taylor swift * folklore starters
THE 1
i’m doing good, i’m on some new shit
and if you wanted me, you really should’ve showed
but we were something, don’t you think so?
and if my wishes came true, it would’ve been you
in my defence, i have none
but it would’ve been fun if you would’ve been the one
if one thing had been different, would everything be different today
CARDIGAN
when you are young they assume you know nothing
i knew you
baby kiss it better
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
but now i’m bleeding
tried to change the ending
i knew you’d haunt all of my what-ifs
cause i knew everything when i was young
and i knew you’d come back to me
THE LAST GREAT AMERICAN DYNASTY
how did a middle class divorcée do it?
there’s 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 could’ve 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
EXILE
i can see you standin’ honey
and it took you five whole minutes to pack us up and leave me with it
i think i’ve seen this film before
you’re not my homeland anymore
now i’m in exile seein’ you out
i can see you starin’ honey
like you’d get your knuckles bloody for me
those eyes add insult to injury
i’m not your problem anymore
so who am i offending now?
we always walked a very thin line
you didn’t even hear me out
i never learned to read your mind
MY TEARS RICOCHET
even on my worst day, did i deserve babe, all the hell you gave me?
i swear i loved you
i didn’t have it in myself to go with grace
and if i’m dead to you, why are you at the wake?
you know i didn’t want to have to haunt you
cause when i’d 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
MIRRORBALL
and when i break, it’s in a million pieces
hush
you’ll 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
i’m still trying everything to get you laughing at me
i’m still a believer but i don’t know why
SEVEN
please picture me in the trees
i was too scared to jump in
are there still beautiful things?
cross your heart, won’t tell no other
and thought i can’t recall your face, i still got love for you
love you to the moon and to saturn
and i’ve been meaning to tell you
i think your house is haunted
i used to scream ferociously
AUGUST
i never needed anything more
are you sure?
never have i ever before
cause it was never mine
and i can see us twisted in bedsheets
cause you were never mine
i remember thinking i had you
wanting was enough
for me, it was enough
so much for summer love, and saying “us”
cause you weren’t mine to lose
THIS IS ME TRYING
i’ve been having a hard time adjusting
i didn’t know if you’d care if i came back
i have a lot of regrets about that
and maybe i don’t 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 didn’t pour the whiskey
at least i’m trying
it’s hard to be anywhere these days
ILLICIT AFFAIRS
make sure nobody sees you leave
tell your friends you’re out for a run
take the road less travelled by
and that’s the thing about illicit affairs
like you don’t even exist
but they lie, and they lie, and they lie, a million little times
don’t call me kid
don’t call me baby
look at this godforsaken mess that you made me
for you, i would ruin myself
INVISIBLE STRING
i used to think i would meet somebody there
were there clues i didn’t 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
MAD WOMAN
what did you think i’d 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
no one likes a mad woman
you made her like that
it’s 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
good wives always know
EPIPHANY
just a flesh wound
___, i think he’s bleedin’ out
something med school did not cover
doc, i think she’s crashin’ out
and some things you just can’t speak about
to make some sense of what you’ve seen
BETTY
but i think it’s cause of me
it’s like i couldn’t breathe
you can’t believe a word she says
the worst thing that i ever did was what i did to you
would you have me?
would you want me?
would you tell me to go straight to hell?
i’m only seventeen, i don’t know anything
but i know i miss you
just thinking of you
i dreamt of you all summer long
the only thing i wanna do is make it up to you
PEACE
i never had the courage of my convictions
as long as danger is near
but i would die for you in secret
the devil’s in the details
but you got a friend in me
your integrity makes me seem small
and you know that i’d swing with you for the fences
and you know that i’d sit with you in the trenches
and you know that i’d give you my wild
and you know that i’d give you my child
is it enough?
all these people think love’s for show
would it be enough if i could never give you peace?
HOAX
this has broken me down
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
i am ash from your fire
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 scares
you knew you won, so what’s the point of keeping score?
darling, this was just as hard
you have beaten my heart
no other sadness in the world would do
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