had to do was stay

All you had to do was stay

All you had to do was stay, stay, stay, stay, stay


Let me remind you

This was what you wanted

You ended it

You were all I wanted

But not like this

Not like this

Not like this


Oh, all you had to do was...


Stay

Hey, all you had to do was stay

Had me in the palm of your hand

Then why'd you have to go and lock me out when I let you in?

Stay

Hey, now you say you want it back

Now that it's just too late

Well, could've been easy

All you had to do was stay


Hey, all you had to do was stay

Had me in the palm of your hand

Then why'd you have to go and lock me out when I let you in?

Stay

Hey, now you say you want it back

Now that it's just too late

Well, could've been easy

(All you had to do was stay)

All you had to do was stay


All you had to do was stay

All you had to do was stay

All you had to do was stay

All you had to do was stay



"Shake It Off (Taylor’s Version)"


I stay out too late

Got nothing in my brain

That's what people say, mmm-mmm

That's what people say, mmm-mmm


I go on too many dates

But I can't make them stay

At least that's what people say, mmm-mmm

That's what people say, mmm-mmm


But I keep cruising

Can't stop, won't stop moving

It's like I got this music

In my mind

Saying, "It's gonna be alright."


'Cause the players gonna play, play, play, play, play

And the haters gonna hate, hate, hate, hate, hate

Baby, I'm just gonna shake, shake, shake, shake, shake

I shake it off, I shake it off

Heart-breakers gonna break, break, break, break, break

And the fakers gonna fake, fake, fake, fake, fake

Baby, I'm just gonna shake, shake, shake, shake, shake

I shake it off, I shake it off


I never miss a beat

I'm lightning on my feet

And that's what they don't see, mmm-mmm

That's what they don't see, mmm-mmm


I'm dancing on my own (dancing on my own)

I make the moves up as I go (moves up as I go)

And that's what they don't know, mmm-mmm

That's what they don't know, mmm-mmm


But I keep cruising

Can't stop, won't stop grooving

It's like I got this music

In my mind

Saying, "It's gonna be alright."


'Cause the players gonna play, play, play, play, play

And the haters gonna hate, hate, hate, hate, hate

Baby, I'm just gonna shake, shake, shake, shake, shake

I shake it off, I shake it off

Heart-breakers gonna break, break, break, break, break

And the fakers gonna fake, fake, fake, fake, fake

Baby, I'm just gonna shake, shake, shake, shake, shake

I shake it off, I shake it off


Shake it off, I shake it off,

I, I, I shake it off, I shake it off,

I, I, I shake it off, I shake it off,

I, I, I shake it off, I shake it off


Hey, hey, hey

Just think while you've been getting down and out about the liars and the dirty, dirty cheats of the world,

You could've been getting down to this sick beat.


My ex-man brought his new girlfriend

She's like "Oh, my God!" but I'm just gonna shake.

And to the fella over there with the hella good hair

Won't you come on over, baby? We can shake, shake, shake


Yeah ohhh


'Cause the players gonna play, play, play, play, play

And the haters gonna hate, hate, hate, hate, hate (haters gonna hate)

I'm just gonna shake, shake, shake, shake, shake

I shake it off, I shake it off

Heart-breakers gonna break, break, break, break, break (mmmm)

And the fakers gonna fake, fake, fake, fake, fake (and fake, and fake, and fake)

Baby, I'm just gonna shake, shake, shake, shake, shake

I shake it off, I shake it off


Shake it off, I shake it off,

I, I, I shake it off, I shake it off,

I, I, I shake it off, I shake it off

I, I, I shake it off, I shake it off


Shake it off, I shake it off,

I, I, I shake it off, I shake it off,

I, I, I shake it off, I shake it off,

I, I, I shake it off, I shake it off


Shake it off, I shake it off,

I, I, I shake it off, I shake it off (you've got to),

I, I, I shake it off, I shake it off,

I, I, I shake it off, I shake it off



"I Wish You Would (Taylor’s Version)"


It's 2 AM in your car

Windows down, you pass my street, the memories start

You say it's in the past, you drive straight ahead

You're thinking that I hate you now

'Cause you still don't know what I never said


I wish you would come back

Wish I never hung up the phone like I did

I wish you knew that I'd never forget you as long as I live

And I wish you were right here, right now, it's all good

I wish you would


It's 2 AM in my room

Headlights pass the window pane, I think of you

We're a crooked love in a straight line down

Makes you wanna run and hide

But it makes you turn right back around


I wish you would come back

Wish I never hung up the phone like I did

I wish you knew that I'd never forget you as long as I live

And I wish you were right here, right now, it's all good

I wish you would


I wish we could go back

And remember what we were fighting for

And I wish you knew that I miss you too much to be mad anymore

And I wish you were right here, right now, it's all good

I wish you would


I, I, I, I, I, I wish, I wish

I, I, I, I, I, I wish, I wish

I, I, I, I, I, I wish, I wish


You always knew how to push my buttons

You give me everything and nothing

This mad mad love makes you come running

To stand back where you stood

I wish you would, I wish you would

(I wish you would, I wish you would)

I wish you would, I wish you would

(I wish you would, I wish you would)


(I wish I, wish I)


2 AM, here we are

See your face, hear my voice in the dark

We're a crooked love in a straight line down

Makes you wanna run and hide

But it made us turn right back around


I wish you would come back

Wish I never hung up the phone like I did

I wish you knew that I'd never forget you as long as I live

I wish you were right here, right now, it's all good

I wish you would


I wish you would come back

Wish I never hung up the phone like I did

I wish you knew that I'd never forget you as long as I live

I wish you were right here, right now, it's all good

I wish you would


I wish we could go back

And remember what we were fighting for

I wish you knew that I miss you too much to be mad anymore

I wish you were right here, right now, it's all good

I wish you would


You always knew how to push my buttons

You give me everything and nothing

This mad mad love makes you come running

To stand back where you stood

I wish you would, I wish you would

(I wish you would, I wish you would)

I wish you would, I wish you would

(I wish you would, I wish you would)


I, I, I, I, I, I wish, I wish

I, I, I, I, I, I wish, I wish

I, I, I, I, I, I wish, I wish you would



"Bad Blood (Taylor’s Version)"


'Cause, baby, now we got bad blood

You know it used to be mad love

So take a look what you've done

'Cause, baby, now we got bad blood

Hey

Now we got problems

And I don't think we can solve them

You made a really deep cut

And, baby, now we got bad blood

Hey


Did you have to do this? I was thinking that you could be trusted

Did you have to ruin what was shiny? Now it's all rusted

Did you have to hit me where I'm weak? Baby, I couldn't breathe

And rub it in so deep, salt in the wound like you're laughing right at me


Oh, it's so sad to think about the good times, you and I


'Cause, baby, now we got bad blood

You know it used to be mad love

So take a look what you've done

'Cause, baby, now we got bad blood

Hey

Now we got problems

And I don't think we can solve them

You made a really deep cut

And, baby, now we got bad blood

Hey


Did you think we'd be fine? Still got scars on my back from your knife

So don't think it's in the past, these kinda wounds they last and they last

Now did you think it all through? All these things will catch up to you

And time can heal but this won't, so if you're coming my way, just don't


Oh, it's so sad to think about the good times, you and I


'Cause, baby, now we got bad blood

You know it used to be mad love

So take a look what you've done

'Cause, baby, now we got bad blood

Hey

Now we got problems

And I don't think we can solve them

You made a really deep cut

And, baby, now we got bad blood

Hey


Band-aids don't fix bullet holes

You say sorry just for show

If you live like that, you live with ghosts (ghosts)

Band-aids don't fix bullet holes (hey)

You say sorry just for show (hey)

If you live like that, you live with ghosts (hey)

Mhmmm

If you love like that blood runs cold


'Cause, baby, now we got bad blood

You know it used to be mad love (mad love)

So take a look what you've done

'Cause, baby, now we got bad blood

Hey

Now we got problems

And I don't think we can solve them (think we can solve them)

You made a really deep cut

And, baby, now we got bad blood

(Hey)


'Cause, baby, now we got bad blood

You know it used to be mad love

So take a look what you've done (look what you've done)

'Cause, baby, now we got bad blood

Hey

Now we got problems

And I don't think we can solve them

You made a really deep cut

And, baby, now we got bad blood

Hey



"Wildest Dreams (Taylor’s Version)"


He said, "Let's get out of this town

Drive out of this city, away from the crowds"

I thought, "Heaven can't help me now"

Nothing lasts forever

But this is gonna take me down


He's so tall and handsome as hell

He's so bad, but he does it so well

I can see the end as it begins

My one condition is


Say you'll remember me

Standin' in a nice dress

Starin' at the sunset, babe

Red lips and rosy cheeks

Say you'll see me again

Even if it's just in your

Wildest dreams, ah, ha

Wildest dreams, ah, ha


I said, "No one has to know what we do"

His hands are in my hair, his clothes are in my room

And his voice is a familiar sound

Nothin' lasts forever

But this is gettin' good now


He's so tall and handsome as hell

He's so bad, but he does it so well

And when we've had our very last kiss

My last request is


Say you'll remember me

Standin' in a nice dress

Starin' at the sunset, babe

Red lips and rosy cheeks

Say you'll see me again

Even if it's just in your

Wildest dreams, ah, ha (Ha, ha)

Wildest dreams, ah, ha


You'll see me in hindsight

Tangled up with you all night

Burnin' it down

Someday, when you leave me

I bet these memories

Follow you around

You'll see me in hindsight

Tangled up with you all night

Burnin' (Burnin') it (It) down (Down)

Someday, when you leave me

I bet these memories

Follow (Follow) you (You) around

(Follow you around)


Say you'll remember me

Standing in a nice dress

Starin' at the sunset, babe

Red lips and rosy cheeks

Say you'll see me again

Even if it's just pretend


Say you'll remember me

Standin' in a nice dress

Starin' at the sunset, babe

Red lips and rosy cheeks

Say you'll see me again

Even if it's just in your (Just pretend, just pretend)

Wildest dreams, ah, ha (Ah)

In your wildest dreams, ah, ha

Even if it's just in your

In your wildest dreams, ah, ha

In your wildest dreams, ah, ha



"How You Get The Girl (Taylor’s Version)"


Oh, oh, oh

Oh, oh, oh

Oh-oh, oh-oh


Stand there like a ghost

Shaking from the rain, rain

She'll open up the door and say, "Are you insane?"

Say it's been a long six months

And you were too afraid to tell her what you want, want


And that's how it works

That's how you get the girl

And then, you say


I want you for worse or for better

I would wait forever and ever

Broke your heart, I'll put it back together

I would wait forever and ever

And that's how it works

That's how you get the girl, girl (Oh-oh, oh)

And that's how it works

That's how you get the girl, girl


Remind her how it used to be, be, yeah-yeah

With pictures in frames of kisses on cheeks, cheeks

Tell her how you must have lost your mind, ooh-ooh

When you left her all alone

And never told her why, why


And that's how it works

That's how you lost the girl

And now, you say


I want you for worse or for better

I would wait forever and ever (Ever and ever)

Broke your heart, I'll put it back together

I would wait forever and ever

And that's how it works

That's how you get the girl, girl (Oh-oh, oh-oh)

And that's how it works

That's how you get the girl, girl

Yeah, yeah


And you know

Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh

That I don't want you to go, oh, oh


Remind me how it used to be

Pictures in frames of kisses on cheeks

And say you want me, yeah-yeah

And then you say


'Cause I want you for worse or for better (Worse or for better)

I would wait forever and ever (Ever and ever)

Broke your heart, I'll put it back together

I would wait forever and ever (I want you forever and ever)

And that's how it works

That's how you get the girl, girl (This is how it works)

And that's how it works

That's how you get the girl, girl (Get the girl)

(That's how it works)

And that's how it works

That's how you get the girl, girl

(Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh)

And that's how it works

That's how you get the girl, girl

(Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh)


That's how it works

That's how you got the girl



"This Love (Taylor’s Version)"


Clear blue water

High tide came and brought you in

And I could go on and on, on and on and I will

Skies grew darker

Currents swept you out again

And you were just gone and gone, gone and gone


In silent screams and wildest dreams

I never dreamed of this


This love is good, this love is bad

This love is alive back from the dead, oh-oh, oh

These hands had to let it go free, and

This love came back to me, oh-oh, oh

Oh-oh, oh, oh-oh, oh


Tossing, turning

Struggled through the night with someone new

And I could go on and on, on and on

Lantern, burning

Flickered in my mind, only you

But you were still gone, gone, gone


Been losing grip, on sinking ships

You showed up just in time


This love is good, this love is bad

This love is alive back from the dead, oh-oh, oh

These hands had to let it go free, and

This love came back to me, oh-oh, oh

This love left a permanent mark

This love is glowing in the dark, oh-oh, oh

These hands had to let it go free, and

This love came back to me, oh-oh, oh


(This love, this love, this love, this love, oh)

(This love, this love, this love, this love, oh)

(This love, this love, this love, this love, oh)

(This love, this love, this love, this love, oh)


Your kiss, my cheek

I watched you leave

Your smile, my ghost

I fell to my knees

When you're young, you just run

But you come back to what you need


This love is good, this love is bad

This love is alive back from the dead, oh-oh, oh

These hands had to let it go free, and

This love came back to me, oh-oh, oh

(This love) This love left a permanent mark

(This love) This love is glowing in the dark, oh-oh, oh

(This love) These hands had to let it go free, and

(This love) This love came back to me, oh-oh, oh


(This love, this love, this love, this love, oh)

(This love, this love, this love, this love, oh)

(This love, this love, this love, this love)

This love, this love came back to me, oh-oh, oh



"I Know Places (Taylor’s Version)"


(I, I, I, I I, I, I, I I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I)


You stand with your hand on my waistline

It's a scene and we're out here in plain sight

I can hear them whisper as we pass by

It's a bad sign, bad sign

Something happens when everybody finds out

See the vultures circling dark clouds

Love's a fragile little flame, it could burn out

It could burn out


'Cause they got the cages, they got the boxes

And guns

They are the hunters, we are the foxes

And we run


Baby, I know places we won't be found

And they'll be chasing their tails tryin' to track us down

'Cause I, I know places we can hide

I know places, I know places


Lights flash and we'll run for the fences

Let them say what they want, we won't hear it

Loose lips sink ships all the damn time

Not this time


Just grab my hand and don't ever drop it

My love

They are the hunters, we are the foxes

And we run


Baby, I know places we won't be found

And they'll be chasing their tails tryin' to track us down

'Cause I, I know places we can hide

I know places


They are the hunters, we are the foxes

And we run

Just grab my hand and don't ever drop it

My love


Baby, I know places we won't be found

And they'll be chasing their tails tryin' to track us down

'Cause I, I know places we can hide

I know places


They take their shots, but we're bulletproof

I know places

And you know for me, it's always you

I know places

In the dead of night, your eyes so green

I know places

And I know for you, it's always me

I know places


(I, I, I, I I, I, I, I I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I)



"Clean (Taylor’s Version)"


The drought was the very worst (Oh-oh, oh-oh)

When the flowers that we'd grown together died of thirst

It was months and months of back and forth (Oh-oh, oh-oh)

You're still all over me

Like a wine-stained dress I can't wear anymore


Hung my head as I lost the war

And the sky turned black like a perfect storm


Rain came pouring down

When I was drowning, that's when I could finally breathe

And by morning

Gone was any trace of you, I think I am finally clean

(Oh, oh, oh, oh)


There was nothing left to do (Oh-oh, oh-oh)

When the butterflies turned to

Dust that covered my whole room

So I punched a hole in the roof (Oh-oh, oh-oh)

Let the flood carry away all my pictures of you


The water filled my lungs, I screamed so loud

But no one heard a thing


Rain came pouring down

When I was drowning, that's when I could finally breathe

And by morning

Gone was any trace of you, I think I am finally clean

(Oh, oh, oh, oh)

I think I am finally clean

(Oh, oh)

Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh-oh

Said, I think I am finally clean

(Oh, oh)

Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh-oh


Ten months sober, I must admit

Just because you're clean, don't mean you don't miss it

Ten months older, I won't give in

Now that I'm clean, I'm never gonna risk it


The drought was the very worst (Oh-oh, oh-oh)

When the flowers that we'd grown together died of thirst

(Oh)


The rain came pouring down

When I was drowning, that's when I could finally breathe

And by morning

Gone was any trace of you, I think I am finally clean

Rain came pouring down

When I was drowning, that's when I could finally breathe

And by morning

Gone was any trace of you, I think I am finally clean


(Oh, oh)

Finally clean

Think I'm finally clean

(Oh, oh)

Oh-oh, oh-oh

(Oh, oh, oh)

Think I'm finally clean



"Wonderland (Taylor’s Version)"


Flashing lights and we

Took a wrong turn and we

Fell down a rabbit hole


You held on tight to me

'Cause nothing's as it seems

And spinning out of control


Didn't they tell us don't rush into things?

Didn't you flash your green eyes at me?

Haven't you heard what becomes of curious minds?


Oh


Didn't it all seem new and exciting?

I felt your arms twisting around me

I should have slept with one eye open at night


We found wonderland

You and I got lost in it

And we pretended it could last forever

Eh

We found wonderland

You and I got lost in it

And life was never worse but never better

Eh eh


Eh eh eh eh eh

In wonderland

Eh eh eh eh eh

In wonderland

Eh eh eh eh eh

In wonderland

Eh eh eh eh eh

In wonderland


So we went on our way

Too in love to think straight

All alone or so it seemed


But there were strangers watching

And whispers turned to talking

And talking turned to screams


Oh


Didn't they tell us don't rush into things?

Didn't you flash your green eyes at me?

Didn't you calm my fears with a Cheshire cat smile?


Oh


Didn't it all seem new and exciting?

I felt your arms twisting around me

It's all fun and games 'til somebody loses their mind


But darling, we found wonderland

You and I got lost in it

And we pretended it could last forever

Eh

We found wonderland

You and I got lost in it

And life was never worse but never better

Eh eh


Eh eh eh eh eh

In wonderland

Eh eh eh eh eh

In wonderland

Eh eh eh eh eh

In wonderland

Eh eh eh eh eh

In wonderland


I reached for you but you were gone

I knew I had to go back home

You searched the world for something else to make you feel like what we had

And in the end in wonderland we both went mad


Oh


We found wonderland

You and I got lost in it

And we pretended it could last forever (last forever)

Eh eh

We found wonderland

You and I got lost in it (got lost in it)

And life was never worse but never better (never better)

Eh eh


We found wonderland

You and I got lost in it (wonderland)

And we pretended it could last forever (in wonderland)


We found wonderland

You and I got lost in it (wonderland)

And life was never worse but never better

In wonderland



"You Are In Love (Taylor’s Version)"


One look, dark room

Meant just for you

Time moved too fast

You play it back

Buttons on a coat

Lighthearted joke

No proof, not much

But you saw enough

Small talk, he drives

Coffee at midnight

The light reflects

The chain on your neck

He says, "Look up."

And your shoulders brush

No proof, one touch

But you felt enough


You can hear it in the silence (silence), silence (silence) you

You can feel it on the way home (way home), way home (way home) you

You can see it with the lights out (lights out), lights out (lights out)

You are in love, true love

You are in love


Morning, his place

Burnt toast, Sunday

You keep his shirt

He keeps his word

And for once you let go

Of your fears and your ghosts

One step, not much

But it said enough

You kiss on sidewalks

You fight then you talk

One night he wakes

Strange look on his face

Pauses, then says

"You're my best friend."

And you knew what it was

He is in love


You can hear it in the silence (silence), silence (silence) you

You can feel it on the way home (way home), way home (way home) you

You can see it with the lights out (lights out), lights out (lights out)

You are in love, true love


And so it goes

You two are dancing in a snow globe 'round and 'round

And he keeps a picture of you in his office downtown

And you understand now why they lost their minds and fought the wars

And why I've spent my whole life trying to put it into words


'Cause you can hear it in the silence

You can feel it on the way home

You can see it with the lights out

You are in love, true love

You're in love


You can hear it in the silence (silence), silence (silence) you

You can feel it on the way home (way home), way home (way home) you

You can see it with the lights out (lights out), lights out (lights out)

You are in love, true love

You are in love


You can hear it in the silence (silence), silence (silence) you

You can feel it on the way home (way home), way home (way home) you

You can see it with the lights out (lights out), lights out (lights out)

You are in love, true love

You are in love



"New Romantics (Taylor’s Version)"


We're all bored, we're all so tired of everything

We wait for trains that just aren't coming

We show off our different scarlet letters

Trust me, mine is better


We're so young but we're on the road to ruin

We play dumb but we know exactly what we're doing

We cry tears of mascara in the bathroom

Honey, life is just a classroom


'Cause baby, I could build a castle

Out of all the bricks they threw at me

And every day is like a battle

But every night with us is like a dream


Baby, we're the new romantics

Come on, come along with me

Heartbreak is the national anthem

We sing it proudly

We are too busy dancing

To get knocked off our feet

Baby, we're the new romantics

The best people in life are free


We're all here, the lights and noise are blinding

We hang back, it's all in the timing

It's poker, he can't see it in my face

But I'm about to play my Ace


We need love, but all we want is danger

We team up then switch sides like a record changer

The rumors are terrible and cruel

But, honey, most of them are true


'Cause baby, I could build a castle

Out of all the bricks they threw at me

And every day is like a battle

But every night with us is like a dream


Baby, we're the new romantics

Come on, come along with me

Heartbreak is the national anthem

We sing it proudly

We are too busy dancing

To get knocked off our feet

Baby, we're the new romantics

The best people in life are free


So come on, come along with me

The best people in life are free


Please take my hand and

Please take me dancing and

Please leave me stranded

It's so romantic (it's so romantic)

(Ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah)


Oh, 'cause baby, I could build a castle

Out of all the bricks they threw at me

And every day is like a battle

But every night with us is like a dream


'Cause baby, I could build a castle (castle)

Out of all the bricks they threw at me

And every day is like a battle

But every night with us is like a dream


Baby, we're the new romantics

Come on, come along with me

Heartbreak is the national anthem

We sing it proudly

We are too busy dancing

To get knocked off our feet

Baby, we're the new romantics

The best people in life are free



“”Slut!” (Taylor’s Version) (From the Vault)”


Flamingo pink, Sunrise Boulevard

Clink, clink, being this young is art

Aquamarine, moonlit swimmin' pool

What if all I need is you?


Got love-struck, went straight to my head

Got lovesick all over my bed

Love to think you'll never forget

Handprints in wet cement

Adorned with smoke on my clothes

Lovelorn and nobody knows

Love thorns all over this rose

I'll pay the price, you won't


But if I'm all dressed up

They might as well be lookin' at us

And if they call me a slut

You know it might be worth it for once

And if I'm gonna be drunk

I might as well be drunk in love


Send the code, he's waitin' there

The sticks and stones they throw froze mid-air

Everyone wants him, that was my crime

The wrong place at the right time

And I break down, then he's pullin' me in

In a world of boys, he's a gentleman


Got love-struck, went straight to my head (Straight to my head)

Got lovesick all over my bed (Over my bed)

Love to think you'll never forget

We'll pay the price, I guess


But if I'm all dressed up (If I'm all dressed up)

They might as well be lookin' at us (Lookin' at us)

And if they call me a slut (If they call me a slut)

You know it might be worth it for once (Worth it for once)

And if I'm gonna be drunk

I might as well be drunk in love


Half asleep, takin' your time

In the tangerine, neon light, this is luxury

You're not sayin' you're in love with me

But you're going to

Half awake, takin' your chances

It's a big mistake, I said, "It might blow up in your pretty face"

I'm not saying, "Do it anyway" (Do it anyway)

But you're going to


(Up)

And if they call me a (Slut)

You know it might be worth it for once

And if I'm gonna be (Drunk)

I might as well be drunk in love 



“Say Don’t Go (Taylor’s Version) (From the Vault)”


I've known it from the very start

We're a shot in the darkest dark

Oh no, oh no

I'm unarmed

The waiting is a sadness

Fading into madness

Oh no, oh no

It won't stop


I'm standing on a tightrope, alone

I hold my breath a little bit longer

Halfway out the door, but it won't close

I'm holding out hope for you to say, "Don't go"

I would stay forever if you say, "Don't go"


Why'd you have to lead me on?

Why'd you have to twist the knife?

Walk away and leave me bleeding, bleeding

Why'd you whisper in the dark

Just to leave me in the night?

Now your silence has me screaming, screaming

Say, "Don't go" (Say, "Don't go")

I would stay forever if you say, "Don't go" (Say, "Don't go")

Say, say, say, say


Now I'm pacing on shaky ground

Strike a match, then you blow it out

Oh no, oh no

It's not fair

'Cause you kiss me and it stops time

And I'm yours, but you're not mine

Oh no, oh no

You're not there


I'm standing on the sidewalk, alone

I wait for you to drive by

I was trying to see the cards that you won't show

I'm about to fold unless you say, "Don't go" (Say, "Don't go")

I would stay forever if you say, "Don't go" (Say, "Don't go")

Oh-ah


Why'd you have to lead me on?

Why'd you have to twist the knife?

Walk away and leave me bleeding, bleeding

Why'd you whisper in the dark

Just to leave me in the night?

Now your silence has me screaming, screaming

Say, "Don't go" (Say, "Don't go")

I would stay forever if you say, "Don't go" (Say, "Don't go")

Say, say, say, say


Why'd you have to make me want you? (Why'd you have to make me want you?)

Why'd you have to give me nothing back? (Why'd you have to)

Why'd you have to make me love you? (Why'd you have to make me love you?)

I said, "I love you," you say nothing back (I said, "I love you")


Why'd you have to lead me on?

Why'd you have to twist the knife?

Walk away and leave me bleeding, bleeding

Why'd you whisper in the dark

Just to leave me in the night?

Now your silence has me screaming, screaming

Say, "Don't go" (Say, "Don't go")

I would stay forever if you say, "Don't go" (Say, "Don't go")

Say, say, say, say


But you won't

But you won't

But you won't

I would stay forever if you say, "Don't go"

But you won't

But you won't

But you won't 



“Now That We Don’t Talk (Taylor’s Version) (From the Vault)”


You went to a party, I heard from everybody

You part the crowd like the Red Sea, don't even get me started

Did you get anxious though, on the way home?

I guess I'll never, ever know

Now that we don't talk


You grew your hair long, you got new icons

And from the outside, it looks like you're trying lives on

I miss the old ways, you didn't have to change

But I guess I don't have a say

Now that we don't talk


I called my mom, she said that it was for the best

Remind myself the more I gave, you'd want me less

I cannot be your friend, so I pay the price of what I lost

And what it cost

Now that we don't talk


What do you tell your friends we

Shared dinners, long weekends with?

Truth is, I can't pretend it's

Platonic, it's just ended, so


I called my mom, she said to get it off my chest (Off my chest)

Remind myself the way you faded till I left (Till I left)

I cannot be your friend, so I pay the price of what I lost (What I lost)

And what it cost

Now that we don't talk


I don't have to pretend I like acid rock

Or that I'd like to be on a mega-yacht

With important men who think important thoughts

Guess maybe I am better off

Now that we don't talk


And the only way back to my dignity

Was to turn into a shrouded mystery

Just like I had been when you were chasing me

Guess this is how it has to be

Now that we don't talk 



“Suburban Legends (Taylor’s Version) (From the Vault)”


You had people who called you on unmarked numbers

In my peripheral vision

I let it slide like a hose on a slippery plastic summer

All was quickly forgiven

You were so magnetic, it was almost obnoxious

Flush with the currency of cool

I was always turning out my empty pockets

And when it came to you


I didn't come here to make friends

We were born to be suburban legends

When you hold me, it holds me together

And you kiss me in a way that's gonna screw me up forever


I had the fantasy that maybe our mismatched star signs

Would surprise the whole school

When I ended up back at our class reunion

Walking in with you

You'd be more than a chapter in my old diaries

With the pages ripped out

I am standing in a 1950s gymnasium

And I can still see you now


I didn't come here to make friends

We were born to be suburban legends

When you hold me, it holds me together

And you kiss me in a way that's gonna screw me up forever


I know that you still remember

We were born to be national treasures

When you told me we'd get back together

And you kissed me in a way that's gonna screw me up forever


Tick-tock on the clock, I pace down your block

I broke my own heart 'cause you were too polite to do it

Waves crash on the shore, I dash to the door

You don't knock anymore, and my whole life's ruined


Tick-tock on the clock, I pace down your block

I broke my own heart 'cause you were too polite to do it

Waves crash to the shore, I dash to the door

You don't knock anymore, and I always knew it

And my life had been ruined 



“Is It Over Now? (Taylor’s Version) (From the Vault)”


Once the flight had flown

With the wilt of the rose

I slept all alone

You still wouldn't go


Let's fast forward to 300 takeout coffees later

I see your profile and your smile on unsuspecting waiters

You dream of my mouth before it called you a lying traitor

You search in every maiden's bed for something greater


Baby, was it over when she laid down on your couch?

Was it over when he unbuttoned my blouse?

"Come here," I whispered in your ear in your dream as you passed out

Baby, was it over then?

And is it over now?


When you lost control

Red blood, white snow

Blue dress on a boat

Your new girl is my clone


And did you think I didn't see you? There were flashing lights

At least I had the decency to keep my nights out of sight

Only rumors 'bout my hips and thighs, and my whispered sighs

Oh Lord, I think about jumping

Off of very tall somethings

Just to see you come running

And say the one thing I've been wanting

But no!


Let's fast forward to 300 awkward blind dates later

If she's got blue eyes, I will surmise that you'll probably date her

You dream of my mouth before it called you a lying traitor

You search in every model's bed for something greater


Baby, was it over when she laid down on your couch?

Was it over when he unbuttoned my blouse?

"Come here," I whispered in your ear in your dream as you passed out

Baby, was it over then?

And is it over now?


Think I didn't see you? There were flashing lights

At least I had the decency to keep my nights out of sight

Only rumors 'bout my hips and thighs, and my whispered sighs

Oh Lord, I think about jumping

Off of very tall somethings

Just to see you come running (Running)

And say the one thing I've been wanting

But no!


(Flashing lights, oh Lord) Let's fast forward to 300 takeout coffees later

(Flashing lights) I was hoping you'd be there

And say the one thing I've been wanting - but no

2015


[No new releases]

2016


"I Don't Wanna Live Forever"

(ZAYN & Taylor Swift)


Been sittin' eyes wide open behind these four walls, hopin' you'll call

It's just a cruel existence like it's no point hopin' at all


Baby, baby, I feel crazy

Up all night, all night and every day

Give me somethin', oh, but you say nothin'

What is happenin' to me?


I don't wanna live forever

'Cause I know I'll be livin' in vain

And I don't wanna fit wherever

I just wanna keep callin' your name

Until you come back home

I just wanna keep callin' your name

Until you come back home

I just wanna keep callin' your name

Until you come back home


I'm sittin' eyes wide open and I got one thing stuck in my mind

Wondering if I dodged a bullet or just lost the love of my life


Baby, baby, I feel crazy

Up all night, all night and every day

I gave you something, but you gave me nothing

What is happening to me?


I don't wanna live forever

'Cause I know I'll be livin' in vain

And I don't wanna fit (fit, babe) wherever (wherever)

I just wanna keep callin' your name

Until you come back home

I just wanna keep callin' your name

Until you come back home

I just wanna keep callin' your name

Until you come back home


I've been looking sad in all the nicest places

(Baby, baby, I feel crazy)

I see you around in all these empty faces

(Up all night, all night and every day)

I've been looking sad in all the nicest places

(Give me somethin', oh, but you say nothin')

Now I'm in a cab, I tell him where your place is

What is happenin' to me?


I don't wanna live forever

'Cause I know I'll be livin' in vain

And I don't wanna fit wherever

I just wanna keep callin' your name

Until you come back home

I just wanna keep callin' your name

Until you come back home

I just wanna keep callin' your name

Until you come back home

I just wanna keep callin' your name

Until you come back home

I just wanna keep callin' your name

Until you come back home


I just wanna keep callin' your name

Until you come back home

Until you come back home

2017


“reputation” (released November 10, 2017)


"...Ready For It?"


Knew he was a killer first time that I saw him

Wondered how many girls he had loved and left haunted

But if he's a ghost, then I can be a phantom

Holdin' him for ransom, some

Some boys are tryin' too hard, he don't try at all though

Younger than my exes, but he act like such a man, so

I see nothing better, I keep him forever

Like a vendetta-ta


I, I, I see how this is gon' go

Touch me and you'll never be alone

I-Island breeze and lights down low

No one has to know


In the middle of the night, in my dreams

You should see the things we do, baby

In the middle of the night, in my dreams

I know I'm gonna be with you, so I take my time

Are you ready for it?


Knew I was a robber first time that he saw me

Stealing hearts and running off and never sayin' sorry

But if I'm a thief, then he can join the heist, and

We'll move to an island, and

And he can be my jailer, Burton to this Taylor

Every love I've known in comparison is a failure

I forget their names now, I'm so very tame now

Never be the same now, now


I, I, I see how this is gon' go

Touch me and you'll never be alone

I-Island breeze and lights down low

No one has to know (No one has to know)


In the middle of the night, in my dreams

You should see the things we do, baby

In the middle of the night in my dreams

I know I'm gonna be with you, so I take my time

Are you ready for it?

Oh, are you ready for it?


Baby, let the games begin

Let the games begin

Let the games begin

Baby, let the games begin

Let the games begin

Let the games begin


I, I, I see how this is gon' go

Touch me and you'll never be alone

I-Island breeze and lights down low

No one has to know


In the middle of the night (Night), in my dreams (My dreams)

You should see the things we do (We do), baby (Baby), hmm (Eh)

In the middle of the night, in my dreams (My dreams)

I know I'm gonna be with you (I know I'm gonna be with you)

So I take my time

In the middle of the night


Baby, let the games begin

Let the games begin

Let the games begin

Are you ready for it?

Baby, let the games begin

Let the games begin

Let the games begin

Are you ready for it?



"End Game"

(feat. Ed Sheeran and Future)


I wanna be your end game

I wanna be your first string

I wanna be your A-Team (Whoa, whoa, whoa)

I wanna be your end game, end game


Big reputation, big reputation

Ooh, you and me, we got big reputations, ah

And you heard about me, ooh

I got some big enemies (Yeah)

Big reputation, big reputation

Ooh, you and me would be a big conversation, ah (Git, git)

And I heard about you, ooh (Yeah)

You like the bad ones, too


You so dope, don't overdose, I'm so stoked, I need a toast

We do the most, I'm in the Ghost like I'm whippin' a boat

I got a reputation, girl that don't precede me (Yeah)

I'm one call away whenever you need me (Yeah)

I'm in a G5 (Yeah), come to the A-Side (Yeah)

I got a bad boy persona, that's what they like (What they like)

You love it, I love it too 'cause you're my type (You're my type)

You hold me down and I protect you with my life


I don't wanna touch you, I don't wanna be

Just another ex-love you don't wanna see

I don't wanna miss you (I don't wanna miss you)

Like the other girls do

I don't wanna hurt you, I just wanna be

Drinking on a beach with you all over me

I know what they all say (I know what they all say)

But I ain't tryna play


I wanna be your end game (End game)

I wanna be your first string (First string)

I wanna be your A-Team (A-Team)

I wanna be your end game, end game


Knew her when I was young, reconnected when we were little bit older

Both sprung, I got issues and chips on both of my shoulders

Reputation precedes me, in rumors, I'm knee-deep

The truth is, it's easier to ignore it, believe me

Even when we'd argue, we'd not do it for long

And you understand the good and bad end up in the song

For all your beautiful traits, and the way you do it with ease

For all my flaws, paranoia, and insecurities

I've made mistakes and made some choices, that's hard to deny

After the storm, something was born on the 4th of July

I've passed days without fun, this end game is the one

With four words on the tip of my tongue, I'll never say it


I don't wanna touch you, I don't wanna be

Just another ex-love you don't wanna see

I don't wanna miss you (I don't wanna miss you)

Like the other girls do

I don't wanna hurt you, I just wanna be

Drinking on a beach with you all over me

I know what they all say, yeah

But I ain't tryna play


I wanna be your end game (End game)

I wanna be your first string (Wanna be your first string)

I wanna be your A-Team (A-Team)

I wanna be your end game, end game


Big reputation, big reputation

Ooh, you and me, we got big reputations, ah

And you heard about me, ooh

I got some big enemies

Hey, big reputation, big reputation

Ooh, you and me would be a big conversation, ah

And I heard about you, ooh

You like the bad ones, too


I hit you like bang, we tried to forget it, but we just couldn't

And I bury hatchets, but I keep maps of where I put 'em

Reputation precedes me, they told you I'm crazy

I swear I don't love the drama, it loves me

And I can't let you go, your hand prints on my soul

It's like your eyes are liquor, it's like your body is gold

You've been calling my bluff on all my usual tricks

So here's the truth from my red lips


I wanna be your end game (End game)

I wanna be your first string (Me and you, first string)

I wanna be your A-Team (Be your A-Team now, A-Team)

I wanna be your end game, end game

I wanna be your end game (Oh, I do)

I wanna be your first string (First string)

I wanna be your A-Team (A-Team)

I wanna be your end game, end game



"I Did Something Bad"


I never trust a narcissist, but they love me

So I play 'em like a violin

And I make it look—oh—so easy


'Cause for every lie I tell them, they tell me three

This is how the world works

Now all he thinks about is me


I can feel the flames on my skin

Crimson-red paint on my lips

If a man talks shit

Then I owe him nothing

I don't regret it one bit

'Cause he had it coming


They say I did something bad

Then why's it feel so good?

They say I did something bad

But why's it feel so good?

Most fun I ever had

And I'd do it over and over and over again if I could

It just felt so good, good


I never trust a playboy, but they love me

So I fly 'em all around the world

And I let them think they saved me


They never see it comin', what I do next

This is how the world works

You gotta leave before you get left


I can feel the flames on my skin

He says, "Don't throw away a good thing."

But if he drops my name

Then I owe him nothin'

And if he spends my change

Then he had it comin'


They say I did something bad

Then why's it feel so good?

They say I did something bad

But why's it feel so good?

Most fun I ever had

And I'd do it over and over and over again if I could

It just felt so good, good


It just felt so good


They're burning all the witches, even if you aren't one

They got their pitchforks and proof, their receipts and reasons


They're burning all the witches, even if you aren't one

So light me up (light me up), light me up (light me up)

Light me up, go ahead and light me up (light me up)


Light me up (light me up), light me up (light me up)

Light me up (light me up), light me up


They say I did something bad (oh)

Then why's it feel so good? (so good)

They say I did something bad

But why's it feel so good?

Most fun I ever had (most fun I ever had)

And I'd do it over and over and over again if I could

It just felt so good (good), good


Oh, you say I did something bad

(You say I did something bad?)

Why's it feel so good, good?

So bad, why's it feel so good?

Why's it feel, why's it feel so good? (bad)

It just felt so good, good



"Don't Blame Me"


Don't blame me

Love made me crazy

If it doesn't, you ain't doing it right

Lord, save me

My drug is my baby

I'll be using for the rest of my life


I've been breaking hearts a long time

And toying with them older guys

Just playthings for me to use

Something happened for the first time

In the darkest little paradise

Shaking, pacing, I just need you


For you

I would cross the line

I would waste my time

I would lose my mind

They say, "She's gone too far this time."


Don't blame me

Love made me crazy

If it doesn't, you ain't doing it right

Lord, save me

My drug is my baby

I'll be using for the rest of my life


Don't blame me

Love made me crazy

If it doesn't, you ain't doing it right

Oh, Lord, save me

My drug is my baby

I'll be using for the rest of my life


My name is whatever you decide

And I'm just gonna call you mine

I'm insane, but I'm your baby (your baby)

Echoes (echoes) of your name inside my mind

Halo, hiding my obsession

I once was poison ivy, but now I'm your daisy


And, baby, for you

I would fall from grace

Just to touch your face

If you walk away

I'd beg you on my knees to stay


Don't blame me

Love made me crazy

If it doesn't, you ain't doing it right

Lord, save me

My drug is my baby

I'll be using for the rest of my life


Don't blame me

Love made me crazy

If it doesn't, you ain't doing it right

Oh, Lord, save me

My drug is my baby

I'll be using for the rest of my life


I get so high, oh

Every time you're—every time you're loving me

You're loving me

Trip of my life, oh

Every time you're—every time you're touching me

You're touching me


Every time you're—every time you're loving me


Oh, Lord, save me

My drug is my baby

I'll be using for the rest of my life

(Using for the rest of my life. Oh!)


Don't blame me

Love made me crazy

If it doesn't, you ain't doing it right (doing it right, no)

Lord, save me

My drug is my baby

I'll be using for the rest of my life


Don't blame me

Love made me crazy

If it doesn't, you ain't doing it right (you ain't doing it...)

Oh, Lord, save me

My drug is my baby

I'll be using for the rest of my life (I'll be using, I'll be using)


I get so high, oh

Every time you're—every time you're loving me

You're loving me

Oh, Lord, save me

My drug is my baby

I'll be using for the rest of my life



"Delicate"


This ain't for the best

My reputation's never been worse, so

You must like me for me

We can't make

Any promises now, can we, babe?

But you can make me a drink


Dive bar on the East Side, where you at?

Phone lights up my nightstand in the black

Come here, you can meet me in the back

Dark jeans and your Nikes, look at you

Oh damn, never seen that color blue

Just think of the fun things we could do


'Cause I like you

This ain't for the best

My reputation's never been worse, so

You must like me for me

Yeah, I want you

We can't make

Any promises now, can we, babe?

But you can make me a drink


Is it cool that I said all that?

Is it chill that you're in my head?

'Cause I know that it's delicate (delicate)

Is it cool that I said all that?

Is it too soon to do this yet?

'Cause I know that it's delicate

Isn't it? Isn't it? Isn't it?

Isn't it?

Isn't it? Isn't it? Isn't it?

Isn't it?

Delicate


Third floor on the West Side, me and you

Handsome, you're a mansion with a view

Do the girls back home touch you like I do?

Long night, with your hands up in my hair

Echoes of your footsteps on the stairs

Stay here, honey, I don't wanna share


'Cause I like you

This ain't for the best

My reputation's never been worse, so

You must like me for me

Yeah, I want you

We can't make

Any promises now, can we, babe?

But you can make me a drink


Is it cool that I said all that?

Is it chill that you're in my head?

'Cause I know that it's delicate (delicate)

Is it cool that I said all that?

Is it too soon to do this yet?

'Cause I know that it's delicate

Isn't it? Isn't it? Isn't it?

Isn't it?

Isn't it? Isn't it? Isn't it?

Isn't it?

Delicate


Sometimes I wonder when you sleep

Are you ever dreaming of me?

Sometimes when I look into your eyes

I pretend you're mine, all the damn time

'Cause I like you


Is it cool that I said all that?

Is it chill that you're in my head?

'Cause I know that it's delicate (delicate)

Yeah, I want you

Is it cool that I said all that?

Is it too soon to do this yet?

'Cause I know that it's delicate (delicate)

'Cause I like you

Is it cool that I said all that?

Isn't it? Isn't it? Isn't it? Isn't it?

Is it chill that you're in my head?

Isn't it? Isn't it? Isn't it? Isn't it?

'Cause I know that it's delicate

Isn't it? Isn't it? Isn't it? Isn't it?

(Yeah, I want you)

Is it cool that I said all that?

Isn't it? Isn't it? Isn't it? Isn't it?

Is it too soon to do this yet?

Isn't it? Isn't it? Isn't it?

'Cause I know that it's delicate

(Isn't it?)

Delicate



"Look What You Made Me Do"


I don't like your little games

Don't like your tilted stage

The role you made me play

Of the fool, no, I don't like you

I don't like your perfect crime

How you laugh when you lie

You said the gun was mine

Isn't cool, no, I don't like you (Oh!)


But I got smarter, I got harder in the nick of time

Honey, I rose up from the dead, I do it all the time

I've got a list of names and yours is in red, underlined

I check it once, then I check it twice, oh!


Ooh, look what you made me do

Look what you made me do

Look what you just made me do

Look what you just made me

Ooh, look what you made me do

Look what you made me do

Look what you just made me do

Look what you just made me do


I don't like your kingdom keys

They once belonged to me

You asked me for a place to sleep

Locked me out and threw a feast (What?)

The world moves on, another day, another drama, drama

But not for me, not for me, all I think about is karma

And then the world moves on, but one thing's for sure

Maybe I got mine, but you'll all get yours


But I got smarter, I got harder in the nick of time

Honey, I rose up from the dead, I do it all the time

I've got a list of names and yours is in red, underlined

I check it once, then I check it twice, oh!


Ooh, look what you made me do

Look what you made me do

Look what you just made me do

Look what you just made me

Ooh, look what you made me do

Look what you made me do

Look what you just made me do

Look what you just made me do


I don't trust nobody and nobody trusts me

I'll be the actress starring in your bad dreams

I don't trust nobody and nobody trusts me

I'll be the actress starring in your bad dreams

I don't trust nobody and nobody trusts me

I'll be the actress starring in your bad dreams

I don't trust nobody and nobody trusts me

I'll be the actress starring in your bad dreams


(Ooh, look what you made me do)

(Look what you made me do)

(Look what you just made me do)

"I'm sorry, the old Taylor can't come to the phone right now."

(Look what you just made me do)

(Look what you made me do)

(Look what you made me do)

"Why?"

(Look what you just made me do)

"Oh, 'cause she's dead!" (Oh!)


Ooh, look what you made me do

Look what you made me do

Look what you just made me do

Look what you just made me

Ooh, look what you made me do

Look what you made me do

Look what you just made me do

Look what you just made me do


Ooh, look what you made me do

Look what you made me do

Look what you just made me do

Look what you just made me

Ooh, look what you made me do

Look what you made me do

Look what you just made me do

Look what you just made me do



"So It Goes..."


See you in the dark

All eyes on you, my magician

All eyes on us

You make everyone disappear, and

Cut me into pieces

Gold cage, hostage to my feelings

Back against the wall

Trippin', trip, trippin' when you're gone


'Cause we break down a little

But when you get me alone, it's so simple

'Cause baby, I know what you know

We can feel it


And all the pieces fall

Right into place

Getting caught up in a moment

Lipstick on your face

So it goes

I'm yours to keep

And I'm yours to lose

You know I'm not a bad girl, but I

Do bad things with you

So it goes


Met you in a bar

All eyes on me, your illusionist

All eyes on us

I make all your grey days clear and

Wear you like a necklace

I'm so chill, but you make me jealous

But I got your heart

Skippin', skip, skippin' when I'm gone


'Cause we break down a little

But when I get you alone, it's so simple

'Cause baby, I know what you know

We can feel it


And all the pieces fall

Right into place

Getting caught up in a moment

Lipstick on your face

So it goes

I'm yours to keep

And I'm yours to lose

You know I'm not a bad girl, but I

Do bad things with you

So it goes


Come here, dressed in black now

So, so, so it goes

Scratches down your back now

So, so, so it goes


You did a number on me

But, honestly, baby, who's counting?

I did a number on you

But, honestly, baby, who's counting?

You did a number on me

But, honestly, baby, who's counting?

Who's counting?

1, 2, 3


And all the pieces fall (pieces fall)

Right into place

Getting caught up in a moment (caught up, caught up)

Lipstick on your face

So it goes

I'm yours to keep (oh)

And I'm yours to lose (baby)

You know I'm not a bad girl, but I

Do bad things with you

So it goes


Come here, dressed in black now

So, so, so it goes

Scratches down your back now

So, so, so it goes

Come here, dressed in black now

So, so, so it goes

Scratches down your back now

So, so, so it goes



"Gorgeous"


Gorgeous


You should take it as a compliment

That I got drunk and made fun of the way you talk

You should think about the consequence

Of your magnetic field being a little too strong

And I got a boyfriend, he's older than us

He's in the club doing, I don't know what

You're so cool, it makes me hate you so much (I hate you so much)


Whisky on ice, Sunset and Vine

You've ruined my life by not being mine


You're so gorgeous

I can't say anything to your face

'Cause look at your face (Gorgeous)

And I'm so furious

At you for making me feel this way

But what can I say?

You're gorgeous


You should take it as a compliment

That I'm talking to everyone here but you (but you, but you)

And you should think about the consequence

Of you touching my hand in a darkened room (dark room, dark room)

If you got a girlfriend, I'm jealous of her

But if you're single that's honestly worse

'Cause you're so gorgeous it actually hurts

(Honey, it hurts)


Ocean blue eyes looking in mine

I feel like I might sink and drown and die


You're so gorgeous

I can't say anything to your face (To your face)

'Cause look at your face (Look at your face, gorgeous)

And I'm so furious

At you for making me feel this way (Feel this way)

But what can I say?

You're gorgeous


You make me so happy it turns back to sad

There's nothing I hate more than what I can't have

And you are so gorgeous it makes me so mad (Mmh)

You make me so happy it turns back to sad (Yeah)

There's nothing I hate more than what I can't have and

Guess I'll just stumble on home to my cats (Yeugh), alone

Unless, you wanna come along? (Oh)


You're so gorgeous

I can't say anything to your face (To your face)

'Cause look at your face (Look at your face, gorgeous)

And I'm so furious (I'm so furious)

At you for making me feel this way (Feel this way)

But what can I say? (I say)

You're gorgeous


You make me so happy it turns back to sad (Yeah)

There's nothing I hate more than what I can't have

And you are so gorgeous it makes me so mad (Mmh)

You're gorgeous

You make me so happy it turns back to sad (It turns back to sad)

There's nothing I hate more than what I can't have (What I can have)

You are so gorgeous it makes me so mad (Mmh)

You're gorgeous



"Getaway Car"


No, nothing good starts in a getaway car


It was the best of times, the worst of crimes

I struck a match and blew your mind

But I didn't mean it

And you didn't see it

The ties were black, the lies were white

In shades of gray in candlelight

I wanted to leave him

I needed a reason


"X" marks the spot, where we fell apart

He poisoned the well, I was lying to myself

I knew it from the first Old Fashioned, we were cursed

We never had a shotgun shot in the dark


You were driving the getaway car

We were flying, but we'd never get far

Don't pretend it's such a mystery

Think about the place where you first met me

We're riding in a getaway car

There were sirens in the beat of your heart

Should've known I'd be the first to leave

Think about the place where you first met me

In a getaway car

No, they never get far

No, nothing good starts in a getaway car


It was the great escape, the prison break

The light of freedom on my face

But you weren't thinking

And I was just drinking

Well he was running after us, I was screaming, 'Go, go, go!'

But with three of us, honey, it's a sideshow

And a circus ain't a love story

And now we're both sorry (we're both sorry)


"X" marks the spot, where we fell apart

He poisoned the well, every man for himself

I knew it from the first Old Fashioned, we were cursed

It hit you like a shotgun shot to the heart


You were driving the getaway car

We were flying, but we'd never get far

Don't pretend it's such a mystery

Think about the place where you first met me

We're riding in a getaway car

There were sirens in the beat of your heart

Should've known I'd be the first to leave

Think about the place where you first met me

In a getaway car

No, they never get far

No, nothing good starts in a getaway car


We were jet-set Bonnie and Clyde

Until I switched to the other side

To the other side

It's no surprise, I turned you in

'Cause us traitors never win


I'm in a getaway car

I left you in a motel bar

Put the money in a bag and I stole the keys

That was the last time you ever saw me


Driving the getaway car

We were flying, but we'd never get far (Don't pretend)

Don't pretend it's such a mystery

Think about the place where you first met me

We're riding in a getaway car

There were sirens in the beat of your heart (Should've known)

Should've known I'd be the first to leave

Think about the place where you first met me

In a getaway car

No, they never get far

No, nothing good starts in a getaway car


I was riding in a getaway car

I was crying in a getaway car

I was dying in a getaway car

Said 'goodbye' in a getaway car


I was riding in a getaway car

I was crying in a getaway car

I was dying in a getaway car

Said 'goodbye' in a getaway car



"King Of My Heart"


I'm perfectly fine, I live on my own

I made up my mind, I'm better off being alone

We met a few weeks ago

Now you try on callin' me "baby" like tryin' on clothes


Salute to me I'm your American Queen

And you move to me like I'm a Motown beat

And we rule the kingdom inside my room

'Cause all the boys and their expensive cars

With their Range Rovers and their Jaguars

Never took me quite where you do


And all at once, you are the one I have been waiting for

King of my heart, body and soul, ooh whoa

And all at once, you are all I want, I'll never let you go

King of my heart, body and soul, ooh whoa


And all at once, I've been waiting, waiting

Ooh whoa, ooh whoa

And all at once, you are the one I have been waiting, waiting

Body and soul, ooh whoa

And all at once


Late in the night, the city's asleep

Your love is a secret I'm hoping, dreaming, dying to keep

Change my priorities

The taste of your lips is my idea of luxury


Salute to me I'm your American Queen

And you move to me like I'm a Motown beat

And we rule the kingdom inside my room

(Inside my room, oh)

'Cause all the boys and their expensive cars

With their Range Rovers and their Jaguars

Never took me quite where you do (Where you do)


And all at once, you are the one I have been waiting for

King of my heart, body, and soul, ooh whoa

And all at once, you're all I want, I'll never let you go

King of my heart (My heart), body, and soul, ooh whoa


And all at once (Hey), I've been waiting, waiting (Waiting)

Ooh, whoa, ooh whoa

And all at once, you are the one

I have been waiting (Waiting), waiting (Waiting)

Body and soul, ooh whoa

And all at once


Is this the end of all the endings?

My broken bones are mending

With all these nights we're spending

Up on the roof with a school girl crush

Drinking beer out of plastic cups

Say you fancy me, not fancy stuff

Baby, all at once, this is enough


And all at once, you are the one I have been waiting for

King of my heart, body and soul, ooh whoa

And all at once, you are the one I have been waiting for

King of my heart, body, and soul, ooh whoa

And all at once, you're all I want, I'll never let you go

King of my heart (My heart), body, and soul (My soul), ooh whoa


And all at once, I've been waiting, waiting

Ooh whoa, ooh whoa

And all at once

'Cause you're the one I have been waiting, waiting

Body and soul, ooh whoa

And all at once



"Dancing With Our Hands Tied"


I, I loved you in secret

First sight, yeah, we love without reason

Oh, 25 years old

Oh, how were you to know and


My, my love had been frozen

Deep blue, but you painted me golden

Oh, and you held me close

Oh, how was I to know what


I could've spent forever with your hands in my pockets

Picture of your face in an invisible locket

You said there was nothing in the world that could stop it

I had a bad feeling

And darling, you had turned my bed into a sacred oasis

People started talking, putting us through our paces

I knew there was no one in the world who could take it

I had a bad feeling


But we were dancing

Dancing with our hands tied, hands tied

Yeah, we were dancing

Like it was the first time, first time

Yeah, we were dancing

Dancing with our hands tied, hands tied

Yeah, we were dancing

And I had a bad feeling

But we were dancing


I, I loved you in spite of

Deep fears that the world would divide us

So, baby, can we dance

Oh, through an avalanche?

And say, say that we got it

I'm a mess, but I'm the mess that you wanted

Oh, 'cause it's gravity

Oh, keeping you with me


I could've spent forever with your hands in my pockets

Picture of your face in an invisible locket

You said there was nothing in the world that could stop it

I had a bad feeling


But we were dancing

Dancing with our hands tied, hands tied

Yeah, we were dancing

Like it was the first time, first time

Yeah, we were dancing

Dancing with our hands tied, hands tied

Yeah, we were dancing

(Ooh, we had our hands tied)

And I had a bad feeling

But we were dancing


I'd kiss you as the lights went out

Swaying as the room burned down

I'd hold you as the water rushes in

If I could dance with you again

I'd kiss you as the lights went out

Swaying as the room burned down

I'd hold you as the water rushes in

If I could dance with you again (Again)


Dancing with our hands tied, hands tied

Oh, yeah, we were dancing

Like it was the first time, first time (First time, first time)

Yeah, we were dancing (Oh)

Dancing with our hands tied, hands tied

(Dancing with our hands tied)

Yeah, we were dancing (Ooh)

And I had a bad feeling (Had a bad feeling)

But we were dancing


(Ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh)

Hands tied, hands tied (Dancing)



"Dress"


Our secret moments in a crowded room

They got no idea about me and you

There is an indentation in the shape of you

Made your mark on me, a golden tattoo


All of this silence and patience, pining and anticipation

My hands are shaking from holding back from you

Ha, ah, ah

All of this silence and patience, pining and desperately waiting

My hands are shaking from all this

Ah, ha, ha, ha-ah


Say my name and everything just stops

I don't want you like a best friend

Only bought this dress so you could take it off

Take it oh, ha, ha, ha-ah

Carve your name into my bedpost

'Cause I don't want you like a best friend

Only bought this dress so you could take it off

Take it oh, ha, ha, ha-ah


Inescapable, I'm not even gonna try

And if I get burned, at least we were electrified

I'm spilling wine in the bathtub

You kiss my face and we're both drunk

Everyone thinks that they know us

But they know nothing about—


All of this silence and patience, pining and anticipation

My hands are shaking from holding back from you

Ha, ah, ah

All of this silence and patience, pining and desperately waiting

My hands are shaking from all this

Ah, ha, ha, ha-ah


Say my name and everything just stops

I don't want you like a best friend

Only bought this dress so you could take it off

Take it oh, ha, ha, ha-ah

Carve your name into my bedpost

'Cause I don't want you like a best friend

Only bought this dress so you could take it off

Take it oh, ha, ha


Ha-ah-ah, ha-ah-ah, ha-ah-ah-ah

Only bought this dress so you could take it off

Ha-ah-ah, ha-ah-ah, ha-ah-ah-ah

Only bought this dress so you could take it off


Flashback when you met me

Your buzzcut and my hair bleached

Even in my worst times, you could see the best in me

Flashback to my mistakes

My rebounds, my earthquakes

Even in my worst lies, you saw the truth in me

And I woke up just in time

Now I wake up by your side

My one and only, my lifeline

I woke up just in time

Now I wake up by your side

My hands shake, I can't explain this

Ah, ha, ha, ha-ah


Say my name and everything just stops

I don't want you like a best friend

Only bought this dress so you could take it off

Take it oh, ha, ha, ha-ah

Carve your name into my bedpost

'Cause I don't want you like a best friend

Only bought this dress so you could take it off

Take it oh, ha, ha, ha-ah


There is an indentation in the shape of you

Only bought this dress so you could take it off

You made your mark on me, golden tattoo

Only bought this dress so you could take it off



"This Is Why We Can't Have Nice Things"


It was so nice throwing big parties

Jump into the pool from the balcony

Everyone swimming in a champagne sea

And there are no rules when you show up here

Bass beat rattling the chandelier

Feeling so Gatsby for that whole year


So why'd you have to rain on my parade?

I'm shaking my head and locking the gates


This is why we can't have nice things, darling

Because you break them

I had to take them away

This is why we can't have nice things, honey (Oh)

Did you think I wouldn't hear all the things you said about me?

This is why we can't have nice things


It was so nice being friends again

There I was, giving you a second chance

But you stabbed me in the back while shaking my hand

And therein lies the issue

Friends don't try to trick you

Get you on the phone and mind-twist you

And so I took an axe to a mended fence


But I'm not the only friend you've lost lately (Mm-mm)

If only you weren't so shady


This is why we can't have nice things, darling (Yeah)

Because you break them

I had to take them away

This is why we can't have nice (Nice things) things (Baby), honey

Did you think I wouldn't hear all the things you said about me?

This is why we can't have


Here's a toast to my real friends

They don't care about the he-said, she-said

And here's to my baby

He ain't reading what they call me lately

And here's to my mama

Had to listen to all this drama

And here's to you

'Cause forgiveness is a nice thing to do

Haha, I can't even say it with a straight face


This is why we can't have nice things, darling (Darling)

Because you break them

I had to take them away

This is why we can't have nice (Uh-uh) things (Oh no), honey (Baby, oh)

Did you think I wouldn't hear all the things you said about me?

This is why we can't have nice things, darling

(And here's to my real friends)

Because you break them

I had to take them

(And here's to my baby)

Nice things, honey

(They didn't care about that he-said, she-said)

Did you think I wouldn't hear all the things you said about me?

This is why we can't have nice things



"Call It What You Want"


My castle crumbled overnight

I brought a knife to a gunfight

They took the crown but it's alright

All the liars are calling me one

Nobody's heard from me for months

I'm doing better than I ever was


'Cause

My baby's fit like a daydream

Walking with his head down

I'm the one he's walking to

So call it what you want, yeah

Call it what you want to

My baby's fly like a jet stream

High above the whole scene

Loves me like I'm brand new

So call it what you want, yeah

Call it what you want to


All my flowers grew back as thorns

Windows boarded up after the storm

He built a fire just to keep me warm

All the drama queens taking swings

All the jokers dressing up as kings

They fade to nothing when I look at him

And I know I make the same mistakes every time

Bridges burn, I never learn

At least I did one thing right

I did one thing right

I'm laughing with my lover

Making forts under covers

Trust him like a brother

Yeah, you know I did one thing right

Starry eyes sparking up my darkest night


My baby's fit like a daydream

Walking with his head down

I'm the one he's walking to

So call it what you want, yeah

Call it what you want to

My baby's fly like a jet stream

High above the whole scene

Loves me like I'm brand new

(Call it what you want, call it what you want, call it)

So call it what you want, yeah

Call it what you want to


I want to wear his initial on a chain 'round my neck

Chain 'round my neck

Not because he owns me

But 'cause he really knows me

Which is more than they can say, I

I recall late November, holding my breath

Slowly I said, "You don't need to save me

But would you run away with me?"

Yes (would you run away?)


My baby's fit like a daydream

Walking with his head down

I'm the one he's walking to

(Call it what you want, call it what you want, call it)

So call it what you want, yeah

Call it what you want to

My baby's fly like a jet stream

High above the whole scene

Loves me like I'm brand new

(Call it what you want, call it what you want, call it)

So call it what you want, yeah

Call it what you want to


(Call it what you want, call it)

(Call it what you want, call it what you want, call it)

(Call it what you want, call it what you want, call it)

(Call it what you want, call it what you want, call it)

(Call it what you want, call it what you want, call it)

(Call it what you want, call it what you want, call it)

(Call it what you want, call it what you want, call it)

Call it what you want, yeah

Call it what you want

To



"New Year's Day"


There's glitter on the floor after the party

Girls carrying their shoes down in the lobby

Candle wax and Polaroids on the hardwood floor

You and me from the night before, but


Don't read the last page

But I stay when you're lost, and I'm scared

And you're turning away

I want your midnights

But I'll be cleaning up bottles with you on New Year's Day


You squeeze my hand three times in the back of the taxi

I can tell that it's gonna be a long road

I'll be there if you're the toast of the town, babe

Or if you strike out and you're crawling home


Don't read the last page

But I stay when it's hard, or it's wrong

Or we're making mistakes

I want your midnights

But I'll be cleaning up bottles with you on New Year's Day


Hold on to the memories, they will hold on to you

Hold on to the memories, they will hold on to you

Hold on to the memories, they will hold on to you

And I will hold on to you


Please don't ever become a stranger

Whose laugh I could recognize anywhere

Please don't ever become a stranger

Whose laugh I could recognize anywhere


There's glitter on the floor after the party

Girls carrying their shoes down in the lobby

Candle wax and Polaroids on the hardwood floor

You and me forevermore


Don't read the last page

But I stay when it's hard, or it's wrong

Or we're making mistakes

I want your midnights

But I'll be cleaning up bottles with you on New Year's Day


Hold on to the memories, they will hold on to you

Hold on to the memories, they will hold on to you

Hold on to the memories, they will hold on to you

And I will hold on to you


Please don't ever become a stranger

(To the memories, they will hold on to you)

Whose laugh I could recognize anywhere

(Hold on to the memories, they will hold on to you)

Please don't ever become a stranger

(Hold on to the memories, they will hold on to you)

Whose laugh I could recognize anywhere

(I will hold on to you)

2019


“Lover” (released August 23, 2019)


"I Forgot That You Existed"


How many days did I spend thinking

'Bout how you did me wrong, wrong, wrong?

Lived in the shade you were throwing

'Til all of my sunshine was gone, gone, gone

And I couldn't get away from ya

In my feelings more than Drake, so yeah

Your name on my lips, tongue-tied

Free rent, living in my mind


But then something happened one magical night


I forgot that you existed

And I thought that it would kill me, but it didn't

And it was so nice

So peaceful and quiet

I forgot that you existed

It isn't love, it isn't hate, it's just indifference

I forgot that you


Got out some popcorn

As soon as my rep started going down, down, down

Laughed on the school yard

As soon as I tripped up and hit the ground, ground, ground

And I would've stuck around for ya

Would've fought the whole town, so yeah

Would've been right there, front row

Even if nobody came to your show


But you showed who you are, then one magical night


I forgot that you existed

And I thought that it would kill me, but it didn't

And it was so nice

So peaceful and quiet

I forgot that you existed

It isn't love, it isn't hate, it's just indifference

I forgot that you


Sent me a clear message

Taught me some hard lessons

I just forget what they were

It's all just a blur


I forgot that you existed

And I thought that it would kill me, but it didn't

And it was so nice

So peaceful and quiet

I forgot that you existed

I did, I did, I did

It isn't hate, it's just indifference

It isn't love, it isn't hate, it's just indifference

So, yeah



"Cruel Summer"


(Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah)


Fever dream high in the quiet of the night

You know that I caught it (Oh yeah, you're right, I want it)

Bad, bad boy, shiny toy with a price

You know that I bought it (Oh yeah, you're right, I want it)


Killing me slow, out the window

I'm always waiting for you to be waiting below

Devils roll the dice, angels roll their eyes

What doesn't kill me makes me want you more


And it's new, the shape of your body

It's blue, the feeling I've got

And it's ooh, whoa oh

It's a cruel summer

It's cool, that's what I tell 'em

No rules in breakable heaven

But ooh, whoa oh

It's a cruel summer

With you


Hang your head low in the glow of the vending machine

I'm not dying (Oh yeah, you're right, I want it)

We say that we'll just screw it up in these trying times

We're not trying (Oh yeah, you're right, I want it)


So cut the headlights, summer's a knife

I'm always waiting for you just to cut to the bone

Devils roll the dice, angels roll their eyes

And if I bleed, you'll be the last to know


Oh, it's new, the shape of your body

It's blue, the feeling I've got

And it's ooh, whoa oh

It's a cruel summer

It's cool, that's what I tell 'em

No rules in breakable heaven

But ooh, whoa oh

It's a cruel summer

With you


I'm drunk in the back of the car

And I cried like a baby coming home from the bar (Oh)

Said, "I'm fine," but it wasn't true

I don't wanna keep secrets just to keep you

And I snuck in through the garden gate

Every night that summer just to seal my fate (Oh)

And I scream, "For whatever it's worth

I love you, ain't that the worst thing you ever heard?"

He looks up, grinning like a devil


It's new, the shape of your body

It's blue, the feeling I've got

And it's ooh, whoa oh

It's a cruel summer

It's cool, that's what I tell 'em

No rules in breakable heaven

But ooh, whoa oh

It's a cruel summer

With you


I'm drunk in the back of the car

And I cried like a baby coming home from the bar (Oh)

Said, "I'm fine," but it wasn't true

I don't wanna keep secrets just to keep you

And I snuck in through the garden gate

Every night that summer just to seal my fate (Oh)

And I scream, "For whatever it's worth

I love you, ain't that the worst thing you ever heard?"

(Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah)



"Lover"


We could leave the Christmas lights up 'til January

This is our place, we make the rules

And there's a dazzling haze, a mysterious way about you, dear

Have I known you twenty seconds or twenty years?


Can I go where you go?

Can we always be this close forever and ever?

And ah, take me out and take me home

You're my, my, my, my

Lover


We could let our friends crash in the living room

This is our place, we make the call

And I'm highly suspicious that everyone who sees you wants you

I've loved you three summers now, honey, but I want 'em all


Can I go where you go?

Can we always be this close forever and ever?

And ah, take me out and take me home (Forever and ever)

You're my, my, my, my

Lover


Ladies and gentlemen, will you please stand?

With every guitar string scar on my hand

I take this magnetic force of a man to be my

Lover

My heart's been borrowed and yours has been blue

All's well that ends well to end up with you

Swear to be over-dramatic and true to my

Lover


And you'll save all your dirtiest jokes for me

And at every table, I'll save you a seat

Lover


Can I go where you go?

Can we always be this close forever and ever?

And ah, take me out and take me home (Forever and ever)

You're my, my, my, my

Oh, you're my, my, my, my

Darling, you're my, my, my, my

Lover



"The Man"


I would be complex, I would be cool

They'd say I played the field before I found someone to commit to

And that would be okay for me to do

Every conquest I had made would make me more of a boss to you


I'd be a fearless leader

I'd be an alpha type

When everyone believes ya

What's that like?


I'm so sick of running as fast as I can

Wondering if I'd get there quicker if I was a man

And I'm so sick of them coming at me again

'Cause if I was a man, then I'd be the man

I'd be the man

I'd be the man


They'd say I hustled, put in the work

They wouldn't shake their heads and question how much of this I deserve

What I was wearing, if I was rude

Could all be separated from my good ideas and power moves


And they would toast to me, oh, let the players play

I'd be just like Leo in Saint-Tropez


I'm so sick of running as fast as I can

Wondering if I'd get there quicker if I was a man

And I'm so sick of them coming at me again

'Cause if I was a man, then I'd be the man

I'd be the man

I'd be the man


What's it like to brag about raking in dollars

And getting bitches and models?

And it's all good if you're bad

And it's okay if you're mad

If I was out flashing my dollars

I'd be a bitch, not a baller

They'd paint me out to be bad

So, it's okay that I'm mad


I'm so sick of running as fast as I can

Wondering if I'd get there quicker if I was a man (You know that)

And I'm so sick of them coming at me again (Coming at me again)

'Cause if I was a man (If I was a man)

Then I'd be the man (Then I'd be the man)

I'm so sick of running as fast as I can (As fast as I can)

Wondering if I'd get there quicker if I was a man (Hey)

And I'm so sick of them coming at me again (Coming at me again)

'Cause if I was a man (If I was a man), then I'd be the man

I'd be the man

I'd be the man (Oh)

I'd be the man (Yeah)

I'd be the man (I'd be the man)


If I was a man, then I'd be the man



"The Archer"


Combat

I'm ready for combat

I say I don't want that

But what if I do?


'Cause cruelty

Wins in the movies

I've got a hundred thrown-out speeches

I almost said to you


Easy they come

Easy they go

I jump from the train

I ride off alone

I never grew up

It's getting so old

Help me hold on to you


I've been the archer

I've been the prey

Who could ever leave me darling...

But who could stay?


Dark side

I search for your dark side

But what if I'm alright

Right, right, right here?


And I cut off

My nose just to spite my face

Then I hate my reflection

For years and years


I wake in the night

I pace like a ghost

The room is on fire

Invisible smoke

And all of my heroes

Die all alone

Help me hold on to you


I've been the archer

I've been the prey

Screaming, "Who could ever leave me darling...

But who could stay?"


(I see right through me, I see right through me)


'Cause they see right through me

They see right through me

They see right through

Can you see right through me?

They see right through

They see right through me

I see right through me

I see right through me


All the king's horses

All the king's men

Couldn't put me together again

'Cause all of my enemies

Started out friends

Help me hold on to you


I've been the archer

I've been the prey

Who could ever leave me darling...

But who could stay?


(I see right through me, I see right through me)


Who could stay?

Who could stay?

Who could stay?

You could stay

You could stay


Combat

I'm ready for combat



"I Think He Knows"


I think he knows

His footprints on the sidewalk

Lead to where I can't stop

Go there every night

I think he knows

His hands around a cold glass

Make me wanna know that

Body like it's mine


He got that boyish look that I like in a man

I am an architect, I'm drawing up the plans

It's like I'm 17, nobody understands

No one understands


He got my heartbeat

Skipping down 16th Avenue

Got that, oh, I mean

Wanna see what's under that attitude like

I want you, bless my soul

And I ain't gotta tell him, I think he knows

I think he knows


I think he knows

When we get all alone

I'll make myself at home

And he'll want me to stay

I think he knows

He better lock it down

Or I won't stick around

'Cause good ones never wait (Ha)


He got that boyish look that I like in a man

I am an architect, I'm drawing up the plans

He's so obsessed with me and, boy, I understand

Boy, I understand


He got my heartbeat (Heartbeat)

Skipping down 16th Avenue

Got that, oh, I mean (I mean)

Wanna see what's under that attitude like

I want you, bless my soul

And I ain't gotta tell him, I think he knows

I think he knows


I want you, bless my

I want you, bless my soul

I want you, bless my

I want you, bless my soul


Lyrical smile, indigo eyes, hand on my thigh

We can follow the sparks, I'll drive

Lyrical smile, indigo eyes, hand on my thigh

We can follow the sparks, I'll drive

"So where we gonna go?"

I whisper in the dark

"Where we gonna go?"

I think he knows


He got my heartbeat (Heartbeat)

Skipping down 16th Avenue (Baby)

Got that, oh, I mean (I mean)

Wanna see what's under that attitude like (Yeah)

I want you, bless my soul

And I ain't gotta tell him, I think he knows

I think he knows


I want you, bless my

I want you, bless my soul

I want you, bless my (Oh, baby)

I want you, bless my soul (He got my heartbeat)

I want you, bless my (Skipping down 16th Avenue, baby)

I want you, bless my soul

I want you, bless my soul

And I ain't gotta tell him, I think he knows



"Miss Americana & The Heartbreak Prince"


You know I adore you, I'm crazier for you

Than I was at sixteen, lost in a film scene

Waving homecoming queens, marching band playing

I'm lost in the lights

American glory faded before me

Now I'm feeling hopeless, ripped up my prom dress

Running through rose thorns, I saw the scoreboard

And ran for my life (Ah)


No cameras catch my pageant smile

I counted days, I counted miles

To see you there, to see you there

It's been a long time coming, but


It's you and me, that's my whole world

They whisper in the hallway, "She's a bad, bad girl" (Okay)

The whole school is rolling fake dice

You play stupid games, you win stupid prizes

It's you and me, there's nothing like this

Miss Americana and The Heartbreak Prince (Okay)

We're so sad, we paint the town blue

Voted most likely to run away with you


My team is losing, battered and bruising

I see the high fives between the bad guys

Leave with my head hung, you are the only one

Who seems to care

American stories burning before me

I'm feeling helpless, the damsels are depressed

Boys will be boys then, where are the wise men?

Darling, I'm scared (Ah)


No cameras catch my muffled cries

I counted days, I counted miles

To see you there, to see you there

And now the storm is coming, but


It's you and me, that's my whole world

They whisper in the hallway, "She's a bad, bad girl" (Okay)

The whole school is rolling fake dice

You play stupid games, you win stupid prizes

It's you and me, there's nothing like this

Miss Americana and The Heartbreak Prince (Okay)

We're so sad, we paint the town blue

Voted most likely to run away with you


And I don't want you to (Go), I don't really wanna (Fight)

'Cause nobody's gonna (Win), I think you should come home

And I don't want you to (Go), I don't really wanna (Fight)

'Cause nobody's gonna (Win), I think you should come home

And I don't want you to (Go), I don't really wanna (Fight)

'Cause nobody's gonna (Win), I just thought you should know

And I'll never let you (Go) 'cause I know this is a (Fight)

That someday we're gonna (Win)


It's you and me, that's my whole world

They whisper in the hallway, "She's a bad, bad girl"

Oh, I just thought you should know (You should know)

It's you and me, there's nothing like this (Like this)

Miss Americana and The Heartbreak Prince (Okay)

We're so sad, we paint the town blue (Paint it blue)

Voted most likely to run away with you


And I don't want you to (Go), I don't really wanna (Fight)

'Cause nobody's gonna (Win), I think you should come home

And I'll never let you (Go) 'cause I know this is a (Fight)

That someday we're gonna (Win), I just thought you should know


It's you and me, that's my whole world

They whisper in the hallway, "She's a bad, bad girl"

"She's a bad, bad girl"



"Paper Rings"


The moon is high

Like your friends were the night that we first met

Went home and tried to stalk you on the internet

Now I've read all of the books beside your bed

The wine is cold

Like the shoulder that I gave you in the street

Cat and mouse for a month or two or three

Now I wake up in the night and watch you breathe


(Ayy)

Kiss me once 'cause you know I had a long night (Oh)

Kiss me twice 'cause it's gonna be alright (Uh)

Three times 'cause I waited my whole life (1, 2, 1, 2, 3, 4)


I like shiny things, but I'd marry you with paper rings

Uh huh, that's right

Darling, you're the one I want, and

I hate accidents except when we went from friends to this

Uh huh, that's right

Darling, you're the one I want

In paper rings in picture frames in dirty dreams

Oh, you're the one I want


In the winter, in the icy outdoor pool

When you jumped in first, I went in too

I'm with you even if it makes me blue

Which takes me back

To the color that we painted your brother's wall

Honey, without all the exes, fights, and flaws

We wouldn't be standing here so tall, so


(Ayy)

Kiss you once 'cause I know you had a long night (Oh)

Kiss you twice 'cause it's gonna be alright (Uh)

Three times 'cause you waited your whole life (1, 2, 1, 2, 3, 4)

Ah


I like shiny things, but I'd marry you with paper rings

Uh huh, that's right

Darling, you're the one I want, and

I hate accidents except when we went from friends to this

Uh huh, that's right

Darling, you're the one I want

In paper rings in picture frames in dirty dreams

Oh, you're the one I want


I want to drive away with you

I want your complications too

I want your dreary Mondays

Wrap your arms around me, baby boy

I want to drive away with you

I want your complications too

I want your dreary Mondays

Wrap your arms around me, baby boy

Uh huh


I like shiny things, but I'd marry you with paper rings

Uh huh, that's right, you're the one I want

I hate accidents except when we went from friends to this

Ah-ah, darling, you're the one I want

I like shiny things, but I'd marry you with paper rings

Uh huh, that's right

Darling, you're the one I want, and

I hate accidents except when we went from friends to this

Uh huh, that's right

Darling, you're the one I want

In paper rings in picture frames in all my dreams

You're the one I want

In paper rings in picture frames in all my dreams

Oh, you're the one I want


You're the one I want, one I want

You're the one I want, one I want



"Cornelia Street"


We were in the backseat

Drunk on something stronger than the drinks in the bar

"I rent a place on Cornelia Street"

I say casually in the car

We were a fresh page on the desk

Filling in the blanks as we go

As if the street lights pointed in an arrow head

Leading us home


And I hope I never lose you, hope it never ends

I'd never walk Cornelia Street again

That's the kinda heartbreak time could never mend

I'd never walk Cornelia Street again

And baby, I get mystified by how this city screams your name

And baby, I'm so terrified of if you ever walk away

I'd never walk Cornelia Street again

I'd never walk Cornelia Street again


Windows flung right open, autumn air

Jacket 'round my shoulders is yours

We bless the rains on Cornelia Street

Memorize the creaks in the floor

Back when we were card sharks, playing games

I thought you were leading me on

I packed my bags, left Cornelia Street

Before you even knew I was gone


But then you called, showed your hand

I turned around before I hit the tunnel

Sat on the roof, you and I


I hope I never lose you, hope it never ends

I'd never walk Cornelia Street again

That's the kinda heartbreak time could never mend

I'd never walk Cornelia Street again

And baby, I get mystified by how this city screams your name

And baby, I'm so terrified of if you ever walk away

I'd never walk Cornelia Street again

I'd never walk Cornelia Street again


You hold my hand on the street

Walk me back to that apartment

Years ago, we were just inside

Barefoot in the kitchen

Sacred new beginnings

That became my religion, listen


I hope I never lose you

I'd never walk Cornelia Street again

Oh, never again

And baby, I get mystified by how this city screams your name

And baby, I'm so terrified of if you ever walk away

I'd never walk Cornelia Street again

I'd never walk Cornelia Street again


I don't wanna lose you (Hope it never ends)

I'd never walk Cornelia Street again

I don't wanna lose you (Yeah)


"I rent a place on Cornelia Street"

I say casually in the car



"Death By A Thousand Cuts"


My, my, my, my

My, my, my, my

My, my, my, my

My, my, my, my

My, my, my, my

My, my, my, my

My, my, my, my

My, my, my, my


Saying goodbye is death by a thousand cuts

Flashbacks waking me up

I get drunk, but it's not enough

'Cause the morning comes and you're not my baby

I look through the windows of this love

Even though we boarded them up

Chandelier's still flickering here

'Cause I can't pretend it's okay when it's not

It's death by a thousand cuts


I dress to kill my time, I take the long way home

I ask the traffic lights if it'll be alright

They say, "I don't know"

And what once was ours is no one's now

I see you everywhere, the only thing we share

Is this small town

You said it was a great love, one for the ages

But if the story's over, why am I still writing pages?


'Cause saying goodbye is death by a thousand cuts

Flashbacks waking me up

I get drunk, but it's not enough

'Cause the morning comes and you're not my baby

I look through the windows of this love

Even though we boarded them up

Chandelier's still flickering here

'Cause I can't pretend it's okay when it's not


It's death by a thousand cuts


My heart, my hips, my body, my love

Tryna find a part of me that you didn't touch

Gave up on me like I was a bad drug

Now I'm searching for signs in a haunted club

Our songs, our films, united we stand

Our country, guess it was a lawless land

Quiet my fears with the touch of your hand

Paper cut stings from our paper-thin plans

My time, my wine, my spirit, my trust

Tryna find a part of me you didn't take up

Gave you so much, but it wasn't enough

But I'll be alright, it's just a thousand cuts


I get drunk, but it's not enough

'Cause you're not my baby

I look through the windows of this love

Even though we boarded them up

Chandelier's still flickering here

'Cause I can't pretend it's okay when it's not

No, it's not

It's death by a thousand cuts (You didn't touch)


Tryna find a part of me that you didn't touch

My body, my love, my trust (It's death by a thousand cuts)

But it wasn't enough, it wasn't enough, no, no


I take the long way home

I ask the traffic lights if it'll be alright

They say, "I don't know"



"London Boy"


We can go driving in, on my scooter

Uh, you know, just 'round London

Alright, yeah


I love my hometown as much as Motown, I love SoCal

And you know I love Springsteen, faded blue jeans, Tennessee whiskey

But something happened, I heard him laughing

I saw the dimples first and then I heard the accent

They say home is where the heart is

But that's not where mine lives


You know I love a London boy

I enjoy walking Camden Market in the afternoon

He likes my American smile, like a child when our eyes meet

Darling, I fancy you

Took me back to Highgate, met all of his best mates

So I guess all the rumors are true

You know I love a London boy

Boy, I fancy you (Ooh)


And now I love high tea, stories from Uni, and the West End

You can find me in the pub, we are watching rugby with his school friends

Show me a gray sky, a rainy cab ride

Babes, don't threaten me with a good time

They say home is where the heart is

But God, I love the English


You know I love a London boy, I enjoy nights in Brixton

Shoreditch in the afternoon

He likes my American smile, like a child when our eyes meet

Darling, I fancy you

Took me back to Highgate, met all of his best mates

So I guess all the rumors are true

You know I love a London boy

Boy, I fancy you


So please show me Hackney

Doesn't have to be Louis V up on Bond Street

Just wanna be with you

Wanna be with you

Stick with me, I'm your queen

Like a Tennessee Stella McCartney, on the Heath

Just wanna be with you (Wanna be with you)

Wanna be with you (Oh)


You know I love a London boy, I enjoy walking SoHo

Drinking in the afternoon (Yeah)

He likes my American smile, like a child when our eyes meet

Darling, I fancy you (You)

Took me back to Highgate, met all of his best mates

So I guess all the rumors are true (Yeah)

You know I love a London boy (Oh)

Boy (Oh), I fancy you (I fancy you, ooh)


So please show me Hackney

Doesn't have to be Louis V up on Bond Street

Just wanna be with you

I, I, I fancy you

Oh whoa, oh, I

Stick with me, I'm your queen

Like a Tennessee Stella McCartney, on the Heath

Just wanna be with you (Ooh)

Wanna be with you

I fancy you (Yeah), I fancy you

Oh whoa, ah



"Soon You'll Get Better"

(feat. The Chicks)


The buttons of my coat were tangled in my hair

In doctor's office lighting, I didn't tell you I was scared

That was the first time we were there

Holy orange bottles, each night, I pray to you

Desperate people find faith, so now I pray to Jesus too

And I say to you


Ooh-ah

Soon, you'll get better

Ooh-ah

Soon, you'll get better

Ooh-ah

You'll get better soon

'Cause you have to


I know delusion when I see it in the mirror

You like the nicer nurses, you make the best of a bad deal

I just pretend it isn't real

I'll paint the kitchen neon, I'll brighten up the sky

I know I'll never get it, there's not a day that I won't try

And I say to you


Ooh-ah

Soon, you'll get better

Ooh-ah

Soon, you'll get better

Ooh-ah

You'll get better soon

'Cause you have to


And I hate to make this all about me

But who am I supposed to talk to?

What am I supposed to do

If there's no you?


This won't go back to normal, if it ever was

It's been years of hoping, and I keep saying it because

'Cause I have to


Ooh-ah

You'll get better

Ooh-ah

Soon, you'll get better

Ooh-ah

You'll get better soon

Ooh-ah

Soon, you'll get better

Ooh-ah

Soon, you'll get better

Ooh-ah

You'll get better soon

'Cause you have to



"False God"


We were crazy to think

Crazy to think that this could work

Remember how I said I'd die for you?

We were stupid to jump

In the ocean separating us

Remember how I'd fly to you?


And I can't talk to you when you're like this

Staring out the window like I'm not your favorite town

I'm New York City, I still do it for you, babe

They all warned us about times like this

They say the road gets hard and you get lost

When you're led by blind faith, blind faith


But we might just get away with it

Religion's in your lips

Even if it's a false god

We'd still worship

We might just get away with it

The altar is my hips

Even if it's a false god

We'd still worship this love

We'd still worship this love

We'd still worship this love


I know heaven's a thing

I go there when you touch me, honey

Hell is when I fight with you

But we can patch it up good

Make confessions and we're begging for forgiveness

Got the wine for you


And you can't talk to me when I'm like this

Daring you to leave me just so I can try and scare you

You're the West Village

You still do it for me, babe

They all warned us about times like this

They say the road gets hard and you get lost

When you're led by blind faith, blind faith


But we might just get away with it

Religion's in your lips

Even if it's a false god

We'd still worship

We might just get away with it

The altar is my hips

Even if it's a false god

We'd still worship this love

We'd still worship this love

We'd still worship this love, ah


Still worship this love

Even if it's a false god

Even if it's a false god

Still worship this love



"You Need To Calm Down"


You are somebody that I don't know

But you're taking shots at me like it's Patrón

And I'm just like, "Damn!

It's 7 AM"


Say it in the street, that's a knock-out

But you say it in a tweet, that's a cop-out

And I'm just like, "Hey!

Are you OK?"


And I ain't tryna mess with your self-expression

But I've learned the lesson

That stressing and obsessing

'Bout somebody else is no fun

And snakes and stones never broke my bones


So, oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh!

You need to calm down

You're being too loud

And I'm just like

"Oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh!

You need to just stop

Like, can you just not step on my gown?

You need to calm down"


You are somebody that we don't know

But you're coming at my friends like a missile

Why are you mad

When you could be GLAAD?

(You could be GLAAD)


Sunshine on the street at the parade

But you would rather be in the dark ages

Just making that sign

Must've taken all night


You just need to take several seats

And then try to restore the peace

And control your urges to scream

About all the people you hate

'Cause shade never made anybody less gay


So, oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh!

You need to calm down

You're being too loud

And I'm just like

"Oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh!

You need to just stop

Like, can you just not step on his gown

You need to calm down"


And we see you over there on the Internet

Comparing all the girls who are killing it

But we figured you out

We all know now

We all got crowns

You need to calm down


Oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh!

You need to calm down

(You need to calm down)

You're being too loud

(You're being too loud)

And I'm just like

"Oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh!

You need to just stop

(Can you stop?)

Like, can you just not step on our gowns

You need to calm down"



"Afterglow"


I blew things out of proportion, now you're blue

Put you in jail for something you didn't do

I pinned your hands behind your back, oh

Thought I had reason to attack, but no


Fighting with a true love is boxing with no gloves

Chemistry 'til it blows up, 'til there's no us

Why'd I have to break what I love so much?

It's on your face, and I'm to blame, I need to say


Hey, it's all me, in my head

I'm the one who burned us down

But it's not what I meant

Sorry that I hurt you

I don't wanna do, I don't wanna do this to you (Ooh)

I don't wanna lose, I don't wanna lose this with you (Ooh)

I need to say, hey, it's all me, just don't go

Meet me in the afterglow


It's so excruciating to see you low

Just wanna lift you up and not let you go

This ultraviolet morning light below

Tells me this love is worth the fight, oh


I lived like an island, punished you with silence

Went off like sirens, just crying

Why'd I have to break what I love so much?

It's on your face, don't walk away, I need to say


Hey, it's all me, in my head

I'm the one who burned us down

But it's not what I meant

I'm sorry that I hurt you

I don't wanna do, I don't wanna do this to you (Ooh)

I don't wanna lose, I don't wanna lose this with you (Ooh)

I need to say, hey, it's all me, just don't go

Meet me in the afterglow


Tell me that you're still mine

Tell me that we'll be just fine

Even when I lose my mind

I need to say

Tell me that it's not my fault

Tell me that I'm all you want

Even when I break your heart

I need to say


Hey, it's all me, in my head

I'm the one who burned us down

But it's not what I meant

Sorry that I hurt you

I don't wanna do, I don't wanna do this to you (Ooh)

I don't wanna lose, I don't wanna lose this with you (Ooh)

I need to say, hey, it's all me, just don't go

Meet me in the afterglow



"ME!"

(feat. Brendon Urie of Panic! At The Disco)


I promise that you'll never find another like me


I know that I'm a handful baby, uh

I know I never think before I jump

And you're the kind of guy the ladies want

(And there's a lot of cool chicks out there)


I know that I went psycho on the phone

I never leave well enough alone

And trouble's gonna follow where I go

(And there's a lot of cool chicks out there)


But one of these things is not like the others

Like a rainbow with all of the colors

Baby doll, when it comes to a lover

I promise that you'll never find another like me-e-e-eh


Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh

I'm the only one of me

Baby, that's the fun of me-e-eh

Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh

You're the only one of you

Baby, that's the fun of you


And I promise that nobody's gonna love you like me-e-e-eh


I know I tend to make it about me

I know you never get just what you see

But I will never bore you, baby

(And there's a lot of lame guys out there)


And when we had that fight out in the rain

You ran after me and called my name

I never wanna see you walk away

(And there's a lot of lame guys out there)


'Cause one of these things is not like the others

Living in winter, I am your summer

Baby doll, when it comes to a lover

I promise that you'll never find another like me-e-e-eh


Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh

I'm the only one of me

Let me keep you company-e-e-eh

Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh

You're the only one of you

Baby, that's the fun of you


And I promise that nobody's gonna love you like me-e-e-eh


["Hey, kids.

Spelling is fun!"]


Girl, there ain't no "I" in "team"

But you know there is a "me"

Strike the band up 1, 2, 3

I promise that you'll never find another like me


Girl, there ain't no "I" in "team"

But you know there is a "me"

And you can't spell "awesome" without "me"

I promise that you'll never find another like me-e-e-eh


Yeah, ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh

(And I want you, baby)

I'm the only one of me

(I'm the only one of me)

Baby, that's the fun of me-e-e-eh

(Baby, that's the fun of me)


Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh

You're the only one of you

Baby, that's the fun of you

And I promise that nobody's gonna love you like me-e-e-eh


Girl, there ain't no "I" in "team"

Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh

But you know there is a "me"

I'm the only one of me

Baby, that's the fun of me-e-e-eh


Strike the band up 1, 2, 3

Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh

You can't spell "awesome" without "me"

You're the only one of you

Baby, that's the fun of you


And I promise that nobody's gonna love you like me-e-e-eh



"It's Nice To Have A Friend"


Ooh

Ooh


School bell rings, walk me home

Sidewalk chalk covered in snow

Lost my gloves, you give me one

"Wanna hang out?" Yeah, sounds like fun

Video games, you pass me a note

Sleeping in tents


It's nice to have a friend (Ooh)

It's nice to have a friend (Ooh)


Light pink sky up on the roof

Sun sinks down, no curfew

20 questions, we tell the truth

You've been stressed out lately, yeah, me too

Something gave you the nerve

To touch my hand


It's nice to have a friend (Ooh)

It's nice to have a friend (Ooh)


Church bells ring, carry me home

Rice on the ground looks like snow

Call my bluff, call you "Babe"

Have my back, yeah, every day

Feels like home, stay in bed

The whole weekend


It's nice to have a friend (Ooh)

It's nice to have a friend (Ooh)

It's nice to have a friend (Ooh)

It's nice to have a friend (Ooh)

(Ooh)



"Daylight"


My love was as cruel as the cities I lived in

Everyone looked worse in the light

There are so many lines that I've crossed unforgiven

I'll tell you the truth, but never goodbye


I don't wanna look at anything else now that I saw you

I don't wanna think of anything else now that I thought of you

I've been sleeping so long in a twenty-year dark night

And now I see daylight, I only see daylight


Luck of the draw only draws the unlucky

And so I became the butt of the joke

I wounded the good and I trusted the wicked

Clearing the air, I breathed in the smoke

Maybe you ran with the wolves and refused to settle down

Maybe I've stormed out of every single room in this town

Threw out our cloaks and our daggers because it's morning now

It's brighter now, now


I don't wanna look at anything else now that I saw you

(I can never look away)

I don't wanna think of anything else now that I thought of you

(Things will never be the same)

I've been sleeping so long in a twenty-year dark night

(Now I'm wide awake)

And now I see daylight (daylight), I only see daylight (daylight)

I only see daylight, daylight, daylight, daylight

I only see daylight, daylight, daylight, daylight


And I can still see it all (In my mind)

All of you, all of me (Intertwined)

I once believed love would be (Black and white)

But it's golden (Golden)

And I can still see it all (In my head)

Back and forth from New York (Sneaking in your bed)

I once believed love would be (Burning red)

But it's golden

Like daylight, like daylight

Like daylight, daylight


I don't wanna look at anything else now that I saw you

(I can never look away)

I don't wanna think of anything else now that I thought of you

(Things will never be the same)

I've been sleeping so long in a twenty-year dark night

(Now I'm wide awake)

And now I see daylight (I see daylight), I only see daylight (Ah)

I only see daylight, daylight, daylight, daylight

I only see daylight, daylight, daylight, daylight (Ah)

(And I can still see it all)

I only see daylight, daylight, daylight, daylight

(And I can still see it all, back and forth from New York)

I only see daylight, daylight, daylight, daylight

(I once believed love would be burning red)


Like daylight

It's golden like daylight

You gotta step into the daylight and let it go

Just let it go, let it go

I wanna be defined by the things that I love

Not the things I hate

Not the things that I'm afraid of, I'm afraid of

Not the things that haunt me in the middle of the night

I, I just think that

You are what you love



"All Of The Girls You Loved Before"


When you think of all the late nights

Lame fights over the phone

Wake up in the mornin' with someone

But feelin' alone


A heart is drawn around your name

In someone's handwriting, not mine

We're sneakin' out into town

Holdin' hands, just killin' time


Your past and mine are parallel lines

Stars all aligned and they intertwined

And taught you

The way you call me "baby"

Treat me like a lady

All that I can say is


All of the girls you loved before (Ooh)

Made you the one I've fallen for

Every dead-end street led you straight to me

Now you're all I need, I'm so thankful for

All of the girls you loved before

But I love you more


When I think of all the makeup

Fake love out on the town (Ooh)

Cryin' in the bathroom for some dude

Whose name I cannot remember now


Secret jokes all alone

No one's home, sixteen and wild (Ooh)

We're breakin' up, makin' up

Leave without sayin' goodbye (Ooh)


And just know that

It's everything that made me

Now I call you "baby"

That's why you're so amazing


All of the girls you loved before (Ooh)

Made you the one I've fallen for

Every dead-end street led you straight to me

Now you're all I need, I'm so thankful for

All of the girls you loved before

But I love you more


Your mother brought you up loyal and kind

Teenage love taught you there's good in goodbye

Every woman that you knew brought you here

I wanna teach you how forever feels like


The girls you loved before (Ooh)

Made you the one I've fallen for

Every dead-end street (Dead-end street) led you straight to me (Straight to me)

Now you're all I need (All I need), I'm so thankful for

All of the girls you loved before

But I love you more


(I love you more)

(I love you more)



"Beautiful Ghosts"


Follow me home if you dare to

I wouldn't know where to lead you

Should I take chances when no one took chances on me?

So I watch from the dark, wait for my life to start

With no beauty in my memory


All that I wanted was to be wanted

Too young to wander London streets, alone and haunted

Born into nothing

At least you have something, something to cling to

Visions of dazzling rooms I'll never get let into


And the memories were lost long ago

But at least you have beautiful ghosts


Perilous night, their voices calling

A flicker of light before the dawning

Out here, the wild ones

Are taming the fear within me

Scared to call them my friends and be broken again

Is this hope just a mystical dream?


All that I wanted was to be wanted

Too young to wander London streets, alone and haunted

Born into nothing

At least you have something, something to cling to

Visions of dazzling rooms I'll never get let into


And the memories were lost long ago

But at least you have beautiful ghosts


And so maybe my home isn't what I had known

What I thought it would be

But I feel so alive with these phantoms of night

And I know that this life isn't safe but it's wild and it's free


All that I wanted was to be wanted

I'll never wander London streets alone and haunted

Born into nothing

With them I have something, something to cling to

I never knew I'd love this world they've let me into


And the memories were lost long ago

So I'll dance with these beautiful ghosts

And the memories were lost long ago

So I'll dance with these beautiful ghosts



"Christmas Tree Farm"


My winter nights are taken up by static

Stress, and holiday shopping traffic

But I close my eyes, and I'm somewhere else

Just like magic


In my heart is a Christmas tree farm

Where the people would come

To dance under sparkling lights

Bundled up in their mittens and coats

And the cider would flow

And I just wanna be there tonight


Sweet dreams of holly and ribbon

Mistakes are forgiven

And everything is icy and blue

And you would be there too


Under the mistletoe

Watching the fire glow

And telling me, "I love you"

Just being in your arms

Takes me back to that little farm

Where every wish comes true


In my heart is a Christmas tree farm

There's a light in the barn

We'd run inside out from the cold

In the town, kids are dreaming of sleighs

And they're warm and they're safe

They wake to see a blanket of snow


Sweet dreams of holly and ribbon

Mistakes are forgiven

And everything is icy and blue

And you would be there too


Under the mistletoe

Watching the fire glow

And telling me, "I love you"

Just being in your arms

Takes me back to that little farm

Where every wish comes true

(Baby, yeah!)


And when I'm feeling alone

You remind me of home

Oh baby, baby, Merry Christmas

And when the world isn't fair

I'll pretend that we're there

Baby, baby, Merry Christmas

To you


Under the mistletoe (To you)

Watching the fire glow

And telling me, "I love you"


Baby, baby, Merry Christmas

Oh baby, baby, Merry Christmas

(Darling)

Baby, baby, Merry Christmas

I love you


Oh baby, baby, Merry Christmas

Oh baby, baby, Merry Christmas

(I just want you to know)

Oh baby, baby, Merry Christmas

May your every wish come true

2020


"Only The Young"


It keeps me awake

The look on your face

The moment you heard the news

You're screaming inside

And frozen in time

You did all that you could do

The game was rigged, the ref got tricked

The wrong ones think they're right

You were outnumbered — this time


But only the young

Only the young

Only the young

Only the young can run

Can run, so run

And run, and run


So every day now

You brace for the sound

You've only heard on TV

You go to class, scared

Wondering where the best hiding spot would be

And the big bad man and his big bad clan

Their hands are stained with red

Oh, how quickly, they forget


They aren't gonna help us

Too busy helping themselves

They aren't gonna change this

We gotta do it ourselves

They think that it's over

But it's just begun


Only one thing can save us

Only the young (Only the young)

Only the young (Only the young)

Only the young (Only the young)

Only the young


Only the young (Only the young)

Only the young (Only the young)

Only the young (Only the young)

Only the young

Only the young (Only the young)

(Don't say you're too tired to fight

It's just a matter of time

Up there's the finish line)

Only the young (Only the young)

Only the young (Only the young)

Only the young

Can run


Don't say you're too tired to fight

It's just a matter of time (Can run)

Up there's the finish line

So run, and run, and run

Don't say you're too tired to fight

It's just a matter of time (So run)

Up there's the finish line

And run, and run, and run


Only the young

Only the young

Only the young



“folklore” (released July 24, 2020)


"the 1"


I'm doing good, I'm on some new shit

Been saying "yes" instead of "no"

I thought I saw you at the bus stop, I didn't though


I hit the ground running each night

I hit the Sunday matinee

You know the greatest films of all time were never made


I guess you never know, never know

And if you wanted me, you really should've showed

And if you never bleed, you're never gonna grow

And it's alright now


But we were something, don't you think so?

Roaring twenties, tossing pennies in the pool

And if my wishes came true

It would've been you

In my defense, I have none

For never leaving well enough alone

But it would've been fun

If you would've been the one


I have this dream you're doing cool shit

Having adventures on your own

You meet some woman on the Internet and take her home

We never painted by the numbers, baby

But we were making it count

You know the greatest loves of all time are over now


I guess you never know, never know

And it's another day, waking up alone


But we were something, don't you think so?

Roaring twenties, tossing pennies in the pool

And if my wishes came true

It would've been you

In my defense, I have none

For never leaving well enough alone

But it would've been fun

If you would've been the one


Hey, yeah-yeah

I persist and resist the temptation to ask you

If one thing had been different

Would everything be different today?


We were something, don't you think so?

Rosé flowing with your chosen family

And it would've been sweet

If it could've been me

In my defense, I have none

For digging up the grave another time

But it would've been fun

If you would've been the one



"cardigan"


Vintage tee, brand new phone

High heels on cobblestones

When you are young, they assume you know nothing

Sequin smile, black lipstick

Sensual politics

When you are young, they assume you know nothing


But I knew you

Dancing in your Levi's

Drunk under a streetlight, I

I knew you

Hand under my sweatshirt

Baby, kiss it better, I


And when I felt like I was an old cardigan under someone's bed

You put me on and said I was your favorite

A friend to all is a friend to none

Chase two girls, lose the one

When you are young, they assume you know nothing


But I knew you

Playing hide-and-seek and

Giving me your weekends

I, I knew you

Your heartbeat on the High Line

Once in twenty lifetimes, I


And when I felt like I was an old cardigan under someone's bed

You put me on and said I was your favorite


To kiss in cars and downtown bars

Was all we needed

You drew stars around my scars

But now I'm bleeding


'Cause I knew you

Stepping on the last train

Marked me like a bloodstain, I

I knew you

Tried to change the ending

Peter losing Wendy

I, I knew you

Leaving like a father

Running like water, I

And when you are young, they assume you know nothing


But I knew you'd linger like a tattoo kiss

I knew you'd haunt all of my what-ifs

The smell of smoke would hang around this long

'Cause I knew everything when I was young

I knew I'd curse you for the longest time

Chasing shadows in the grocery line

I knew you'd miss me once the thrill expired

And you'd be standing in my front porch light

And I knew you'd come back to me

You'd come back to me

And you'd come back to me

And you'd come back


And when I felt like I was an old cardigan under someone's bed

You put me on and said I was your favorite



"the last great american dynasty"


Rebekah rode up on the afternoon train, it was sunny

Her saltbox house on the coast took her mind off St. Louis

Bill was the heir to the Standard Oil name and money

And the town said, "How did a middle-class divorcée do it?"


The wedding was charming, if a little gauche

There's only so far new money goes

They picked out a home and called it "Holiday House"

Their parties were tasteful, if a little loud

The doctor had told him to settle down

It must have been her fault his heart gave out


And they said, "There goes the last great American dynasty

Who knows, if she never showed up what could've been

There goes the maddest woman this town has ever seen

She had a marvelous time ruining everything."


Rebekah gave up on the Rhode Island set forever

Flew in all her Bitch Pack friends from the city

Filled the pool with champagne and swam with the big names

And blew through the money on the boys and the ballet

And losing on card game bets with Dalí


And they said, "There goes the last great American dynasty

Who knows, if she never showed up, what could've been

There goes the most shameless woman this town has ever seen

She had a marvelous time ruining everything."


They say she was seen on occasion

Pacing the rocks staring out at the midnight sea

And in a feud with her neighbor

She stole his dog and dyed it key lime green

Fifty years is a long time

Holiday House sat quietly on that beach

Free of women with madness

Their men and bad habits, and then it was bought by me


Who knows, if I never showed up what could've been

There goes the loudest woman this town has ever seen

I had a marvelous time ruining everything

I had a marvelous time

Ruining everything

A marvelous time

Ruining everything

A marvelous time

I had a marvelous time



"exile"

(feat. Bon Iver)


I can see you standin', honey

With his arms around your body

Laughin' but the joke's not funny at all

And it took you five whole minutes

To pack us up and leave me with it

Holdin' all this love out here in the hall


I think I've seen this film before

And I didn't like the ending

You're not my homeland anymore

So what am I defendin' now?

You were my town

Now I'm in exile seein' you out

I think I've seen this film before


Hoo, hoo-ooh

Hoo, hoo-ooh

Hoo, hoo-ooh


I can see you starin', honey

Like he's just your understudy

Like you'd get your knuckles bloody for me

Second, third, and hundredth chances

Balancin' on breaking branches

Those eyes add insult to injury


I think I've seen this film before

And I didn't like the ending

I'm not your problem anymore

So who am I offending now?

You were my crown

Now I'm in exile seein' you out

I think I've seen this film before

So I'm leavin' out the side door


So step right out

There is no amount

Of cryin' I can do for you


All this time

We always walked a very thin line

You didn't even hear me out (You didn't even hear me out)

You never gave a warning sign (I gave so many signs)


All this time

I never learned to read your mind (Never learned to read my mind)

I couldn't turn things around (You never turned things around)

'Cause you never gave a warning sign (I gave so many signs)

So many signs

So many signs (You didn't even see the signs)


I think I've seen this film before

And I didn't like the ending

You're not my homeland anymore

So what am I defending now?

You were my town

Now I'm in exile seein' you out

I think I've seen this film before

So I'm leaving out the side door


So step right out

There is no amount

Of cryin' I can do for you


All this time

We always walked a very thin line

You didn't even hear me out (didn't even hear me out)

You never gave a warning sign (I gave so many signs)


All this time

I never learned to read your mind (Never learned to read my mind)

I couldn't turn things around (You never turned things around)

'Cause you never gave a warning sign (I gave so many signs)

You never gave a warning sign (All this time)

(So many times) I never learned to read your mind

(So many signs) I couldn't turn things around (I couldn't turn things around)

'Cause you never gave a warning sign (You never gave a warning sign)

You never gave a warning sign

Ah, ah



"my tears ricochet"


We gather here

We line up weeping in a sunlit room

And if I'm on fire

You'll be made of ashes, too


Even on my worst day

Did I deserve, babe

All the hell you gave me?

'Cause I loved you

I swear I loved you

'Til my dying day


I didn't have it in myself to go with grace

And you're the hero flying around saving face

And if I'm dead to you why are you at the wake?

Cursing my name

Wishing I stayed

Look at how my tears ricochet


We gather stones

Never knowing what they'll mean

Some to throw

Some to make a diamond ring

You know I didn't want to

Have to haunt you

But what a ghostly scene

You wear the same jewels

That I gave you

As you bury me


I didn't have it in myself to go with grace

'Cause when I'd fight, you used to tell me I was brave

And if I'm dead to you why are you at the wake?

Cursing my name

Wishing I stayed

Look at how my tears ricochet


And I can go anywhere I want

Anywhere I want

Just not home

And you can aim for my heart, go for blood

But you would still miss me in your bones

And I still talk to you

When I'm screaming at the sky

And when you can't sleep at night

You hear my stolen lullabies


I didn't have it in myself to go with grace

And so the battleships will sink beneath the waves

You had to kill me, but it killed you just the same

Cursing my name

Wishing I stayed

You turned into your worst fears

And you're tossing out blame

Drunk on this pain

Crossing out the good years

And you're cursing my name

Wishing I stayed

Look at how my tears ricochet



"mirrorball"


I want you to know

I'm a mirrorball

I'll show you every version of yourself tonight

I'll get you out on the floor

Shimmering beautiful

And when I break it's in a million pieces


Hush

When no one is around, my dear

You'll find me on my tallest tiptoes

Spinning in my highest heels, love

Shining just for you

Hush

I know they said the end is near

But I'm still on my tallest tiptoes

Spinning in my highest heels, love

Shining just for you


I want you to know

I'm a mirrorball

I can change everything about me to fit in

You are not like the regulars

The masquerade revelers

Drunk as they watch my shattered edges glisten


Hush

When no one is around, my dear

You'll find me on my tallest tiptoes

Spinning in my highest heels, love

Shining just for you

Hush

I know they said the end is near

But I'm still on my tallest tiptoes

Spinning in my highest heels, love

Shining just for you


And they called off the circus

Burned the disco down

When they sent home the horses

And the rodeo clowns

I'm still on that tightrope

I'm still trying everything to get you laughing at me

I'm still a believer but I don't know why

I've never been a natural

All I do is try, try, try

I'm still on that trapeze

I'm still trying everything

To keep you looking at me


Because I'm a mirrorball

I'm a mirrorball

I'll show you every version of yourself

Tonight



"seven"


Please picture me

In the trees

I hit my peak at seven

Feet

In the swing

Over the creek

I was too scared to jump in, but I, I was high

In the sky

With Pennsylvania under me

Are there still beautiful things?


Sweet tea in the summer

Cross your heart, won't tell no other

And though I can't recall your face

I still got love for you

Your braids like a pattern

Love you to the moon and to Saturn

Passed down like folk songs

The love lasts so long


And I've been meaning to tell you

I think your house is haunted

Your dad is always mad and that must be why

And I think you should come live with

Me and we can be pirates

Then you won't have to cry

Or hide in the closet

And just like a folk song

Our love will be passed on


Please picture me

In the weeds

Before I learned civility

I used to scream

Ferociously

Any time I wanted

I, I


Sweet tea in the summer

Cross my heart, won't tell no other

And though I can't recall your face

I still got love for you

Pack your dolls and a sweater

We'll move to India forever

Passed down like folk songs

Our love lasts so long



"august"


Salt air

And the rust on your door

I never needed anything more

Whispers

Of "Are you sure?"

"Never have I ever before"


But I can see us

Lost in the memory

August slipped away into a moment in time

'Cause it was never mine

And I can see us twisted in bedsheets

August sipped away

Like a bottle of wine

'Cause you were never mine


Your back

Beneath the sun

Wishing I could write my name on it

Will you call when you're back at school?

I remember thinking I had you


But I can see us

Lost in the memory

August slipped away into a moment in time

'Cause it was never mine

And I can see us twisted in bedsheets

August sipped away

Like a bottle of wine

'Cause you were never mine


Back when we were still changing for the better

Wanting was enough

For me, it was enough

To live for the hope of it all

Cancel plans just in case you'd call

And say "Meet me behind the mall"

So much for summer love, and saying "Us"

'Cause you weren't mine to lose

You weren't mine to lose

No


But I can see us

Lost in the memory

August slipped away into a moment in time

'Cause it was never mine

And I can see us twisted in bedsheets

August sipped away

Like a bottle of wine

'Cause you were never mine, mine


'Cause you were never mine

Never mine

But do you remember?

Remember when I pulled up

And said "Get in the car"

And then canceled my plans

Just in case you'd call?

Back when I was living for the hope of it all

For the hope of it all

"Meet me behind the mall"


(Remember when I pulled up)

(And said "Get in the car")

(And then canceled my plans)

(Just in case you'd call?)

(Back when I was living for the hope of it all)

(For the hope of it all)

("Meet me behind the mall")


Remember when I pulled up

And said "Get in the car"

And then canceled my plans

Just in case you'd call?

Back when I was living for the hope of it all

(For the hope of it all)

For the hope of it all

For the hope of it all

For the hope of it all

For the hope of it all



"this is me trying"


I've been having a hard time adjusting

I had the shiniest wheels, now they're rusting

I didn't know if you'd care if I came back

I have a lot of regrets about that

Pulled the car off the road to the lookout

Could've followed my fears all the way down

And maybe I don't quite know what to say

But I'm here in your doorway


I just wanted you to know

That this is me trying

I just wanted you to know

That this is me trying


They told me all of my cages were mental

So I got wasted like all my potential

And my words shoot to kill when I'm mad

I have a lot of regrets about that

I was so ahead of the curve, the curve became a sphere

Fell behind all my classmates and I ended up here

Pourin' out my heart to a stranger

But I didn't pour the whiskey


I just wanted you to know

That this is me trying

I just wanted you to know

That this is me trying


At least I'm trying


And it's hard to be at a party

When I feel like an open wound

It's hard to be anywhere these days

When all I want is you

You're a flashback in a film reel

On the one screen in my town


And I just wanted you to know

That this is me trying (And maybe I don't quite know what to say)

I just wanted you to know

That this is me trying


At least I'm trying



"illicit affairs"


Make sure nobody sees you leave

Hood over your head

Keep your eyes down

Tell your friends you're out for a run

You'll be flushed when you return

Take the road less traveled by

Tell yourself you can always stop

What started in beautiful rooms

Ends with meetings in parking lots


And that's the thing about illicit affairs

And clandestine meetings

And longing stares

It's born from just one single glance

But it dies and it dies and it dies

...a million little times


Leave the perfume on the shelf

That you picked out just for him

So you leave no trace behind

Like you don't even exist

Take the words for what they are

A dwindling, mercurial high

A drug that only worked

The first few hundred times


And that's the thing about illicit affairs

And clandestine meetings

And stolen stares

They show their truth one single time

But they lie and they lie and they lie

...a million little times


And you wanna scream

Don't call me "kid"

Don't call me "baby"

Look at this godforsaken mess that you made me

You showed me colors you know I can't see with anyone else

Don't call me "kid"

Don't call me "baby"

Look at this idiotic fool that you made me

You taught me a secret language I can't speak with anyone else

And you know damn well

For you I would ruin myself

...a million little times



"invisible string"


Green was the color of the grass where I used to read at Centennial Park

I used to think I would meet somebody there

Teal was the color of your shirt when you were 16 at the yogurt shop

You used to work at to make a little money


Time

Curious time

Gave me no compasses

Gave me no signs

Were there clues I didn't see?

And isn't it just so pretty to think

All along there was some

Invisible string

Tying you to me?


Bad was the blood of the song in the cab on your first trip to LA

You ate at my favorite spot for dinner

Bold was the waitress on our three-year trip getting lunch down by the Lakes

She said I looked like an American singer


Time

Mystical time

Cutting me open, then healing me fine

Were there clues I didn't see?

And isn't it just so pretty to think

All along there was some

Invisible string

Tying you to me?


A string that pulled me

Out of all the wrong arms right into that dive bar

Something wrapped all of my past mistakes in barbed wire

Chains around my demons

Wool to brave the seasons

One single thread of gold tied me to you


Cold was the steel of my axe to grind for the boys who broke my heart

Now I send their babies presents

Gold was the color of the leaves when I showed you around Centennial Park

Hell was the journey but it brought me heaven


Time

Wondrous time

Gave me the blues and then purple-pink skies

And it's cool

Baby with me

And isn't it just so pretty to think

All along there was some

Invisible string

Tying you to me?


Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh

Me

Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh


(Ah-ah-ah)

(Ah-ah-ah)



"mad woman"


What did you think I'd say to that?

Does a scorpion sting when fighting back?

They strike to kill and you know I will

You know I will


What do you sing on your drive home?

Do you see my face in the neighbor's lawn?

Does she smile?

Or does she mouth, "Fuck you forever"?


Every time you call me crazy

I get more crazy

What about that?

And when you say I seem angry, I get more angry

And there's nothing like a mad woman

What a shame she went mad

No one likes a mad woman

You made her like that

And you'll poke that bear 'til her claws come out

And you find something to wrap your noose around

And there's nothing like a mad woman


Now I breathe flames each time I talk

My cannons all firing at your yacht

They say "move on"

But you know I won't

And women like hunting witches, too

Doing your dirtiest work for you

It's obvious that wanting me dead has really brought you two together


Every time you call me crazy

I get more crazy

What about that?

And when you say I seem angry, I get more angry

And there's nothing like a mad woman

What a shame she went mad

No one likes a mad woman

You made her like that

And you'll poke that bear 'til her claws come out

And you find something to wrap your noose around

And there's nothing like a mad woman


I'm taking my time

Taking my time

'Cause you took everything from me

Watching you climb

Watching you climb

Over people like me

The master of spin

Has a couple side flings

Good wives always know

She should be mad

Should be scathing like me

But no one likes a mad woman

What a shame she went mad


You made her like that



"epiphany"


Keep your helmet

Keep your life, son

Just a flesh wound

Here's your rifle


Crawling up the beaches now

"Sir, I think he's bleeding out"

And some things you just can't speak about


With you, I serve

With you, I fall down

Down

Watch you breathe in

Watch you breathin' out

Out


Something med school

Did not cover

Someone's daughter

Someone's mother


Holds your hand through plastic now

"Doc, I think she's crashing out"

And some things you just can't speak about


Only twenty minutes to sleep

But you dream of some epiphany

Just one single glimpse of relief

To make some sense of what you've seen


With you, I serve

With you, I fall down

Down (Down)

Watch you breathe in

Watch you breathin' out

Out


With you, I serve

With you, I serve

With you, I fall down (Down)

Down (Down)

Watch you breathe in

Watch you breathe in

Watch you breathin' out (Out)

Out (Out)


Only twenty minutes to sleep

But you dream of some epiphany

Just one single glimpse of relief

To make some sense of what you've seen



"betty"


Betty, I won't make assumptions about why you switched your homeroom

But I think it's 'cause of me

Betty, one time I was riding on my skateboard when I passed your house

It's like I couldn't breathe

You heard the rumors from Inez

You can't believe a word she says

Most times, but this time it was true

The worst thing that I ever did

Was what I did to you


But if I just showed up at your party

Would you have me?

Would you want me?

Would you tell me to go fuck myself

Or lead me to the garden?

In the garden would you trust me

If I told you it was just a summer thing?

I'm only seventeen

I don't know anything but I know I miss you


Betty, I know where it all went wrong

Your favorite song was playing from the far side of the gym

I was nowhere to be found, I hate the crowds, you know that

Plus, I saw you dance with him

You heard the rumors from Inez

You can't believe a word she says

Most times, but this time it was true

The worst thing that I ever did

Was what I did to you


But if I just showed up at your party

Would you have me?

Would you want me?

Would you tell me to go fuck myself

Or lead me to the garden?

In the garden would you trust me

If I told you it was just a summer thing?

I'm only seventeen

I don't know anything but I know I miss you


I was walking home on broken cobblestones

Just thinking of you when she pulled up

Like a figment of my worst intentions

She said "James, get in, let's drive"

Those days turned into nights

Slept next to her but

I dreamt of you all summer long


Betty, I'm here on your doorstep

And I planned it out for weeks now but, it's finally sinking in

Betty, right now is the last time

I can dream about what happens when you see my face again

The only thing I wanna do

Is make it up to you


So, I showed up at your party

Yeah, I showed up at your party

Yeah, I showed up at your party

Will you have me?

Will you love me?

Will you kiss me on the porch in front of all your stupid friends?

If you kiss me

Will it be just like I dreamed it? Will it patch your broken wings?

I'm only seventeen

I don't know anything

But I know I miss you

Standing in your cardigan

Kissing in my car again

Stopped at a streetlight, you know I miss you



"peace"


Our coming-of-age has come and gone

Suddenly this summer it's clear

I never had the courage of my convictions

As long as danger is near

And it's just around the corner, darlin'

'Cause it lives in me

No, I could never give you peace


But I'm a fire and I'll keep your brittle heart warm

If your cascade ocean wave blues come

All these people think love's for show

But I would die for you in secret

The devil's in the details

But you got a friend in me

Would it be enough

If I could never give you peace?


Your integrity makes me seem small

You paint dreamscapes on the wall

I talk shit with my friends

It's like I'm wastin' your honor


And you know that I'd

Swing with you for the fences

Sit with you in the trenches

Give you my wild, give you a child

Give you the silence that only comes when two people understand each other

Family that I chose now that I see your brother as my brother

Is it enough?

But there's robbers to the east

Clowns to the West

I'd give you my sunshine

Give you my best

But the rain is always gonna come

If you're standing with me


But I'm a fire and I'll keep your brittle heart warm

If your cascade ocean wave blues come

All these people think love's for show

But I would die for you in secret

The devil's in the details

But you got a friend in me

Would it be enough

If I could never give you peace?

Would it be enough

If I could never give you peace?

Would it be enough

If I could never give you peace?



"hoax"


My only one

My smoking gun

My eclipsed sun

This has broken me down

My twisted knife

My sleepless night

My winless fight

This has frozen my ground


Stood on the cliffside

Screaming, "Give me a reason"

Your faithless love's the only hoax

I believe in

Don't want no other shade of blue

But you

No other sadness in the world would do


My best laid plan

Your sleight of hand

My barren land

I am ash from your fire


Stood on the cliffside

Screaming "Give me a reason"

Your faithless love's the only hoax

I believe in

Don't want no other shade of blue

But you

No other sadness in the world would do


You know I left a part of me back in New York

You knew the hero died, so what's the movie for

You knew it still hurts underneath my scars

From when they pulled me apart

You knew the password, so I let you in the door

You knew you won, so what's the point of keeping score?

You knew it still hurts underneath my scars

From when they pulled me apart

But what you did was just as dark

Darling, this was just as hard

As when they pulled me apart


My only one

My kingdom come undone

My broken drum

You have beaten my heart


Don't want no other shade of blue

But you

No other sadness in the world would do



"the lakes"


Is it romantic how all my elegies eulogize me?

I'm not cut out for all these cynical clones

These hunters with cell phones


Take me to the Lakes where all the poets went to die

I don't belong and, my beloved, neither do you

Those Windermere peaks look like a perfect place to cry

I'm setting off, but not without my muse


What should be over burrowed under my skin

In heart-stopping waves of hurt

I've come too far to watch some namedropping sleaze

Tell me what are my words worth


Take me to the Lakes where all the poets went to die

I don't belong and, my beloved, neither do you

Those Windermere peaks look like a perfect place to cry

I'm setting off, but not without my muse


I want auroras and sad prose

I want to watch wisteria grow right over my bare feet

'Cause I haven't moved in years

And I want you right here

A red rose grew up out of ice frozen ground

With no one around to tweet it

While I bathe in cliffside pools

With my calamitous love and insurmountable grief


Take me to the Lakes where all the poets went to die

I don't belong and, my beloved, neither do you

Those Windermere peaks look like a perfect place to cry

I'm setting off, but not without my muse

No, not without you



“evermore” (released December 11, 2020)


"willow"


I'm like the water when your ship rolled in that night

Rough on the surface but you cut through like a knife

And if it was an open/shut case

I never would've known from that look on your face

Lost in your current like a priceless wine


The more that you say, the less I know

Wherever you stray, I follow

I'm begging for you to take my hand

Wreck my plans, that's my man


Life was a willow and it bent right to your wind

Head on the pillow, I could feel you sneaking in

As if you were a mythical thing

Like you were a trophy or a champion ring

And there was one prize I'd cheat to win


The more that you say, the less I know

Wherever you stray, I follow

I'm begging for you to take my hand

Wreck my plans, that's my man

You know that my train could take you home

Anywhere else is hollow

I'm begging for you to take my hand

Wreck my plans, that's my man


Life was a willow and it bent right to your wind

They count me out time and time again

Life was a willow and it bent right to your wind

But I come back stronger than a 90's trend


Wait for the signal and I'll meet you after dark

Show me the places where the others gave you scars

Now this is an open/shut case

I guess I should've known from the look on your face

Every bait-and-switch was a work of art


The more that you say, the less I know

Wherever you stray, I follow

I'm begging for you to take my hand

Wreck my plans, that's my man

You know that my train could take you home

Anywhere else is hollow

I'm begging for you to take my hand

Wreck my plans, that's my man


The more that you say, the less I know

Wherever you stray, I follow

I'm begging for you to take my hand

Wreck my plans, that's my man

You know that my train could take you home

Anywhere else is hollow

I'm begging for you to take my hand

Wreck my plans, that's my man


Hey, that's my man

That's my man

Yeah, that's my man

Every bait-and-switch was a work of art

That's my man

Hey, that's my man

I'm begging for you to take my hand

Wreck my plans, that's my man



"champagne problems"


You booked the night train for a reason

So you could sit there in this hurt

Bustling crowds or silent sleepers

You're not sure which is worse


Because I dropped your hand while dancing

Left you out there standing

Crestfallen on the landing

Champagne problems

Your mom's ring in your pocket

My picture in your wallet

Your heart was glass, I dropped it

Champagne problems


You told your family for a reason

You couldn't keep it in

Your sister splashed out on the bottle

Now no one's celebrating


Dom Pérignon, you brought it

No crowd of friends applauded

Your hometown skeptics called it

Champagne problems

You had a speech, you're speechless

Love slipped beyond your reaches

And I couldn't give a reason

Champagne problems


Your Midas touch on the Chevy door

November flush and your flannel cure

"This dorm was once a madhouse"

I made a joke, "Well, it's made for me"

How evergreen, our group of friends

Don't think we'll say that word again

And soon they'll have the nerve to deck the halls

That we once walked through

One for the money, two for the show

I never was ready, so I watch you go

Sometimes you just don't know the answer

'Til someone's on their knees and asks you

"She would've made such a lovely bride

What a shame she's fucked in the head," they said

But you'll find the real thing instead

She'll patch up your tapestry that I shred


And hold your hand while dancing

Never leave you standing

Crestfallen on the landing

With champagne problems

Your mom's ring in your pocket

Her picture in your wallet

You won't remember all my

Champagne problems


You won't remember all my

Champagne problems



"gold rush"


Gleaming

Twinkling

Eyes like sinking ships

On waters so inviting

I almost jump in


I don't like a gold rush, gold rush

I don't like anticipating my face in a red flush

I don't like that anyone would die to feel your touch

Everybody wants you

Everybody wonders what it would be like to love you

Walk past, quick brush

I don't like slow motion double vision in rose blush

I don't like that falling feels like flying 'til the bone crush

Everybody wants you

But I don't like a gold rush


What must it be like

To grow up that beautiful?

With your hair falling into place like dominoes

I see me padding across your wooden floors

With my Eagles T-shirt hanging from the door

At dinner parties

I call you out on your contrarian shit

And the coastal town

We wandered 'round had never

Seen a love as pure as it

And then it fades into the gray of my day-old tea

'Cause it could never be


'Cause I don't like a gold rush, gold rush

I don't like anticipating my face in a red flush

I don't like that anyone would die to feel your touch

Everybody wants you

Everybody wonders what it would be like to love you

Walk past, quick brush

I don't like slow motion double vision in rose blush

I don't like that falling feels like flying 'til the bone crush

Everybody wants you

And I don't like a gold rush


What must it be like

To grow up that beautiful?

With your hair falling into place like dominoes

My mind turns your life into folklore

I can't dare to dream about you anymore

At dinner parties

I won't call you out on your contrarian shit

And the coastal town

We never found will never

See a love as pure as it

'Cause it fades into the gray of my day-old tea

'Cause it will never be

Gleaming

Twinkling

Eyes like sinking ships

On waters so inviting

I almost jump in



"'tis the damn season"


If I wanted to know

Who you were hanging with

While I was gone, I would've asked you

It's the kind of cold

Fogs up windshield glass

But I felt it when I passed you

There's an ache in you

Put there by the ache in me

But if it's all the same to you

It's the same to me


So we could call it even

You could call me "babe" for the weekend

'Tis the damn season, write this down

I'm staying at my parents' house

And the road not taken looks real good now

And it always leads to you and my hometown


I parked my car

Right between the Methodist and the school that used to be ours

The holidays linger like bad perfume

You can run but only so far

I escaped it too

Remember how you watched me leave

But if it's okay with you

It's okay with me


We could call it even

You could call me "babe" for the weekend

'Tis the damn season, write this down

I'm staying at my parents' house

And the road not taken looks real good now

Time flies

Messy as the mud on your truck tires

Now I'm missing your smile, hear me out

We could just ride around

And the road not taken looks real good now

And it always leads to you and my hometown


Sleep in half the day

Just for old times' sake

I won't ask you to wait

If you don't ask me to stay

So I'll go back to LA

And the so-called friends who'll write books about me if I ever make it

And wonder about the only soul who can tell which smiles I'm faking

And the heart I know I'm breaking is my own

To leave the warmest bed I've ever known


We could call it even

Even though I'm leaving

And I'll be yours for the weekend

'Tis the damn season


We could call it even

You could call me "babe" for the weekend

'Tis the damn season, write this down

I'm staying at my parents' house

And the road not taken looks real good now

Time flies

Messy as the mud on your truck tires

Now I'm missing your smile, hear me out

We could just ride around

And the road not taken looks real good now

And it always leads to you and my hometown

It always leads to you and my hometown



"tolerate it"


I sit and watch you reading with your head low

I wake and watch you breathing with your eyes closed

I sit and watch you, I notice everything you do or don't do

You're so much older and wiser and I


I wait by the door like I'm just a kid

Use my best colors for your portrait

Lay the table with the fancy shit

And watch you tolerate it

If it's all in my head tell me now

Tell me I've got it wrong somehow

I know my love should be celebrated

But you tolerate it


I greet you with a battle hero's welcome

I take your indiscretions all in good fun

I sit and listen, I polish plates until they gleam and glisten

You're so much older and wiser and I


I wait by the door like I'm just a kid

Use my best colors for your portrait

Lay the table with the fancy shit

And watch you tolerate it

If it's all in my head tell me now

Tell me I've got it wrong somehow

I know my love should be celebrated

But you tolerate it


While you were out building other worlds, where was I?

Where's that man who'd throw blankets over my barbed wire?

I made you my temple, my mural, my sky

Now I'm begging for footnotes in the story of your life

Drawing hearts in the byline

Always taking up too much space or time

You assume I'm fine

But what would you do if I


Break free and leave us in ruins

Took this dagger in me and removed it

Gain the weight of you then lose it

Believe me, I could do it

If it's all in my head tell me now

Tell me I've got it wrong somehow

I know my love should be celebrated

But you tolerate it

I sit and watch you



"no body, no crime"

(feat. HAIM)


He did it

He did it


Este's a friend of mine

We meet up every Tuesday night for dinner and a glass of wine

Este's been losing sleep

Her husband's acting different and it smells like infidelity

She says, "That ain't my Merlot on his mouth

That ain't my jewelry on our joint account"

No, there ain't no doubt

I think I'm gonna call him out

She says


I think he did it but I just can't prove it

I think he did it but I just can't prove it

I think he did it but I just can't prove it

No, no body, no crime

But I ain't letting up until the day I die


No, no

I think he did it

No, no

He did it


Este wasn't there

Tuesday night at Olive Garden at her job or anywhere

He reports his missing wife

And I noticed when I passed his house his truck has got some brand new tires

And his mistress moved in

Sleeps in Este's bed and everything

No, there ain't no doubt

Somebody's gotta catch him out

'Cause


I think he did it but I just can't prove it (He did it)

I think he did it but I just can't prove it (He did it)

I think he did it but I just can't prove it

No, no body, no crime

But I ain't letting up until the day I die

No, no

I think he did it

No, no

He did it


Good thing my daddy made me get a boating license when I was 15

And I've cleaned enough houses to know how to cover up a scene

Good thing Este's sister's gonna swear she was with me ("She was with me dude")

Good thing his mistress took out a big life insurance policy


They think she did it but they just can't prove it

They think she did it but they just can't prove it

She thinks I did it but she just can't prove it


No, no body, no crime

I wasn't letting up until the day he

No, no body, no crime

I wasn't letting up until the day he

No, no body, no crime

I wasn't letting up until the day he

Died



"happiness"


Honey, when I'm above the trees

I see this for what it is

But now I'm right down in it, all the years I've given

Is just shit we're dividin' up

Showed you all of my hiding spots

I was dancing when the music stopped

And in the disbelief, I can't face reinvention

I haven't met the new me yet


There'll be happiness after you

But there was happiness because of you

Both of these things can be true

There is happiness


Past the blood and bruise

Past the curses and cries

Beyond the terror in the nightfall

Haunted by the look in my eyes

That would've loved you for a lifetime

Leave it all behind

And there is happiness


Tell me, when did your winning smile

Begin to look like a smirk?

When did all our lessons start to look like weapons

Pointed at my deepest hurt?

I hope she'll be a beautiful fool

Who takes my spot next to you

No, I didn't mean that

Sorry, I can't see facts through all of my fury

You haven't met the new me yet


There'll be happiness after me

But there was happiness because of me

Both of these things, I believe

There is happiness


In our history, across our great divide

There is a glorious sunrise

Dappled with the flickers of light

From the dress I wore at midnight, leave it all behind

And there is happiness


I can't make it go away by making you a villain

I guess it's the price I paid for seven years in Heaven

And I pulled your body into mine

Every goddamn night, now I get fake niceties

No one teaches you what to do

When a good man hurts you

And you know you hurt him, too


Honey, when I'm above the trees

I see it for what it is

But now my eyes leak acid rain on the pillow where you used to lay your head

After giving you the best I had

Tell me what to give after that

All you want from me now is the green light of forgiveness

You haven't met the new me yet

And I think she'll give you that


There'll be happiness after you

But there was happiness because of you, too

Both of these things can be true

There is happiness


In our history, across our great divide

There is a glorious sunrise

Dappled with the flickers of light

From the dress I wore at midnight, leave it all behind

Oh, leave it all behind

Leave it all behind

And there is happiness



"dorothea"


Hey Dorothea

Do you ever stop and think about me?

When we were younger

Down in the park

Honey, making a lark of the misery

You got shiny friends since you left town

A tiny screen's the only place I see you now

And I got nothing but well wishes for ya


Oooh

This place is the same as it ever was

Oooh

But you won't like it that way


It's never too late

To come back to my side

The stars in your eyes

Shined brighter in Tupelo

And if you're ever tired of being known

For who you know

You know that you'll always know me

Dorothea

Dorothea


Ooh, you're a queen

Selling dreams

Selling make-up and magazines

Ooh, from you I'd buy anything


Hey Dorothea

Do you ever stop and think about me?

When it was calmer

Skipping the prom

Just to piss off your mom

And her pageant schemes

And damn, Dorothea

They all wanna be ya

But are you still the same soul

I met under the bleachers? Well


Oooh

I guess I'll never know

Oooh

And you'll go on with the show


But it's never too late

To come back to my side

The stars in your eyes

Shined brighter in Tupelo

And if you're ever tired of being known

For who you know

You know you'll always know me


Dorothea

Dorothea


Oooh

Oooh

Ooh-woo-ooh-ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh

Oooh

Oooh

Ooh-woo-ooh-ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh


Dorothea



"coney island"

(feat. The National)


Break my soul in two

Looking for you but you're right here

If I can't relate to you anymore

Then who am I related to?

And if this is the long haul

How'd we get here so soon?

Did I close my fist around something delicate?

Did I shatter you?


And I'm sitting on a bench in Coney Island wondering where did my baby go?

The fast times, the bright lights, the merry go

Sorry for not making you my centerfold


Over and over

Lost again with no surprises

Disappointments, close your eyes

And it gets colder and colder

When the sun goes down


The question pounds my head

"What's a lifetime of achievement?"

If I pushed you to the edge

But you were too polite to leave me

And do you miss the rogue

Who coaxed you into paradise and left you there?

Will you forgive my soul

When you're too wise to trust me and too old to care?

'Cause we were like the mall before the Internet

It was the one place to be

The mischief, the gift wrapped suburban dreams

Sorry for not winning you an arcade ring


Over and over

Lost again with no surprises

Disappointments, close your eyes

And it gets colder and colder

When the sun goes down


Were you waiting at our old spot

In the tree line by the gold clock

Did I leave you hanging every single day?

Were you standing in the hallway

With a big cake, happy birthday

Did I paint your bluest skies the darkest gray?

A universe away

And when I got into the accident

The sight that flashed before me was your face

But when I walked up to the podium

I think that I forgot to say your name


I'm on a bench in Coney Island wondering where did my baby go?

The fast times, the bright lights, the merry go

Sorry for not making you my centerfold

Over and over


Lost again with no surprises

Disappointments, close your eyes

And it gets colder and colder

When the sun goes down

When the sun goes down


The sight that flashed before me was your face

When the sun goes down

But I think that I forgot to say your name

Over and over

Sorry for not making you my

Making you my

Making you my centerfold



"ivy"


How's one to know?

I'd meet you where the spirit meets the bones

In a faith-forgotten land

In from the snow

Your touch brought forth an incandescent glow

Tarnished but so grand


And the old widow goes to the stone every day

But I don't, I just sit here and wait

Grieving for the living


Oh, goddamn

My pain fits in the palm of your freezing hand

Taking mine, but it's been promised to another

Oh, I can't

Stop you putting roots in my dreamland

My house of stone, your ivy grows

And now I'm covered in you


I wish to know

The fatal flaw that makes you long to be

Magnificently cursed

He's in the room

Your opal eyes are all I wish to see

He wants what's only yours


Oh, goddamn

My pain fits in the palm of your freezing hand

Taking mine, but it's been promised to another

Oh, I can't

Stop you putting roots in my dreamland

My house of stone, your ivy grows

And now I'm covered


Clover blooms in the fields

Spring breaks loose, the time is near

What would he do if he found us out?

Crescent moon, coast is clear

Spring breaks loose, but so does fear

He's gonna burn this house to the ground


How's one to know?

I'd live and die for moments that we stole

On begged and borrowed time

So tell me to run

Or dare to sit and watch what we'll become

And drink my husband's wine


Oh, goddamn

My pain fits in the palm of your freezing hand

Taking mine, but it's been promised to another

Oh, I can't

Stop you putting roots in my dreamland

My house of stone, your ivy grows

And now I'm covered in you

And I'm covered in you


So yeah, it's a fire

It's a goddamn blaze in the dark

And you started it

You started it

So yeah, it's a war

It's the goddamn fight of my life

And you started it

You started it


Oh, I can't

Stop you putting roots in my dreamland

My house of stone, your ivy grows

And now I'm covered

In you

In you

Now I'm covered in you

In you



"cowboy like me"


And the tennis court was covered up

With some tent-like thing

And you asked me to dance

But I said, "Dancin' is a dangerous game."


Oh, I thought

This is gonna be one of those things

Now I know

I'm never gonna love again


I've got some tricks up my sleeve

Takes one to know one

You're a cowboy like me


Never wanted love

Just a fancy car

Now I'm waiting by the phone

Like I'm sitting in an airport bar


You had some tricks up your sleeve

Takes one to know one

You're a cowboy like me


Perched in the dark

Telling all the rich folks anything they wanna hear

Like it could be love

I could be the way forward

Only if they pay for it

You're a bandit like me

Eyes full of stars

Hustling for the good life

Never thought I'd meet you here

It could be love

We could be the way forward

And I know I'll pay for it


You're a cowboy like me


Perched in the dark

Telling all the rich folks anything they wanna hear

Like it could be love

I could be the way forward

Only if they pay for it

You're a bandit like me

Eyes full of stars

Hustling for the good life

Never thought I'd meet you here

It could be love

We could be the way forward

And I know I'll pay for it


And the skeletons in both our closets

Plotted hard to fuck this up

And the old men that I've swindled

Really did believe I was the one

And the ladies lunching have their stories about

When you passed through town

But that was all before I locked it down


Now you hang from my lips

Like the Gardens of Babylon

With your boots beneath my bed

Forever is the sweetest con


I've had some tricks up my sleeve

Takes one to know one

You're a cowboy like me

And I'm never gonna love again

I'm never gonna love again

I'm never gonna love again



"long story short"


Fatefully

I tried to pick my battles

'Til the battle picked me

Misery

Like the war of words I shouted in my sleep

And you passed right by

I was in the alley surrounded on all sides

The knife cuts both ways

If the shoe fits, walk in it

'Til your high heels break


And I fell from the pedestal

Right down the rabbit hole

Long story short, it was a bad time

Pushed from the precipice

Clung to the nearest lips

Long story short, it was the wrong guy

Now I'm all about you

I'm all about you

I'm all about you


Actually

I always felt I must look better in the rear view

Missing me

At the golden gates they once held the keys to

When I dropped my sword

I threw it in the bushes and knocked on your door

And we live in peace

But if someone comes at us

This time I'm ready


'Cause I fell from the pedestal

Right down the rabbit hole

Long story short, it was a bad time

Pushed from the precipice

Clung to the nearest lips

Long story short, it was the wrong guy

Now I'm all about you

I'm all about you

I'm all about you


No more keepin' score

Now I just keep you warm (Keep you warm)

No more tug of war

Now I just know there's more (Know there's more)

No more keepin' score

Now I just keep you warm (Keep you warm)

And my waves meet your shore

Ever and evermore


Past me

I wanna tell you not to get lost in these petty things

Your nemeses will defeat themselves

Before you get the chance to swing

And he's passing by

Rare as the glimmer of a comet in the sky

And he feels like home

If the shoe fits, walk in it

Everywhere you go


And I fell from the pedestal

Right down the rabbit hole

Long story short, it was a bad time

Pushed from the precipice

Climbed right back up the cliff

Long story short, I survived

Now I'm all about you

(And now) I'm all about you, ah

(And now) I'm all about you

(And now) I'm all about you, ah

Yeah, yeah

I'm all about you

(And now) Yeah, yeah

I'm all about you


Long story short, it was a bad time

Long story short, I survived



"marjorie"


Never be so kind, you forget to be clever

Never be so clever, you forget to be kind


And if I didn't know better

I'd think you were talking to me now

If I didn't know better

I'd think you were still around

What died didn't stay dead

What died didn't stay dead

You're alive, you're alive in my head

What died didn't stay dead

What died didn't stay dead

You're alive, so alive


Never be so polite, you forget your power

Never wield such power, you forget to be polite


And if I didn't know better

I'd think you were listening to me now

If I didn't know better

I'd think you were still around

What died didn't stay dead

What died didn't stay dead

You're alive, you're alive in my head

What died didn't stay dead

What died didn't stay dead

You're alive, so alive


The autumn chill that wakes me up

You loved the amber skies so much

Long limbs and frozen swims

You'd always go past where our feet could touch

And I complained the whole way there

The car ride back and up the stairs

I should've asked you questions

I should've asked you how to be

Asked you to write it down for me

Should've kept every grocery store receipt

'Cause every scrap of you would be taken from me

Watched as you signed your name Marjorie

All your closets of backlogged dreams

And how you left them all to me


What died didn't stay dead

What died didn't stay dead

You're alive, you're alive in my head

What died didn't stay dead

What died didn't stay dead

You're alive, so alive

And if I didn't know better

I'd think you were singing to me now

If I didn't know better

I'd think you were still around

I know better

But I still feel you all around

I know better

But you're still around



"closure"


It's been a long time

And seeing the shape of your name

Still spells out pain

It wasn't right

The way it all went down

Looks like you know that now


Yes, I got your letter

Yes, I'm doing better

It cut deep to know ya

Right to the bone

Yes, I got your letter

Yes, I'm doing better

I know that it's over

I don't need your "closure"

Your "closure"


Don't treat me like some situation that needs to be handled

I'm fine with my spite

And my tears

And my beers and my candles

I can feel you smoothing me over


Yes, I got your letter

Yes, I'm doing better

It cut deep to know ya

Right to the bone

Yes, I got your letter

Yes, I'm doing better

I know that it's over

I don't need your "closure"

Your "closure"

Your "closure"

Your "closure"


I know I'm just a

Wrinkle in your new life

Staying "friends"

Would iron it out so nice

Guilty, guilty reaching out across the sea

That you put between you and me

But it's fake

And it's oh so unnecessary


Yes, I got your letter

Yes, I'm doing better

It cut deep to know ya

Right to the bone

Yes, I got your letter

Yes, I'm doing better

I know that it's over

I don't need your "closure"

"Closure"

Your "closure"

Your "closure"



"evermore"

(feat. Bon Iver)


Gray November

I've been down since July

Motion capture

Put me in a bad light


I replay my footsteps on each stepping stone

Trying to find the one where I went wrong

Writing letters

Addressed to the fire


And I was catching my breath

Staring out an open window

Catching my death

And I couldn't be sure

I had a feeling so peculiar

That this pain would be for

Evermore


Hey December

Guess I'm feeling unmoored

Can't remember

What I used to fight for


I rewind the tape but all it does is pause

On the very moment all was lost

Sending signals

To be double-crossed


And I was catching my breath

Barefoot in the wildest winter

Catching my death

And I couldn't be sure

I had a feeling so peculiar

That this pain would be for

Evermore

(Evermore)


Can't not think of all the cost

And the things that will be lost

Oh, can we just get a pause?

To be certain we'll be tall again

Whether weather be the frost

Or the violence of the dog days

I'm on waves, out being tossed

Is there a line that I could just go cross?


And when I was shipwrecked (Can't think of all the cost)

I thought of you (All the things that will be lost now)

In the cracks of light (Can we just get a pause?)

I dreamed of you (To be certain we'll be tall again)

(If you think of all the costs)

It was real enough (Whether weather be the frost)

To get me through (Or the violence of the dog days)

(Or the violence of the dog days)

(Out on waves, being tossed)

(I'm on waves, out being tossed)

I swear (Is there a line that we could just go cross?)

You were there


And I was catching my breath

Floors of a cabin creaking under my step

And I couldn't be sure

I had a feeling so peculiar

This pain wouldn't be for

Evermore

Evermore

Evermore

This pain wouldn't be for evermore

Evermore



"right where you left me"


Friends break up, friends get married

Strangers get born, strangers get buried

Trends change, rumors fly through new skies

But I'm right where you left me

Matches burn after the other

Pages turn and stick to each other

Wages earned and lessons learned

But I'm right where you left me


Help, I'm still at the restaurant

Still sitting in a corner I haunt

Cross-legged in the dim light

They say, "What a sad sight," I

I swear you could hear a hair pin drop

Right when I felt the moment stop

Glass shattered on the white cloth

Everybody moved on, I, I stayed there

Dust collected on my pinned-up hair

They expected me to find somewhere

Some perspective, but I sat and stared

Right where you left me


You left me no, you left me no

You left me no choice but to stay here forever

You left me, you left me no, you left me no

You left me no choice but to stay here forever


Did you ever hear about the girl who got frozen?

Time went on for everybody else, she won't know it

She's still twenty-three inside her fantasy

How it was supposed to be

Did you hear about the girl who lives in delusion?

Breakups happen every day, you don't have to lose it

She's still twenty-three inside her fantasy

And you're sitting in front of me


At the restaurant when I was still the one you want

Cross-legged in the dim light

Everything was just right, I

I could feel the mascara run

You told me that you met someone

Glass shattered on the white cloth

Everybody moved on


Help, I'm still at the restaurant

Still sitting in a corner I haunt

Cross-legged in the dim light

They say, "What a sad sight," I

I stayed there

Dust collected on my pinned-up hair

I'm sure that you got a wife out there

Kids and Christmas, but I'm unaware

'Cause I'm right where

I cause no harm

Mind my business

If our love died young

I can't bear witness

And it's been so long

But if you ever think you got it wrong


I'm right where

You left me

You left me no, you left me no

You left me no choice but to stay here forever

You left me

You left me no, you left me no

You left me no choice but to stay here forever



"it's time to go"


When the dinner is cold and the chatter gets old

You ask for the tab

Or that moment again he's insisting that friends

Look at each other like that

When the words of a sister come back in whispers

That prove she was not

In fact what she seemed, not a twin from your dreams

She's a crook who was caught


That old familiar body ache

The snaps from the same little breaks in your soul

You know when it's time to go


Twenty years at your job

Then the son of the boss gets the spot that was yours

Or trying to stay for the kids

When keeping it how it is will only break their hearts worse


That old familiar body ache

The snaps from the same little breaks in your soul

You know when it's time to go


Sometimes giving up is the strong thing

Sometimes to run is the brave thing

Sometimes walking out is the one thing

That will find you the right thing

Sometimes giving up is the strong thing

Sometimes to run is the brave thing

Sometimes walking out is the one thing

That will find you the right thing


Fifteen years, fifteen million tears

Begging 'til my knees bled

I gave it my all, he gave me nothing at all

Then wondered why I left

Now he sits on his throne in his palace of bones

Praying to his greed

He's got my past frozen behind glass

But I've got me


That old familiar body ache

The snaps from the same little breaks in my soul

I know when it's time to go


Sometimes giving up is the strong thing

Sometimes to run is the brave thing

Sometimes walking out is the one thing

That will find you the right thing

Sometimes giving up is the strong thing

Sometimes to run is the brave thing

Sometimes walking out is the one thing

That will find you the right thing

That will find you the right thing

And you know in your soul

You know in your soul

When it's time to go

You know, you know, you know, you know

When it's time to go

So then you go

Then you go

You just go

2021


"Renegade"

(Big Red Machine feat. Taylor Swift)


I tapped on your window on your darkest night

The shape of you

Was jagged and weak

There was nowhere for me to stay

But I stayed anyway

And if I would've known

How many pieces you had crumbled into

I might have let them lay


Are you really gonna talk about timing in times like these?

And let all your damage, damage me

And carry your baggage up my street

And make me your future history


It's time, you've come a long way

Open the blinds, let me see your face

You wouldn't be the first renegade

To need somebody


Is it insensitive for me to say

Get your shit together

So I can love you?

Is it really your anxiety

That stops you from giving me everything

Or do you just not want to?


I tapped on your window on your darkest night

The shape of you

Was jagged and weak

There was nowhere for me to stay

But I stayed anyway

You fire off missiles cause you hate yourself

But do you know you're demolishing me?

And then you squeeze my hand as I'm about to leave


Are you really gonna talk about timing in times like these?

Let all your damage, damage me

And carry your baggage up my street

And make me your future history


It's time, you've come a long way

Open the blinds, let me see your face

You wouldn't be the first renegade

To need somebody


Is it insensitive for me to say

Get your shit together

So I can love you?

Is it really your anxiety

That stops you from giving me everything

Or do you just not want to?


And if I would've known

How sharp the pieces were

You'd crumbled into

I might've let them lay


Are you really gonna talk about timing in times like these?

And let all your damage, damage me

And carry your baggage up my street

And make me your future history


It's time, you've come a long way

Open the blinds, let me see your face

You wouldn't be the first renegade

To need somebody


To need somebody

I need somebody

To need somebody

To need somebody


(Are you really gonna talk about timing in times like these?)

Is it insensitive for me to say

(And let all your damage, damage me)

Get your shit together

(And carry your baggage up my street)

So I can love you?

(And make me your future history)

Is it really your anxiety

(It's time, you've come a long way)

That stops you from giving me everything

(Open the blinds, let me see your face

You wouldn't be the first renegade

To need somebody)

Or do you just not want to?

2022


"Carolina"


O Carolina creeks

Running through my veins

Lost I was born

Lonesome I came

Lonesome I'll always stay


Carolina knows

Why for years I roam

Free as these birds

Light as whispers

Carolina knows


And you didn't see me here

No, they never did see me here


And she's in my dreams

Into the mist, into the clouds

Don't leave

I make a fist, I make it count

And there are places I will never ever go

And things that only Carolina will ever know


Carolina stains

On the dress she left

Indelible scars

Pivotal marks

Blue as the life she fled


Carolina pines

Won't you cover me?

Hide me like robes

Down the back road

Muddy these webs we weave


And you didn't see me here

No, they never did see me


And she's in my dreams

Into the mist, into the clouds

Don't leave

I make a fist, I make it count

And there are places I will never ever go

And things that only Carolina will ever know


And you didn't see me here

They never did see me here

No, you didn't see me here

They never saw me


O Carolina knows

Why for years they've said

That I was guilty as sin

And sleep in a liar's bed

But the sleep comes fast

And I'll meet no ghosts

It's between me

The sand and the sea

Carolina knows



“Midnights” (released October 21, 2022)


"Lavender Haze"


Meet me at midnight

Ooh ooh ooh whoa


Staring at the ceiling with you

Oh, you don't ever say too much

And you don't really read into

My melancholia

I've been under scrutiny (Yeah, oh yeah)

You handle it beautifully (Yeah, oh yeah)

All this shit is new to me (Yeah, oh yeah)


I feel the lavender haze creeping up on me

Surreal

I'm damned if I do give a damn what people say

No deal

The 1950s' shit they want from me

I just wanna stay in that lavender haze

Ooh ooh ooh whoa


All they keep asking me

(All they keep asking me)

Is if I'm gonna be your bride

The only kinda girl they see

(Only kinda girl they see)

Is a one-night or a wife

I find it dizzying (Yeah, oh yeah)

They're bringing up my history (Yeah, oh yeah)

But you weren't even listening (Yeah, oh yeah)


I feel the lavender haze creeping up on me

Surreal

I'm damned if I do give a damn what people say

No deal

The 1950s' shit they want from me

I just wanna stay in that lavender haze

That lavender haze


Talk your talk and go viral

I just need this love spiral

Get it off your chest

Get it off my desk

(Get it off my desk)


Talk your talk and go viral

I just need this love spiral

Get it off your chest

Get it off my desk


I feel (I feel) the lavender haze creeping up on me

Surreal

I'm damned if I do give a damn what people say

No deal (No deal)

The 1950s' shit they want from me

I just wanna stay in that lavender haze


Ooh ooh ooh whoa

Get it off your chest

Get it off my desk

That lavender haze

I just wanna stay

I just wanna stay in that lavender haze



"Maroon"


When the morning came, we

Were cleaning incense off your

Vinyl shelf 'cause we lost track of time again

Laughing with my feet in your lap

Like you were my closest friend

"How'd we end up on the floor anyway?"

You say

"Your roommate's cheap-ass screw top rosé

That's how"

I see you every day now


And I chose you

The one I was dancing with in New York

No shoes

Looked up at the sky and it was

The burgundy on my t-shirt when you splashed your wine into me

And how the blood rushed into my cheeks, so scarlet, it was

The mark they saw on my collarbone

The rust that grew between telephones

The lips I used to call home

So scarlet, it was maroon


When the silence came, we

Were shaking blind and hazy

How the hell did we lose sight of us again?

Sobbing with your head in your hands

Ain't that the way shit always ends

You were standing hollow-eyed in the hallway

Carnations you had thought were roses

That's us

I feel you, no matter what

The rubies that I gave up


And I lost you

The one I was dancing with in New York

No shoes

Looked up at the sky and it was maroon

The burgundy on my t-shirt when you splashed your wine into me

And how the blood rushed into my cheeks, so scarlet, it was

The mark they saw on my collarbone

The rust that grew between telephones

The lips I used to call home

So scarlet, it was maroon


And I wake with your memory over me

That's a real fuckin' legacy, legacy

(It was maroon)

And I wake with your memory over me

That's a real fuckin' legacy to leave


The burgundy on my t-shirt when you splashed your wine into me

And how the blood rushed into my cheeks, so scarlet

It was maroon

The mark they saw on my collarbone

The rust that grew between telephones

The lips I used to call home

So scarlet, it was maroon


It was maroon

It was maroon



"Anti-Hero"


I have this thing where I get older, but just never wiser

Midnights become my afternoons

When my depression works the graveyard shift, all of the people

I've ghosted stand there in the room


I should not be left to my own devices

They come with prices and vices

I end up in crisis

(Tale as old as time)

I wake up screaming from dreaming

One day, I'll watch as you're leaving

'Cause you got tired of my scheming

(For the last time)


It's me, hi, I'm the problem, it's me

At teatime, everybody agrees

I'll stare directly at the sun, but never in the mirror

It must be exhausting always rooting for the anti-hero


Sometimes, I feel like everybody is a sexy baby

And I'm a monster on the hill

Too big to hang out, slowly lurching toward your favorite city

Pierced through the heart, but never killed


Did you hear my covert narcissism

I disguise as altruism

Like some kind of congressman?

(A tale as old as time)

I wake up screaming from dreaming

One day, I'll watch as you're leaving

And life will lose all its meaning

(For the last time)


It's me, hi, I'm the problem, it's me (I'm the problem, it's me)

At teatime, everybody agrees

I'll stare directly at the sun, but never in the mirror

It must be exhausting always rooting for the anti-hero


I have this dream my daughter-in-law kills me for the money

She thinks I left them in the will

The family gathers 'round and reads it and then someone screams out

"She's laughing up at us from Hell"


It's me, hi

I'm the problem, it's me

It's me, hi

I'm the problem, it's me

It's me, hi

Everybody agrees, everybody agrees


It's me, hi (Hi), I'm the problem, it's me (I'm the problem, it's me)

At teatime (Teatime), everybody agrees (Everybody agrees)

I'll stare directly at the sun, but never in the mirror

It must be exhausting always rooting for the anti-hero



"Snow On The Beach"

(feat. Lana Del Rey)


One night a few moons ago

I saw flecks of what could've been lights

But it might just have been you

Passing by unbeknownst to me

Life is emotionally abusive

And time can't stop me quite like you did

And my flight was awful, thanks for asking

I'm unglued, thanks to you


And it's like snow at the beach

Weird, but fuckin' beautiful

Flying in a dream

Stars by the pocketful

You wanting me tonight, feels impossible

But it's comin' down, no sound, it's all around

Like snow on the beach


Like snow on the beach

Like snow on the beach

Like snow, oh


This scene feels like what I once saw on a screen

I searched 'aurora borealis green'

I've never seen someone lit from within

Blurring out my periphery

My smile is like I won a contest

And to hide that would be so dishonest

And it's fine to fake it till you make it

Till you do

Till it's true


Now it's like snow at the beach

Weird, but fuckin' beautiful

Flying in a dream

Stars by the pocketful

You wanting me tonight, feels impossible

But it's comin' down, no sound, it's all around

Like snow on the beach


Like snow on the beach

Like snow on the beach

Like snow, oh


I can't speak, afraid to jinx it

I don't even dare to wish it

But your eyes are flying saucers from another planet

Now I'm all for you like Janet

Can this be a real thing, can it?


Are we falling like

Snow at the beach

Weird, but fuckin' beautiful

Flying in a dream

Stars by the pocketful

You wanting me tonight, feels impossible

But it's comin' down, no sound, it's all around

Like snow on the beach

Like snow on the beach

Like snow on the beach

Like snow

But it's comin' down, no sound, it's all around


Like snow on the beach

(It's coming down, it's coming down, it's coming down, it's coming down)

Like snow on the beach

(It's coming down, it's coming down, it's coming down, it's coming down)

(It's coming down, it's coming down, it's coming down, it's coming down)

(Down, it's coming down, it's coming down, it's coming down)



"You're On Your Own, Kid"


Summer went away

Still the yearning stays

I play it cool with the best of them

I wait patiently

He's gonna notice me

It's okay, we're the best of friends

Anyway


I hear it in your voice

You're smoking with your boys

I touch my phone as if it's your face

I didn't choose this town

I dream of getting out

There's just one who could make me stay

All my days


From sprinkler splashes to fireplace ashes

I waited ages to see you there

I search the party of better bodies

Just to learn that you never cared

You're on your own, kid

You always have been


I see the great escape

So long, Daisy May

I picked the petals, he loves me not

Something different bloomed

Writing in my room

I play my songs in the parking lot

I'll run away


From sprinkler splashes to fireplace ashes

I called a taxi to take me there

I search the party of better bodies

Just to learn that my dreams aren't rare

You're on your own, kid

You always have been


From sprinkler splashes to fireplace ashes

I gave my blood, sweat, and tears for this

I hosted parties and starved my body

Like I'd be saved by a perfect kiss

The jokes weren't funny, I took the money

My friends from home don't know what to say

I looked around in a blood-soaked gown

And I saw something they can't take away

'Cause there were pages turned with the bridges burned

Everything you lose is a step you take

So make the friendship bracelets, take the moment and taste it

You've got no reason to be afraid


You're on your own, kid

Yeah, you can face this

You're on your own, kid

You always have been



"Midnight Rain"


Rain

He wanted it comfortable

I wanted that pain

He wanted a bride

I was making my own name

Chasing that fame

He stayed the same

All of me changed

Like midnight


My town was a wasteland

Full of cages, full of fences

Pageant queens and big pretenders

But for some it was paradise

My boy was a montage

A slow motion, love potion

Jumping off things in the ocean

I broke his heart 'cause he was nice


He was sunshine

I was midnight rain

He wanted it comfortable

I wanted that pain

He wanted a bride

I was making my own name

Chasing that fame

He stayed the same

All of me changed

Like midnight


It came like a postcard

Picture perfect shiny family

Holiday peppermint candy

But for him it's every day

So I peered through a window

A deep portal, time travel

All the love we unravel

And the life I gave away


'Cause he was sunshine

I was midnight rain

He wanted it comfortable

I wanted that pain

He wanted a bride

I was making my own name

Chasing that fame

He stayed the same

All of me changed

Like midnight


Rain

He wanted it comfortable

I wanted that pain

He wanted a bride

I was making my own name

Chasing that fame

He stayed the same

All of me changed

Like midnight


I guess sometimes we all get

Just what we wanted, just what we wanted

And he never thinks of me

Except when I'm on TV

I guess sometimes we all get

Some kind of haunted, some kind of haunted

And I never think of him

Except on midnights like this

Midnights like this



"Question...?"


(I remember)


Good girl, sad boy

Big city, wrong choices

We had one thing going on

I swear that it was something

'Cause I don't remember who I was before you

Painted all my nights

A color I have searched for since

But one thing after another

Fuckin' situations, circumstances

Miscommunications and I

Have to say

By the way

I just may like some explanations


Can I ask you a question?

Did you ever have someone kiss you in a crowded room

And every single one of your friends was making fun of you

But fifteen seconds later they were clapping too?

Then what did you do?

Did you leave her house in the middle of the night? Oh

Did you wish you'd put up more of a fight, oh

When she said it was too much?

Do you wish you could still touch her?

It's just a question


Half-moon eyes, bad surprise

Did you realize out of time?

She was on your mind

With some dickhead guy

That you saw that night

But you were on something

It was one drink after another

Fuckin' politics and gender roles

And you're not sure and I don't know

Got swept away in the gray

I just may like to have a conversation


Can I ask you a question?

Did you ever have someone kiss you in a crowded room

And every single one of your friends was making fun of you

But fifteen seconds later they were clapping too?

Then what did you do?

Did you leave her house in the middle of the night? Oh

Did you wish you'd put up more of a fight, oh

When she said it was too much?

Do you wish you could still touch her?

It's just a question


Does it feel like everything's just like second best after that meteor strike?

And what's that that I heard, that you're still with her?

That's nice, I'm sure that's what's suitable

And right

But tonight


Can I ask you a question? (Can I ask you a question?)

Did you ever have someone kiss you in a crowded room? (In a crowded room)

And every single one of your friends was making fun of you (You, making fun of you)

But fifteen seconds later they were clapping too?

Then what did you do?

Did you leave her house in the middle of the night? Oh

Did you wish you'd put up more of a fight, oh

When she said it was too much?

Do you wish you could still touch her?

It's just a question



"Vigilante Shit"


Draw the cat eye sharp enough to kill a man

You did some bad things, but I'm the worst of them

Sometimes I wonder which one will be your last lie

They say looks can kill and I might try

I don't dress for women

I don't dress for men

Lately I've been dressing for revenge


I don't start shit, but I can tell you how it ends

Don't get sad, get even

So on the weekends

I don't dress for friends

Lately I've been dressing for revenge


She needed cold hard proof so I gave her some

She had the envelope, where you think she got it from?

Now she gets the house, gets the kids, gets the pride

Picture me thick as thieves with your ex-wife

And she looks so pretty

Driving in your Benz

Lately she's been dressing for revenge


She don't start shit, but she can tell you how it ends

Don't get sad, get even

So on the weekends

She don't dress for friends

Lately she's been dressing for revenge


Ladies always rise above

Ladies know what people want

Someone sweet and kind and fun

The lady simply had enough

While he was doing lines

And crossing all of mine

Someone told his white collar crimes to the FBI

And I don't dress for villains

Or for innocents

I'm on my vigilante shit again


I don't start shit, but I can tell you how it ends

Don't get sad, get even

So on the weekends

I don't dress for friends

Lately I've been dressing for revenge



"Bejeweled"


Baby love, I think I've been a little too kind

Didn't notice you walking all over my peace of mind

In the shoes I gave you as a present

Putting someone first only works when you're in their top five

And by the way

I'm going out tonight


Best believe I'm still bejeweled

When I walk in the room

I can still make the whole place shimmer

And when I meet the band

They ask, "Do you have a man?"

I could still say, "I don't remember"

Familiarity breeds contempt

Don't put me in the basement

When I want the penthouse of your heart

Diamonds in my eyes

I polish up real

I polish up real nice

Nice


Baby boy, I think I've been too good of a girl

Too good of a girl

Did all the extra credit then got graded on a curve

I think it's time to teach some lessons

I made you my world

Have you heard?

I can reclaim the land

And I miss you

But I miss sparkling


(Nice) Best believe I'm still bejeweled

When I walk in the room

I can still make the whole place shimmer

And when I meet the band

They ask, "Do you have a man?"

I could still say, "I don't remember"

Familiarity breeds contempt

Don't put me in the basement

When I want the penthouse of your heart

Diamonds in my eyes

I polish up real

I polish up real nice

Nice


Sapphire tears on my face

Sadness became my whole sky

But some guy said my aura's moonstone

Just 'cause he was high

And we're dancing all night

And you can try

To change my mind

But you might have to wait in line

What's a girl gonna do?

A diamond's gotta shine


Best believe I'm still bejeweled

When I walk in the room

I can still make the whole place shimmer

And when I meet the band

They ask, "Do you have a man?"

I could still say, "I don't remember"

Familiarity breeds contempt

Don't put me in the basement

When I want the penthouse of your heart

Diamonds in my eyes

I polish up real (Nice)

I polish up real nice


And we're dancing all night

And you can try

To change my mind

But you might have to wait in line

What's a girl gonna do?

What's a girl gonna do?

I polish up nice

Best believe I'm still bejeweled

When I walk in the room

I can still make the whole place shimmer



"Labyrinth"


It only hurts this much right now

Was what I was thinking the whole time

Breathe in, breathe through, breathe deep, breathe out

I'll be getting over you my whole life

You know how scared I am of elevators

Never trust it if it rises fast

It can't last


Uh oh, I'm falling in love

Oh no, I'm falling in love again

Oh, I'm falling in love

I thought the plane was going down

How'd you turn it right around?


It only feels this raw right now

Lost in the labyrinth of my mind

Break up, break free, break through, break down

You would break your back to make me break a smile

You know how much I hate

That everybody just expects me to bounce back

Just like that


Uh oh, I'm falling in love

Oh no, I'm falling in love again

Oh, I'm falling in love

I thought the plane was going down

How'd you turn it right around?


Uh oh, I'm falling in love

Oh no, I'm falling in love again

Oh, I'm falling in love

I thought the plane was going down

How'd you turn it right around?


Uh oh, I'm falling in love (falling in love)

Oh no, I'm falling in love again (falling in love again)

Oh, I'm falling in love (falling in love)

I thought the plane was going down

How'd you turn it right around?


Uh oh, I'm falling in love (falling in love)

Oh no, I'm falling in love again (falling in love again)

Oh, I'm falling in love (falling in love)

I thought the plane was going down

How'd you turn it right around?


(You know how much I hate it)

(You know how much I hate it)

(You know how much I hate it)



"Karma"


You're talking shit for the hell of it

Addicted to betrayal, but you're relevant

You're terrified to look down

'Cause if you dare, you'll see the glare

Of everyone you burned just to get there

It's coming back around


And I keep my side of the street clean

You wouldn't know what I mean


'Cause karma is my boyfriend

Karma is a god

Karma is the breeze in my hair on the weekend

Karma's a relaxing thought

Aren't you envious that for you it's not?

Sweet like honey, karma is a cat

Purring in my lap 'cause it loves me

Flexing like a goddamn acrobat

Me and karma vibe like that


Spiderboy, king of thieves

Weave your little webs of opacity

My pennies made your crown

Trick me once, trick me twice

Don't you know that cash ain't the only price?

It's coming back around


And I keep my side of the street clean

You wouldn't know what I mean


'Cause karma is my boyfriend

Karma is a god

Karma is the breeze in my hair on the weekend

Karma's a relaxing thought

Aren't you envious that for you it's not?

Sweet like honey, karma is a cat

Purring in my lap 'cause it loves me

Flexing like a goddamn acrobat

Me and karma vibe like that


Ask me what I learned from all those years

Ask me what I earned from all those tears

Ask me why so many fade, but I'm still here

(I'm still here, I'm still here)


'Cause karma is the thunder

Rattling your ground

Karma's on your scent like a bounty hunter

Karma's gonna track you down

Step by step, from town to town

Sweet like justice, karma is a queen

Karma takes all my friends to the summit

Karma is the guy on the screen

Coming straight home to me


'Cause karma is my boyfriend (Karma is my boyfriend)

Karma is a god

Karma is the breeze in my hair on the weekend (Weekend)

Karma's a relaxing thought

Aren't you envious that for you it's not?

Sweet like honey, karma is a cat

Purring in my lap 'cause it loves me

Flexing like a goddamn acrobat

Me and karma vibe like that


Karma is my boyfriend

Karma is a god (Ah)

Uh-huh, mm

Karma's a relaxing thought



"Sweet Nothing"


I spy with my little tired eye

Tiny as a firefly

A pebble that we picked up last July

Down deep inside your pocket

We almost forgot it

Does it ever miss Wicklow sometimes?

Ooh

Ooh


They said the end is coming

Everyone's up to something

I find myself running home to your

Sweet nothings


Outside, they're push and shoving

You're in the kitchen humming

All that you ever wanted from me was

Sweet nothing


On the way home

I wrote a poem

You say, "What a mind"

This happens all the time

Ooh

Ooh


'Cause they said the end is coming

Everyone's up to something

I find myself running home to your

Sweet nothings


Outside they're push and shoving

You're in the kitchen humming

All that you ever wanted from me was

Nothing


Industry disrupters and soul deconstructors

And smooth-talking hucksters

Out glad-handing each other

And the voices that implore

"You should be doing more"

To you I can admit

That I'm just too soft for all of it

Ooh


They said the end is coming

Everyone's up to something

I find myself running home to your

Sweet nothings


Outside, they're push and shoving

You're in the kitchen humming

All that you ever wanted from me was

Sweet nothing


They said the end is coming (They said the end is coming)

Everyone's up to something (Everyone's up to something)

I find myself running home to your

Sweet nothings


Outside, they're push and shoving (Outside, they're push and shoving)

You're in the kitchen humming (You're in the kitchen humming)

All that you ever wanted from me was

Sweet nothing



"Mastermind"


Once upon a time, the planets and the fates and all the stars aligned

You and I ended up in the same room at the same time

And the touch of a hand lit the fuse

Of a chain reaction of countermoves

To assess the equation of you

Checkmate, I couldn't lose


What if I told you none of it was accidental

And the first night that you saw me, nothing was gonna stop me

I laid the groundwork and then just like clockwork

The dominoes cascaded in a line

What if I told you I'm a mastermind?

And now you're mine

It was all by design

'Cause I'm a mastermind


You see all the wisest women had to do it this way

'Cause we were born to be the pawn in every lover's game

If you fail to plan, you plan to fail

Strategy sets the scene for the tale

I'm the wind in our free-flowing sails

And the liquor in our cocktails


What if I told you none of it was accidental

And the first night that you saw me, I knew I wanted your body

I laid the groundwork and then just like clockwork

The dominoes cascaded in a line

What if I told you I'm a mastermind?

And now you're mine

It was all my design

'Cause I'm a mastermind


No one wanted to play with me as a little kid

So I've been scheming like a criminal ever since

To make them love me and make it seem effortless

This is the first time I've felt the need to confess

And I swear

I'm only cryptic and Machiavellian 'cause I care


So I told you none of it was accidental

And the first night that you saw me, nothing was gonna stop me

I laid the groundwork and then saw a wide smirk

On your face, you knew the entire time

You knew that I'm a mastermind

And now you're mine

Yeah, all you did was smile

'Cause I'm a mastermind



"The Great War"


My knuckles were bruised like violets

Sucker punching walls

Cursed you as I sleep talked

Spineless in my tomb of silence

Tore your banners down

Took the battle underground

And maybe it was egos swinging

Maybe it was her

Flashes of the battle come back to me in a blur


All that bloodshed, crimson clover

Uh-huh, sweet dream was over

My hand was the one you reached for

All throughout the Great War

Always remember, uh-huh

Tears on the letter, I vowed

Not to cry anymore

If we survived the Great War


You drew up some good faith treaties

I drew curtains closed

Drank my poison all alone

You said I have to trust more freely

But diesel is desire

You were playing with fire

And maybe it's the past that's talking

Screaming from the crypt

Telling me to punish you for things you never did

So I justified it


All that bloodshed, crimson clover

Uh-huh, the bombs were closer

My hand was the one you reached for

All throughout the Great War

Always remember, uh-huh

The burning embers, I vowed

Not to fight anymore

If we survived the Great War

Uh-huh, uh-huh


It turned into something bigger

Somewhere in the haze

Got a sense I'd been betrayed

Your finger on my hairpin triggers

Soldier down on that icy ground

Looked up at me with honor and truth

Broken and blue

So I called off the troops

That was the night I nearly lost you

I really thought I'd lost you


We can plant a memory garden

Say a solemn prayer

Place a poppy in my hair

There's no morning glory

It was war, it wasn't fair

And we will never go back to that


Bloodshed, crimson clover

Uh-huh, the worst was over

My hand was the one you reached for

All throughout the Great War

Always remember, uh-huh

We're burned for better, I vowed

I would always be yours

'Cause we survived the Great War

Uh-huh, uh-huh

I will always be yours

'Cause we survived the Great War

Uh-huh

I vowed I will always be yours



"Bigger Than The Whole Sky"


No words appear before me in the aftermath

Salt streams out my eyes and into my ears

Every single thing I touch becomes sick with sadness

'Cause it's all over now, all out to sea


Goodbye, goodbye, goodbye

You were bigger than the whole sky

You were more than just a short time

And I've got a lot to pine about

I've got a lot to live without

I'm never gonna meet

What could've been, would've been

What should've been you

What could've been, would've been you


Did some bird flap its wings over in Asia?

Did some force take you because I didn't pray?

Every single thing to come has turned into ashes

'Cause it's all over, it's not meant to be

So I'll say words I don't believe


Goodbye, goodbye, goodbye

You were bigger than the whole sky

You were more than just a short time

And I've got a lot to pine about

I've got a lot to live without

I'm never gonna meet

What could've been, would've been

What should've been you


What could've been, would've been you

What could've been, would've been

What should've been you

What could've been, would've been you

(What could've been, would've been you)


Goodbye, goodbye, goodbye

You were bigger than the whole sky

You were more than just a short time

And I've got a lot to pine about

I've got a lot to live without

I'm never gonna meet

What could've been, would've been

What should've been you



"Paris"


"Your ex-friend's sister

Met someone at a club and he kissed her

Turns out, it was that guy you hooked up with ages ago

Some wannabe Z-lister

And all the outfits were terrible

2003 unbearable

Did you see the photos?"

No, I didn't, but thanks, though


I'm so in love that I might stop breathing

Drew a map on your bedroom ceiling

No, I didn't see the news

'Cause we were somewhere else

Stumbled down pretend alleyways

Cheap wine, make believe it's champagne

I was taken by the view


Like we were in Paris

Like we were somewhere else

Like we were in Paris, oh

We were somewhere else


Privacy sign on the door

And on my page and on the whole world

Romance is not dead if you keep it just yours

Levitate above all the messes made

Sit quiet by my side in the shade

And not the kind that's thrown

I mean, the kind under where a tree has grown


I'm so in love that I might stop breathing

Drew a map on your bedroom ceiling

No, I didn't see the news

'Cause we were somewhere else

Stumbled down pretend alleyways

Cheap wine, make believe it's champagne

I was taken by the view


Like we were in Paris, oh

Like we were somewhere else

Like we were in Paris, oh

We were somewhere else


I wanna brainwash you

Into loving me forever

I wanna transport you

To somewhere the culture's clever

Confess my truth

In swooping, sloping, cursive letters

Let the only flashing lights be the tower at midnight

In my mind


We drew a map on your bedroom ceiling

No, I didn't see the news

'Cause we were somewhere else

In an alleyway, drinking champagne


'Cause we were in Paris

Yes, we were somewhere else

My love, we were in Paris

Yes, we were somewhere else



"High Infidelity"


Lock broken

Slur spoken

Wound open

Game token

I didn't know you were keeping count

Rain soaking

Blind hoping

You said I was freeloading

I didn't know you were keeping count


High infidelity

Put on your records and regret me

I bent the truth too far tonight

I was dancing around, dancing around it

High infidelity

Put on your headphones and burn my city

Your picket fence is sharp as knives

I was dancing around, dancing around it


Do you really want to know where I was April 29th?

Do I really have to chart the constellations in his eyes?


Storm coming

Good husband

Bad omen

Dragged my feet right down the aisle

At the house lonely

Good money

I'd pay, if you'd just know me

Seemed like the right thing at the time


You know there's many different ways that you can kill the one you love

The slowest way is never loving them enough

Do you really want to know where I was April 29th?

Do I really have to tell you how he brought me back to life?


High infidelity

Put on your records and regret me

I bent the truth too far tonight

I was dancing around, dancing around it


High infidelity

Put on your headphones and burn my city

Your picket fence is sharp as knives

I was dancing around, dancing around it


Do you really want to know where I was April 29th?

Do I really have to chart the constellations in his eyes?

You know there's many different ways that you can kill the one you love

The slowest way is never loving them enough


High infidelity

Put on your records and regret meeting me

I bent the truth too far tonight

I was dancing around, dancing around it


High infidelity

Put on your headphones and burn my city

Your picket fence is sharp as knives

I was dancing around, dancing around it


Oh, there's many different ways that you can kill the one you love

And it's never enough, it's never enough


Lock broken

Slur spoken

Wound open

Game token

I didn't know you were keeping count

Rain soaking

Blind hoping

You said I was freeloading

I didn't know you were keeping count

But, oh, you were keeping count



"Glitch"


We were supposed to be just friends

You don't live in my part of town but maybe I'll see you out some weekend

Depending on what kind of mood and situation-ship I'm in

And what's in my system


I think there's been a glitch, ah-yeah

Five seconds later I'm fastening myself to you with a stitch, ah-yeah

And I'm not even sorry

Nights are so starry

Blood moonlit

It must be counterfeit

I think there's been a glitch, ah-yeah


I was supposed to sweat you out

In search of glorious happenings of happenstance on someone else's playground

But it's been 2,190 days of our love blackout

(Our love is blacking out)

The system's breaking down

(The system's breaking down)


I think there's been a glitch, ah-yeah

Five seconds later I'm fastening myself to you with a stitch, ah-yeah

And I'm not even sorry

Nights are so starry

Blood moonlit

It must be counterfeit

I think there's been a glitch, ah-yeah


A brief interruption

A slight malfunction

I'd go back to wanting

Dudes who give nothing

I thought we had no chance

And that's romance

Let's dance


Glitch, ah-yeah

Five seconds later I'm fastening myself to you with a stitch, ah-yeah

And I'm not even sorry

Nights are so starry

Blood moonlit

It must be counterfeit

I think there's been a glitch



"Would've, Could've, Should've"


If you would've blinked, then I would've

Looked away at the first glance

If you tasted poison you could've

Spit me out at the first chance

If I was some paint, did it splatter

On a promising grown man?

And if I was a child, did it matter

If you got to wash your hands?

Oh, all I used to do was pray

Would've, could've, should've

If you'd never looked my way


I would've stayed on my knees

And I damn sure never would've danced with the devil

At nineteen, and the god's honest truth is that the pain was heaven

And now that I'm grown, I'm scared of ghosts

Memories feel like weapons

And now that I know

I wish you'd left me wondering


If you never touched me I would've

Gone along with the righteous

If I never blushed then they could've

Never whispered about this

And if you never saved me from boredom

I could've gone on as I was

But, lord, you made me feel important

And then you tried to erase us

Oh, you're a crisis of my faith

Would've, could've, should've

If I'd only played it safe


I would've stayed on my knees

And I damn sure never would've danced with the devil

At nineteen, and the god's honest truth is that the pain was heaven

And now that I'm grown, I'm scared of ghosts

Memories feel like weapons

And now that I know

I wish you'd left me wondering


God rest my soul

I miss who I used to be

The tomb won't close

Stained glass windows in my mind

I regret you all the time

I can't let this go

I fight with you in my sleep

The wound won't close

I keep on waiting for a sign

I regret you all the time


If clarity's in death, then why won't this die?

Years of tearing down our banners, you and I

Living for the thrill of hitting you where it hurts

Give me back my girlhood, it was mine first


And I damn sure never would've danced with the devil

At nineteen, and the god's honest truth is that the pain was heaven

And now that I'm grown, I'm scared of ghosts

Memories feel like weapons

And now that I know

I wish you'd left me wondering


God rest my soul

I miss who I used to be

The tomb won't close

Stained glass windows in my mind

I regret you all the time

I can't let this go

I fight with you in my sleep

The wound won't close

I keep on waiting for a sign

I regret you all the time


Oh, god rest my soul

I miss who I used to be

The tomb won't close

Stained glass windows in my mind

I regret you all the time

I can't let this go

I fight with you in my sleep

The wound won't close

I keep on waiting for a sign

I regret you all the time



"Dear Reader"


Dear reader, if it feels like a trap

You're already in one

Dear reader, get out your map

Pick somewhere and just run

Dear reader, burn all the files

Desert all your past lives

And if you don't recognize yourself

That means you did it right


Never take advice from someone who's falling apart

Never take advice from someone who's falling apart (You should find another)


Dear reader, bend when you can

Snap when you have to

Dear reader, you don't have to answer

Just 'cause they asked you

(You should find another)

Dear reader, the greatest of luxuries is your secrets

Dear reader, when you aim at the devil

Make sure you don't miss


Never take advice from someone who's falling apart

Never take advice from someone who's falling apart


So I wander through these nights

I prefer hiding in plain sight

My fourth drink in my hand

These desperate prayers of a cursed man

Spilling out to you for free

But darling, darling, please

You wouldn't take my word for it if you knew who was talking

If you knew where I was walking

To a house, not a home, all alone 'cause nobody's there

Where I pace in my pen and my friends found friends who care

No one sees when you lose when you're playing solitaire


You should find another guiding light, guiding light

But I shine so bright

You should find another guiding light, guiding light

But I shine so bright

You should find another, you should find another (Guiding light)

Find another, you should find another

You should find another



"Hits Different"


I washed my hands of us at the club

You made a mess of me

I pictured you with other girls in love

Then threw up on the street

Like waiting for a bus that never shows

You just start walkin' on

They say that if it's right, you know

Each bar plays our song

Nothing has ever felt so wrong


Oh, my, love is a lie

Shit my friends say to get me by

It hits different

It hits different this time

Catastrophic blues

Movin' on was always easy for me to do

It hits different

It hits different 'cause it's you


('Cause it's you)


I used to switch out these Kens, I'd just ghost

Rip the band-aid off and skip town like an asshole outlaw

Freedom felt like summer then on the coast

Now the sun burns my heart and the sand hurts my feelings

And I never don't cry (And I never don't cry) at the bar

Yeah, my sadness is contagious (My sadness is contagious)

I slur your name 'til someone puts me in a car

I stopped receiving invitations


Oh, my, love is a lie

Shit my friends say to get me by

It hits different

It hits different this time

Catastrophic blues

Movin' on was always easy for me to do

It hits different

It hits different 'cause it's you


('Cause it's you)


I find the artifacts, cried over a hat

Cursed the space that I needed

I trace the evidence, make it make some sense

Why the wound is still bleedin'

You were the one that I loved

Don't need another metaphor, it's simple enough

A wrinkle in time like the crease by your eyes

This is why they shouldn't kill off the main guy

Dreams of your hair and your stare and sense of belief

In the good in the world, you once believed in me

And I felt you and I held you for a while

Bet I could still melt your world

Argumentative, antithetical dream girl


I heard your key turn in the door down the hallway

Is that your key in the door?

Is it okay? Is it you?

Or have they come to take me away?

To take me away


Oh, my, love is a lie

Shit my friends say to get me by

It hits different (It hits different)

It hits different this time

Catastrophic blues

Movin' on was always easy for me to do

It hits different (It hits different)

It hits different 'cause it's you


Oh, my, love is a lie

Shit my friends say to get me by

'Cause it's you

Catastrophic blues

Movin' on was always easy for me to do

It hits different (Yeah)

It hits different 'cause it's you



"You're Losing Me (From The Vault)"


You say, "I don't understand" and I say, "I know you don't"

We thought a cure would come through in time, now, I fear it won't

Remember lookin' at this room, we loved it 'cause of the light

Now, I just sit in the dark and wonder if it's time


Do I throw out everything we built or keep it?

I'm getting tired even for a phoenix

Always risin' from the ashes

Mendin' all her gashes

You might just have dealt the final blow


Stop, you're losing me

Stop, you're losing me

Stop, you're losing me

I can't find a pulse

My heart won't start anymore... for you

'Cause you're losing me


Every mornin' I glared at you with storms in my eyes

How can you say that you love someone you can't tell is dyin'?

I sent you signals and bit my nails down to the quick

My face was gray, but you wouldn't admit that we were sick


And the air is thick with loss and indecision

I know my pain is such an imposition

Now, you're running down the hallway

And you know what they all say

"You don't know what you got until it's gone"


Stop, you're losing me

Stop, you're losing me

Stop, you're losing me

I can't find a pulse

My heart won't start anymore... for you

'Cause you're losing me

'Cause you're losing me

Stop (Stay) 'cause you're losing me


My heart won't start anymore (Stop 'cause you're losing me)

My heart won't start anymore (Stop 'cause you're losing me)


How long could we be a sad song

'Til we were too far gone to bring back to life?

I gave you all my best me's, my endless empathy

And all I did was bleed as I tried to be the bravest soldier

Fighting in only your army, frontlines, don't you ignore me

I'm the best thing at this party (You're losing me)

And I wouldn't marry me either

A pathological people pleaser

Who only wanted you to see her

And I'm fading, thinkin'

"Do something, babe, say something" (Say something)

"Lose something, babe, risk something" (You're losing me)

"Choose something, babe, I got nothing" (I got nothing)

"To believe, unless you're choosing me"


You're losing me

Stop (Stop, stop), you're losing me

Stop (Stop, stop), you're losing me

I can't find a pulse, my heart won't start anymore

2024


“THE TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT” (released April 19, 2024)


"Fortnight"

(feat. Post Malone)


I was supposed to be sent away, but they forgot to come and get me

I was a functioning alcoholic till nobody noticed my new aesthetic

All of this to say, I hope you're okay, but you're the reason

And no one here's to blame, but what about your quiet treason?


And for a fortnight there, we were forever

Run into you sometimes, ask about the weather

Now you're in my backyard, turned into good neighbors

Your wife waters flowers

I wanna kill her


All my mornings are Mondays stuck in an endless February

I took the miracle move-on drug, the effects were temporary


And I love you, it's ruining my life

I love you, it's ruining my life

I touched you for only a fortnight

I touched you

But I touched you


And for a fortnight there, we were forever

Run into you sometimes, ask about the weather

Now you're in my backyard, turned into good neighbors

Your wife waters flowers

I wanna kill her


And for a fortnight there, we were together

Run into you sometimes, comment on my sweater

Now you're at the mailbox, turned into good neighbors

My husband is cheating

I wanna kill him


I love you, it's ruining my life

I love you, it's ruining my life

I touched you for only a fortnight

I touched you

I touched you


I love you, it's ruining my life

I love you, it's ruining my life

I touched you for only a fortnight

I touched you

I touched you


Thought of calling ya, but you won't pick up

Another fortnight lost in America

Move to Florida, buy the car you want

But it won't start up till you touch, touch, touch me


Thought of calling ya, but you won't pick up

Another fortnight lost in America

Move to Florida, buy the car you want

But it won't start up till I touch, touch, touch you



"The Tortured Poets Department"


You left your typewriter at my apartment

Straight from the Tortured Poets Department

I think some things I never say

Like, "Who uses typewriters anyway?" But

You're in self-sabotage mode, throwing spikes down on the road

But I've seen this episode and still loved the show

Who else decodes you?


And who's gonna hold you like me?

And who's gonna know you, if not me?

I laughed in your face and said

"You're not Dylan Thomas

I'm not Patti Smith

This ain't the Chelsea Hotel

We're modern idiots"

And who's gonna hold you like me?

Nobody

No-fucking-body

Nobody


You smoked then ate seven bars of chocolate

We declared Charlie Puth should be a bigger artist

I scratch your head, you fall asleep

Like a tattooed golden retriever

But you awaken with dread, pounding nails in your head

But I've read this one where you come undone

I chose this cyclone with you


And who's gonna hold you like me? (Who's gonna hold you? Who's gonna hold you?)

And who's gonna know you like me? (Who's gonna know you?)

I laughed in your face and said

"You're not Dylan Thomas

I'm not Patti Smith

This ain't the Chelsea Hotel

We're modern idiots"

And who's gonna hold you like me? (Who's gonna hold you? Who's gonna hold you?)

No-fucking-body (Who's gonna hold you? Who's gonna hold you?)

Nobody (Who's gonna hold you? Gonna love you? Gonna troll you?)

Nobody


Sometimes I wonder if you're gonna screw this up with me

But you told Lucy you'd kill yourself if I ever leave

And I had said that to Jack about you, so I felt seen

Everyone we know understands why it's meant to be

'Cause we're crazy

So tell me

Who else is gonna know me?

At dinner, you take my ring off my middle finger and put it on the one

People put wedding rings on, and that's the closest I've come

To my heart exploding


Who's gonna hold you?

Me

Who's gonna know you?

Me

"And you're not Dylan Thomas

I'm not Patti Smith

This ain't the Chelsea Hotel

We're two idiots"

Who's gonna hold you?


Who's gonna hold you? (Who's gonna hold you?)

Who's gonna hold you? (Who's gonna hold you?)

Who's gonna hold you?

Who's gonna hold you?

Who's gonna hold you? Gonna know you? Gonna troll you?


You left your typewriter at my apartment

Straight from the Tortured Poets Department

Who else decodes you?



"My Boy Only Breaks His Favorite Toys"


Oh, here we go again

The voices in his head

Called the rain to end our days of wild

The sickest army doll

Purchased at the mall

Rivulets descend my plastic smile


But you should've seen him

When he first got me


My boy only breaks his favorite toys, toys, oh

I'm queen of sand castles he destroys, oh, oh

'Cause it fit too right

Puzzle pieces in the dead of night

I should've known it was a matter of time

Oh, oh, my boy only breaks his favorite toys, oh, oh-oh-oh


There was a litany of reasons why

We could've played for keeps this time

I know I'm just repeating myself

Put me back on my shelf

But first, pull the string

And I'll tell you that he runs

Because he loves me (He loves me)


'Cause you should've seen him

When he first saw me


My boy only breaks his favorite toys, toys, oh

I'm queen of sand castles he destroys, oh, oh

'Cause I knew too much

There was danger in the heat of my touch

He saw forever so he smashed it up

Oh, oh, my boy only breaks his favorite toys, oh, oh-oh-oh


Once I fix me, he's gonna miss me

Once I fix me, he's gonna miss me


Just say when, I'd play again

He was my best friend

Down at the sandlot

I felt more when we played pretend

Than with all the Kens

'Cause he took me out of my box

Stole my tortured heart

Left all these broken parts

Told me I'm better off

But I'm not

I'm not

I'm not



"Down Bad"


Did you really beam me up?

In a cloud of sparkling dust

Just to do experiments on

Tell me I was the chosen one

Show me that this world is bigger than us

Then sent me back where I came from

For a moment, I knew cosmic love


Now I'm down bad, crying at the gym

Everything comes out teenage petulance

"Fuck it if I can't have him"

"I might just die, it would make no difference"

Down bad, waking up in blood

Staring at the sky, come back and pick me up

Fuck it if I can't have us

I might just not get up

I might stay down bad


Fuck it if I can't have him

Down bad

Fuck it if I can't have him


Did you take all my old clothes?

Just to leave me here naked and alone

In a field in my same old town

That somehow seems so hollow now

They'll say I'm nuts if I talk about the existence of you

For a moment, I was heaven struck


Now I'm down bad, crying at the gym (Crying at the gym)

Everything comes out teenage petulance

"Fuck it if I can't have him" (Fuck it if I can't have him)

"I might just die, it would make no difference"

Down bad, waking up in blood (Waking up in blood)

Staring at the sky, come back and pick me up

Fuck it if I can't have us

I might just not get up

I might stay down bad


Like I lost my twin

Fuck it if I can't have him (Down bad)

Down bad

Waving at the ship

Fuck it if I can't have him


I loved your hostile takeovers

Encounters closer and closer

All your indecent exposures

How dare you say that it's-

I'll build you a fort on some planet

Where they can all understand it

How dare you think it's romantic

Leaving me safe and stranded

'Cause fuck it, I was in love

So fuck you if I can't have us

'Cause fuck it, I was in love


Now I'm down bad, crying at the gym (Crying at the gym)

Everything comes out teenage petulance

"Fuck it if I can't have him" (Can't have him)

"I might just die, it would make no difference"

Down bad, waking up in blood (Waking up in blood)

Staring at the sky, come back and pick me up

Fuck it if I can't have us

I might just not get up

I might stay down bad


Like I lost my twin

Fuck it if I can't have him (Down bad)

Down bad

Waving at the ship

Fuck it if I can't have him


Like I lost my twin

Fuck it if I can't have him

Down bad

Waving at the ship

Fuck it if I can't have him



"So Long, London"


So long, London (So long, London)

So long, London (So long, London)

So long, London (So long, London)


I saw in my mind fairy lights through the mist

I kept calm and carried the weight of the rift

Pulled him in tighter each time he was drifting away

My spine split from carrying us up the hill

Wet through my clothes, weary bones caught the chill

I stopped trying to make him laugh, stopped trying to drill the safe

Thinking how much sad did you think I had

Did you think I had in me?

Oh, the tragedy


So long, London

You'll find someone


I didn't opt in to be your odd man out

I founded the club she's heard great things about

I left all I knew, you left me at the house by the Heath

I stopped CPR, after all, it's no use

The spirit was gone, we would never come to

And I'm pissed off you let me give you all that youth for free


For so long, London

Stitches undone

Two graves, one gun

I'll find someone


And you say I abandoned the ship

But I was going down with it

My white-knuckle dying grip

Holding tight to your quiet resentment

And my friends said it isn't right to be scared

Every day of a love affair

Every breath feels like rarest air

When you're not sure if he wants to be there

So how much sad did you think I had

Did you think I had in me?

How much tragedy?

Just how low did you think I'd go

Before I'd self-implode?

Before I'd have to go be free?


You swore that you loved me, but where were the clues?

I died on the altar waiting for the proof

You sacrificed us to the gods of your bluest days

And I'm just getting color back into my face

I'm just mad as hell 'cause I loved this place


For so long, London (So long, London)

Had a good run (Had a good run)

A moment of warm sun (Moment of warm sun)

But I'm not the one (I'm not the one)


So long, London (So long, London)

Stitches undone (Stitches undone)

Two graves, one gun (Two graves, one gun)

You'll find someone (You'll find)



"But Daddy I Love Him"


I forget how the West was won

I forget if this was ever fun

I just learned these people only raise you to cage you

Sarahs and Hannahs in their Sunday best

Clutching their pearls, sighing, "What a mess"

I just learned these people try and save you

'Cause they hate you


Too high a horse

For a simple girl to rise above it

They slammed the door on my whole world

The one thing I wanted


Now I'm running with my dress unbuttoned

Screaming, "But Daddy, I love him!

I'm having his baby"

No, I'm not, but you should see your faces

I'm telling him to floor it through the fences

No, I'm not coming to my senses

I know he's crazy but he's the one I want


Dutiful daughter, all my plans were laid

Tendrils tucked into a woven braid

Growing up precocious sometimes means not growing up at all

He was chaos, he was revelry

Bedroom eyes like a remedy

Soon enough the elders had convened

Down at the city hall


"Stay away from her"

The saboteurs protested too much

Lord knows the words we never heard

Just screeching tires and true love


And I'm running with my dress unbuttoned

Screaming, "But Daddy, I love him!

I'm having his baby"

No, I'm not, but you should see your faces

I'm telling him to floor it through the fences

No, I'm not coming to my senses

I know he's crazy but he's the one I want


I'll tell you something right now

I'd rather burn my whole life down

Than listen to one more second of all this bitching and moaning

I'll tell you something about my good name

It's mine alone to disgrace

I don't cater to all these vipers dressed in empath's clothing


God save the most judgmental creeps

Who say they want what's best for me

Sanctimoniously performing soliloquies I'll never see

Thinking it can change the beat

Of my heart when he touches me

And counteract the chemistry

And undo the destiny

You ain't gotta pray for me

Me and my wild boy and all this wild joy

If all you want is gray for me

Then it's just white noise

And it's just my choice


There's a lot of people in town that I

Bestow upon my fakest smiles

Scandal does funny things to pride

But brings lovers closer

We came back when the heat died down

Went to my parents and they came around

All the wine moms are still holding out

But fuck 'em, it's over


Now I'm dancing in my dress in the sun, and

Even my daddy just loves him

I'm his lady

And oh my God, you should see your faces

Time, doesn't it give some perspective?

And no, you can't come to the wedding

I know he's crazy, but he's the one I want


I'll tell you something right now, you ain't gotta pray for me

Me and my wild boy and all of this wild joy

He was chaos, he was revelry

If all you want is gray for me

Then it's just white noise, and it's my choice


Screaming, "But Daddy, I love him!

I'm having his baby"

No, I'm not, but you

Should see your faces

But oh my God, you should see your faces

He was chaos, he was revelry



"Fresh Out The Slammer"


Now, pretty baby, I'm runnin' back home to you

Fresh out the slammer, I know who my first call will be to

Fresh out the slammer, oh


Another summer, takin' cover

Rollin' thunder, he don't understand me

Splintered back in winter, silent dinners, bitter

He was with her in dreams

Gray and blue and fights and tunnels

Handcuffed to the spell I was under

For just one hour of sunshine

Years of labor, locks and ceilings

In the shade of how he was feelin'

But it's gonna be alright, I did my time


Now, pretty baby, I'm runnin' back home to you

Fresh out the slammer, I know who my first call will be to

Fresh out the slammer, oh


Camera flashes, welcome bashes

Get the matches, toss the ashes off the ledge

As I said in my letters, now that I know better

I will never lose my baby again

My friends tried but I wouldn't hear it

Watched me daily disappearing

For just one glimpse of his smile

All those nights you kept me going

Swirled you into all of my poems

Now we're at the starting line, I did my time


Now, pretty baby, I'm runnin'

To the house where you still wait up and that porch light gleams

To the one who says I'm the girl of his American Dreams

And no matter what I've done, it wouldn't matter anyway

Ain't no way I'm gonna screw up, now that I know what's at stake

Here

At the park where we used to sit on children's swings

Wearing imaginary rings

But it's gonna be alright, I did my time



"Florida!!!"

(feat. Florence + The Machine)


You can beat the heat

If you beat the charges too

They said I was a cheat

I guess it must be true

And my friends all smell like weed or little babies

And this city reeks of driving myself crazy


Little did you know, your home's really only a town you're just a guest in

So you work your life away just to pay for a timeshare down in Destin


Florida!!!

Is one hell of a drug

Florida!!!

Can I use you up?


And the hurricane with my name, when it came

I got drunk and I dared it to wash me away

Barricaded in the bathroom with a bottle of wine

Well, me and my ghosts, we had a hell of a time

Yes, I'm haunted, but I'm feeling just fine

All my girls got their lace and their crimes

And your cheating husband disappeared, well

No one asks any questions here

So I did my best to lay to rest

All of the bodies that have ever been on my body

And in my mind, they sink into the swamp

Is that a bad thing to say in a song?


Little did you know, your home's really only the town you'll get arrested

So you pack your life away just to wait out the shitstorm back in Texas


Florida!!!

Is one hell of a drug

Florida!!!

Can I use you up?


I need to forget, so take me to Florida

I've got some regrets, I'll bury them in Florida

Tell me I'm despicable, say it's unforgivable

At least the dolls are beautiful, fuck me up, Florida!


I need to forget, so take me to Florida

I've got some regrets, I'll bury them in Florida

Tell me I'm despicable, say it's unforgivable

What a crash, what a rush, fuck me up, Florida!


It's one hell of a drug

It's one hell of a drug

Love left me like this

And I don't want to exist

So take me to Florida


Little did you know, your home's really only a town you're just a guest in

So you work your life away just to pay for a timeshare down in Destin (Take me to Florida)

Little did you know, your home's really only the town you'll get arrested (Take me to Florida)

So you pack your life away just to wait out the shitstorm back in Texas (Take me to)


Florida!!!

Is one hell of a drug

(Take me to) Florida!!!

Can I use you up?

Florida!!!

Is one hell of a drug

Florida!!!

Go on, fuck me up



"Guilty as Sin?"


Drowning in the Blue Nile

He sent me "Downtown Lights"

I hadn't heard it in a while

My boredom's bone-deep

This cage was once just fine

Am I allowed to cry?


I dream of cracking locks

Throwing my life to the wolves or the ocean rocks

Crashing into him tonight, he's a paradox

I'm seeing visions, am I bad?

Or mad? Or wise?


What if he's written "mine" on my upper thigh only in my mind?

One slip and falling back into the hedge maze

Oh, what a way to die

I keep recalling things we never did

Messy top lip kiss, how I long for our trysts

Without ever touching his skin

How can I be guilty as sin?


I keep these longings locked

In lowercase, inside a vault

Someone told me there's no such thing as bad thoughts

Only your actions talk


These fatal fantasies giving way to labored breath

Taking all of me, we've already done it in my head

If it's make-believe

Why does it feel like a vow we'll both uphold somehow?


What if he's written "mine" on my upper thigh only in my mind?

One slip and falling back into the hedge maze

Oh, what a way to die

My bedsheets are ablaze, I've screamed his name

Building up like waves crashing over my grave

Without ever touching his skin

How can I be guilty as sin?


What if I roll the stone away?

They're gonna crucify me anyway

What if the way you hold me is actually what's holy?

If long-suffering propriety is what they want from me

They don't know how you've haunted me so stunningly

I choose you and me religiously


What if he's written "mine" on my upper thigh only in my mind?

One slip and falling back into the hedge maze

Oh, what a way to die

I keep recalling things we never did

Messy top lip kiss, how I long for our trysts

Without ever touching his skin

How can I be guilty as sin?


He sent me "Downtown Lights"

I hadn't heard it in a while

Am I allowed to cry?



"Who’s Afraid of Little Old Me"


The "Who's Who" of "Who's That?"

Is poised for the attack

But my bare hands paved their paths

You don't get to tell me about "sad"


If you wanted me dead

You should've just said

Nothing makes me feel more alive


So I leap from the gallows, and I levitate down your street

Crash the party like a record scratch as I scream

"Who's afraid of little old me?"

You should be


The scandal was contained

The bullet had just grazed

At all costs, keep your good name

You don't get to tell me you feel bad


Is it a wonder I broke? Let's hear one more joke

Then we could all just laugh until I cry


So I leap from the gallows, and I levitate down your street

Crash the party like a record scratch as I scream

"Who's afraid of little old me?"

I was tame, I was gentle till the circus life made me mean

Don't you worry, folks, we took out all her teeth

Who's afraid of little old me?

Well, you should be, you should be, you should be (You should be, you should be)

You should be, you should be, you should be (You should be, you should be)


So tell me everything is not about me

But what if it is?

Then say they didn't do it to hurt me

But what if they did?

I want to snarl and show you just how disturbed this has made me

You wouldn't last an hour in the asylum where they raised me

So all you kids can sneak into my house, with all the cobwebs

I'm always drunk on my own tears, isn't that what they all said?


That I'll sue you if you step on my lawn

That I'm fearsome, and I'm wretched, and I'm wrong

Put narcotics into all of my songs

And that's why you're still singing along


So I leap from the gallows, and I levitate down your street

Crash the party like a record scratch as I scream

"Who's afraid of little old me?"

I was tame, I was gentle till the circus life made me mean

Don't you worry, folks, we took out all her teeth

Who's afraid of little old me?

Well, you should be, you should be, you should be (You should be, you should be)


'Cause you lured me, and you hurt me, and you taught me (You should be, you should be)

You caged me, and then you called me crazy

I am what I am 'cause you trained me

So who's afraid of me?

So who's afraid of little old me?

Who's afraid of little old me?



"I Can Fix Him (No Really I Can)"


The smoke cloud billows out his mouth

Like a freight train through a small town

The jokes that he told across the bar

Were revolting and far too loud


They shake their heads, saying, "God help her" when I

Tell 'em he's my man

But your good Lord doesn't need to lift a finger

I can fix him, no really I can

And only I can


The dopamine races through his brain

On a six-lane Texas highway

His hand, so calloused from his pistol

Softly traces hearts on my face

And I could see it from a mile away

A perfect case for my certain skillset

He had a halo of the highest grade

He just hadn't met me yet


They shake their heads, saying, "God help her" when I

Tell 'em he's my man

But your good Lord doesn't need to lift a finger

I can fix him, no really I can

And only I can


Good boy, that's right

Come close, I'll show you heaven

If you'll be an angel all night

Trust me, I can handle me a dangerous man

No really I can


They shook their heads, saying, "God help her" when I

Told 'em he's my man (I told 'em he's my man)

But your good Lord didn't need to lift a finger

I can fix him, no really I can (No really I can)


Whoa, maybe I can't



"loml"


Who's gonna stop us from waltzing back into rekindled flames

If we know the steps anyway?

We embroidered the memories of the time I was away

Stitching, "We were just kids, babe"

I said, "I don't mind, it takes time"

I thought I was better safe than starry-eyed

I felt aglow like this

Never before and never since


If you know it in one glimpse, it's legendary

You and I go from one kiss to getting married

Still alive, killing time at the cemetery

Never quite buried

In your suit and tie, in the nick of time

You lowdown boy, you standup guy, you

Holy Ghost, you told me I'm

The love of your life


You said I'm the love of your life

About a million times


Who's gonna tell me the truth, when you blew in with the winds of fate

And told me I reformed you?

When your Impressionist paintings of Heaven turned out to be fakes

Well, you took me to hell too

And all at once, the ink bleeds

A con man sells a fool a get-love-quick scheme

But I felt a hole like this

Never before and ever since


If you know it in one glimpse, it's legendary

What we thought was for all time was momentary

Still alive, killing time at the cemetery

Never quite buried

You cinephile in black and white

All those plot twists and dynamite

Mr. Steal Your Girl, then make her cry

You said I'm the love of your life


You shit-talked me under the table, talking rings and talking cradles

I wish I could un-recall how we almost had it all

Dancing phantoms on the terrace, are they second-hand embarrassed

That I can't get out of bed 'cause something counterfeit's dead?

It was legendary

It was momentary

It was unnecessary, should've let it stay buried


Oh, what a valiant roar

What a bland goodbye

The coward claimed he was a lion

I'm combing through the braids of lies

"I'll never leave"

"Never mind"

Our field of dreams, engulfed in fire

Your arson's match, your somber eyes

And I'll still see it until I die

You're the loss of my life



"I Can Do It With A Broken Heart"


I can read your mind

"She's having the time of her life"

There in her glittering prime

The lights refract sequin stars

Off her silhouette every night

I can show you lies


'Cause I'm a real tough kid

I can handle my shit

They said, "Babe, you gotta fake it 'til you make it"

And I did

Lights, camera, bitch, smile

Even when you want to die

He said he'd love me all his life

But that life was too short

Breaking down, I hit the floor

All the pieces of me shattered

As the crowd was chanting "More!"

I was grinning like I'm winning

I was hitting my marks

'Cause I can do it with a broken heart


I'm so depressed, I act like it's my birthday

Every day

I'm so obsessed with him, but he avoids me

Like the plague

I cry a lot, but I am so productive

It's an art

You know you're good when you can even do it with a broken heart


I can hold my breath

I've been doing it since he left

I keep finding his things in drawers

Crucial evidence, I didn't imagine the whole thing

I'm sure I can pass this test


'Cause I'm a real tough kid

I can handle my shit

They said, "Babe, you gotta fake it 'til you make it"

And I did

Lights, camera, bitch, smile

In stilettos for miles

He said he'd love me for all time

But that time was quite short

Breaking down, I hit the floor

All the pieces of me shattered

As the crowd was chanting "More!"

I was grinning like I'm winning

I was hitting my marks

'Cause I can do it with a broken heart


I'm so depressed, I act like it's my birthday

Every day

I'm so obsessed with him, but he avoids me

Like the plague

I cry a lot, but I am so productive

It's an art

You know you're good when you can even do it with a broken heart


You know you're good when you can even do it with a broken heart

You know you're good, and I'm good

'Cause I'm miserable!

And nobody even knows!

Try and come for my job



"The Smallest Man Who Ever Lived"


Was any of it true?

Gazing at me starry-eyed

In your Jehovah's Witness suit

Who the fuck was that guy?

You tried to buy some pills

From a friend of friends of mine

They just ghosted you

Now you know what it feels like


And I don't even want you back, I just want to know

If rusting my sparkling summer was the goal

And I don't miss what we had, but could someone give

A message to the smallest man who ever lived?


You hung me on your wall

Stabbed me with your push pins

In public, showed me off

Then sank in stoned oblivion

'Cause once your queen had come

You'd treat her like an also-ran

You didn't measure up

In any measure of a man


And I don't even want you back, I just want to know

If rusting my sparkling summer was the goal

And I don't miss what we had, but could someone give

A message to the smallest man who ever lived?


Were you sent by someone

Who wanted me dead?

Did you sleep with a gun underneath our bed?

Were you writing a book?

Were you a sleeper cell spy?

In fifty years will all this be declassified?

And you'll confess why you did it

And I'll say, "Good riddance"

'Cause it wasn't sexy once it wasn't forbidden

I would've died for your sins

Instead I just died inside

And you deserve prison, but you won't get time

You'll slide into inboxes and slip through the bars

You crashed my party and your rental car

You said normal girls were "boring"

But you were gone by the morning

You kicked out the stage lights, but you're still performing

And in plain sight you hid

But you are what you did

And I'll forget you, but I'll never forgive

The smallest man who ever lived



"The Alchemy"


This happens once every few lifetimes

These chemicals hit me like white wine


What if I told you I'm back?

The hospital was a drag

Worst sleep that I ever had

I circled you on a map

I haven't come around in so long

But I'm coming back so strong


So when I

Touch down, call the amateurs and cut 'em from the team

Ditch the clowns, get the crown, baby, I'm the one to beat

'Cause the sign on your heart said it's still reserved for me

Honestly, who are we to fight the alchemy?


Hey, you

What if I told you we're cool?

That child's play back in school is forgiven under my rule

I haven't come around in so long

But I'm making a comeback to where I belong


So when I

Touch down, call the amateurs and cut 'em from the team

Ditch the clowns, get the crown, baby, I'm the one to beat

'Cause the sign on your heart said it's still reserved for me

Honestly, who are we to fight the alchemy?


These blokes warm the benches, we been on a winning streak

He jokes that it's heroin but this time with an "E"

'Cause the sign on your heart said it's still reserved for me

Honestly, who are we to fight the alchemy?


Shirts off, and your friends lift you up over their heads

Beer sticking to the floor, cheers chanted 'cause they said

There was no chance, tryna be the greatest in the league

Where's the trophy?

He just comes running over to me


Touch down, call the amateurs and cut 'em from the team

Ditch the clowns, get the crown, baby, I'm the one to beat

'Cause the sign on your heart said it's still reserved for me

Honestly, who are we to fight the alchemy?


These blokes warm the benches, we been on a winning streak

He jokes that it's heroin but this time with an "E"

'Cause the sign on your heart said it's still reserved for me

Honestly, who are we to fight the alchemy?


This happens once every few lifetimes

These chemicals hit me like white wine



"Clara Bow"


"You look like Clara Bow

In this light, remarkable

All your life, did you know

You'd be picked like a rose?"


"I'm not trying to exaggerate

But I think I might die if it happened

Die if it happened to me

No one in my small town

Thought I'd see the lights of Manhattan"


"This town is fake, but you're the real thing

Breath of fresh air through smoke rings

Take the glory, give everything

Promise to be dazzling"


"You look like Stevie Nicks

In '75, the hair and lips

Crowd goes wild at her fingertips

Half moonshine, a full eclipse"


"I'm not trying to exaggerate

But I think I might die if I made it

Die if I made it

No one in my small town

Thought I'd meet these suits in L.A.

They all wanna say"


"This town is fake, but you're the real thing

Breath of fresh air through smoke rings

Take the glory, give everything

Promise to be dazzling"


"The crown is stained, but you're the real queen

Flesh and blood amongst war machines

You're the new God we're worshipping

Promise to be dazzling"


Beauty is a beast that roars

Down on all fours

Demanding, "More"

Only when your girlish glow

Flickers just so

Do they let you know?

It's hell on earth to be heavenly

Them's the breaks, they don't come gently


"You look like Taylor Swift

In this light, we're loving it

You've got edge she never did

The future's bright, dazzling"



"The Black Dog"


I am someone who, until recent events

You shared your secrets with

And your location

You forgot to turn it off

And so I watch as you walk

Into some bar called The Black Dog

And pierce new holes in my heart

You forgot to turn it off

And it hits me

I just don't understand


How you don't miss me

In The Black Dog

When someone plays 'The Starting Line' and you jump up

But she's too young to know this song

That was intertwined in the magic fabric of our dreaming

Old habits die screaming


I move through the world with the heartbroken

My longings stay unspoken

And I may never open up the way I did for you

And all of those best laid plans

You said I needed a brave man

Then proceeded to play him

Until I believed it too

And it kills me

I just don't understand


How you don't miss me

In the shower

And remember

How my rain-soaked body was shaking

Do you hate me?

Was it hazing?

For a cruel fraternity I pledged

And I still mean it

Old habits die screaming


Six weeks of breathing clean air

I still miss the smoke

Were you making fun of me with some esoteric joke?

Now I want to sell my house and set fire to all my clothes

And hire a priest to come and exorcize my demons

Even if I die screaming

And I hope you hear it


And I hope it's shitty

In The Black Dog

When someone plays The Starting Line and you jump up

But she's too young to know this song

That was intertwined in the tragic fabric of our dreaming

'Cause tail between your legs you're leaving

And I still can't believe it

'Cause old habits die screaming



"imgonnagetyouback"


Lilac short skirt

The one that fits me like skin

Did your research

You knew the price goin' in


And I'll tell you one thing, honey

I can tell when somebody still wants me, come clean

Standing at the bar like something's funny, bubbly

Once you fix your face, I'm goin' in


Whether I'm gonna be your wife or

Gonna smash up your bike, I

Haven't decided yet

But I'm gonna get you back


Whether I'm gonna curse you out or

Take you back to my house, I

Haven't decided yet

But I'm gonna get you back


I hear the whispers in your eyes

I'll make you wanna think twice

You'll find that you were never not mine

You're mine


Small talk, big love

Act like I don't care what you did

I'm an Aston Martin

That you steered straight into the ditch

Then ran and hid


And I'll tell you one thing, honey

I can take the upper hand and touch your body

Flip the script and leave you like a dumb house party

Or I might just love you 'til the end


Whether I'm gonna be your wife or

Gonna smash up your bike, I

Haven't decided yet

But I'm gonna get you back


Whether I'm gonna flip you off or

Pull you into the closet

I haven't decided yet

But I'm gonna get you back


I hear the whispers in your eyes

I'll make you wanna think twice, you'll find

That you were never not mine

You're mine


I can feel it comin', hummin' in the way you move

Push the reset button, we're becoming something new

Say you got somebody, I'll say, "I got someone too"

Even if it's handcuffed, I'm leaving here with you


Bygones will be bygone eras fadin' into gray

We broke all the pieces but still want to play the game

Told my friends, "I hate you but I love you just the same"

Pick your poison, babe

I'm poison either way


Whether I'm gonna be your wife or

Gonna smash up your bike, I

Haven't decided yet

But I'm gonna get you back


Whether I'm gonna curse you out or

Take you back to my house, I

Haven't decided yet

But I'm gonna get you back


I hear the whispers in your eyes

I'll make you wanna think twice

You'll find that you were never not mine

I'm gonna get you back



"The Albatross"


Wise men once said

"Wild winds are death to the candle"

A rose by any other name is a scandal

Cautions issued, he stood

Shooting the messengers

They tried to warn him about her


Cross your thoughtless heart

Only liquor anoints you

She's the albatross

She is here to destroy you


Wise men once said

"One bad seed kills the garden"

"One less temptress

One less dagger to sharpen"

Locked me up in towers

But I'd visit in your dreams

And they tried to warn you about me


Cross your thoughtless heart

Only liquor anoints you

She's the albatross

She is here to destroy you

Devils that you know

Raise worse hell than a stranger

She's the death you chose

You're in terrible danger


And when that sky rains fire on you

And you're persona non grata

I'll tell you how I've been there too

And that none of it matters


Wise men once read fake news

And they believed it

Jackals raised their hackles

You couldn't conceive it

You were sleeping soundly when they dragged you from your bed

And I tried to warn you about them


So I crossed my thoughtless heart

Spread my wings like a parachute

I'm the albatross

I swept in at the rescue

The devil that you know

Looks now more like an angel

I'm the life you chose

And all this terrible danger


So cross your thoughtless heart

She's the albatross

She is here to destroy you



"Chloe or Sam or Sophia or Marcus"


Your hologram stumbled into my apartment

Hands in the hair of somebody in darkness

Named Chloe or Sam or Sophia or Marcus

And I just watched it happen

As the decade would play us for fools

And you saw my bones out with somebody new

Who seemed like he would've bullied you in school

And you just watched it happen


If you want to break my cold, cold heart

Just say, "I loved you the way that you were"

If you want to tear my world apart

Just say you've always wondered


You said some things that I can't unabsorb

You turned me into an idea of sorts

You needed me, but you needed drugs more

And I couldn't watch it happen

I changed into goddesses, villains, and fools

Changed plans and lovers and outfits and rules

All to outrun my desertion of you

And you just watched it


If you want to break my cold, cold heart

Just say, "I loved you the way that you were"

If you want to tear my world apart

Just say you've always wondered


If the glint in my eye traced the depths of your sigh

Down that passage in time

Back to the moment I crashed into you

Like so many wrecks do

Too impaired by my youth

To know what to do


So if I sell my apartment

And you have some kids with an internet starlet

Will that make your memory fade from this scarlet maroon?

Like it never happened

Could it be enough to just float in your orbit?

Can we watch our phantoms like watching wild horses?

Cooler in theory, but not if you force it

To be, it just didn't happen


So if you want to break my cold, cold heart

Say you loved me

And if you want to tear my world apart

Say you'll always wonder


'Cause I wonder

Will I always

Will I always wonder?



"How Did It End?"


We hereby conduct this post mortem

He was a hothouse flower to my outdoorsman

Our maladies were such we could not cure them

And so a touch that was my birthright became foreign


Come one, come all

It's happening again

The empathetic hunger descends

We'll tell no one except all of our friends

We must know

How did it end?


We were blind to unforeseen circumstances

We learned the right steps to different dances

And fell victim to interlopers' glances

Lost the game of chance, what are the chances?

Soon they'll go home to their husbands

Smug 'cause they know they can trust him

Then feverishly calling their cousins


Guess who we ran into at the shops

Walking in circles like she was lost

Didn't you hear they called it all off

One gasp, and then

How did it end?


Say it once again with feeling

How the death rattle breathing

Silenced as the soul was leaving

The deflation of our dreaming

Leaving me bereft and reeling

My beloved ghost and me

Sitting in a tree

D-Y-I-N-G


It's happening again

How did it end?

I can't pretend like I understand

How did it end?


Come one, come all

It's happening again

The empathetic hunger descends

We'll tell no one except all of our friends

But I still don't know

How did it end?



"So High School"


I feel so high school

Every time I look at you

I want to find you in a crowd

Just to hide from you


And in the blink of a crinklin' eye

I'm sinkin', our fingers entwined

Cheeks pink in the twinklin' lights

Tell me 'bout the first time you saw me

I'll drink what you think and I'm high

From smokin' your jokes all damn night

The brink of a wrinkle in time

Bittersweet sixteen suddenly

I'm watchin' American Pie with you on a Saturday night

Your friends are around, so be quiet

I'm tryin' to stifle my sighs

'Cause I feel so high school

Every time I look at you

But look at you


Are you gonna marry, kiss, or kill me?

Kill me

It's just a game, but really

Really

I'm bettin' on all three for us two

All three

Get my car door, isn't that sweet

That sweet

Then pull me to the backseat

Backseat

No one's ever had me, not like you

Had me


Truth, dare, spin bottles

You know how to ball, I know Aristotle

Brand new, full throttle

Touch me while your bros play Grand Theft Auto

It's true, swear, scouts honor

You knew what you wanted, and, boy, you got her

Brand new, full throttle

You already know, babe


I feel like laughin'

In the middle of practice

Do that impression you did of your dad again

I'm hearin' voices, like a madman


And in the blink of a crinklin' eye

I'm sinkin', our fingers entwined

Cheeks pink in the twinklin' lights

Tell me 'bout the first time you saw me

I'll drink what you think and I'm high

From smokin' your jokes all damn night

The brink of a wrinkle in time

Bittersweet sixteen suddenly

I'm watching American Pie with you on a Saturday night

Your friends are around, so be quiet

I'm tryin' to stifle my sighs

'Cause I feel so high school

Every time I look at you

But look at you


Truth, dare, spin bottles

You know how to ball, I know Aristotle

Brand new, full throttle

Touch me while your bros play Grand Theft Auto

It's true, swear, scouts honor

You knew what you wanted, and, boy, you got her

Brand new, full throttle

You already know, babe

You already know, babe



"I Hate It Here"


Quick, quick

Tell me something awful

Like you are a poet

Trapped inside the body of a finance guy

Tell me all your secrets

All you'll ever be is

My eternal consolation prize

You see I was a debutant

In another life, but

Now I seem to be scared to go outside

If comfort is a construct

I don't believe in good luck

Now that I know what's what


I hate it here so I will go to

Secret gardens in my mind

People need a key to get to

The only one is mine

I read about it in a book when I was a precocious child

No mid-sized city hopes and small-town fears

I'm there most of the year 'cause I hate it here

I hate it here


My friends used to play a game where

We would pick a decade

We wished we could live in instead of this

I'd say the 1830s but without all the racists and getting married off for the highest bid

Everyone would look down

'Cause it wasn't fun now

Seems like it was never even fun back then

Nostalgia is a mind's trick

If I'd been there, I'd hate it

It was freezing in the palace


I hate it here so I will go to

Lunar valleys in my mind

When they found a better planet

Only the gentle survived

I dreamed about it in the dark

The night I felt like I might die

No mid-sized city hopes and small-town fears

I'm there most of the year 'cause I hate it here

I hate it here


I'm lonely, but I'm good

I'm bitter, but I swear I'm fine

I'll save all my romanticism for my inner life and I'll get lost on purpose

This place made me feel worthless

Lucid dreams like electricity, the current flies through me and in my fantasies I rise above it

And way up there, I actually love it


I hate it here so I will go to

Secret gardens in my mind

People need a key to get to

The only one is mine

I read about it in a book when I was a precocious child

No mid-sized city hopes and small-town fears

I'm there most of the year 'cause I hate it here

I hate it here


Quick, quick

Tell me something awful

Like you are a poet

Trapped inside the body of a finance guy



"thanK you aIMee"


When I picture my hometown

There's a bronze, spray-tanned statue of you

And a plaque underneath it

That threatens to push me down the stairs at our school

And it was always the same searing pain

But I dreamed that one day I could say


All that time you were throwin' punches

I was buildin' somethin'

And I can't forgive the way you made me feel

Screamed, 'fucK you aIMee' to the night sky

As the blood was gushin'

But I can't forget the way you made me heal


And it wasn't a fair fight

Or a clean Kill

Each time that aIMee stomped across my grave

And then she wrote headlines

In the local paper laughing at each baby step I'd take

And it was always the same searing pain

But I prayed that one day I could say


All that time you were throwin' punches

I was buildin' somethin'

And I couldn't wait to show you it was real

Screamed 'fucK you aIMee' to the night sky

As the blood was gushin'

But I can't forget the way you made me heal

Everyone knows that my mother is a saintly woman

But she used to say she wished that you were dead

I pushed each boulder up the hill

Your words are still just ringin' in my head, ringin' in my head


I wrote a thousand songs that you find uncool

I built a legacy that you can't undo

But when I count the scars

There's a moment of truth

That there wouldn't be this

If there hadn't been you


And maybe you've reframed it

And in your mind you never beat my spirit black and blue

I don't think you've changed much

And so I changed your name and any real defining clues

And one day

Your kid comes home singing

A song that only us two is gonna know is about you

'Cause


All that time you were throwin' punches

It was all for nothin'

And our town it looks so small from way up here

Screamed, 'thanK you aIMee'' to the night sky

And the stars are stunnin'

'Cause I can't forget the way you made me heal

Everyone knows that my mother is a saintly woman

But she used to say she wished that you were dead

So I pushed each boulder up that hill

Your words were still just ringin' in my head, ringin' in my head

ThanK you aIMee

ThanK you aIMee



"I Look in People’s Windows"


I had died the tiniest death

I spied the catch in your breath

Out, out, out, out, out, out

Northbound I got carried away

As you boarded your train

South, south, south, south, south, south

A feather taken by the wind blowing

I'm afflicted by the not knowing so


I look in people's windows

Transfixed by rose golden glows

They have their friends over to drink nice wine

I look in people's windows

In case you're at their table

What if your eyes looked up and met mine

One more time


You had stopped and tilted your head

I still ponder what it meant

Now, now, now, now, now, now

I tried searching faces on streets

What are the chances you'd be

Downtown, downtown, downtown

Does it feel alright to not know me?

I'm addicted to the "if only"


So I look in people's windows

Like I'm some deranged weirdo

I attend Christmas parties from outside

I look in people's windows

In case you're at their table

What if your eyes looked up and met mine

One more time



"The Prophecy"


Hand on the throttle

Thought I caught lightning in a bottle

Oh, but it's gone again

And it was written

I got cursed like Eve got bitten

Oh, was it punishment?

Pad around when I get home

I guess a lesser woman would've lost hope

A greater woman wouldn't beg

But I looked to the sky and said


Please

I've been on my knees

Change the prophecy

Don't want money

Just someone who wants my company

Let it once be me

Who do I have to speak to

About if they can redo

The prophecy?


Cards on the table

Mine play out like fools in a fable, oh

It was sinking in

Sinking in, oh

Slow is the quicksand

Poison blood from the wound of the pricked hand

Oh, still I dream of him


Please

I've been on my knees

Change the prophecy

Don't want money

Just someone who wants my company

Let it once be me

Who do I have to speak to

About if they can redo

The prophecy?


And I sound like an infant

Feelin' like the very last drops of an ink pen

A greater woman stays cool

But I howl like a wolf at the moon

And I look unstable

Gathered with a coven round a sorceress' table

A greater woman has faith

But even statues crumble if they're made to wait

I'm so afraid I sealed my fate

No sign of soulmates

I'm just a paperweight

In shades of greige

Spending my last coin so someone will tell me

It'll be ok

Ooh

Ooh

Ooh

Ooh


Please

I've been on my knees

Change the prophecy

Don't want money

Just someone who wants my company

Let it once be me

Who do I have to speak to

About if they can redo

The prophecy?


Who do I have to speak to

To change the prophecy?

Hand on the throttle

Thought I caught lightning in a bottle, oh

But it's gone again

Pad around when I get home

I guess a lesser woman would've lost hope

A greater woman wouldn't beg

But I looked to the sky and said

Please



"Cassandra"


I was in my new house placing daydreams

Patching up the crack along the wall

I pass it and lose track of what I'm saying

'Cause that's where I was when I got the call


When the first stone's thrown there's screamin'

In the streets there's a ragin' riot

When it's, "Burn the bitch", they're shrieking

When the truth comes out it's quiet


So they killed Cassandra first

'Cause she feared the worst

And tried to tell the town

So they filled my cell with snakes, I regret to say

Do you believe me now?


I was in my tower weaving nightmares

Twisting all my smiles into snarls

They say what doesn't kill you makes you aware

What happens if it becomes who you are?


So they killed Cassandra first

'Cause she feared the worst

And tried to tell the town

So they set my life in flames, I regret to say

Do you believe me now?


They knew, they knew, they knew the whole time

That I was onto somethin'

The family, the pure greed, the Christian chorus line

They all said nothin'


Blood's thick, but nothin' like a payroll

Bet they never spared a prayer for my soul

You can mark my words that I said it first

In a mourning warning no one heard


I patched up the crack along the wall

I pass it and lose track of what I'm saying

'Cause that's where I was when I lost it all


So they killed Cassandra first

'Cause she feared the worst

And tried to tell the town

So they filled my cell with snakes, I regret to say

Do you believe me now?


I was onto somethin'

They all said nothin'

Blood's thick, but nothin' like a payroll

Bet they never spared a prayer for my soul

You can mark my words that I said it first

In a mourning warning no one heard


No one heard

Not a single word was heard


When the first stone's thrown there's screamin'

In the streets there's a ragin' riot

When it's "Burn the bitch", they're shriekin'

When the truth comes out it's quiet

It's so quiet



"Peter"


Forgive me, Peter

My lost fearless leader

In closets like cedar

Preserved from when we were just kids

Is it somethin' I did?

The goddess of timing

Once found us beguiling

She said she was trying

Peter, was she lying?

My ribs get the feelin' she did

And I didn't want to come down

I thought it was just goodbye for now


You said you were gonna grow up

Then you were gonna come find me

Said you were gonna grow up

Then you were gonna come find me

Said you were gonna grow up

Then you were gonna come find me

Words from the mouths of babes

Promises oceans deep

But never to keep

Oh, never to keep


Are you still a mind reader?

A natural scene stealer?

I've heard great things, Peter

But life was always easier on you

Than it was on me

And sometimes it gets me

When crossing your jet stream

We both did the best we could do underneath the same moon

In different galaxies

And I didn't want to hang around

We said it was just goodbye for now


You said you were gonna grow up

Then you were gonna come find me

Said you were gonna grow up

Then you were gonna come find me

Said you were gonna grow up

Then you were gonna come find me

Words from the mouths of babes

Promises oceans deep

But never to keep

Never to keep


And I won't confess that I waited

But I let the lamp burn

As the men masqueraded

I hoped you'd return

With your feet on the ground

Tell me all that you'd learned

'Cause love's never lost when perspective is earned

And you said you'd come and get me, but you were twenty-five

And the shelf life of those fantasies has expired

Lost to the Lost Boys chapter of your life

Forgive me, Peter, please know that I tried

To hold onto the days when you were mine (Hold onto the days)

But the woman who sits by the window has turned out the light


You said you were gonna grow up

Then you were gonna come find me

Said you were gonna grow up

You said you were gonna grow up

Then you were gonna come find me

Said you were gonna grow up

You said you were gonna grow up

Then you were gonna come find me

Said you were gonna grow up

Then you were gonna come find me

Said you were gonna grow up

Then you were gonna come find me

Words from the mouths of babes

Promises oceans deep

But never to keep



"The Bolter"


By all accounts, she almost drowned

When she was six in frigid water

And I can confirm she made

A curious child, ever reviled

By everyone except her own father

With a quite bewitching face

Splendidly selfish, charmingly helpless

Excellent fun till you get to know her

Then she runs like it's a race

Behind her back, her best mates laughed

And they nicknamed her The Bolter


Started with a kiss

"Oh, we must stop meeting like this"

But it always ends up with a town car speeding

Out the drive one evening

Ended with the slam of a door

Then he'll call her a whore

Wish he wouldn't be sore

But as she was leaving

It felt like breathing

All her fuckin' lives

Flashed before her eyes

It feels like the time

She fell through the ice

Then came out alive


He was a cad, wanted her bad

Just like any good trophy hunter

And she liked the way it tastes

Taming a bear, making him care

Watching him jump then pulling him under

And at first blush, this is fate

When it's all roses, portrait poses

Central Park Lake in tiny rowboats

What a charming Saturday

That's when she sees the littlest leaks

Down in the floorboards

And she just knows

She must bolt


Started with a kiss

"Oh, we must stop meeting like this"

But it always ends up with a town car speeding

Out the drive one evening

Ended with the slam of a door

Then he'll call her a whore

Wish he wouldn't be sore

But as she was leaving

It felt like breathing

All her fuckin' lives

Flashed before her eyes

It feels like the time

She fell through the ice

Then came out alive


She's been many places with

Men of many faces

First they're off to the races

And she's laughing drawin' aces

But, none of it is changin'

That the chariot is waitin'

Hearts are hers for the breakin'

There's escape in escaping


Started with a kiss

"Oh, we must stop meeting like this"

But it always ends with a town car speeding

Out the drive one evenin'

Ended with the slam of a door

But she's got the best stories

You can be sure

That as she was leaving

It felt like freedom

All her fuckin' lives

Flashed before her eyes

And she realized

It feels like the time

She fell through the ice

Then came out alive



"Robin"


Long may you reign

You're an animal

You are bloodthirsty

Out window panes talking utter nonsense

You have no idea


Strings tied to levers

Slowed-down clocks tethered

All this showmanship

To keep it for you

In sweetness

Way to go, tiger

Higher and higher

Wilder and lighter

For you


Long may you roar

At your dinosaurs

You're a just ruler

Covered in mud, you look ridiculous

And you have no idea


Buried down deep and out of your reach

The secret we all vowed

To keep it from you

In sweetness

Way to go, tiger

Higher and higher

Wilder and lighter

For you


You got the dragonflies above your bed

You have a favorite spot on the swing set

You have no room in your dreams for regrets

You have no idea

The time will arrive for the cruel and the mean

You'll learn to bounce back just like your trampoline

But now we'll curtail your curiosity

In sweetness


Way to go, tiger

Way to go, tiger

Higher and higher

Higher and higher

Wilder and lighter

For you



"The Manuscript"


Now and then she re-reads the manuscript

Of the entire torrid affair

They compared their licenses

He said, "I'm not a donor but

I'd give you my heart if you needed it"

She rolled her eyes and said, "You're a professional"

He said, "No, just a Good Samaritan"

He said that if the sex was half as good as the conversation was

Soon they'd be pushing strollers

But soon it was over


In the age of him she wished she was thirty

And made coffee every morning in a French press

Afterward she only ate kids' cereal

And couldn't sleep unless it was in her mother's bed

Then she dated boys who were her own age

With dartboards on the backs of their doors

She thought about how he said

Since she was so wise beyond her years

Everything had been above board

She wasn't sure


And the years passed like scenes of a show

The professor said to write what you know

Looking backwards might be the only way

To move forward

Then the actors were hitting their marks

And the slow dance was alight with the sparks

And the tears fell in synchronicity with the score

And at last

She knew what the agony had been for


The only thing that's left is the manuscript

One last souvenir from my trip to your shores

Now and then I re-read the manuscript

But the story isn't mine anymore

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