Anti Hero Lyrics

The song "Anti Hero" is about the singer's struggles with depression, feelings of inadequacy and being the problem in their own life. They feel like they never get wiser as they age and are haunted by past mistakes and relationships they have ended. The singer also discusses their covert narcissism and how it manifests in their life. They describe feeling like a monster compared to other people, yet still striving to be the anti-hero. The song ends with a dream about their daughter-in-law killing them for the money. Overall, the song explores the theme of self-awareness and the singer's acknowledgment of their flaws and struggles.

Facts about Anti Hero

This is one of Taylor Swift's favorite songs she has ever written, according to her claim. She also said about the meaning of "Anti-Hero", "I struggle a lot with the idea that my life has become unmanageably sized, and not to sound too dark, I struggle with the idea of not feeling like a person."

The line "I'll stare directly at the sun, but never in the mirror" might be a reference to the British newspapers "The Sun" and "The Mirror" which criticized Taylor Swift for her dating life and published many rumors about her.

Swift wrote and directed "Anti-Hero" music video herself.

SONG: Anti-Hero
ARTIST: Taylor Swift
ALBUM: Anti-Hero

Lyrics

I have this thing where I get older, but just never wiser

Midnights become my afternoons

When my depression works the graveyard shift, all of the people

I've ghosted stand there in the room

I should not be left to my own devices

They come with prices and vices

I end up in crisis

(Tale as old as time)

I wake up screaming from dreaming

One day, I'll watch as you're leaving

'Cause you got tired of my scheming

(For the last time)

It's me, hi, I'm the problem, it's me

At teatime, everybody agrees

I'll stare directly at the sun, but never in the mirror

It must be exhausting always rooting for the anti-hero

Sometimes, I feel like everybody is a sexy baby

And I'm a monster on the hill

Too big to hang out, slowly lurching toward your favorite city

Pierced through the heart, but never killed

Did you hear my covert narcissism

I disguise as altruism

Like some kind of congressman?

(A tale as old as time)

I wake up screaming from dreaming

One day, I'll watch as you're leaving

And life will lose all its meaning

(For the last time)

It's me, hi, I'm the problem, it's me (I'm the problem, it's me)

At teatime, everybody agrees

I'll stare directly at the sun, but never in the mirror

It must be exhausting always rooting for the anti-hero

I have this dream my daughter-in-law kills me for the money

She thinks I left them in the will

The family gathers 'round and reads it and then someone screams out

"She's laughing up at us from Hell"

It's me, hi

I'm the problem, it's me

It's me, hi

I'm the problem, it's me

It's me, hi

Everybody agrees, everybody agrees

It's me, hi (Hi), I'm the problem, it's me (I'm the problem, it's me)

At teatime (Teatime), everybody agrees (Everybody agrees)

I'll stare directly at the sun, but never in the mirror

It must be exhausting always rooting for the anti-hero

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