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Album: The Tortured Poets Department (2024)
Charted: 12
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  • 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 nick 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 conman 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 secondhand 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
    The coward claimed he was a lion
    I'm combing through the braids of lies
    "I'll never leave," "Never mind"

    Our field of dreams engulfed in fire
    Your arson's match, your somber eyes
    And I'll still see it until I die
    You're the loss of my life Writer/s: Aaron Dessner, Taylor Swift
    Publisher: Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Universal Music Publishing Group
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

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  • Katiekatie from PdxJoe. Matty never got a chance to say it "about a million times".
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