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Credits
PERFORMING ARTISTS
Taylor Swift
Lead Vocals
Aaron Dessner
Piano
James McAlister
Synthesizer
Thomas Bartlett
Piano
Benjamin Lanz
Synthesizer
Glenn Kotche
Drums
Eloisa-Fleur Thom
First Violin
Sophie Mather
First Violin
Marianne Haynes
First Violin
Alicia Berendse
First Violin
Anna De Bruin
First Violin
Akiko Ishikawa
First Violin
Nicole Crespo O'Donoghue
First Violin
Natasha Humphries
First Violin
Emily Holland
Second Violin
Kirsty Mangan
Second Violin
Cara Laskaris
Second Violin
Ronald Long
Second Violin
Dan Oates
Second Violin
Iona Allan
Second Violin
Nicholas Bootiman
Viola
Matthew Kettle
Viola
Meghan Cassidy
Viola
Elisa Bergersen
Viola
Morgan Goff
Viola
Brian O'Kane
Cello
Reinoud Ford
Cello
Max Ruisi
Cello
Abi Hyde-Smith
Cello
Dave Brown
Double Bass
Chris Kelly
Double Bass
Sophie Roper
Double Bass
David McQueen
French Horn
George Barton
Percussion
Robert Ames
Conductor
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Taylor Swift
Composer
Aaron Dessner
Composer
Bryce Dessner
Orchestrator
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Taylor Swift
Producer
Aaron Dessner
Producer
Laura Beck
Assistant Recording Engineer
Serban Ghenea
Mixing Engineer
Bryce Bordone
Assistant Mixing Engineer
Jonathan Low
Recording Engineer
Bella Blasko
Recording Engineer
Maryam Qudus
Recording Engineer
Benjamin Lanz
Recording Engineer
James McAlister
Recording Engineer
Thomas Bartlett
Recording Engineer
Jeremy Murphy
Recording Engineer
Randy Merrill
Mastering Engineer
Lyrics
Quick, quick
Tell me something awful
Like you are a poet trapped inside the body of a finance guy
Tell me all your secrets
All you'll ever be is
My eternal consolation prize
You see I was a debutant in another life but
Now I seem to be scared to go outside
If comfort is a construct
I don't believe in good luck
Now that I know what's what
I hate it here so I will go to
secret gardens in my mind
People need a key to get to
The only one is mine
I read about it in a book when I was a precocious child
No mid-sized city hopes and small town fears
I'm there most of the year
Cause I hate it here
I hate it here
My friends used to play a game where
We would pick a decade
We wished we could live in instead of this
I'd say the 1830s but without all the racists and getting married off for
the highest bid
Everyone would look down
Cause it wasn't fun now
Seems like it was never even fun back then
Nostalgia is a mind's trick
If I'd been there, I'd hate it
It was freezing in the palace
I hate it here so I will go to
Lunar valleys in my mind
When they found a better planet
Only the gentle survived
I dreamed about it in the dark
The night I felt like I might die
No mid-sized city hopes and small town fears
I'm there most of the year
Cause I hate it here
I hate it here
I'm lonely but I'm good
I'm bitter but I swear I'm fine
I'll save all my romanticism for my inner life and I'll get lost on
purpose
This place made me feel worthless
Lucid dreams like electricity, the current flies through me,
and in my fantasies I rise above it
And way up there, I actually love it
I hate it here so I will go to
Secret gardens in my mind
People need a key to get to
The only one is mine
I read about it in a book when I was a precocious child
No mid-sized city hopes and small town fears
I'm there most of the year
Cause I hate it here
I hate it here
Quick quick
Tell me something awful
Like you are a poet trapped inside the body of a finance guy
Writer(s): Taylor Swift, Aaron Brooking Dessner
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