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Hoax Lyrics
My only one
My smoking gun
My eclipsed sun
This has broken me down
My twisted knife
My sleepless night
My winless fight
This has frozen my ground
Stood on the cliffside screaming, "Give me a reason"
Your faithless love's the only hoax I believe in
Don't want no other shade of blue but you
No other sadness in the world would do
My best laid plan
Your slight of hand
My barren land
I am ash from your fire
Stood on the cliffside screaming, "Give me a reason"
Your faithless love's the only hoax I believe in
Don't want no other shade of blue but you
No other sadness in the world would do
You know I left a part of me back in New York
You knew the hero died so what's the movie for?
You knew it still hurts underneath my scars
From when they pulled me apart
You knew the password so I let you in the door
You knew you won so what's the point of keeping score?
You knew it still hurts underneath my scars
From when they pulled me apart
But what you did was just as dark
(Ah, ah, ah)
Darling, this was just as hard
As when they pulled me apart
My only one
My kingdom come undone
My broken drum
You have beaten my heart
Don't want no other shade of blue but you
No other sadness in the world would do
My smoking gun
My eclipsed sun
This has broken me down
My twisted knife
My sleepless night
My winless fight
This has frozen my ground
Your faithless love's the only hoax I believe in
Don't want no other shade of blue but you
No other sadness in the world would do
Your slight of hand
My barren land
I am ash from your fire
Your faithless love's the only hoax I believe in
Don't want no other shade of blue but you
No other sadness in the world would do
You knew the hero died so what's the movie for?
You knew it still hurts underneath my scars
From when they pulled me apart
You knew the password so I let you in the door
You knew you won so what's the point of keeping score?
You knew it still hurts underneath my scars
From when they pulled me apart
But what you did was just as dark
(Ah, ah, ah)
Darling, this was just as hard
As when they pulled me apart
My kingdom come undone
My broken drum
You have beaten my heart
Don't want no other shade of blue but you
No other sadness in the world would do
Song Info
Copyright
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, Sony/atv Music Publishing Llc
Writer
Aaron Brooking Dessner, Taylor A. Swift
Duration
3:40
Submitted by
aj96 On Jul 24, 2020
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“hoax” is the type of heartbreak that completely guts you. This is a song that wrecks you completely leaving you empty inside with nothing left inside. This is a song where Swift feels that she is broken and beaten. This is the point where Swift reaches her breaking point and hits the bottom of the barrel. With the pandemic taking its toll on everyone, it is here where Swift’s pain is most evident. She keeps wanting to find a reason to go on, but it is hard. All the best laid plans are shattered. In the end though, all she wants is the person that has caused her so much pain.
The closing track of Taylor's new album 'Folklore' was written by Taylor Swift and Aaron Dessner. Produced by Aaron Dessner. It was recorded by Jonathan Low and Aaron Dessner at Long Pond (Hudson Valley, NY). Mixed by Jonathan Low at Long Pond (Hudson Valley, NY). Mastered by Randy Merrill at Sterling Sound (New York, NY). The track was released on July 24, 2020.
What the artist means On ‘hoax’, Taylor closes out the masterpiece with a gem of a track. The strings are amazing and her wordplay is for the keeps, she carefully spaces out each word and it is too clear that she did this while playing the piano. She talks about a great big hoax and does so using a voice that would be the envy of every major or minor singer out there. She paints the most vivid of pictures in the fewest possible words on this one as she describes a great big hoax she believed in. The track is melodic yet melancholic, it is sorrowful yet nostalgic. It sees her baring out her heart over a failed relationship or fling and the background vocals are absolutely perfect on this one. Taylor set out to make therapeutic music on this album and age did such a great job on this final track.
What the song means to me The song means quite a lot to me. Every now and then an amazing artist releases an amazing body of work however for some reason best known to them they end up ruining it with a pathetic final track or skit. However, on this track Taylor manages to break from the norm. It's beautiful, in sync and such an enthralling way to close out a beauty of an album. I will give this song a rating of 10/10.