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Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS
Taylor Swift
Taylor Swift
Lead Vocals
Jack Antonoff
Jack Antonoff
Drums
Patrik Berger
Patrik Berger
Synthesizer
Bobby Hawk
Bobby Hawk
Violin
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Taylor Swift
Taylor Swift
Songwriter
Jack Antonoff
Jack Antonoff
Songwriter
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Taylor Swift
Taylor Swift
Producer
Jack Antonoff
Jack Antonoff
Producer
Patrik Berger
Patrik Berger
Additional Producer
Laura Sisk
Laura Sisk
Recording Engineer
Megan Searl
Megan Searl
Assistant Recording Engineer
Jon Sher
Jon Sher
Assistant Recording Engineer
T'rae Jamal Brooks
T'rae Jamal Brooks
Assistant Recording Engineer
Lorenzo Wolff
Lorenzo Wolff
Recording Engineer

Lyrics

[Verse 1]
I have this thing where I get older, but just never wiser
Midnights become my afternoons
When my depression works the graveyard shift, all of the people
I've ghosted stand there in the room
[PreChorus]
I should not be left to my own devices
They come with prices and vices, I end up in crisis (Tale as old as time)
I wake up screaming from dreaming
One day, I'll watch as you're leaving
'Cause you got tired of my scheming (For the last time)
[Chorus]
It's me, hi
I'm the problem, it's me
At teatime, everybody agrees
I'll stare directly at the sun, but never in the mirror
It must be exhausting always rooting for the anti-hero
[Verse 2]
Sometimes I feel like everybody is a sexy baby
And I'm a monster on the hill
Too big to hang out, slowly lurching toward your favorite city
Pierced through the heart but never killed
[PreChorus]
Did you hear my covert narcissism I disguise as altruism
Like some kind of congressman? (Tale as old as time)
I wake up screaming from dreaming
One day, I'll watch as you're leaving and life will lose all its meaning (For the last time)
[Chorus]
It's me, hi
I'm the problem, it's me
At teatime, everybody agrees
I'll stare directly at the sun, but never in the mirror
It must be exhausting always rooting for the anti-hero
[Bridge]
I have this dream my daughter-in-law kills me for the money
She thinks I left them in the will
The family gathers 'round and reads it and then someone screams out
"She's laughing up at us from hell!"
[Verse 3]
It's me, hi
I'm the problem, it's me
[Verse 4]
It's me, hi
I'm the problem, it's me
[Verse 5]
It's me, hi
[Verse 6]
Everybody agrees
Everybody agrees
[Verse 7]
It's me, hi
I'm the problem, it's me
At teatime
Everybody agrees
I'll stare directly at the sun, but never in the mirror
It must be exhausting always rooting for the anti-hero
Written by: Jack Antonoff, Taylor Swift
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