Lyrics to 'Guilty As Sin' From Taylor Swift's New Album 'The Tortured Poets Department'
Taylor Swift
The song lyrics to "Guilty as Sin" by Taylor Swift leaked the night before her new album The Tortured Poets Department was released. Check out the "Guilty as Sin" lyrics below.
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Taylor Swift 'Guilty as Sin' Song Lyrics
Drowning in the Blue Nile
He sent me "Downtown Lights,"
I hadn’t heard it in a while
My boredoms bone deep,
This cage was once just fine
Am I allowed to cry?
I dream of cracking locks,
Throwing my life to the wolves
Or the ocean rocks
Crashing into him tonight
He’s a paradox
I’m seeing visions
Am I bad? Or mad? Or wise?
What if he’s written "mine" on my upper thigh only in my mind?
One slip I’m falling back into the hedge maze but what a way to die
I keep recalling things we never did
Messy top lip kiss, how I long for our tryst
Without ever touching his skin,
How can I be guilty as sin?
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I keep these longings locked
In lowercase inside a vault
Someone told me
"There’s no such thing as bad thoughts,
only your actions talk"
These fatal fantasies
Giving way to labored breath
Taking all of me
We’ve already done it in my head
If it’s make believe,
Why does it feel like a vow
We’ll both uphold somehow?
What if he’s written "mine" on my upper thigh only in my mind?
One slip I’m falling back into the hedge maze, oh what a way to die
My bedsheets are ablaze,
I screamed his name
Building up like waves crashing over my grave
Without ever touching his skin
How can I be guilty as sin?
What if I roll the stone away?
They’re gonna crucify me anyway
What if the way you hold me is actually what’s holy?
If long suffering propriety is what they want from me
They don’t know how you’ve haunted me so stunningly
I choose you and me, religiously
What if he’s written "mine" on my upper thigh only in my mind?
I keep recalling things we never did
Messy top lip kiss, how I long for our tryst
Without ever touching his skin,
How can I be guilty as sin?
He sent me "Downtown Lights,"
I hadn’t heard it in a while
Am I allowed to cry?
What is The Tortured Poets Department tracklist?
Divided into four sides (for the vinyl release), The Tortured Poets Department track list has 16 songs total. Physical releases will also include a bonus track called "The Manuscript."
Side A
1. "Fortnight" (feat. Post Malone)
2. "The Tortured Poets Department"
3. "My Boy Only Breaks His Favorite Toys"
4. "Down Bad"
Side B
5. "So Long, London"
6. "But Daddy I Love Him"
7. "Fresh Out the Slammer"
8. "Florida!!!" (feat. Florence and the Machine)
Side C
9. "Guilty as Sin?"
10. "Who's Afraid of Little Old Me?"
11. "I Can Fix Him (No Really I Can)"
12. "loml"
Side D
13. "I Can Do It With a Broken Heart"
14. "The Smallest Man Who Ever Lived"
15. "The Alchemy"
16. "Clara Bow"
17. Bonus Track (depending on version): "The Manuscript," "The Bolter," "The Albatross" or "The Black Dog"
