Opalite

Album: The Life of a Showgirl (2025)
Charted: 1 1
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  • I had a bad habit
    Of missing lovers past
    My brother used to call it
    "Eating out of the trash"
    It's never gonna last
    I thought my house was haunted
    I used to live with ghosts
    And all the perfect couples
    Said, "When you know, you know"
    And, "When you don't, you don't"

    And all of the foes and all of the friends
    Have seen it before, they'll see it again
    Life is a song, it ends when it ends
    I was wrong

    But my mama told me, "It's alright"
    You were dancing through the lightning strikes
    Sleepless in the onyx night
    But now the sky is opalite, oh-oh, oh, oh
    Oh, my Lord, never made no one like you before
    You had to make your own sunshine
    But now the sky is opalite, oh-oh, oh, oh, oh
    "It's alright"
    You were dancing through the lightning strikes
    Sleepless in the onyx night
    But now the sky is opalite, oh-oh, oh, oh
    Oh, my Lord, never made no one like you before
    You had to make your own sunshine
    But now the sky is opalite, oh-oh, oh, oh, oh

    You couldn't understand it
    Why you felt alone
    You were in it for real
    She was in her phone
    And you were just a pose
    And don't we try to love love? (Love love)
    We give it all we got (give it all we got)
    You finally left the table
    And what a simple thought
    You're starving 'til you're not

    And all of the foes and all of the friends
    Have messed up before, they'll mess up again
    Life is a song, it ends when it ends
    You move on

    And that's when I told you, "It's alright"
    You were dancing through the lightning strikes
    Sleepless in the onyx night
    But now, the sky is opalite, oh-oh, oh, oh
    Oh, my Lord, never met no one like you before
    You had to make your own sunshine
    But now, the sky is opalite, oh
    Don't you sweat it, baby, it's alright
    You were dancing through the lightning strikes
    Sleepless in the onyx night
    But now, the sky is opalite, oh-oh, oh, oh
    Oh, my Lord, never met no one like you before (no)
    You had to make your own sunshine
    But now, the sky is opalite, oh-oh, oh, oh, oh, oh

    This is just a storm inside a teacup
    But shelter here with me, my love
    Thunder like a drum
    This life will beat you up, up, up, up, up Writer/s: Johan Schuster, Max Martin, Taylor Swift
    Publisher: Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd., Universal Music Publishing Group
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