Long Story Short

Album: Evermore (2020)
Charted: 68
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  • Fatefully
    I tried to pick my battles
    'Til the battle picked me
    Misery
    Like the war of words, I shouted in my sleep
    And you passed right by
    I was in the alley surrounded on all sides
    The knife cuts both ways
    If the shoe fits, walk in it
    'Til your high heels break

    And I fell from the pedestal
    Right down the rabbit hole
    Long story short, it was a bad time
    Pushed from the precipice
    Clung to the nearest lips
    Long story short, it was the wrong guy
    Now I'm all about you
    I'm all about you, I
    Yeah, yeah
    I'm all about you, I
    Yeah, yeah

    Actually
    I always felt I must look better in the rearview
    Missing me
    At the golden gates, they once held the keys to
    When I dropped my sword
    I threw it in the bushes and knocked on your door
    And we live in peace
    But if someone comes at us
    This time I'm ready

    'Cause I fell from the pedestal
    Right down the rabbit hole
    Long story short, it was a bad time
    Pushed from the precipice
    Clung to the nearest lips
    Long story short, it was the wrong guy
    Now I'm all about you
    I'm all about you, I
    Yeah, yeah
    I'm all about you

    No more keeping 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 keeping score
    Now I just keep you warm (keep you warm)
    And my waves meet your shore
    Ever and evermore

    Past me
    I wanna tell you not to get lost in these petty things
    Your nemeses will defeat themselves
    Before you get the chance to swing
    And he's passing by
    Rare as the glimmer of a comet in the sky
    And he feels like home
    If the shoe fits, walk in it
    Everywhere you go

    And I fell from the pedestal
    Right down the rabbit hole
    Long story short, it was a bad time
    Pushed from the precipice
    Climbed right back up the cliff
    Long story short, I survived
    Now I'm all about you (now)
    I'm all about you, I (now)
    I'm all about you (now)
    I'm all about you, I
    Yeah, yeah
    I'm all about you (now)
    Yeah, yeah
    I'm all about you

    Long story short, it was a bad time
    Long story short, I survived Writer/s: Aaron Brooking Dessner, Taylor A. Swift
    Publisher: Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Universal Music Publishing Group
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

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