Taylor Swift
The Archer lyrics
- Language
- English
- Level
- Beginner
- Released
- 2019
- Genre
- Pop
- Length
- 3:32
Combat, I'm ready for combat
I say I don't want that, but what if I do?
'Cause cruelty wins in the movies
I've got a hundred thrown-out speeches I almost said to you
Easy they come, easy they go
I jump from the train, I ride off alone
I never grew up, it's getting so old
Help me hold onto you
I've been the archer
I've been the prey
Who could ever leave me, darling
But who could stay?
Dark side, I search for your dark side
But what if I'm alright, right, right, right here?
And I cut off my nose just to spite my face
Then hate my reflection for years and years
I wake in the night, I pace like a ghost
The room is on fire, invisible smoke
And all of my heroes die all alone
Help me hold onto you
I've been the archer
I've been the prey
Screaming, who could ever leave me, darling
But who could stay? (I see right through me, I see right through me)
'Cause they see right through me, they see right through me
They see right through, can you see right through me?
They see right through, they see right through me
I see right through me, I see right through me
All the king's horses and all the king's men
Couldn't put me together again
'Cause all of my enemies started out friends
Help me hold onto you
I've been the archer
I've been the prey
Who could ever leave me, darling
But who could stay? (I see right through me, I see right through me)
And who could stay?
Who could stay?
Who could stay?
You could stay
You could stay (you)
Combat, I'm ready for combat
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Key vocabulary
- almost
- nearly; not quiteA2
- alone
- by yourselfA2
- cause
- make happenA2
- heroes
- people admired for braveryA2
- onto
- on top ofA2
- cruelty
- mean, harmful behavior
- i've
- I have
- thrown-out
- discarded; put away
- said
- spoke; toldA1
- grew
- increased in size
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About this song
Taylor Swift is an American singer-songwriter who works in country and pop, known for albums and songwriting that blend autobiographical details with wide-ranging pop production and narrative storytelling. She is recognized for her major crossover from Nashville country to mainstream pop, including landmark releases like Red and 1989, and for the global Eras Tour.