Taylor Swift

secret; of an obscure nature

And this is our place, we make the rules

And there's a dazzling haze, a mysterious way about you, dear

Have I known you 20 seconds or 20 years?

beautiful or artistic; relating to or dealing with the subject of aesthetics

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

apparent contradiction; (logic) a statement that contradicts itself

Crashing into him tonight

He's a paradox

I'm seeing visions, am I bad?

looking out for wrongdoing; openly distrustful and unwilling to confide

This is our place, we make the call

And I'm highly suspicious that everyone who sees you wants you

I've loved you three summers now, honey, but I want 'em all

victim; a person who is the aim of an attack

I've been the archer

I've been the prey

Who could ever leave me, darling

warn; pose a threat to; present a danger to

Show me a grey sky, a rainy cab ride

Babes, don't threaten me with a good time

They say home is where the heart is

corresponding; the relation between things with respect to their quantity or degree

I blew things out of proportion

Now you're blue

mysterious; relating to or characteristic of mysticism

She said I looked like an American singer

Time, mystical time

Cutting me open, then healing me fine

apathy; unbiased impartial unconcern

I forgot that you existed

It isn't love, it isn't hate, it's just indifference

unpredictable; liable to sudden unpredictable change

Take the words for what they are

A dwindling, mercurial high

A drug that only worked

related to the universe; pertaining to or characteristic of the cosmos or universe

Then sent me back where I came from

For a moment I knew cosmic love

Now I'm down bad crying at the gym

ten years; a period of 10 years

On a history book page

It was the end of a decade

But the start of an age

like an enemy; characterized by enmity or ill will

Fuck it if I can't have him

I loved your hostile takeovers

Encounters closer and closer

hiding place; a shelter from danger or hardship

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

globe; a particular environment or walk of life

I have a lot of regrets about that

I was so ahead of the curve, the curve became a sphere

Fell behind all my classmates, and I ended up here

complete disrespect; lack of respect accompanied by a feeling of intense dislike

I could still say, "I don't remember"

Familiarity breeds contempt

Don't put me in the basement

legal identification; any authorization to pass or go somewhere

I'm dying to see how this one ends

Grab your passport and my hand

I can make the bad guys good for a weekend

choose; select as an alternative over another

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

not on purpose; happening by chance or unexpectedly or unintentionally

Checkmate, I couldn't lose

What if I told you none of it was accidental?

And the first night that you saw me

serious; lacking brightness or color; dull

Our field of dreams engulfed in fire

Your arson's match, your somber eyes

And I'll still see it, until I die

strong belief; an unshakable belief in something without need for proof or evidence

Suddenly the summer, it's clear

I never had the courage of my convictions

As long as danger is near

exciting newness; originality by virtue of being refreshingly novel

Lord, what will become of me

Once I've lost my novelty?

complete honesty; an undivided or unbroken completeness or totality with nothing wanting

Would it be enough if I could never give you peace?

Your integrity makes me seem small

You paint dreamscapes on the wall

mysterious; confined to and understandable by only an enlightened inner circle

I still miss the smoke

Were you making fun of me with some esoteric joke?

Now I want to sell my house and set fire to all my clothes

fond remembrance of the past; longing for something past

Seems like it was never even fun back then

Nostalgia is a mind's trick

If I'd been there, I'd hate it

situation; a condition that accompanies or influences some event or activity

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We were blind to unforeseen circumstances

We learned the right steps to different dances

sympathetic; showing empathy or ready comprehension of others’ states

It's happening again

The empathetic hunger descends

We'll tell no one except all of our friends

intruder; someone who intrudes on the privacy or property of another without permission

We learned the right steps to different dances

And fell victim to interlopers' glances

Lost the game of chance, what are the chances?

build; make by combining materials and parts

Now I seem to be scared to go outside

If comfort is a construct

I don't believe in good luck

amusing; humorously sarcastic or mocking

You never read up on it, shame, could've learned somethin'

Robert Bly on my nightstand, gifts from you, how ironic

The curse or a miracle, hearse or an oracle

cover; one celestial body obscures another

Crowd goes wild at her fingertips

Half moonshine, a full eclipse"

"I'm not trying to exaggerate

understand; have the idea for

Jackals raised their hackles

You couldn't conceive it

You were sleeping soundly

suppose; to believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds

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And it's not theirs to speculate if it's wrong, and

Your hands are tough, but they are where mine belong, and

giving; characterized by or given to yielding to the wishes of someone

But I think that it's best if we both stay

Before you, I'd only dated self-indulgent takers

Who took all of their problems out on me

amaze; an overwhelming feeling of wonder or admiration

They were finding ways not to praise me

But you say it like you're in awe of me

And you stay until the morning

saved item; a man-made object taken as a whole

I find the artifacts, cried over a hat

Cursed the space that I needed

seriousness; (physics) the force of attraction between all masses in the universe

Out of focus, eye to eye

'Til the gravity's too much

And I'll do anything you say