"High Infidelity" is the seventeenth track from the 3AM edition of American singer and songwriter Taylor Swift’s tenth studio album, Midnights, released on October 21, 2022, through Republic Records.
Background[]
The song is rumored to be about Swift's ex-boyfriend, Calvin Harris.
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]
Do you really wanna know where I was April 29?
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]
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 wanna know where I was April 29?
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]
Do you really want to know where I was April 29?
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
Live performance[]
Swift performed "High Infidelity" for the first time as a surprise song on The Eras Tour on April 29, 2023, in Atlanta, Georgia. The song was chosen as a surprise song for this date in reference to the song's lyric, "do you really wanna know where I was April 29?". And once again on May 24, 2024, in Lisbon, Portugal mashed-up with "Fresh Out The Slammer".
Trivia[]
The song was written alongside "Would've, Could've, Should've" with Dessner after the 2021 Grammy Awards.
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