High Infidelity
Bonus Track | Midnights (3am Edition) [2022]
Table of Contents
Background and Release
«I think of Midnights as a complete concept album, with those 13 songs forming a full picture of the intensities of that mystifying, mad hour. However! There were other songs we wrote on our journey to find that magic 13. I’m calling them 3am tracks. Lately I’ve been loving the feeling of sharing more of our creative process with you, like we do with 'From The Vault' tracks. So it’s 3am and I’m giving them to you now.»
Taylor Swift
Lyrical Theme
«We wrote that song together, and recorded it, while we were together in LA for the folklore Grammys. So it goes back that far. [...] We actually recorded it in her house then. And eventually she obviously made most of Midnights with Jack and it became something different, but we made 'Would've, Could've, Should've, 'High Infidelity', 'The Great War' and 'Hits Different' together. And it was great to be a part of that record in that way. It was really special.»
Aaron Dessner
In 2024, she included “High Infidelity” as the first track in her Apple Music playlist named “You Don’t Get To Tell Me About Sad”, which she introduced by saying:
«Over the years, I've learned that anger can manifest itself in a lot of different ways. But the healthiest way that it manifests itself in my life is when I can write a song about it. And then, oftentimes, that helps me get past it.»
Taylor Swift
Live Performances
«Do you really wanna know where I was April 29th? I was in Atlanta, Georgia.»
Taylor Swift
Commercial Performance
Lyrics
[Verse 1]
Lock broken
Slur spoken
Wound open
Game token
I didn’t know you were keeping count
Rain soaking
Blind hoping
You said I was freeloading
I didn’t know you were keeping count
[Chorus]
High infidelity
Put on your records and regret me
I bent the truth too far tonight
I was dancing around, dancing around it
High infidelity
Put on your headphones and burn my city
Your picket fence is sharp as knives
I was dancing around, dancing around it
[Refrain 1]
Do you really want to know where I was April 29th?
Do I really have to chart the constellations in his eyes?
[Verse 2]
Storm coming
Good husband
Bad omen
Dragged my feet right down the aisle
At the house lonely
Good money
I’d pay, if you’d just know me
Seemed like the right thing at the time
[Refrain 2]
You know there’s many different ways that you can kill the one you love
The slowest way is never loving them enough
Do you really want to know where I was April 29th?
Do I really have to tell you how he brought me back to life?
[Chorus]
High infidelity
Put on your records and regret me
I bent the truth too far tonight
I was dancing around, dancing around it
High infidelity
Put on your headphones and burn my city
Your picket fence is sharp as knives
I was dancing around, dancing around it
[Refrain 3]
Do you really want to know where I was April 29th?
Do I really have to chart the constellations in his eyes?
You know there’s many different ways that you can kill the one you love
The slowest way is never loving them enough
[Chorus]
High infidelity
Put on your records and regret meeting me
I bent the truth too far tonight
I was dancing around, dancing around it
High infidelity
Put on your headphones and burn my city
Your picket fence is sharp as knives
I was dancing around, dancing around it
[Post-Chorus]
Oh, there’s many different ways that you can kill the one you love
And it’s never enough, it’s never enough
[Outro]
Lock broken
Slur spoken
Wound open
Game token
I didn’t know you were keeping count
Rain soaking
Blind hoping
You said I was freeloading
I didn’t know you were keeping count
But, oh, you were keeping count
Artist | Taylor Swift | |||
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Album | Midnights | |||
Released | October 21, 2022 | |||
Written | March 2021 | |||
Studios | Kitty Committee (Los Angeles) Long Pond (Hudson Valley) | |||
Genre | Indie Pop | |||
Length | 3:51 | |||
Label | Republic Records | |||
Songwriters | Taylor Swift Aaron Dessner | |||
Producers | Aaron Dessner Taylor Swift | |||
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