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This is her quintessential album lyrically. I'm gagged through and through. Bad boys tend to be better muses for her, which is kind of sad.

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the title track oh my

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It's not a perfect album, 9 instant likes and the rest being "fillers" of course they will grow on me but still....jack half baked beats needs to stops 

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Just now, Magickarp said:

Pretty sure Florida is

 

"Buy the car u want" :matty:

well I went off of Reddit lmao

why can't the booklet leak too? :priceless:

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going to listen my boy only breaks his favorite toys now

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2 minutes ago, Klein said:

The way I can't help myself but replay Florida!!! over and over. :deadbanana2:

Back in 2014, "Bad Blood" overshadowed 1989 for me.

Now, "Down Bad" overshadows the rest.

 

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So the album is MIDnights 2 and not  soft rock-pop? And it's mostly about her ex yet again? The nazi guy specifically?

 

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Just now, Cherish said:

well I went off of Reddit lmao

why can't the booklet leak too? :priceless:

I meant Fortnight, but yuh :rip: i've called that song Florida 3 times in this thread now :rip: It doesn't help that FL is a plot point of the song :dies:

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6 minutes ago, Cherish said:

ALL THE LYRICS AVAILABLE AS OF 4/17/2024 (thanks to the reddit people and @Mdawg If a mod can pin a post, this might help y'all 

 

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01. Fortnight (feat. Post Malone) 

 

I was supposed to be sent away but they forgot to come and get me
I was a functioning alcoholic til' 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 running to you sometimes ask about the weather
Now you're in my backyard turned into good neighbours
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 running to 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

Running to you sometimes
Come and turn my sweater and now you're at the mailbox, turned into good neighbors
My husband is cheating, I wanna kill him

 

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 

 

(Post Malone)

I'm calling up but you won't pick up
'Nother fortnight lost in America
Gone to Florida by the car you won
But it won't start up till you touch touch touch me

 

(Both)

I'm calling up but you won't pick up

Another fortnight lost in America
Gone to Florida by the car you won
But it won't start up till you touch touch touch you

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02. 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 and we're modern idiots
And who's gonna hold you like me
Nobody (No ******* body)

 

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 let this way 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 love you like me?

 

I laughed in your face and said 
You're not Dylan Thomas
I'm not Patti Smith
This ain't the Chelsea Hotel and we're modern idiots


And who's gonna hold you like me
Nobody (No ******* body)

Who's gonna know you? Gonna hold you? Can control you?

 

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 you about Jack so I felt seen

 

And everyone we knew understands why it's meant to be
Cause we're crazy

So tell me, who else is gonna love you?

 

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

 

And who's gonna hold you like me? (Who? Me)
And who's gonna know you? (Who? 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?

Gonna love you

Can control you

 

You left your typewriter at my apartment 
Straight from the tortured poets department


Who else decodes you? (Who who)

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03. My Boy Only Breaks His Favorite Toys

 

Oh, here we go again
The voices in his head
Called the reign to end
Our days of wild
The sickest army doll
Purchased at the mall
Rivulets to send
My big plastic smile

 

But you've should've seen him
When he first got me

 

My boy
Only breaks his favorite toys (toys, oh)
I'm queen of sandcastles he destroys (Oh)
Cause it fit too right
Puzzle pieces in the dead of night
Should've known it was a matter of time
My boy
Only breaks his favorite toys (toys, 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
The first pull of string and I'll tell you that he runs because he loves me

 

'Cause you've should seen him
When he first saw me

 

My boy
Only breaks his favorite toys (toys, oh)
I'm queen of sandcastles he destroys (Oh)
Cause I knew too much
There was danger in the heat of my touch
Saw forever, so he smashed it up (Oh)

My boy
Only breaks his favorite toys (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 in the sandlot
I felt more when
He 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 know, I know

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04. Down Bad 

 

Did you really beat me up

In a cloud of sparkling dust

Just to do experiments on

Tell me I was the chosen one

Showed 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

**** it if I can't have him

I might just die it would make no difference

Down bad, breaking up in blood

Staring at the sky

Come back and pick me up

 

**** it if I can't have us

 

I might just not get up I might stay

Down bad

**** it if I can't have him

Down bad

**** it if I can't have him

 

Did you take all my old clothes

 

Just to leave me here naked and all 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 heavenstruck

 

Now I'm down bad crying at the gym

Everything comes out

Teenage petulance

**** it if I can't have him

I might just die it would make no difference

Down bad breaking up in blood

Staring at the sky

Come back and pick me up

**** it if I can't have us

I might just not get up, I might stay

 

Down bad

 

(Like I lost my twin)

**** it if I can't have him

Down bad, down bad

(Waving at the ship)

**** 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 saved and stranded

Cause **** it I was in love

So **** you if I can't have us

Cause **** it I was in love

Now I'm down bad crying at the gym

Everything comes out

Teenage petulance

**** it if I can't have him

I might just die it would make no difference

Down bad breaking up in blood

Staring at the sky

Come back and pick me up

**** it if I can't have us

 

I might just not get up I might stay

 

Down bad

(Like I lost my twin)

 

**** it if I can't have him

 

Down bad, down bad

(Waving at the ship)

**** it if I can't have him

(Like I lost my twin)

**** it if I can't have him

Down bad

(Waving at the ship)

**** it if I can't have him

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05. So Long, London

 

So (So)

Long (Long)

Lon (Lon)

don (don)

 

I saw in my mind ferry 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 old 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 'fore I'd self implode? 

'Fore 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 

 

Had a good run 

A moment of warm sun 

But I'm not the one

So long, London 

Stitches undone 

Two graves, one gun 

You'll find someone

 

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06. Daddy, I Love Him

 

I forget how the west was won

I forget if this was ever fun 

I just learn these people only raise you to cage you

Sarah's and Hannah's in their Sunday best 

Clutching their pearls

Sighing,  "Oh, what a mess" 

I just learned these people try to save you 

Because 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

Tell him to floor it through the fences

No, I'm not coming to my sense

 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 precautions 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 city hall 

"Stay away from her!"

The saboteurs protested too much 

Lord knows the words we never heard 

Just screeching tires of true love

 

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

Tell him to floor it through the fences

No, I'm not coming to my sense

 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 then listen to one more second of this bitching and moaning

I'll tell you one thing about my good name it's mine alone to disgrace 

I don't cater to all these vipers dressed in emperor's clothing

 

God save the most judgemental creeps who say they want the best for me 

 

Sanctimoniously preforming soliloquies I'll never see 

Thinking it can change the beat of my heart when he touches me 

And counter act the chemistry and undo the destiny

 

You ain't got to pray for me

 

You know I'll buy 

An honest wild joy

If all you want is great for me then it's just white noise, then it's 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 **** them

It's over

 

Now I'm dancing in my dress in the sun 

 

Even my daddy just loves him I'm his lady

And oh my god you should see you faces 

And time doesn't it give some perspective? 

And no you can't come to the wedding 

I know it's crazy but he's the one I want

I'll tell you something right now 

You ain't got to pray for me 

Be my wild boy, him and his wild joy

(He was revelry)

 

If all you want is great for me 

 

than it's all white noise, 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

Oh my god, you should see your faces

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07. Fresh Out the Slammer

Now pretty baby, I'm running back home to you

Fresh out the slammer, I know who my first call will be to

 

Fresh out the slammer

 

 

Another summer, taking cover, rolling thunder, he don't understand me

 

Splintered back in winter, silent dinners, bitter he was with her in dreams

Gray and blue

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 feeling

Now it's gonna be alright, I did my time

 

Now pretty baby, I'm running back home to you

 

Fresh out the slammer, I know who my first call will be to

Fresh out the slammer (Ah)

 

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 he 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 running

 

To the house we still wait up in that porchlight 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

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08. 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 time shared down and destined

 

Florida, is one hell of a drug

 

Florida, can I use you up?

 

Florence Welch:

 

The hurricane was my name when it came

I got drunk and I dared it to wash me away

 Barricaded in the bathroom with a bottle on

Well, me and my ghost, 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, they sink into the swamp

Is that a bad thing to say in a song?

 

Little did you know your home's really only a town you'll get arrested

 

So you pack your life away just to wait out the **** storm 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

These dolls are beautiful

**** 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

**** me up, Florida

 

It's one hell of a drug 

 

It's one hell of a drug

Love left me like this

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

Little did you know your home's really only a town you'll get arrested

So you pack your life away just to wait out the **** storm back in Texas.

 

Florida, is one hell of a drug

 

Florida, can I use you up? 

Florida, is one hell of a drug

Florida, can you **** me up?

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09. Guilty as Sin

Drowning in the Blue Nile 

He sent me Downtown Lights

I hadn't heard it in a while 

My boredoms 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 I'm falling back into the hedge maze but what a way to die 

I keep recalling things we never did

Messy top lip kiss, how I long for our tryst 

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 I'm falling back into the hedge maze 

Oh, what a way to die 

My bedsheets are ablaze, I 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 I'm 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 tryst

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?

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10. 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?"

You should be

 

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

 

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 wanna 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?"

You should be

 

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 

 

Cause you lured me and you hurt me and you taught me 

You caged me and then you called me crazy

I am what I am cause you trained me 

So who's afraid of me? Who's afraid of little old me?

Who's afraid of little old me?

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11. I Can Fix Him

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 skill set

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 them he's my man)

But your good lord didn't need to lift a finger I can fix him

No really, I can

 

Whoa, maybe I can't

 

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12. 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 a glow 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 knick of time 

 

You low down boy, you stand up 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 never 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 **** 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 

A coward claimed he was a lion 

I'm combing through the braids of lies 

I'll never leave, nevermind

 

Our field of dreams engulfed in fire 

 

Your arsons match, your somber eyes 

And I'll still see it until I die

You're the loss of my life

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13. 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 ****

 

They said, "Babe, you gotta fake it till you make it", and I did

"Lights, camera, *****, smile

Even when you wanna 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 a 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 ****

 

They said, "Babe, you gotta fake it till you make it", and I did

Lights, camera, ***** smile

Insta-letters 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 a 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

You're good

'Cause I'm miserable

And no one even knows!

Try and come for my job...

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14. The Smallest Man Who Ever Lived

Was any of it true

Gazing at me, starry-eyed

In your Jehovah's witness suit

Who the **** 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 pushpins

In public showed me off

Then sank into stoned oblivion

 

Cause once your queen had come

 

You 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 50 years, will this all be declassified?

 

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 will never forgive

The smallest man who ever lived

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15. The Alchemy

This happens once every few lifetimes 

These chemicals hit me like a 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 thugs warm the benches we've 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

 

Touchdown 

 

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 thugs warm the benches 

 

We've 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 a white wine

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16. 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 moon shine 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 LA, 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 worshiping

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

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17. 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 a heart broken 

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 wanna sell my house and set fire to all my clothes

And hire a priest to come and exercise 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

 

I still can't believe it 

Cause old habits die screaming

I am heading to bed now as I do work tomorrow, but I'll see y'all for Friday :heart2: 

ily omg :heart2:

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wow Fortnight is gorgeous indeed....Post's parts could have been sung by Jack lol but yeah it's such a pretty song overall 

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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 you about Jack so I felt seen

 

Lucy is one of the girls from Boy Genius and Matty and her are close friends. Why would Joe talk to her about killing himself? Get real, people. :rip:

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my boy only breaks his favorite toys now is really good

Posted

people calling this album midnights 2.0, is there lavender haze 2.0 or vigilante shi 2.0? those are my favs:wanda:

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The way the Fortnight lyrics make absolutely no sense, & yet is infinitely more relatable than Anti-Hero.

One of her best songs ever.

 

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after hearing the first three tracks from ttpd album, this is better than midnights overall.

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5 hours ago, Taylor fanboy said:

PLEASE it's not even a Chemtrails.

GLADLY it isn't 

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The most "single" ish songs imo: 

 

Fortnight

Guilty as Sin?

My Boy Only Breaks His Fav Toys

 

???

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3 minutes ago, rickycabello123 said:

people calling this album midnights 2.0, is there lavender haze 2.0 or vigilante shi 2.0? those are my favs:wanda:

It's more like the 3AM songs of Midnights. 

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down bad was freaking amazing

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I'm sure the lyrics of Fortnight will fly over 95% of the listeners cuz it's such a layered song like Question...? Her releasing it as a lead single would be crazy. I'm thinking they'll wait until week 1 is over to choose the radio single. But a music video is very important for people to see the vision in Fortnight.

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2 minutes ago, IBeMe said:

The most "single" ish songs imo: 

 

Fortnight

Guilty as Sin?

My Boy Only Breaks His Fav Toys

 

???

FLORIDA!!!

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now on track 5 so long london and it sounds heavenly

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22 minutes ago, OnlyManInTheWorld said:

Thank me later, we love some drama

 

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23 minutes ago, Wolf Alice said:

Just know that's a lover stan :suburban:

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i need speak now/red swifties to tell me the truth

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3 minutes ago, Supervillain said:

It's more like the 3AM songs of Midnights. 

really??? im excited for florida & fortnight

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i'm going to give my review about ttpd album so soon.

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