Midnight Rain
Midnights (2022)
Table of Contents
Background and Release
Lyrical Theme
«Sometimes sleep is as evasive as happiness. Isn’t it mystifying how quickly we vacillate between self love and loathing at this hour? One moment, your life looks like a night sky of gleaming stars. The next, the fog has descended. [...] The boy’s devastated face as he peeled out of your driveway. The family man he is now. What must they all think of you?»
Taylor Swift
Production
Live Performances
Critical Reception
Commercial Performance
“Midnight Rain” reached national record charts worldwide, at No. 2 in the Philippines, No. 3 in Singapore, No. 4 in Malaysia, No. 6 in Vietnam, No. 10 in India and Portugal, No. 13 in South Africa, No. 14 in Iceland, No. 19 in Luxembourg, No. 22 in Czech Republic and Lithuania, No. 26 in Switzerland, No. 28 in Slovakia and Sweden, No. 33 in Denmark, No. 35 in Norway, No. 37 in Hungary, No. 50 in Spain, No. 52 in Austria, No. 84 in Italy, No. 92 in Germany, No. 94 in Argentina, and No. 111 in France. The song ultimately peaked at No. 5 on the Billboard Global 200 chart.
Lyrics
[Intro]
Rain
He wanted it comfortable
I wanted that pain
He wanted a bride
I was making my own name
Chasing that fame
He stayed the same
All of me changed
Like midnight…
[Verse 1]
My town was a wasteland
Full of cages, full of fences
Pageant queens and big pretenders
But for some it was paradise
My boy was a montage
A slow-motion, love potion
Jumping off things in the ocean
I broke his heart ’cause he was nice
[Chorus]
He was sunshine
I was midnight rain
He wanted it comfortable
I wanted that pain
He wanted a bride
I was making my own name
Chasing that fame
He stayed the same
All of me changed
Like midnight…
[Verse 2]
It came like a postcard
Picture perfect shiny family
Holiday peppermint candy
But for him it’s every day
So I peered through a window
A deep portal, time travel
All the love we unravel
And the life I gave away
[Chorus Variation]
‘Cause he was sunshine
I was midnight rain
He wanted it comfortable
I wanted that pain
He wanted a bride
I was making my own name
Chasing that fame
He stayed the same
All of me changed
Like midnight
[Chorus Variation]
Rain
He wanted it comfortable
I wanted that pain
He wanted a bride
I was making my own name
Chasing that fame
He stayed the same
All of me changed
Like midnight
[Outro]
I guess sometimes we all get just what we wanted, just what we wanted
And he never thinks of me
Except for when I’m on TV
I guess sometimes we all get some kind of haunted, some kind of haunted
And I never think of him
Except on midnights like this… (Midnights like this, midnights like this)
Artist | Taylor Swift | |||
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Album | Midnights | |||
Released | October 21, 2022 | |||
Recorded | 2021-2022 | |||
Studios | Rough Customer (Brooklyn) Electric Lady (New York) | |||
Genre | Electro Pop | |||
Length | 2:54 | |||
Label | Republic Records | |||
Songwriters | Taylor Swift Jack Antonoff | |||
Producers | Jack Antonoff Taylor Swift | |||
MIDNIGHTS CHRONOLOGY | ||||
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