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I Wish You Would Lyrics
It's 2 A.M. in your car
Windows down, you pass my street
The memories start
You say it's in the past
And drive straight ahead
You're thinkin' that I hate you now
'Cause you still don't know what I never said
I wish you would come back
Wish I'd never hung up the phone like I did
I wish you knew that
I'd never forget you as long as I'd live
And I wish you were right here, right now
It's all good
I wish you would
It's 2 A.M. in my room
Headlights pass the window pane
I think of you
We were a crooked love
In a straight line down
Makes you wanna run and hide
But it makes you turn right back around
I wish you would come back
Wish I'd never hung up the phone like I did
I wish you knew that
I'd never forget you as long as I'd live
And I wish you were right here, right now
It's all good
I wish you would
I wish we could go back
And remember what we were fighting for
Wish you knew that
I miss you too much to be mad anymore
And I wish you were right here, right now
It's all good
I wish you would
I I I I, I I I wish, I wish, I
I I I I, I I I wish, I wish, I
I I I I, I I I wish, I wish, I
You always knew how to push my buttons (I I I I, I I I wish, I wish, I)
You give me everything and nothing (I I I I, I I I wish, I wish, I)
This mad, mad love makes you come running (I I I I, I I I wish, I wish, I)
To stand back where you stood (I I I I, I I I wish, I wish, I)
I wish you would, I wish you would (I I I I, I I I wish, I wish, I)
I wish you would, I wish you would (I I I I, I I I wish, I wish, I)
I wish you would, I wish you would (I I I I, I I I wish, I wish, I)
2 A.M., here we are
See your face
Hear my voice in the dark
We were a crooked love
In a straight line down
Makes you wanna run and hide
But it made us turn right back around
I wish you would come back
Wish I'd never hung up the phone like I did
I wish you knew that
I'd never forget you as long as I'd live
And I wish you were right here, right now
It's all good
I wish you would
I wish you would come back
Wish I'd never hung up the phone like I did
I wish you knew that
I'd never forget you as long as I'd live
And I wish you were right here, right now
It's all good
I wish you would
I wish we could go back
And remember what we were fighting for
Wish you knew that
I miss you too much to be mad anymore
And I wish you were right here, right now
It's all good
I wish you would
You always knew how to push my buttons (I I I I, I I I wish, I wish, I)
You give me everything and nothing (I I I I, I I I wish, I wish, I)
This mad, mad love makes you come running (I I I I, I I I wish, I wish, I)
To stand back where you stood (I I I I, I I I wish, I wish, I)
I wish you would, I wish you would (I I I I, I I I wish, I wish, I)
I wish you would, I wish you would (I I I I, I I I wish, I wish, I)
I wish you would, I wish you would
I wish you would, I wish you would (I I I I, I I I wish, I wish, I)
I wish you would, I wish you would
I I I I, I I I wish, I wish, I
I I I I, I I I wish, I wish, I (I wish you would)
Windows down, you pass my street
The memories start
And drive straight ahead
You're thinkin' that I hate you now
'Cause you still don't know what I never said
Wish I'd never hung up the phone like I did
I wish you knew that
I'd never forget you as long as I'd live
And I wish you were right here, right now
It's all good
I wish you would
Headlights pass the window pane
I think of you
In a straight line down
Makes you wanna run and hide
But it makes you turn right back around
Wish I'd never hung up the phone like I did
I wish you knew that
I'd never forget you as long as I'd live
It's all good
I wish you would
And remember what we were fighting for
Wish you knew that
I miss you too much to be mad anymore
It's all good
I wish you would
I I I I, I I I wish, I wish, I
I I I I, I I I wish, I wish, I
You give me everything and nothing (I I I I, I I I wish, I wish, I)
This mad, mad love makes you come running (I I I I, I I I wish, I wish, I)
To stand back where you stood (I I I I, I I I wish, I wish, I)
I wish you would, I wish you would (I I I I, I I I wish, I wish, I)
I wish you would, I wish you would (I I I I, I I I wish, I wish, I)
See your face
Hear my voice in the dark
In a straight line down
Makes you wanna run and hide
But it made us turn right back around
Wish I'd never hung up the phone like I did
I wish you knew that
I'd never forget you as long as I'd live
It's all good
I wish you would
Wish I'd never hung up the phone like I did
I wish you knew that
I'd never forget you as long as I'd live
It's all good
I wish you would
And remember what we were fighting for
Wish you knew that
I miss you too much to be mad anymore
It's all good
I wish you would
You give me everything and nothing (I I I I, I I I wish, I wish, I)
This mad, mad love makes you come running (I I I I, I I I wish, I wish, I)
To stand back where you stood (I I I I, I I I wish, I wish, I)
I wish you would, I wish you would (I I I I, I I I wish, I wish, I)
I wish you would, I wish you would
I wish you would, I wish you would (I I I I, I I I wish, I wish, I)
I wish you would, I wish you would
I I I I, I I I wish, I wish, I (I wish you would)
Song Info
Copyright
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, Sony/atv Music Publishing Llc
Writer
Jack Antonoff, Taylor Swift
Duration
3:27
Submitted by
iholdher On Oct 25, 2014
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The most striking thing about this song initially is that it’s the first to actually place the emphasis on guitars. Written to go over a Fine Young Cannibals-sampling track assembled by Jack Antonoff (the original version, at least, borrowed a snare from “She Drives Me Crazy”), the song builds and builds—sliding into half time on the chorus—as it finds the singer wishing a lover would run back.
Taylor talks about the meaning of the voice memo/demo of this song. She says it's basically about a guy driving home at night passing his ex's house thinking she still hates him whereas from the girl's point of view she just wants him back. Dramatic irony at its best.
I've never understood why this song seemed to be so looked-over. It was immediately one of my favorites as soon as it started. 1989 is composed of songs that become chaotic by the end of each,but it's an exciting chaotic - this song is no different. The bridge just stops everything for her to speak,and it's so emotional. The way she rhymes words and spaces syllables is really unique too. The imagery is also really unexpected. Love it.
Hated this song from the first few stanzas. Came here to read the rest: It doesn't redeem the song much.
First, musically, it falls into the category of sounding like it's written to meet contractual obligations to her producers. It's a piece of drek from the standpoint of "composition".
Next, the message is rotten to the core: There's basically nothing to redeem the woman character, longing to see her old boyfriend (I won't dignify this song by calling him her "lover") again. How do we know she's not merely being nostalgic, or resorting to a kind of emotional shorthand that gives her pangs of want, BUT NO USABLE INSIGHT?
I've seen scads of these kinds of relationships, and they suck; no wonder the divorce rate is so high in the U.S.: If the people listening to songs like this think they redeem the woman--and, via emotional identification, themselves--that's a red flag, for sure. Get help, pronto.
I'm reminded of the image of Diane Dane in Tom Hanks's "That Thing You Do!" It stylistically showcased a popular (at the time), sleazy, underhanded interpersonally damaging form of commerce then, and it apparently hasn't changed a whit.