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So Long, London Lyrics Translations

[Intro]
So (So) long (Long), London (London)
So (So) long (Long), London (London)
So (So) long (Long), London (London)

[Verse 1]
I saw, in my mind, fairy lights through the mist
I kept calm and carried the weight of the rift
Pulled him in tighter each time he was driftin' away
My spine split from carrying us up the hill
Wet through my clothes, weary bones got the chill
I stopped tryin' to make him laugh, stopped tryin'
to drill the safe

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[Chorus]
Thinkin', how much sad did you think I had
Did you think I had in me?
Oh, the tragedy
So long, London
You'll find someone

[Verse 2]
I didn't opt in to be your odd man out
I founded the club she's heard great things about
I left all I knew, you left me at the house by the
Heath
I stoppеd CPR, after all, it's no use
The spirit was gonе, we would never come to
And I'm pissed off you let me give you all that
youth for free

[Chorus]
For so long, London
Stitches undone
Two graves, one gun
I'll find someone

[Bridge]
And you say I abandoned the ship
But I was going down with it
My white-knuckle dyin' grip
Holding tight to your quiet resentment
And my friends said it isn't right to be scared
Every day of a love affair
Every breath feels like rarest air
When you're not sure if he wants to be there

[Chorus]
So how much sad did you think I had
Did you think I had in me?
How much tragedy?
Just how low did you
Think I'd go 'fore I'd self-implode?
'Fore I'd have to go be free?

[Verse 3]
You swore that you loved me, but where were the
clues?
I died on the altar waitin' for the proof
You sacrificed us to the gods of your bluest days
And I'm just getting color back into my face
I'm just mad as hell 'cause I loved this place for

[Chorus]
So (So) long (Long), London (London)
Had (Had) a (A) good (Good) run (Run)
A moment (Moment) of warm sun (Sun)
But I'm (I'm) not (Not) the (The) one (One)
So (So) long (Long), London (London)
Stitches (Stitches) undone (Undone)
Two (Two) graves (Graves), one gun (Gun)
You'll (You'll) find (Find) someone

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“So Long, London” is rumored to be about Taylor’s

British ex-boyfriend, Joe Alywn, whom she dated from
2016 to 2023.

This is the second time Swift has used London in a

track title. The first being “London Boy” off of 2019’s
Lover, which is also about Alwyn.

Famously, Taylor’s track fives are the most personal

and vulnerable tracks on each album, it can be
expected that this track will carry on that theme.
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2. The Tortured Poets

Department 17. The Black Dog

3. My Boy Only Breaks His 18. imgonnagetyouback

Favorite Toys
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5. So Long, London Marcus

6. But Daddy I Love Him 21. How Did It End?

7. Fresh Out The Slammer 22. So High School

8. Florida!!! 23. I Hate It Here

9. Guilty as Sin? 24. thanK you aIMee

10. Who’s Afraid of Little Old 25. I Look in People’s

Me? Windows

11. I Can Fix Him (No Really I 26. The Prophecy

Can)
27. Cassandra
12. loml
28. Peter
13. I Can Do It With A Broken
Heart 29. The Bolter

14. The Smallest Man Who 30. Robin

Ever Lived
31. The Manuscript
15. The Alchemy

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Produced By Written By
Aaron Dessner & Taylor Swift Taylor Swift & Aaron Dessner

Mastering Engineer Programming

Ryan Smith & Randy Merrill Aaron Dessner

Synthesizer Electric Guitar

Aaron Dessner & Ben Lanz Aaron Dessner

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