Now That We Don't Talk

Album: 1989 (Taylor's Version) (2023)
Charted: 2 2
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  • You went to a party
    I heard from everybody
    You part the crowd like the Red Sea
    Don't even get me started
    Did you get anxious though
    On the way home?
    I guess I'll never, ever know
    Now that we don't talk

    You grew your hair long
    You got new icons
    And from the outside
    It looks like you're tryin' lives on
    I miss the old ways
    You didn't have to change
    But I guess I don't have a say
    Now that we don't talk

    I call my mom, she said that it was for the best
    Remind myself the more I gave, you'd want me less
    I cannot be your friend
    So I pay the price of what I lost
    And what it cost
    Now that we don't talk

    What do you tell your friends we
    Shared dinners, long weekends with
    Truth is I can't pretend it's
    Platonic, it's just ended

    So I call my mom, she said to get it off my chest (off my chest)
    Remind myself the way you faded 'til I left ('til I left)
    I cannot be your friend
    So I pay the price of what I lost (of what I lost)
    And what it cost
    Now that we don't talk

    I don't have to pretend I like acid rock
    Or that I'd like to be on a mega yacht
    With important men who think important thoughts
    Guess maybe I am better off
    Now that we don't talk
    And the only way back to my dignity
    Was to turn into a shrouded mystery
    Just like I had been when you were chasing me
    Guess this is how it has to be
    Now that we don't talk Writer/s: Jack Michael Antonoff, Taylor Alison Swift
    Publisher: Universal Music Publishing Group
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