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

unbeliever; someone who habitually doubts accepted beliefs

No crowd of friends applauded

Your hometown skeptics called it

Champagne problems

huge; of great force or power

The girl in my story, has always been you

I'd go down with the Titanic, it's true

For you

suitableness; correct or appropriate behavior

Is actually what's holy?

If long suffering propriety

Is what they want from me

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

selflessness; the quality of unselfish concern for the welfare of others

Did you hear my covert narcissism

I disguise as altruism

Like some kind of congressman?

secret; a flock of coots

Pierced through the heart but never killed

Did you hear my covert narcissism

I disguise as altruism

remain; remain present although waning or gradually dying

And when you are young, they assume you know nothing

But I knew you'd linger like a tattoo kiss

I knew you'd haunt all of my what-ifs

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

illusion; (psychology) an incorrect belief that is held in spite of evidence to the contrary

How it was supposed to be

Did you hear about the girl who lives in delusion?

Break-ups happen every day, you don't have to lose it

diseased; of or relating to the practice of pathology

And I wouldn't marry me either

A pathological people-pleaser

Who only wanted you to see her

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

tasteless; lacking taste or flavor or tang

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

secret; conducted with or marked by hidden aims or methods

And that's the thing about illicit affairs

And clandestine meetings and longing stares

It's born from just one single glance

smother; conceal or hide

Your friends are around, so be quiet

I'm trying to stifle my sighs,

cause I feel so high school

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

stream; a small stream

Purchased at the mall

Rivulets descend my plastic smile

But you should've seen him

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

collapse inward; burst inward

Just how low did you think I'd go?

Before I'd self-implode

Before I'd have to go be free

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

gap; a gap between cloud masses

I saw in my mind fairy lights through the mist

I kept calm and carried the weight of the rift

Pulled him in tighter each time he was drifting away

confer; present

There's a lot of people in town that I

Bestow upon my fakest smiles

Scandal does funny things to pride

wall painting; a painting that is applied to a wall surface

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

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

gleam; shine with a weak or fitful light

When I walk in the room

I can still make the whole place shimmer

And when I meet the band

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

mysterious; of an obscure nature

And I swear

I'm only cryptic and Machiavellian 'cause I care

So I told you none of it was accidental?

unconsciousness; the state of being disregarded or forgotten

In public, showed me off

Then sank in stoned oblivion

Cause once your queen had come

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

distrustful; believing the worst of human nature and motives

Is it romantic how all my elegies eulogize me?

I'm not cut out for all these cynical clones

These hunters with cell phones

think over; reflect deeply on a subject

Those Windermere peaks look like a perfect place to cry

I'm setting off, but not without my muse

What should be over burrowed under my skin

sparkle; a flash of light (especially reflected light)

And he's passing by

Rare as the glimmer of a comet in the sky

And he feels like home

fragile; having little elasticity; hence easily cracked or fractured or snapped

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But I'm a fire, and I'll keep your brittle heart warm

If your cascade ocean wave blues come

pitiless; without mercy or pity

This is the worthwhile fight

Love is a ruthless game

Unless you play it good and right

indifference; an absence of emotion or enthusiasm

Every joke's just trolling and memes

Sad as it seems, apathy is hot

Everybody's cutthroat in the comments

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

early; characterized by very early development or maturity (especially in mental aptitude)

The only one is mine

I read about it in a book when I was a precocious child

No mid-sized city hopes and small town fears

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?

permanent; cannot be removed or erased

Carolina stains on the dress she left

Indelible scars, pivotal marks

Blue as the life she fled

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

irritating; causing disapproval or protest

All was quickly forgiven

You were so magnetic, it was almost obnoxious

Flush with the currency of cool

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

illogical; not consistent with or using reason

Tall, dark and beautiful

He's complicated, he's irrational

But I hope someday he'll take me away

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

cut back; place restrictions on

You'll learn to bounce back just like your trampoline

But now we'll curtail your curiosity

In sweetness

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

use up; use up (resources or materials)

We have common needs

We can sure deplete

We can be replete

sharpen; make keen or more acute

She'll let you take her home

It whets her appetite

She'll lay you on the throne

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

rebel; break with established customs

Open the blinds, let me see your face

You wouldn't be the first renegade to need somebody

Is it insensitive for me to say

hardship; a state of misfortune or affliction

The- the song itself about choosing happiness and getting through rough times

You know, adversity, and really choosing your own joy

And your own, sort of path to joy

similarity; an inference that if things agree in some respects they probably agree in others

I really loved that sort of comparison between the two

And that analogy and it turned into one of my favorite songs on the album

seeming; concerned with or comprehending only what is apparent or obvious

You'd see that today holds something special

Something holy and not superficial

So, here's to the birthday Boy who saved our lives