Taylor Swift - The Great War 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 egos swinging 

Maybe it was her 

Flashes of the battle come back to me in a blur 

 

All that bloodshed 

Crimson clover 

Uh huh, 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 playing with fire

And maybe it’s the past that’s talking 

Screaming from the crypt 

Telling me to punish you for things you never did 

So I justified it

 

All that bloodshed, crimson clover 

Uh huh, the bombs were closer 

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 huh, uh huh

 

It turned into something bigger 

Somewhere in the haze 

Got a sense I’d been betrayed 

Your finger on my hairpin 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’d 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 huh

I will always be yours

Cause we survived the Great War

Uh huh 

I vowed I will always be yours