guess the song from the bridge - all taylor swift songs

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

when i'm with anybody else / it's so hard to be myself / and only you can tell

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

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)

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

maybe i'm just a girl on a mission / but i'm ready to fly

so i drive home alone / as i turn off the light / i'll put his picture down and maybe get some sleep tonight

and if you're missing me, you'd better keep it to yourself / 'cause coming back around here would be bad for your health

like shadows in a faded light / oh, we're (--------) / i just wanna open your eyes / and make you realize

it's not unbroken anymore (it's not unbroken anymore) / how do i get it back the way it was before?

i can't resist / before you go, tell me this / was it worth it? / was she worth this? / no, no / no, no, no, no

i've heard every album, listened to the radio / waited for somethin' to come along / that was as good as (--- ----)

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?

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

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 /

and there you are on your knees / beggin' for forgiveness, beggin' for me / just like i always wanted / but i'm so sorry

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

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

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 / (--- -------), 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)

you played in bars, you play guitar / i'm invisible and everyone knows who you are / and you'll never see, you sing me to sleep / every night from the radio

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

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 (--------) / oh, yeah

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

i'm caught up in you / oh-oh, oh, oh-oh / but you're (------------), burning brighter than the sun / now that you're close, i feel like coming undone

so i'll walk out of here tonight / try to go on with my life / and you can say we're still friends / (but i don't wanna pretend) so if i see you again

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

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

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

i've watched you so long, screamed your name / i don't know what else i can say

oh, back up, baby, back up / did you forget everything? / back up, baby, back up / did you forget everything?

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

and you said, "honestly / when you were gone / did you ever think of me?" / and i said

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 (-- ---- -----) / (-- ---- -----)

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

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 / say, "there's nothing you can say / to make this right again, i mean it, i mean it" / but what i mean is

if you're out there, if you're somewhere, if you're moving on / i've been waiting for you ever 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 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"

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

i hear the preacher say / "(----- ---) 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

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

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 (---------) 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 (ooh, oh) /

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

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

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

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 (----)

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

i know, i know / i just know / you're not gone / you can't be gone, no

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

you are an expert at sorry and keeping lines blurry / never impressed by me acing your tests / all the girls that you've 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, oh

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 / ---- ---- the walls we crashed through / i had the time of my life with you

this is lookin' 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

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

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?

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 (---) / burning, it was (---)

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

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 / runnin' 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 bein' honest / i'm a crumpled-up piece of paper lyin' here 'cause i remember it all, all, all

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

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 want to talk about that / and for the first time, what's past is past

this is a (----- -- -----) / 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

i remember the night at the hotel / i was ridin' 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?"

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 wanna try again with you / and (- ------ --)

ooh, oh / yeah, hey, yeah

this is (--- ---- ----) you tell me i've got it wrong / this is (--- ---- ----) i say, "it's been you all along" / this is (--- ---- ----) i let you in my door / this is (--- ---- ----), i won't hurt you anymore / oh, oh, oh, oh / oh, oh, oh, oh

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

i used to think that we were forever, ever / and i used to say, "never say never" / ugh, 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, (-- --- ----- ------- ---- --------) like, ever (no)

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 (oh) oh, woah, oh, woah, oh (oh)

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

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

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

ooh-ooh, he's talking crazy / ooh-ooh, dancing with me / ooh-ooh, we could get married / have ten kids and teach them how to dream

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

how is it in london? (london) / where were you while i'm wonderin' (wonderin') / if i'll ever see you again? / you could be the one that i love, mm / and now i'm standin' here, hopin' it gets to you

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?

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 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

and the saddest fear / comes creeping in / that you never loved me or her / or anyone, or anything, yeah

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 (---)

this is falling in love in the cruelest way / this is falling for you when you are worlds away

i reached for you, but you were gone / i knew i had to go back home / you searched the world for somethin' else / to make you feel like what we had / and in the end, in (----------), we both went mad / oh

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

take me home (ah) / just take me home (ah) / yeah, just take me home (ah) / oh-oh, woah-oh, oh

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, oh, oh, oh

and you know / oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh / that i don't want you to go, oh, oh

remember when you hit the brakes too soon? / twenty stitches in a hospital room / when you started crying, baby, i did too / but when the sun came up, i was looking at you / remember when we couldn't take the heat? / i walked out, i said, "i'm setting you free" / but the monsters turned out to be just trees / when the sun came up, you were looking at me / you were looking at me, ooh / you were looking at me

let me remind you / this was what you wanted (oh, oh, oh-oh-oh) / you ended it / you were all i wanted (oh, oh, oh-oh-oh) / but not like this / not like this / not like this / oh, all you had to do was...

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

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)

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

ten months sober, i must admit / just because you're (-----) don't mean you don't miss it / ten months older, i won't give in / now that i'm (-----), i'm never gonna risk it

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

they are the hunters, we are the foxes, and we run / just grab my hand and don't ever drop it, my love

band-aids don't fix bullet holes / you say sorry just for show / if you live like that, you live with ghosts / you forgive, you forget, but you never let it go / band-aids don't fix bullet holes / you say sorry just for show / if you live like that, you live with ghosts (uh, uh) / if you love like that, blood runs cold

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

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 (around) / (follow you around)

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

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'm sorry, the old taylor can't come to the phone right now / "why? oh, 'cause she's dead!" (oh)

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

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 (oh-oh) / 'cause us traitors never win

i get so high, oh / every time you're, every time you're lovin' me / you're lovin' me / trip of my life, oh / every time you're, every time you're touchin' me / you're touchin' me / every time you're, every time you're lovin' me

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? (one, two, three)

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

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

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

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

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)

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?)

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 (--------) 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)

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

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?

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 overdramatic 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

'cause they see right through me / they see right through me / they see right through / can you see right through me? /

i'm drunk in the back of the car / and i cried like a baby comin' 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, grinnin' like a devil

lyrical smile, indigo eyes, hand on my thigh / we could follow the sparks, i'll drive / lyrical smile, indigo eyes, hand on my thigh / we could follow the sparks, i'll drive / "so where we gonna go?" / i whisper in the dark / "where we gonna go?" / (- ----- -- -----)

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 / (--- ---- -- ---- ----)

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

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 flashin' 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

sent me a clear message / taught me some hard lessons / i just forget what they were / it's all just a blur

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

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, woah

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 (sneakin' in your bed) / i once believed love would be (burnin' red) / but it's golden

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

girl, there ain't no "i" in "team" / but you know there is a "(--)" / strike the band up, one, two, three / i promise that you'll never find another like (--) / girl, there ain't no "i" in "team" / but you know there is a "(--)" / and you can't spell "awesome" without "(--)" / i promise that you'll never find another like

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 too much, but it wasn't enough / but i'll be alright, it's just a thousand cuts

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 / and 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

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

i, i, i persist and resist the temptation to ask you / if one thing had been different / would everything be different today

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)

back when we were still changin' 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

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

to kiss in cars and downtown bars / was all we needed / you drew stars around my scars / but now i'm bleedin'

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 /

only twenty minutes to sleep / but you dream of some (--------) / just one single glimpse of relief / to make some sense of what you've seen

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

so step right out, there is no amount / of crying i can do for you /

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

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

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 / (ah, ah, ah) / darling, this was just as hard / as when they pulled me apart

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

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 (--------) / all your closets of backlogged dreams / and how you left them all to me

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 lunchin' have their stories about / when you passed through town / oh, but that was all before i locked it down

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

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 l.a. 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 fakin' / and the heart i know i'm breakin' 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 / (​---- --- ---- -------)

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

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

life was a (------) and it bent right to your wind / they count me out time and time again / life was a (------) and it bent right to your wind / but i come back stronger than a '90s trend

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 now) / 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 cost) / if 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) / but i swear (is there a line that we can just go cross?) / you were there

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 grey? / 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

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

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

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

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

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 to

and i wake with your memory over me / that's a real fucking legacy, legacy / and i wake with your memory over me / that's a real fucking legacy to leave

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

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

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 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"

ladies always rise above / ladies know what people want / someone sweet and kind and fun / the lady simply had enough

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 dancin' 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

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

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)

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?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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