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Credits
PERFORMING ARTISTS
Taylor Swift
Lead Vocals
Aaron Dessner
Piano
Justin Vernon
Synthesizer
Marjorie Finlay
Background Vocals
Bryan Devendorf
Programming
Ryan Olson
Drum Machine
Jason Treuting
Percussion
James McAlister
Synthesizer
Yuki Numata Resnick
Violin
Clarice Jensen
Cello
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Taylor Swift
Songwriter
Aaron Dessner
Songwriter
Bryce Dessner
Orchestrator
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Aaron Dessner
Producer
Jonathan Low
Mixing Engineer
Ryan Olson
Additional Engineer
Justin Vernon
Additional Engineer
Kyle Resnick
Additional Engineer
Lyrics
Never be so kind
You forget to be clever
Never be so clever
You forget to be kind
And if I didn't know better
I'd think you were talking to me now
If I didn't know better
I'd think you were still around
What died didn't stay dead
What died didn't stay dead
You're alive, you're alive in my head
What died didn't stay dead
What died didn't stay dead
You're alive, so alive
Never be so polite
You forget your power
Never wield such power
You forget to be polite
And if I didn't know better
I'd think you were listening to me now
If I didn't know better
I'd think you were still around
What died didn't stay dead
What died didn't stay dead
You're alive, you're alive in my head
What died didn't stay dead
What died didn't stay dead
You're alive, so alive
The autumn chill that wakes me up
You loved the amber skies so much
Long limbs and frozen swims
You'd always go past where our feet could touch
And I complained the whole way there
The car ride back and up the stairs
I should've asked you questions
I should've asked you how to be
Asked you to write it down for me
Should've kept every grocery store receipt
'Cause every scrap of you would be taken from me
Watched as you signed your name "Marjorie"
All your closets of backlogged dreams
And how you left them all to me
What died didn't stay dead
What died didn't stay dead
You're alive, you're alive in my head
What died didn't stay dead
What died didn't stay dead
You're alive, so alive
And if I didn't know better
I'd think you were singing to me now
If I didn't know better
I'd think you were still around
I know better
But I still feel you all around
I know better
But you're still around
Writer(s): Aaron Brooking Dessner, Taylor A. Swift
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