Taylor Swift – Illicit Affairs
Lyric Video Published on 2020-07-24
Lyrics
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
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
Artist | |
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Album | Folklore |
Type | Studio Full-length |
Released | 2020-07-24 |
Genres | Folk Pop, Chamber Pop, Indie Folk |
Labels | Republic Records |
Length | 63:29 |
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4. | Exile (feat. Bon Iver) | 4:45 |
5. | My Tears Ricochet | 4:15 |
6. | Mirrorball | 3:29 |
7. | Seven | 3:28 |
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12. | Mad Woman | 3:57 |
13. | Epiphany | 4:49 |
14. | Betty | 4:54 |
15. | Peace | 3:54 |
16. | Hoax | 3:40 |
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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)
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