I have this thing where I get older, but just never wiser
I have this thing where I get older, but just never wiser
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Taylor Swift
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I have this thing where I get older, but just never wiser
I have this thing where I get older, but just never wiser
Midnights become my afternoons
Midnights become my afternoons
When my depression works the graveyard shift
When my depression works the graveyard shift
All of the people I've ghosted stand there in the room
All of the people I've ghosted stand there in the room
I should not be left to my own devices
I should not be left to my own devices
They come with prices and vices
They come with prices and vices
I end up in crises
I end up in crises
Tale as old as time
Tale as old as time
I wake up screaming from dreaming
I wake up screaming from dreaming
One day I'll watch as you're leaving
One day I'll watch as you're leaving
'Cause you got tired of my scheming
'Cause you got tired of my scheming
For the last time
For the last time
It's me
It's me
Hi!
Hi!
I'm the problem, it's me
I'm the problem, it's me
At teatime
At teatime
Everybody agrees
Everybody agrees
I'll stare directly at the sun, but never in the mirror
I'll stare directly at the sun, but never in the mirror
It must be exhausting always rooting for the anti-hero
It must be exhausting always rooting for the anti-hero
Sometimes I feel like everybody is a sexy baby
Sometimes I feel like everybody is a sexy baby
And I'm a monster on the hill
And I'm a monster on the hill
Too big to hang out
Too big to hang out
Slowly lurching toward your favorite city
Slowly lurching toward your favorite city
Pierced through the heart but never killed
Pierced through the heart but never killed
Did you hear my covert narcissism
Did you hear my covert narcissism
I disguise as altruism?
I disguise as altruism?
Like some kind of congressman
Like some kind of congressman
Tale as old as time
Tale as old as time
I wake up screaming from dreaming
I wake up screaming from dreaming
One day, I'll watch as you're leaving
One day, I'll watch as you're leaving
And life will lose all its meaning
And life will lose all its meaning
For the last time
For the last time
It's me
It's me
Hi!
Hi!
I'm the problem, it's me (I'm the problem, it's me)
I'm the problem, it's me (I'm the problem, it's me)
At teatime
At teatime
Everybody agrees
Everybody agrees
I'll stare directly at the sun, but never in the mirror
I'll stare directly at the sun, but never in the mirror
It must be exhausting always rooting for the anti-hero
It must be exhausting always rooting for the anti-hero
I have this dream my daughter-in-law kills me for the money
I have this dream my daughter-in-law kills me for the money
She thinks I left them in the will
She thinks I left them in the will
The family gathers 'round and reads it
The family gathers 'round and reads it
And then someone screams out
And then someone screams out
"She's laughing up at us from hell!"
"She's laughing up at us from hell!"
It's me
It's me
Hi!
Hi!
I'm the problem, it's me
I'm the problem, it's me
It's me
It's me
Hi!
Hi!
I'm the problem, it's me
I'm the problem, it's me