Taylor Swift - The Making of 'cardigan' | Vevo Footnotes

(gentle rhythmic music)

♪ Vintage tee, brand new phone ♪

♪ High heels on cobblestones ♪

♪ When you are young, they

assume you know nothing ♪

♪ Sequin smile, black lipstick ♪

♪ Sensual politics ♪

♪ When you are young, they

assume you know nothing ♪

♪ But I knew you, dancin' in your Levi's ♪

♪ Drunk under a streetlight, I ♪

♪ I knew you, hand under my sweatshirt ♪

♪ Baby, kiss it better, I ♪

♪ And when I felt like

I was an old cardigan ♪

♪ Under someone's bed ♪

♪ You put me on and said

I was your favorite ♪

♪ A friend to all is a friend to none ♪

♪ Chase two girls, lose the one ♪

♪ When you are young, they

assume you know nothing ♪

♪ But I knew you, playing hide-and-seek ♪

♪ And giving me your weekends, I ♪

♪ I knew you, your

heartbeat on the High Line ♪

♪ Once in 20 lifetimes, I ♪

♪ And when I felt like

I was an old cardigan ♪

♪ Under someone's bed ♪

♪ You put me on and said

I was your favorite ♪

(wistful music)

♪ To kiss in cars and downtown bars ♪

♪ Was all we needed ♪

♪ You drew stars around my scars ♪

♪ But now I'm bleedin' ♪

♪ 'Cause I knew you,

steppin' on the last train ♪

♪ Marked me like a bloodstain, I ♪

♪ I knew you, tried to change the ending ♪

♪ Peter losing Wendy, I ♪

♪ I knew you, leavin' like a father ♪

♪ Running like water, I ♪

♪ And when you are young,

they assume you know nothing ♪

♪ But I knew you'd linger

like a tattoo kiss ♪

♪ I knew you'd haunt all of my what-ifs ♪

♪ The smell of smoke would

hang around this long ♪

♪ 'Cause I knew everything

when I was young ♪

♪ I knew I'd curse you

for the longest time ♪

♪ Chasin' shadows in the grocery line ♪

♪ I knew you'd miss me

once the thrill expired ♪

♪ And you'd be standin'

in my front porch light ♪

♪ And I knew you'd come back to me ♪

♪ You'd come back to me ♪

♪ And you'd come back to me ♪

♪ And you'd come back ♪

♪ And when I felt like

I was an old cardigan ♪

♪ Under someone's bed ♪

♪ You put me on and said

I was your favorite ♪

(gentle frenetic music)

(gentle frenetic music fades)