The Black Dog

Album: The Tortured Poets Department (2024)
Charted: 25
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  • I am someone who, until recent events
    You shared your secrets with
    And your location
    You forgot to turn it off
    And so I watch as you walk
    Into some bar called The Black Dog
    And pierce new holes in my heart
    You forgot to turn it off
    And it hits me
    I just don't understand

    How you don't miss me
    In The Black Dog
    When someone plays The Starting Line and you jump up
    But she's too young to know this song
    That was intertwined in the magic fabric of our dreaming
    Old habits die screaming

    I move through the world with the heartbroken
    My longings stay unspoken
    And I may never open up the way I did for you
    And all of those best laid plans
    You said I needed a brave man
    Then proceeded to play him
    Until I believed it too
    And it kills me
    I just don't understand

    How you don't miss me
    In the shower
    And remember
    How my rain-soaked body was shaking
    Do you hate me?
    Was it hazing?
    For a cruel fraternity I pledged
    And I still mean it
    Old habits die screaming

    Six weeks of breathing clean air
    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
    And hire a priest to come and exorcise my demons
    Even if I die screaming
    And I hope you hear it

    And I hope you miss me
    In The Black Dog
    When someone plays The Starting Line and you jump up
    But she's too young to know this song
    That was intertwined in the tragic fabric of our dreaming
    'Cause tail between your legs you're leaving
    I still can't believe it
    'Cause old habits die screaming Writer/s: Taylor Swift
    Publisher: Universal Music Publishing Group
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

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