Taylor Swift - Eldest Daughter Lyrics

Taylor Swift Lyrics

"Eldest Daughter"

Everybody's so punk on the internet
Everyone's unbothered till they're not
Every joke's just trolling and memes
Sad as it seems, apathy is hot
Everybody's cutthroat in the comments
Every single hot take is cold as ice
When you found me, I said I was busy
That was a lie

I have been afflicted by a terminal uniqueness
I've been dying just from trying to seem cool

But I'm not a bad bitch
And this isn't savage
But I'm never gonna let you down
I'm never gonna leave you out
So many traitors
Smooth operators
But I'm never gonna break that vow
I'm never gonna leave you now, now, now

You know, the last time I laughed this hard was
On the trampoline in somebody's backyard
I must've been about eight or nine
That was the night
I fell off and broke my arm
Pretty soon, I learned cautious discretion
When your first crush crushes something kind
When I said I don't believe in marriage
That was a lie

Every eldest daughter
Was the first lamb to the slaughter
So we all dressed up as wolves and we looked fire

But I'm not a bad bitch
And this isn't savage
But I'm never gonna let you down
I'm never gonna leave you out
So many traitors
Smooth operators
But I'm never gonna break that vow
I'm never gonna leave you now, now, now

We lie back
A beautiful, beautiful time lapse
Ferris wheels, kisses, and lilacs
And things I said were dumb
'Cause I thought that I'd never find that beautiful, beautiful life that
Shimmers that innocent light back
Like when we were young

Every youngest child felt
They were raised up in the wild
But now you're home

'Cause I'm not a bad bitch
And this isn't savage
And I'm never gonna let you down
I'm never gonna leave you out
So many traitors
Smooth operators
But I'm never gonna break that vow (Never gonna break that vow)
I'm never gonna leave you now, now, now

Never gonna break that vow
Never gonna leave you now, now
I'm never gonna leave you now

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Writer(s): Shellback, Max Martin, Taylor Alison Swift

Taylor Swift said the following about "Eldest Daughter", "It's a love song about kind of the roles that we play in our public life, because nowadays everyone has a public life. You have a life that you portray to other people or what you portray on social media, and then you have the you that everyone gets to know who has earned the right to be closest to you. And it's really hard to be sincere publicly because that's not really what our culture rewards."

album: "The Life Of A Showgirl" (2025)

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