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Illicit Affairs Lyrics

Taylor Swift - Folklore
Artist
Album

Folklore

(2020)
TypeStudio Full-length
GenresFolk Pop, Chamber Pop, Indie Folk
LabelsRepublic Records
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10. Illicit Affairs (3:10)
Make sure nobody sees you leave
Hood over your head
Keep your eyes down
Tell your friends you're out for a run
You'll be flushed when you return
Take the road less traveled by
Tell yourself you can always stop
What started in beautiful rooms
Ends with meetings in parking lots

And that's the thing about illicit affairs
And clandestine meetings
And longing stares
It's born from just one single glance
But it dies and it dies and it dies
...a million little times

Leave the perfume on the shelf
That you picked out just for him
So you leave no trace behind
Like you don't even exist
Take the words for what they are
A dwindling, mercurial high
A drug that only worked
The first few hundred times

And that's the thing about illicit affairs
And clandestine meetings
And stolen stares
They show their truth one single time
But they lie and they lie and they lie
...a million little times

And you wanna scream
Don't call me kid
Don't call me baby
Look at this godforsaken mess that you made me
You showed me colors you know I can't see with anyone else
Don't call me kid
Don't call me baby
Look at this idiotic fool that you made me
You taught me a secret language I can't speak with anyone else
And you know damn well
For you I would ruin myself
...a million little times
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Members
  • Taylor Swift : Vocals
Additional musicians
  • Aaron Dessner : Piano (1-4, 7, 11-16), Acoustic Guitar (1, 7, 11, 12, 16), Electric Guitar (1-4, 11-14, 16), Drum Programming (1-4, 7, 11, 12), Mellotron (1, 2, 11, 13, 15), OP-1 (1, 4, 16), Synth Bass (1, 16), Percussion (2-4, 7, 11, 12, 14), Bass (2, 3, 7, 11, 12, 14, 15), Synthesizer (2-4, 7, 11-13, 15), Slide Guitar (3), Keyboards (3), High String Guitar (14), Field Recording (15), Drone (15)
  • Jack Antonoff : Live Drums (5, 6, 8-10, 14), Percussion (5, 6, 8-10, 14), Programming (5, 6, 8-10), Electric Guitars (5, 6, 8-10, 14), Keyboards (5, 6, 8-10), Piano (5), Bass (5, 8-10, 14), Background Vocals (5, 6, 9, 10), Acoustic Guitars (6, 8, 14), B3 (6, 14), Organ (9), Mellotron (14)
  • Evan Smith : Saxophones (5, 8-10, 14), Keyboards (5, 8-10), Programming (5), Flute (8), Electric Guitar (8, 10), Accordion (10, background vocals (10), clarinet (14)
  • James McAlister : Drum Programming (2, 11), Beat Programming (12), Synthesizers (12), Hand Percussion (12), Drums (12)
  • Mikey Freedom Hart : Pedal Steel (10, 14), Mellotron (14), Wurlitzer (14), Harpsichord (14), Vibraphone (14), Electric Guitar (14)
  • Kyle Resnick : Viola (1, 2, 7, 11-13), Violin (1, 2, 7, 11-13), Trumpet (13)
  • Bryce Dessner : Orchestration (1-4, 7, 11-13)
  • Yuki Numata Resnick : Viola (1, 2, 7, 11, 12), Violin (1, 2, 7, 11, 12)
  • Clarice Jensen : Cello (2, 7, 11-13)
  • Rob Moose : Orchestration (3, 16), Violin (3, 4, 16), Viola (3, 4, 16)
  • Clarice Jensen : Cello (2, 7, 11-13)
  • Josh Kaufman : Harmonica (14), Electric Guitar (14), Lap Steel (14)
  • JT Bates : Drums (3, 7, 13)
  • Bobby Hawk : Strings (5, 8, 9)
  • Lorenzo Wolff : Strings (5, 9)
  • Dave Nelson : Trombone (2, 13)
  • Thomas Bartlett : Synthesizer (1), OP-1 (1)
  • Justin Vernon : Lead Vocals (4), Pulse (15)
  • Bella Blasko : Modular Synth (2)
  • Bryan Devendorf : Drum Programming (7)
  • Mike Williams : Strings (8)
  • Jon Gautier : Strings (8)
  • Benjamin Lanz : Trombone (13)
  • Jason Treuting : Percussion (1)
  • Benjamin Lanz : Modular Synth (2)
  • Bryan Devendorf : Drum Programming (7)
  • Jonathan Low : Synth Bass (8)
  • Kyle Resnick : Trumpet (13)
Other staff
  • Taylor Swift : Producer
  • Jonathan Low : Recording (1-4, 7, 11-16), Mixing (1-4, 7, 8, 11, 15, 16)
  • Aaron Dessner : Producer, Recording (1-4, 7, 11-16), Additional Recording (2, 11)
  • Laura Sisk : Recording (5, 6, 8-10, 14), Vocal Recording (1-4, 13, 15, 16)
  • Jack Antonoff : Producer, Recording (5, 6, 8-10, 14)
  • Justin Vernon : Vocal Recording (bon iver on 4)
  • Serban Ghenea : Mixing (5, 6, 9, 10, 12-14)
  • John Hanes : Mix Engineering (5, 6, 9, 10, 12-14)
  • Randy Merrill : Mastering (all tracks)