the-great-war
[00:02.22] My knuckles were bruised like violets
[00:07.01] Sucker punching walls, cursed you as I sleep-talked
[00:12.06] Spineless in my tomb of silence
[00:17.12] Tore your banners down, took the battle underground
[00:21.91] And maybe it was ego swinging
[00:26.96] Maybe it was her
[00:32.01] Flashes of the battle come back to me in a blur
[00:40.29] All that bloodshed, crimson clover
[00:43.20] Uh-huh, sweet dream was over
[00:45.85] My hand was the one you reached for
[00:49.04] All throughout the Great War
[00:51.43] Always remember
[00:53.28] Uh-huh, tears on the letter
[00:55.68] I vowed not to cry anymore
[00:58.87] If we survived the Great War
[01:02.06] You drew up some good faith treaties
[01:07.10] I drew curtains closed, drank my poison all alone
[01:11.90] You said I have to trust more freely
[01:16.94] But diesel is desire, you were playin' with fire
[01:22.00] And maybe it's the past that's talkin'
[01:27.05] Screamin' from the crypt
[01:31.84] Tellin' me to punish you for things you never did
[01:38.78] So I justified it
[01:40.22] All that bloodshed, crimson clover
[01:43.16] Uh-huh, the bombs were close and
[01:45.83] My hand was the one you reached for
[01:49.03] All throughout the Great War
[01:51.69] Always remember
[01:53.30] Uh-huh, the burning embers
[01:55.68] I vowed not to fight anymore
[01:58.61] If we survived the Great War
[02:03.12] Uh-huh
[02:05.77] Uh-huh
[02:12.15] It turned into something bigger
[02:17.20] Somewhere in the haze, got a sense I'd been betrayed
[02:21.98] Your finger on my hair pin triggers
[02:25.70] Soldier down on that icy ground
[02:28.08] Looked up at me with honor and truth
[02:32.09] Broken and blue, so I called off the troops
[02:37.66] That was the night I nearly lost you
[02:44.31] I really thought I lost you
[02:54.42] We can plant a memory garden
[02:59.46] Say a solemn prayer, place a poppy in my hair
[03:04.52] There's no morning glory, it was war, it wasn't fair
[03:10.89] And we will never go back
[03:12.76] To that bloodshed, crimson clover
[03:15.68] Uh-huh, the worst was over
[03:18.35] My hand was the one you reached for
[03:21.51] All throughout the Great War
[03:23.90] Always remember
[03:25.52] Uh-huh, we're burned for better
[03:28.19] I vowed I would always be yours
[03:31.38] 'Cause we survived the Great War
[03:35.67] Uh-huh
[03:38.31] Uh-huh
[03:39.39] I would always be yours
[03:41.26] 'Cause we survived the Great War
[03:45.76] Uh-huh
[03:48.41] I vowed I would always be yours
[03:52.16] Written by: Aaron Brooking Dessner / Taylor Alison Swift
