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The following is a collection of lyric sentence starters from Taylor Swiftās ninth studio album evermore. May contain mature subject matter.
WILLOW
Iām rough on the surface, but you cut through like a knife
If it was an open-shut case I never would have known from the look on your faceĀ
Lost in your current like a priceless wineĀ
The more that you say, the less I knowĀ
Wherever you stray, I followĀ
Iām begging for you to take my handĀ
Iām begging for you
I can feel you sneakinā inĀ
There was one prize Iād cheat to winĀ
They count me out time and time againĀ
Anywhere else is hollow
Thatās my manĀ
I come back stronger than a ā90s trendĀ
Wait for the signal, and Iāll meet you after darkĀ
Iāll meet you after darkĀ
Show me the places where the others gave you scarsĀ
This is an open-shut caseĀ
I should'a known from the look on your faceĀ
Hey, thatās my manĀ
Yeah, thatās my man
CHAMPAGNE PROBLEMS
You booked the night train for a reason
Your heart was glass, I dropped itĀ
You told your family for a reasonĀ
You dropped my hand while dancing, left meāoutāthereāstandingĀ
Love slipped beyond your reaches and I couldnāt give a reasonĀ
This dorm was once a madhouse
Well, itās made for meĀ
Soon theyāll have the nerve to deck the halls that we once walked throughĀ
I never was ready so I watch you goĀ
She wouldāve made such a lovely bride, what a shame sheās fucked in the head
Sometimes you just donāt know the answer til someoneās on their knees and asks youĀ
You wonāt remember all my champagne problems
GOLD RUSH
I donāt like a gold rush
I donāt like that anyone would die to feel your touchĀ
Everybody wants youĀ
Everybody wonders what it would be like to love youĀ
What must it be like to grow up that beautiful?Ā
I canāt dare to dream about you anymoreĀ
My mind turns your life into folkloreĀ
I wonāt call you out on your contrarian shitĀ
āTIS THE DAMN SEASON
If I wanted to know who you were hanging with while I was gone, I would have asked you
Thereās an ache in you, put there by the ache in meĀ
But if itās all the same to you itās the same to meĀ
You could call me ābabeā for the weekendĀ
We could call it evenĀ
Remember how you watched me leave
You can run, but only so farĀ
And the road not taken looks real good nowĀ
Hear me out, we could just ride aroundĀ
The road not taken looks real good now and it always leads to you in my hometownĀ
I wonāt ask you to wait if you donāt ask me to stayĀ
I wonder about the only soul who can tell which smiles Iām fakin'Ā
The heart I know Iām breakinā is my own
Even though Iām leavinā and Iāll be yours for the weekendĀ
ā'Tis the damn season
TOLERATE IT
I notice everything you do or donāt do
Youāre so much older and wiserĀ
If itās all in my head tell me nowĀ
Tell me Iāve got it wrong somehowĀ
I know my love should be celebrated but you tolerate itĀ
I take your indiscretions all in good funĀ
I made you my temple, my mural, my sky - now Iām begging for footnotes in the story of your lifeĀ
Iām begging for footnotes in the story of your lifeĀ
You assume Iām fine, but what would you do if I break free and leave us in ruins?
Believe me, I could do itĀ
NO BODY, NO CRIME
He did it
Her husbandās actinā different, and it smells like infidelityĀ
That aināt my merlot on his mouth. That aināt my jewelry on our joint accountĀ
I think Iām gonna call him outĀ
No, there aināt no doubtĀ
I think he did it, but I just canāt prove itĀ
No body, no crime
I aināt lettinā up until the day I dieĀ
Good thing my daddy made me get a boating license when I was fifteenĀ
Iāve cleaned enough houses to know how to cover up a sceneĀ
She was with me, dudeĀ
They think she did it, but they just canāt prove itĀ
Good thing his mistress took out a big life insurance policyĀ
I wasnāt lettinā up until the day he diedĀ
HAPPINESS
I see this for what it is
Allā
the years Iāve given is just shitā
weāre dividinā upĀ
I canāt face reinventionĀ
Thereāll be happiness after youĀ
There was happiness because of youĀ
Haunted by the look in my eyes that wouldāve loved you for a lifetimeĀ
Tell me, when did your winning smile begin to look like a smirk?Ā
I hope sheāll be your beautiful fool, who takes my spot next to youĀ
No, I didnāt mean thatĀ
Sorry, I canāt see facts through all of my fury
You havenāt met the new me yetĀ
Thereāll be happiness after me
There was happiness because of meĀ
I canāt make it go away by making you a villainĀ
I pulled your body into mine every goddamn night, now I get fake nicetiesĀ
No one teaches you what to do when a good man hurts you and you know you hurt him, too
All you want from me now is the green light of forgivenessĀ
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 havenāt met the new me yet and I think sheāll give you that
DOROTHEA
Do you ever stop and think about me?
A tiny screenās the only place I see you now
I got nothing but well-wishes for ya
This place is the same as it ever was but you donāt like it that wayĀ
Itās never too late to come back to my sideĀ
You'rŠµ a queen sellinā dreams, sellinā makeup and magazinesĀ
From you Iād buy anythingĀ
But are you still the same soul I met under the bleachers?Ā
I guess Iāll never knowĀ
If youāre ever tired of being known for who you know, youāll always know me.
CONEY ISLAND
If I canāt relate to you anymore then who am I related to?
And if this is the long haul howād we get here so soon?Ā
Did I close my fist around something delicate?
Did I shatter you?Ā
Sorry for not making you my centerfoldĀ
Whatās a lifetime of achievement if I pushed you to the edge but you were too polite to leave me?
Do you miss the rogue who coaxed you into paradise and left you there?
Will you forgive my soul when youāre too wise to trust me and too old to care?Ā
We were like the mall before the internetĀ
Were you waiting at our old spot: in the tree line by the gold clock?
Did I leave you hanging every single day?Ā
When I got into the accident the sight that flashed before me was your faceĀ
IVY
Your touch brought forth an incandescent glow, tarnished but so grand
I just sit here and wait, grieving for the livingĀ
My pain fits in the palm of your freezing handĀ
My pain fits in the palm of your freezing hand taking mine, but itās been promised to anotherĀ
Stop you putting roots in my dreamlandĀ
I wish to know the fatal flaw that makes you long to be magnificently cursedĀ
Your opal eyes are all I wish to seeĀ
Iād live and die for moments that we stoleĀ
What would he do if he found us out?Ā
Dare to sit and watch what weāll becomeĀ
Itās a goddamn blaze in the dark and you started itĀ
Itās the goddamn fight of my life and you started it
COWBOY LIKE ME
Dancinā is a dangerous game
Iām never gonna love againĀ
Iāve got some tricks up my sleeveĀ
Takes one to know oneĀ
Never wanted love, just a fancy carĀ
Youāre a cowboy like meĀ
Iām telling all the rich folks anything they wanna hearĀ
Youāre a bandit like meĀ
Never thought Iād meet you hereĀ
We could be the way forward and I know Iāll pay for itĀ
The skeletons in both our closets plotted hard to fuck this up
The old men that Iāve swindled really did believe I was the oneĀ
Now you hang from my lips like the Gardens of BabylonĀ
Forever is the sweetest con
LONG STORY SHORT
I tried to pick my battles 'til the battle picked me
I was in the alley, surrounded on all sidesĀ
Long story short, it was a bad timeĀ
If the shoe fits, walk in it 'til your high heels breakĀ
I clung to the nearest lips and long story short, it was the wrong guyĀ
Now Iām all about youĀ
Actually, I always felt I must look better in the rear view - missing me.
If someone comes at us, this time, Iām readyĀ
No more keepinā score, now I just keep you warmĀ
Past me, I wanna tell you not to get lost in these petty thingsĀ
Your nemeses will defeat themselves before you get the chance to swingĀ
He feels like homeĀ
Long story short, I survived
MARJORIE
Never be so kind you forget to be clever
Never be so clever you forget to be kind
If I didnāt know better Iād think you were talking to me now
If I didnāt know better Iād think you were still aroundĀ
Youāre alive in my headĀ
What died didnāt stay deadĀ
Youāre alive, so aliveĀ
Never be so polite you forget your power
NevŠµr wield such power you forget to be politeĀ
I shouldāve asked you questionsĀ
Shouldāve kept every grocery store receipt cause every scrap of you would be taken from meĀ
I know better but youāre still aroundĀ
I still feel you all around
CLOSURE
Itās been a long time and seeing the shape of your name still spells out pain
Yes, Iām doing better
I donāt need your closureĀ
Yes, I got your letterĀ
Donāt treat me like some situation that needs to be handledĀ
Iām fine with my spite and my tears, and my beers and my candlesĀ
I know Iām just a wrinkle in your new lifeĀ
Staying friends would iron it out so niceĀ
EVERMORE
Gray November, Iāve been down since July
I replay my footsteps on each stepping stone trying to find the one where I went wrongĀ
I couldnāt be sure
I had a feeling so peculiar that this pain would be for evermoreĀ
Guess Iām feeling unmooredĀ
Canāt remember what I used to fight forĀ
Canāt not think of all the cost and the things that will be lostĀ
To be certain, weāll be tall againĀ
Is there a line that I could just go cross?Ā
And when I was shipwrecked I thought of youĀ
It was real enough to get me throughĀ
I dreamed of youĀ
I swear you were thereĀ
I had a feeling so peculiar, this pain wouldnāt be for evermore
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Below is a collection of lyric starters taken from Taylor Swiftās eighth album āfolkloreā.
The album holds references to: sex, alcohol, blood, depression, warfare, toxic relationships, medical failure, death as well as lines that could be taken as suicidal thoughts and parental abuse ā so please be mindful if you are sensitive to these subjects. All lyrics are posted as written on the album, but feel free to change pronouns or words to fit your purposes.
iām doing good, iām on some new shit.
i thought Iā
sawā
you at theā
bus stop
the greatest films of all time were never made
if you wanted me, you really shouldāve showed
we were something, donāt you think so?
if my wishes came true, it wouldāve been you
in my defense, i have none for never leaving well enough alone
it wouldāve been fun if you wouldāve been the one
you know the greatest loves of all time are over nowĀ
if one thing had been different would everything be different today?Ā
when you are young, they assume you knowā
nothingĀ
i felt like I was an old cardiganĀ
a friend to all is a friend to noneĀ
to kiss in cars and downtown bars was all we neededĀ
you drew stars around my scars but now Iām bleedin'Ā
i knew youād haunt all of my what-ifsĀ
cause i knew everything when I was young
i knew iād curse you for the longest timeĀ
i knew youād miss me once the thrill expired and youād be standinā in my front porch lightĀ
i knew youād come back to meĀ
the wedding wasācharming, if a little gauche
there goes the maddest woman this town has ever seenĀ
who knows, if she never showed up, what couldāve beenĀ
she had a marvelous time ruining everythingĀ
there goes the most shameless woman this town has ever seenĀ
i had a marvelous time ruining everythingĀ
i can see you standing, honey, with his arms around your bodyĀ
itā
took you five whole minutes to packā
us up and leave me with it
you were my town, now Iām in exileĀ
i can see you starinā, honey, like heās just your understudyĀ
Iām not your problem anymore, so who am i offending now?Ā
there is no amount of crying i can do for youĀ
you didnāt even hear me out
you didnāt even see the signsĀ
cause you never gave a warning signĀ
i gave so many signs
if Iām on fire,ā
you'llā
be made ofā
ashes, tooĀ
even on my worst day,ā
did i deserve, babe, all the hell you gave me?Ā
cause iālovedāyou, i swear iāloved you til myādying dayĀ
i didnāt have it in myself to go with graceĀ
if Iām dead to you, why are you at the wake?Ā
you wear the same jewels that i gave you as you bury meĀ
you know i didnāt want to have to haunt youĀ
when iād fight, you used to tell me i was braveĀ
and i can go anywhere i want just not homeĀ
you can aim for my heart, go for blood but you would still miss me in your bonesĀ
you had to kill me, but it killed you just the sameĀ
iāll show you every version of yourself tonightĀ
i want you to know iām a mirrorball, i can change everything about me to fit inĀ
iām still a believer, but i donāt know whyĀ
are there still beautiful things?Ā
and though i canāt recall your face i still got love for youĀ
love you to the moon and to saturnĀ
i think your house is haunted. your dad is always mad and that must be whyĀ
i think you should come live with meĀ
neverā
have i everā
before
will you call when youāre back at school?
i remember thinkinā i had youĀ
for me, it was enough to live for the hope of it allĀ
so much for summer love
you werenāt mine to lose
i can see us twisted in bed sheetsĀ
iāve been having a hard time adjustingĀ
i didn'tā
knowā
if youād careā
if i came backĀ
i just wanted you to know that this is me tryingĀ
pulled the car off the road to the lookout, couldāve followed my fears all the way downĀ
they told me all of my cages were mental, so i got wasted like all my potentialĀ
my words shoot to kill when iām mad, i have a lot of regrets about thatĀ
itās hard to be at a party when i feel like an open woundĀ
thatās the thing about illicit affairs and clandestine meetings and longing stares, itās born from just one single glance but it dies a million little times
you showed me colors you know i canāt see with anyone elseĀ
donāt call me ākid,ā
donāt call me ābabyā
you taught me a secret language i canāt speak with anyone elseĀ
you know damn well, for you, i would ruin myself a million little timesĀ
were there clues i didnāt see?Ā
isnāt it just so pretty to think all along there was some invisible string, tying you to me?
time cutting me open, then healing me fineĀ
what did you think iād say to that?Ā
fuck you forever
every time you call me crazy, i get more crazyĀ
when you say i seem angry, i get more angryĀ
itās obvious that wanting me dead has really brought you two togetherĀ
iām taking my time cause you took everything from meĀ
sir, i thinkā
heās bleeding out
you dream of some epiphany, just one single glimpse of relief to make some sense of what youāve seenĀ
doc, i think sheās crashing out
some things you just canāt speak aboutĀ
i wonāt make assumptions about why you switched your homeroom but i think itās 'cause ofā
meĀ
the worst thing that i ever did was what i did to youĀ
would you trust me if i told you it was just a summer thing?Ā
i donāt know anything but i know i miss youĀ
if i just showed up at your party, would you have me?Ā
our coming-of-age has come and goneĀ
i never had the courage ofā
myā
convictionsĀ
i could neverāgiveāyouāpeaceĀ
iām aāfire and i'llākeep your brittle heart warm if your cascade, ocean wave blues comeĀ
all these people think loveās for show but i would die for you in secretĀ
would it be enough if i could never give you peace?Ā
your integrity makes me seem smallĀ
iād give you my sunshine, give you my best but the rain is always gonna come if youāre standinā with meĀ
you know i left a part of me back in new yorkĀ
you knew the hero died so whatās the movie for?Ā
darling, this was just as hard as when they pulled me apartĀ
donāt want no other shade of blue but you. no other sadness in the world would doĀ
Ā i donāt belong and,āmyābeloved,āneither do youĀ
Is it romantic how all my elegies eulogize me?Ā
thoseāwindermere peaks lookālike a perfect place to cryĀ
take me to the lakesā
where all the poets went to dieĀ
iāve come too far to watch some namedropping sleaze tell me what are my words worthĀ
i havenāt moved in yearsĀ
i want you right hereĀ
i want to watch wisteria growĀ
iām setting off, but not without my muse
iām setting off, but not without you
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