"Sweet Nothing" is the twelfth 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. A piano remix of the song was released as the sixteenth track on the Lavender Edition of the album, available for purchase through Target, Fnac, and on Swift's UK website.
Background[]
Swift announced that the twelfth track on Midnights would be titled "Sweet Nothing" on October 7, 2022, as episode twelve out of thirteen on Midnights Mayhem with Me.[1] This song leaked in full on October 19, along with the other songs on the album.[2]
Lyrics[]
[Verse 1]
I spy with my little tired eye
Tiny as a firefly, a pebble
That we picked up last July
Down deep inside your pocket
We almost forgot it
Does it ever miss Wicklow sometimes?
Ooh, ooh
[Chorus]
They said the end is coming
Everyone's up to something
I found myself running home to your sweet nothings
Outside they're push and shoving
You're in the kitchen humming
All that you ever wanted from me was sweet nothing
[Verse 2]
On the way home
I wrote a poem
You say, "What a mind"
This happens all the time
Ooh, ooh
[Chorus]
'Cause they said the end is coming
Everyone's up to something
I find myself running home to your sweet nothings
Outside they're push and shoving
You're in the kitchen humming
All that you ever wanted from me was nothing
[Bridge]
Industry disruptors and soul deconstructors
And smooth-talking hucksters out glad-handing each other
And the voices that implore, "You should be doing more"
To you, I can admit that I'm just too soft for all of it, ooh
[Chorus]
They said the end is coming
Everyone's up to something
I find myself running home to your sweet nothings
Outside, they're push and shoving
You're in the kitchen humming
All that you ever wanted from me was sweet nothing
[Outro]
They said the end is coming (They said the end is coming)
Everyone’s up to something (Everyone’s up to something)
I find myself running home to your sweet nothings
Outside they're push and shoving (Outside they're push and shoving)
You're in the kitchen humming (You're in the kitchen humming)
All that you ever wanted from me was sweet nothing
Live performances[]
"Sweet Nothing" was performed as a surprise song at The Eras Tour on August 24, 2023, in Mexico City. The song was performed a second time as a surprise song at The Eras Tour on June 28, 2024, in Dublin, Ireland, mashed up with "hoax".
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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