taylor swift * folklore starters
iâm doing good, iâm on some new shit
and if you wanted me, you really shouldâve showed
but we were something, donât you think so?
and if my wishes came true, it wouldâve been you
in my defence, i have none
but it wouldâve been fun if you wouldâve been the one
if one thing had been different, would everything be different today
when you are young they assume you know nothing
you put me on and said i was your favourite
a friend to all is a friend to none
chase two girls, lose the one
you drew stars around my scars
tried to change the ending
i knew youâd haunt all of my what-ifs
cause i knew everything when i was young
and i knew youâd come back to me
THE LAST GREAT AMERICAN DYNASTY
how did a middle class divorcĂŠe do it?
thereâs only so far new money goes
their parties were tasteful, if a little loud
there goes the last great american dynasty
who knows, if she never showed up what couldâve been
she had a marvellous time ruining everything
there goes the most shameless woman this town has ever seen
she stole his dog and dyed it key lime green
i had a marvellous time ruining everything
i can see you standinâ honey
and it took you five whole minutes to pack us up and leave me with it
i think iâve seen this film before
youâre not my homeland anymore
now iâm in exile seeinâ you out
i can see you starinâ honey
like youâd get your knuckles bloody for me
those eyes add insult to injury
iâm not your problem anymore
so who am i offending now?
we always walked a very thin line
you didnât even hear me out
i never learned to read your mind
even on my worst day, did i deserve babe, all the hell you gave me?
i didnât have it in myself to go with grace
and if iâm dead to you, why are you at the wake?
you know i didnât want to have to haunt you
cause when iâd fight, you used to tell me i was brave
and i can go anywhere i want, just not home
you had to kill me, but it killed you just the same
you turned into your worst fears
and when i break, itâs in a million pieces
youâll find me on my tallest tiptoes spinning in my highest heels
i know they said the end is near
i can change everything about me to fit in
iâm still trying everything to get you laughing at me
iâm still a believer but i donât know why
please picture me in the trees
i was too scared to jump in
are there still beautiful things?
cross your heart, wonât tell no other
and thought i canât recall your face, i still got love for you
love you to the moon and to saturn
and iâve been meaning to tell you
i think your house is haunted
i used to scream ferociously
i never needed anything more
and i can see us twisted in bedsheets
cause you were never mine
i remember thinking i had you
so much for summer love, and saying âusâ
cause you werenât mine to lose
iâve been having a hard time adjusting
i didnât know if youâd care if i came back
i have a lot of regrets about that
and maybe i donât quite know what to say
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
i was so ahead of the curve, the curve became a sphere
but i didnât pour the whiskey
itâs hard to be anywhere these days
make sure nobody sees you leave
tell your friends youâre out for a run
take the road less travelled by
and thatâs the thing about illicit affairs
like you donât even exist
but they lie, and they lie, and they lie, a million little times
look at this godforsaken mess that you made me
for you, i would ruin myself
i used to think i would meet somebody there
were there clues i didnât see?
all along, there was some invisible string tying you to me
you ate at my favourite spot for dinner
something wrapped all of my past mistakes in barbed wire
one single thread of gold tied me to you
hell was the journey but it brought me heaven
what did you think iâd say to that?
what do you sing on your drive home?
every time you call me crazy, i get more crazy
and when you say i seem angry, i get more angry
what a shame, she went mad
itâs obvious that wanting me dead has really brought you two together
cause you took everything from me
the master of spin has a couple side flings
___, i think heâs bleedinâ out
something med school did not cover
doc, i think sheâs crashinâ out
and some things you just canât speak about
to make some sense of what youâve seen
but i think itâs cause of me
itâs like i couldnât breathe
you canât believe a word she says
the worst thing that i ever did was what i did to you
would you tell me to go straight to hell?
iâm only seventeen, i donât know anything
i dreamt of you all summer long
the only thing i wanna do is make it up to you
i never had the courage of my convictions
as long as danger is near
but i would die for you in secret
the devilâs in the details
but you got a friend in me
your integrity makes me seem small
and you know that iâd swing with you for the fences
and you know that iâd sit with you in the trenches
and you know that iâd give you my wild
and you know that iâd give you my child
all these people think loveâs for show
would it be enough if i could never give you peace?
stood on the cliffside screaming âgive me a reasonâ
your faithless loveâs the only hoax i believe in
donât want no other shade of blue but you
you know i left a part of me back in new york
you knew the hero died, so whatâs the movie for
you knew it still hurts underneath my scares
you knew you won, so whatâs the point of keeping score?
darling, this was just as hard
no other sadness in the world would do