Labyrinth
Midnights (2022)
Table of Contents
Background and Release
Lyrical Theme
«Why can’t you sleep? Maybe you lie awake in the aftershock of falling headlong into a connection that feels like some surreal cataclysmic event. Like spontaneous combustion. [...] Maybe you were trying to mastermind matters of the heart again. You’ve gotten lost in the labyrinth of your head, where the fear wraps its claws around the fragile throat of true love. Will you be able to save it in time? Save it from who? Well, it obvious. From you.»
Taylor Swift
In 2024, she included “Labyrinth” in her Apple Music playlist named “I Can Do It With A Broken Heart” , which she introduced by saying:
«We finally find acceptance and can start moving forward from loss or heartbreak.»
Taylor Swift
Production
Live Performances
Critical Reception
Commercial Performance
Lyrics
[Verse 1]
It only hurts this much right now
Was what I was thinking the whole time
Breathe in, breathe through
Breathe deep, breathe out
I’ll be getting over you my whole life
[Pre-Chorus]
You know how scared I am of elevators
Never trusted it if it rises fast
It can’t last
[Chorus]
Uh oh, I’m falling in love
Oh no, I’m falling in love again
Oh, I’m falling in love
I thought the plane was going down
How’d you turn it right around?
[Verse 2]
It only feels this raw right now
Lost in the labyrinth of my mind
Break out, break free, break through, break down
You would break your back to make me break a smile
[Pre-Chorus]
You know how much I hate that everybody just expects me to bounce back
Just like that
[Chorus]
Uh oh, I’m falling in love
Oh no, I’m falling in love again
Oh, I’m falling in love
I thought the plane was going down
How’d you turn it right around?
[Chorus Breakdown]
Uh oh, I’m falling in love
Oh no, I’m falling in love again
Oh, I’m falling in love
I thought the plane was going down
How’d you turn it right around?
[Chorus]
Uh oh, I’m falling in love
Oh no, I’m falling in love again
Oh, I’m falling in love
I thought the plane was going down
How’d you turn it right around?
Uh oh, I’m falling in love
Oh no, I’m falling in love again
Oh, I’m falling in love
I thought the plane was going down
How’d you turn it right around?
[Final Chorus]
Uh oh, I’m falling in love
Oh no, I’m falling in love again
Oh, I’m falling in love
I thought the plane was going down
How’d you turn it right around?
Artist | Taylor Swift | |||
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Album | Midnights | |||
Released | October 21, 2022 | |||
Recorded | 2021-2022 | |||
Studios | Rough Customer (Brooklyn, NY) Electric Lady (New York, NY) | |||
Genre | Indie Pop | |||
Length | 4:08 | |||
Label | Republic Records | |||
Songwriters | Taylor Swift Jack Antonoff | |||
Producers | Jack Antonoff Taylor Swift | |||
MIDNIGHTS CHRONOLOGY | ||||
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