"folklore" by Taylor Swift Sentence Starters
the 1
"I'm doing good, I'm on some new shit."
"If you wanted me, you really should've showed."
"If you never bleed, you're never gonna grow."
"We were something, don't you think so?"
"If my wishes came true, it would've been you."
"It would've been fun if you would've been the one."
"You know the greatest loves of all time are over now."
"If one thing had been different, would everything be different today?"
"It would've been sweet if it could've been me."
cardigan
"When you are young, they assume you know nothing."
"I knew you."
"A friend to all is a friend to none."
"To kiss in cars and downtown bars was all we needed."
"You drew stars around my scars and now I'm bleeding."
"I knew you tried to change the ending."
"I knew you'd linger like a tattoo kiss."
"I knew you'd haunt all of my what-ifs."
"I knew everything when I was young."
"I knew you'd miss me once the thrill expired."
"I knew you'd come back to me."
the last great american dynasty
"How did a middle-class divorcee do it?"
"There goes the last great American dynasty?"
"Who knows, if you never showed up, what could've been?"
"You had a marvelous time ruining everything."
"Who knows, if I never showed up, what could've been?"
"I had a marvelous time ruining everything."
exile
"I think I've seen this film before and I didn't like the ending."
"You're not my homeland anymore, so what am I defending now?"
"You were my town, now I'm in exile, seeing you out."
"Those eyes add insult to injury."
"I'm not your problem anymore."
"Who am I offending now?"
"There is no amount of crying I can do for you."
"We always walked a very thin line."
"You didn't even hear me out."
"You never gave a warning sign."
"I gave so many signs."
"You never learned to read my mind."
"I could never turn things around."
my tears ricochet
"If I'm on fire, you'll be made of ashes too."
"Even on my worst day, did I deserve all the hell you gave me?"
"I loved you, I swear I loved you."
"I didn't have it in myself to go with grace."
"If I'm dead to you, why are you at the wake?"
"You know I didn't want to have to haunt you."
"I can go anywhere I want, just not home."
"You can aim for my heart, go for blood, but you would still miss me in your bones."
"I still talk to you when I'm screaming at the sky."
"You had to kill me, but it killed you just the same."
"You turned into your worst fears."
mirrorball
"I'll show you every version of yourself tonight."
"When I break, it's in a million pieces."
"I know they said the end is near."
"I can change everything about me to fit in."
"You are not like the regulars."
"I'm still trying everything to get you laughing at me."
"I'm still a believer, but I don't know why."
"I've never been a natural, all I do is try, try, try."
"I'm still trying everything to keep you looking at me."
seven
"Are there still beautiful things?"
"Thought I can't recall your face, I still got love for you."
"Love you to the moon and to Saturn."
"I think you should come live with me."
"Just like a folk song, our love will be passed on."
august
"I never needed anything more."
"I can see us lost in a memory."
"I can see us twisted in bedsheets."
"You were never mine."
"I remember thinking I had you."
"Wanting was enough. For me, it was enough."
"Meet me behind the mall."
"So much for summer love and saying 'us'."
"You weren't mine to lose."
this is me trying
"I've been having a hard time adjusting."
"I didn't know if you'd care if I came back."
"I just wanted you to know that this is me trying."
"They told me all of my cages were mental."
"I got wasted like all my potential."
"My words shoot to kill when I'm mad."
"It's hard to be anywhere these days when all I want is you."
illicit affairs
"Make sure nobody sees you leave."
"Take the road less traveled by."
"What started in beautiful rooms ends with meetings in parking lots."
"Look at this godforsaken mess that you made me."
"You showed me colors you know I can't see with anyone else."
"You taught me a secret language you know I can't speak with anyone else."
"For you, I would ruin myself a million little times."
invisible string
"Were there clues I didn't see?"
"One single thread of gold tied me to you."
"Hell was the journey, but it brought me heaven."
mad woman
"What did you think I'd say to that?"
"Every time you call me crazy, I get more crazy."
"They say, 'move on', but you know I won't."
"It's obvious that wanting me dead has really brought you two together."
"I'm taking my time cause you took everything from me."
epiphany
"Some things you just can't speak out."
"With you I serve, with you I fall down."
"Watch you breathe in, watch you breathing out."
betty
"The worst thing that I ever did was what I did to you."
"Would you have me? Would you want me?"
"I don't know anything, but I know I miss you."
"I know where it all went wrong."
"I hate the crowds, you know that."
"I dreamt of you all summer long."
"Right now is the last time I can dream about what happens when you see my face again."
"Will you have me? Will you love me?"
"If you kiss me, will it be just like I dreamed it?"
"You know I miss you."
peace
"Our coming-of-age has come and gone."
"I never had the courage of my convictions as long as danger is near."
"I could never give you peace."
"All these people think love's for show, but I would die for you in secret."
"The devil's in the details, but you got a friend in me."
"Would it be enough if I could never give you peace?"
"Your integrity makes me seem small."
"It's like I'm wasting your honor."
"I'd give you my sunshine, give you my best."
"The rain is always gonna come if you're standing with me."
hoax
"Your faithless love's the only hoax I believe in."
"Don't want no other shade of blue but you."
"I am ash from your fire."
"No other sadness in the world would do."
"You knew the hero died so what's the movie for?"
"You knew you won so what's the point of keeping score?"
"You have beaten my heart."
the lakes
"I don't belong and, my beloved, neither do you."
"What should be over, burrowed under my skin in heart-stopping waves of hurt."
"I want you right here."
"I'm setting off, but not without you."
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News & Paparazzi starters
“They want to ask you questions about what?”
“It’s not my business to share your story, I told them I didn’t have a comment.”
“Turn on the TV. Any channel.”
“They write such junk about you/me/us.”
“Did you leak it?”
“Hi, I’m [name]. I think the news thinks we’re meant to be nemeses.”
“How did they get a hold of that?”
“They’ve got footage of [event]. I’m sorry.”
“You’re not the way the papers say you are.”
“The things they’re saying - is it true?”
“[Name], you should see this.”
“I don’t care what some reporter has to say about you.”
“You didn’t tell them.”
“Anything for a soundbite, huh?”
“So what was it, you wanted your fifteen minutes of fame?”
“You don’t have to be here. They’ll harass you, too.”
“I want to be here.”
“Just keep walking. Don’t answer any questions. They’ll call your name, don’t look up.”
“You’re different, in person.”
“This is going to sound stupid, but I thought you’d be taller.”
“I don’t usually decide what I think about someone before I’ve even met them.”
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