Anti-Hero Taylor Swift

(ｉ　ｈａｖｅ　ｔｈｉｓ　ｔｈｉｎｇ　ｗｈｅｒｅ　ｉ　ｇｅｔ　ｏｌｄｅｒ)

I have this thing where I get older

(ｂｕｔ　ｊｕｓｔ　ｎｅｖｅｒ　ｗｉｓｅｒ)

but just never wiser

(ｍｉｄｎｉｇｈｔｓ　ｂｅｃｏｍｅ　ｍｙ　ａｆｔｅｒｎｏｏｎｓ)

Midnights become my afternoons

(ｗｈｅｎ　ｍｙ　ｄｅｐｒｅｓｓｉｏｎ　ｗｏｒｋｓ　ｔｈｅ)

When my depression works the

(ｇｒａｖｅｙａｒｄ　ｓｈｉｆｔ　ａｌｌ　ｏｆ　ｔｈｅ　ｐｅｏｐｌｅ)

graveyard shift All of the people

(ｉ’ｖｅ　ｇｈｏｓｔｅｄ　ｓｔａｎｄ　ｔｈｅｒｅ　ｉｎ　ｔｈｅ　ｒｏｏｍ)

I've ghosted stand there in the room

(ｉ　ｓｈｏｕｌｄ　ｎｏｔ　ｂｅ　ｌｅｆｔ　ｔｏ　ｍｙ　ｏｗｎ)

I should not be left to my own

(ｄｅｖｉｃｅｓ，　ｔｈｅｙ　ｃｏｍｅ　ｗｉｔｈ　ｐｒｉｃｅｓ　ａｎｄ)

devices, they come with prices and

(ｖｉｃｅｓ，　ｉ　ｅｎｄ　ｕｐ　ｉｎ　ｃｒｉｓｉｓ)

vices, I end up in crisis

(ｔａｌｅ　ａｓ　ｏｌｄ　ａｓ　ｔｉｍｅ)

Tale as old as time

(ｉ　ｗａｋｅ　ｕｐ　ｓｃｒｅａｍｉｎｇ　ｆｒｏｍ　ｄｒｅａｍｉｎｇ)

I wake up screaming from dreaming

(ｏｎｅ　ｄａｙ　ｉ’ｌｌ　ｗａｔｃｈ　ａｓ　ｙｏｕ’ｌｌ　ｌｅａｖｉｎｇ)

one day I'll watch as you'll leaving

(’ｃａｕｓｅ　ｙｏｕ　ｇｏｔ　ｔｉｒｅｄ　ｏｆ　ｍｙ　ｓｃｈｅｍｉｎｇ)

'cause you got tired of my scheming

(－ｆｏｒ　ｔｈｅ　ｌａｓｔ　ｔｉｍｅ)

-for the last time

(ｉｔ’ｓ　ｍｅ　ｈｉ　ｉ’ｍ　ｔｈｅ　ｐｒｏｂｌｅｍ，ｉｔ’ｓ　ｍｅ)

It's me Hi I'm the problem,It's me

(ａｔ　ｔｅａｔｉｍｅ　ｅｖｅｒｙｂｏｄｙ　ａｇｒｅｅｓ)

At teatime Everybody agrees

(ｉ’ｌｌ　ｓｔａｒｅ　ｄｉｒｅｃｔｌｙ　ａｔ　ｔｈｅ　ｓｕｎ)

I'll stare directly at the sun

(ｂｕｔ　ｎｅｖｅｒ　ｉｎ　ｔｈｅ　ｍｉｒｒｏｒ)

but never in the mirror

(ｉｔ　ｍｕｓｔ　ｂｅ　ｅｘｈａｕｓｔｉｎｇ　ａｌｗａｙｓ　ｒｏｏｔｉｎｇ)

It must be exhausting always rooting

(ｆｏｒ　ｔｈｅ　ａｎｔｉ－ｈｅｒｏ)

for the anti-hero

(ｓｏｍｅｔｉｍｅｓ　ｉ　ｆｅｅｌ　ｌｉｋｅ　ｅｖｅｒｙｂｏｄｙ　ｉｓ)

Sometimes I feel like everybody is

(ａ　ｓｅｘｙ　ｂａｂｙ　ａｎｄ　ｉ’ｍ　ａ　ｍｏｎｓｔｅｒ)

a sexy baby And I'm a monster

(ｏｎ　ｔｈｅ　ｈｉｌｌ　ｔｏｏ　ｂｉｇ　ｔｏ　ｈａｎｇ　ｏｕｔ)

on the hill Too big to hang out

(ｓｌｏｗｌｙ　ｌｕｒｃｈｉｎｇ　ｔｏｗａｒｄ　ｙｏｕｒ　ｆａｖｏｒｉｔｅ)

Slowly lurching toward your favorite

(ｃｉｔｙ　ｐｉｅｒｃｅｄ　ｔｈｒｏｕｇｈ　ｔｈｅ　ｈｅａｒｔ)

city Pierced through the heart

(ｂｕｔ　ｎｅｖｅｒ　ｋｉｌｌｅｄ)

but never killed

(ｄｉｄ　ｙｏｕ　ｈｅａｒ　ｍｙ　ｃｏｎｖｅｒｔ　ｎａｒｃｉｓｓｉｓｍ)

Did you hear my convert narcissism

(ｉ　ｄｉｓｇｕｉｓｅ　ａｓ　ａｌｔｒｕｉｓｍ)

I disguise as altruism

(ｌｉｋｅ　ｓｏｍｅ　ｋｉｎｄ　ｏｆ　ｃｏｎｇｒｅｓｓｍａｎ)

like some kind of congressman

(ｔａｌｅ　ａｓ　ｏｌｄ　ａｓ　ｔｉｍｅ)

Tale as old as time

(ｉ　ｗａｋｅ　ｕｐ　ｓｃｒｅａｍｉｎｇ　ｆｒｏｍ　ｄｒｅａｍｉｎｇ)

I wake up screaming from dreaming

(ｏｎｅ　ｄａｙ　ｉ’ｌｌ　ｗａｔｃｈ　ａｓ　ｙｏｕ’ｒｅ　ｌｅａｖｉｎｇ)

one day I'll watch as you're leaving

(ａｎｄ　ｌｉｆｅ　ｗｉｌｌ　ｌｏｓｅ　ａｌｌ　ｉｔｓ　ｍｅａｎｉｎｇ)

and life will lose all its meaning

(－ｆｏｒ　ｔｈｅ　ｌａｓｔ　ｔｉｍｅ)

-for the last time

(ｉｔ’ｓ　ｍｅ　ｈｉ　ｉ’ｍ　ｔｈｅ　ｐｒｏｂｌｅｍ，ｉｔ’ｓ　ｍｅ)

It's me Hi I'm the problem,it's me

(ａｔ　ｔｅａｔｉｍｅ　ｅｖｅｒｙｂｏｄｙ　ａｇｒｅｅｓ)

At teatime Everybody agrees

(ｉ’ｌｌ　ｓｔａｒｅ　ｄｉｒｅｃｔｌｙ　ａｔ　ｔｈｅ　ｓｕｎ)

I'll stare directly at the sun

(ｂｕｔ　ｎｅｖｅｒ　ｉｎ　ｔｈｅ　ｍｉｒｒｏｒ)

but never in the mirror

(ｉｔ　ｍｕｓｔ　ｂｅ　ｅｘｈａｕｓｔｉｎｇ　ａｌｗａｙｓ　ｒｏｏｔｉｎｇ)

It must be exhausting always rooting

(ｆｏｒ　ｔｈｅ　ａｎｔｉ－ｈｅｒｏ)

for the anti-hero

(ｉ　ｈａｖｅ　ｔｈｉｓ　ｄｒｅａｍ　ｍｙ　ｄａｕｇｈｔｅｒ－ｉｎ－ｌａｗ)

I have this dream my daughter-in-law

(ｋｉｌｌｓ　ｍｅ　ｆｏｒ　ｔｈｅ　ｍｏｎｅｙ)

kills me for the money

(ｓｈｅ　ｔｈｉｎｋ　ｉ　ｌｅｆｔ　ｔｈｅｍ　ｉｎ　ｔｈｅ　ｗｉｌｌ)

She think I left them in the will

(ｔｈｅ　ｆａｍｉｌｙ　ｇａｔｈｅｒｓ’ｒｏｕｎｄ　ａｎｄ)

The family gathers'round and

(ｒｅａｄｓ　ｉｔ　ａｎｄ　ｔｈｅｎ　ｓｏｍｅｏｎｅ　ｓｃｒｅａｍｓ)

reads it And then someone screams

(ｏｕｔ　”ｓｈｅ’ｓ　ｌａｕｇｈｉｎｇ　ｕｐ　ａｔ　ｕｓ　ｆｒｏｍ)

out "She's laughing up at us from

(ｈｅｌｌ！”　ｉｔ’ｓ　ｍｅ　ｈｉ　ｉ’ｍ　ｔｈｅ　ｐｒｏｂｌｅｍ，)

hell!" It's me Hi I'm the problem,

(ｉｔ’ｓ　ｍｅ　ｉｔ’ｓ　ｍｅ　ｈｉ　ｉ’ｍ　ｔｈｅ　ｐｒｏｂｌｅｍ，)

it's me It's me Hi I'm the problem,

(ｉｔ’ｓ　ｍｅ　ｉｔ’ｓ　ｍｅ　ｈｉ)

it's me It's me Hi

(ｅｖｅｒｙｂｏｄｙ　ａｇｒｅｅｓ　ｅｖｅｒｙｂｏｄｙ　ａｇｒｅｅｓ)

Everybody agrees Everybody agrees

(ｉｔ’ｓ　ｍｅ　ｈｉ　ｉ’ｍ　ｔｈｅ　ｐｒｏｂｌｅｍ，ｉｔ’ｓ　ｍｅ)

It's me Hi I'm the problem,it's me

(ａｔ　ｔｅａｔｉｍｅ　ｅｖｅｒｙｂｏｄｙ　ａｇｒｅｅｓ)

At teatime Everybody agrees

(ｉ’ｌｌ　ｓｔａｒｅ　ｄｉｒｅｃｔｌｙ　ａｔ　ｔｈｅ　ｓｕｎ)

I'll stare directly at the sun

(ｂｕｔ　ｎｅｖｅｒ　ｉｎ　ｔｈｅ　ｍｉｒｒｏｒ)

but never in the mirror

(ｉｔ　ｍｕｓｔ　ｂｅ　ｅｘｈａｕｓｔｉｎｇ　ａｌｗａｙｓ　ｒｏｏｔｉｎｇ)

It must be exhausting always rooting

(ｆｏｒ　ｔｈｅ　ａｎｔｉ－ｈｅｒｏ)

for the anti-hero