Accompanied by the release of her project written and recorded during the lockdown due to COVID-19, “cardigan” is the lead single from Taylor Swift’s eighth studio album, folklore.

Its music video — which… Read More [Verse 1]

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

[Chorus]

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

[Refrain]

And when I felt like I was an old cardigan

Under someone's bed

You put me on and said I was your favorite

[Verse 2]

A friend to all is a friend to none

Chase two girls, lose the one

When you are young, they assume you know nothing

[Chorus]

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 twenty lifetimes, I

[Refrain]

And when I felt like I was an old cardigan

Under someone's bed

You put me on and said I was your favorite

[Bridge]

To kiss in cars and downtown bars

Was all we needed

You drew stars around my scars

But now I'm bleedin'

[Chorus]

'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

[Verse 3]

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

[Refrain]

And when I felt like I was an old cardigan

Under someone's bed

You put me on and said I was your favorite