The Great War, Song Lyrics, Taylor Swift

Lyrics

My knuckles were bruised like violets,

Sucker punching walls, 

cursed you as I sleep-talked,

Spineless in my tomb of silence,

Tore your banners down, took the battle underground,

And maybe it was ego swinging,

Maybe it was her,

Flashes of the battle come back to me in a blur,

All that bloodshed, crimson clover,

Uh-huhh, 

sweet dream was over,

My hand was the one you reached for,

All throughout the Great War,

Always remember,

Uh-huh, 

tears on the letter,

I vowed not to cry anymore,

If we survived the Great War,

You drew up some good faith treaties,

I drew curtains closed, drank my poison all alone,

You said I have to trust more freely,

But diesel is desire, 

you were playin' with fire,

And maybe it's the past that's talking,

Screamin' from the crypt,

Tellin' me to punish you for things you never did,

So I justified it,

All that bloodshed, crimson clover,

Uh-huh, the bombs were close and,

My hand was the one you reached for,

All throughout the Great War,

Always remember!!

Uh-huh, the burning embers,

I vowed not to fight anymore,

If we survived the Great War,

Uh-huhh,

Uh-huhh,

It turned into something bigger,

Somewhere in the haze, got a sense I'd been betrayed,

Your finger on my hair pin triggers,

Soldier down on that icy ground,

Looked up at me with honor and truth,

Broken and blue, so I called off the troops,

That was the night I nearly lost you,

I really thought I lost you,

We can plant a memory garden,

Say a solemn prayer, place a poppy in my hair,

There's no morning glory, it was war, it wasn't fair,

And we will never go back,

To that bloodshed, crimson clover,

Uh-huh, the worst was over,

My hand was the one you reached for,

All throughout the Great War,

Always remember!!

Uh-huh, we're burned for better,

I vowed I would always be yours,

Cause we survived the Great War,

Uh-huh!!

Uh-huhhh!!

I would always be yours,

Cause we survived the Great War,

Uh-huhhh!!

I vowed I would always be yours.

Songwriters: Aaron Brooking Dessner / Taylor Swift

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