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Anti‐Hero

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