"Question...?" is the seventh track from the standard edition of American singer and songwriter Taylor Swift's tenth studio album Midnights, released on October 21, 2022, through Republic Records. An instrumental version became available for purchase on October 28, 2022.
Background[]
Swift announced that the seventh track on Midnights would be titled "Question...?" on September 26, 2022, as episode three out of thirteen on Midnights Mayhem with Me.[1] This song leaked in full on October 19, 2022, along with the other songs on the album.[2]
Lyrics[]
[Intro]
I remember
[Verse 1]
Good girl, sad boy
Big city, wrong choices
We had one thing goin' on
I swear that it was somethin'
'Cause I don't remember who I was
Before you painted all my nights
A color I've searched for since
But one thing after another
Fuckin' situation, circumstances
Miscommunications and I
Have to say, by the way
I just may like some explanations
[Chorus]
Can I ask you a question?
Did you ever have someone kiss you in a crowded room
And every single one of your friends was makin' fun of you
But fifteen seconds latеr, they were clappin', too?
Thеn what did you do?
Did you leave her house in the middle of the night? Oh
Did you wish you'd put up more of a fight? Oh
When she said it was too much
Do you wish you could still touch her?
It's just a question
[Verse 2]
Half-moon eyes, bad surprise
Did you realize out of time?
She was on your mind with some dickhead guy
That you saw that night
But you were on somethin'
It was one drink after another
Fuckin' politics and gender roles
And you're not sure and I don't know
Got swept away in the grey
I just may like to have a conversation
[Chorus]
Can I ask you a question?
Did you ever have someone kiss you in a crowded room
And every single one of your friends was makin' fun of you
But fifteen seconds latеr, they were clappin', too?
Thеn what did you do?
Did you leave her house in the middle of the night? Oh
Did you wish you'd put up more of a fight? Oh
When she said it was too much
Do you wish you could still touch her?
It's just a question
[Bridge]
Does it feel like everything's just, like
Second best after that meteor strike?
And what's that that I heard? That you're still with her?
That's nice, I'm sure that's what's suitable
And right, but tonight
[Chorus]
Can I ask you a question? (Can I ask you a question?)
Did you ever have someone kiss you in a crowded room (In a crowded room)
And every single one of your friends was makin' fun of you (Was makin' fun of you)
But fifteen seconds latеr, they were clappin', too?
Thеn what did you do? (Do)
Did you leave her house in the middle of the night? Oh
Did you wish you'd put up more of a fight? Oh (More of a fight)
When she said it was too much
Do you wish you could still touch her?
It's just a question
[Intro]
I remember
[Verse 1]
Good girl, sad boy
Big city, wrong choices
We had one thing goin' on
I swear that it was somethin'
'Cause I don't remember who I was
Before you painted all my nights
A color I've searched for since
But one thing after another
Lost in situation
Circumstances, miscommunications and I
Have to say, by the way
I just may like some explanations
[Chorus]
Can I ask you a question?
Did you ever have someone kiss you in a crowded room
And every single one of your friends was makin' fun of you
But fifteen seconds latеr, they were clappin', too?
Thеn what did you do?
Did you leave her house in the middle of the night? Oh
Did you wish you'd put up more of a fight? Oh
When she said it was too much
Do you wish you could still touch her?
It's just a question
[Verse 2]
Half-moon eyes, bad surprise
Did you realize out of time?
She was on your mind
With some meathead guy
That you saw that night
But you were on somethin'
It was one drink after another
Caught in politics and gender roles
And you're not sure and I don't know
Got swept away in the grey
I just may like to have a conversation
[Chorus]
Can I ask you a question?
Did you ever have someone kiss you in a crowded room
And every single one of your friends was makin' fun of you
But fifteen seconds latеr, they were clappin', too?
Thеn what did you do?
Did you leave her house in the middle of the night? Oh
Did you wish you'd put up more of a fight? Oh
When she said it was too much
Do you wish you could still touch her?
It's just a question
[Bridge]
Does it feel like everything's just, like
Second best after that meteor strike?
And what's that that I heard? That you're still with her?
That's nice, I'm sure that's what's suitable
And right, but tonight
[Chorus]
Can I ask you a question? (Can I ask you a question?)
Did you ever have someone kiss you in a crowded room (In a crowded room)
And every single one of your friends was makin' fun of you (Was makin' fun of you)
But fifteen seconds latеr, they were clappin', too?
Thеn what did you do? (Do)
Did you leave her house in the middle of the night? Oh
Did you wish you'd put up more of a fight? Oh (More of a fight)
When she said it was too much
Do you wish you could still touch her?
It's just a question
Live performances[]
Swift performed "Question...?" for the first time as a surprise song on the Eras Tour in Foxborough, Massachusetts, on May 20, 2023. The song was performed a second time as a surprise song on July 4, 2024 in Amsterdam, Netherlands, mashed up with "The Archer".
Credits and personnel[]
Credits and personnel adapted from album liner notes.
- Taylor Swift – songwriter, lead vocalist, producer
- Jack Antonoff - Producer, recording, programming, percussion, Juno 6, Mellotron, background vocals, crowd applause
- Laura Sisk - Recording
- Serban Ghenea - Mixing
- Bryce Bordone - Assistant mix director
- Megan Searl - Assistant engineering
- Jon Sher - Assistant engineering
- John Rooney - Assistant engineering
- Jonathan Garcia - Assistant engineering
- Randy Merrill - Mastering
- Dominik Rivinius - Drums
- Evan Smith - Synths
- Sean Hutchinson - Drums, percussion
- Rachel Antonoff - Crowd applause
- Austin Swift - Crowd applause
- Dylan O'Brien - Crowd applause
References[]
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| "Lavender Haze" • "Maroon" • "Anti-Hero" • "Snow On The Beach" • "You're On Your Own, Kid" • "Midnight Rain" • "Question...?" • "Vigilante Shit" • "Bejeweled" • "Labyrinth" • "Karma" • "Sweet Nothing" • "Mastermind" | ||||
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