Artist: Lorde
Track: Writer In The Dark

Lyrics
Break the news, you're walking out
To be a good man for someone else
Sorry, I was never good like you
Stood on my chest and kept me down
Hated hearing my name on the lips of a crowd
Did my best to exist just for you

Bet you rue the day you kissed a writer in the dark
Bet you rue the day you kissed a writer in the dark
Now she's gonna play and sing and lock you in her heart
Bet you rue the day you kissed a writer in the dark

I am my mother's child, I'll love you 'til my breathing stops
I'll love you 'til you call the cops on me
But in our darkest hours, I stumbled on a secret power
I'll find a way to be without you, babe

I still feel you, now and then
Slow like pseudo-ephedrine
When you see me, will you say I've changed?
I ride the subway, read the signs
I let the seasons change my mind
I love it here since I've stopped needing you

Bet you rue the day you kissed a writer in the dark
Bet you rue the day you kissed a writer in the dark
Now she's gonna play and sing and lock you in her heart
Bet you rue the day you kissed a writer in the dark

I am my mother's child, I'll love you 'til my breathing stops
I'll love you 'til you call the cops on me
But in our darkest hours, I stumbled on a secret power
I'll find a way to be without you, babe

(I am my mother's child, I'll love you 'til my breathing stops)
(I'll love you 'til you call the cops on me)
(But in our darkest hours, I stumbled on a secret power)
(I'll find a way to be without you, babe)

Full Lyrics and Meaning

Genius Meanings
	Lorde – Writer In the Dark
	“Writer In The Dark” serves as as a vocally powerful, stripped back ballad in which Lorde laments that, while she’ll love her ex forever, she will still move forward. As a singer/
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	Nina Luna – Tolerate it/ Writer in the dark
	[Verse 1:] / I sit and watch you reading with your head low / I wake and watch you breathing with your eyes closed / I sit and watch you / I notice everything you do or don't do
	Lorde – Supercut
	In “Supercut”, Lorde dreams of an idealised relationship and looks back on the positive parts of a relationship, but realises that the real relationship she has isn’t quite so. Her
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	She visualizes losing her life in multiple songs.
	Genius Traducciones al Español – Lorde - Writer In the Dark (Traducción al Español)
	[Letra de Lorde - Writer In the Dark (Traducción al Español)] / [Verso 1] / Dilo de una vez—te vas a ir / Para ser un buen hombre para alguien más / Siento nunca haber sido buena
	Lorde – Perfect Places
	“Perfect Places” concerns a narrative often present at teenage parties, a story of drug usage and sex. Lorde ends the song and the album in general with a groundbreaking message
	Lorde – Sober
	“Sober” is about “being a little bit involved with someone and it’s magic when you are out — you’re just king and queen of the weekend, you own the party.” On April 14, 2017 Ella
	Genius Traduzioni Italiane – Lorde - Writer in the Dark (Traduzione Italiana)
	[Strofa Uno] / Condividi le notizie, stai partendo / Per essere un uomo buono per qualcun altro / Mi dispiace, non ero mai buona come te / Sei rimasto sul mio petto e mi hai tenuto
	Lorde – Sober II (Melodrama)
	During her Beats 1 Radio show about her album, Lorde said of “Sober II (Melodrama)”: I kind of see these two songs as a big journey of an evening, of a party. I love the idea of
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	Lorde – Melodrama Tour Setlist
	1. Sober / 2. Homemade Dynamite / 3. Tennis Court / 4. Magnets / 5. Buzzcut Season / 6. 400 Lux / 7. Ribs / 8. The Louvre / 9. Hard Feelings / 10. Yellow Flicker Beat / 11. Writer
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	“The Louvre” continues the euphoric narrative of excitement with Lorde’s relationship with her new crush, as established by preceding track “Homemade Dynamite.” Themes of obsession
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	[Verse 1] / Baby really hurt me, crying in the taxi / He don't wanna know me / Says he made the big mistake of dancing in my storm / Says it was poison / So I guess I'll go home
	Lorde – Green Light
	“Green Light” is about Lorde’s first major heartbreak and is “the first chapter of the last two wild, fluorescent years” of Lorde’s life before the song dropped. Over those years
	Lorde – Homemade Dynamite
	“Homemade Dynamite” describes the moment when you meet someone at a party and an explosive night follows. During a Apple Music Beats 1 radio show about her record, Lorde talked
	Lorde – Hard Feelings/Loveless
	“Hard Feelings/Loveless” may be about Lorde’s 2015 break-up with her ex-boyfriend. Its two parts juxtapose each other both sonically and thematically. The first part of the song
	Lorde – Liability (Reprise)
	Typically, reprises in musical theatre play the tune to a previous song but with reimagined lyrics. Much like its predecessor “Liability”, this track is self-reflection as much as
	Aldous Harding – Horizon
	Let me put the water in the bowl / For your wounds, babe / Let me fill you up with the fingers of love / You can’t lose babe / When you watch me play, does it feel bad, darlin
	Genius Brasil Traduções – Lorde - Perfect Places (Tradução em Português)
	Versão traduzida para português brasileiro da décima primeira faixa do álbum Melodrama, de Lorde. “Perfect Places” diz respeito a uma narrativa frequentemente presente em festas
	Lorde – Loveless
	[Spoken Intro] / "What is this tape?" / "This is my favorite tape" / [Verse 1] / Bet you wanna rip my heart out / Bet you wanna skip my calls now / Well, guess what? I'd like that
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	“Delete Forever” – originally titled “Black Swan Blues” – is the third track on Grimes‘ 5th album Miss Anthropocene. Grimes wrote and produced the guitar-based song herself. The
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	[Intro] / Un, deux / [Couplet 1] / Chéri m'a vraiment fait mal, je pleure dans le taxi / Il ne veut pas me connaître / Il dit qu'il a commis la grosse erreur d'avoir dansé dans ma
	Taylor Swift – Getaway Car
	Taylor uses the image of criminals in a speeding car as the central metaphor for a doomed romance. She likens her rebound relationship with Tom Hiddleston to a “getaway car” ride
	Bishop Briggs – River
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	This song has Lana professing her love for her rich, gangster boyfriend. However, their Bonnie & Clyde-like relationship is doomed. “Off to the Races” is inspired by the book
	Phil Collins – In the Air Tonight
	“In the Air Tonight” remains one of Phil Collins‘ best known hits. Its music video was directed by Stuart Orme and played on MTV shortly after the channel launched in 1981.

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SongTell Meaning
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	This song is about a person leaving a relationship to be with someone else, and how their former partner will regret the day they chose to kiss a writer in...
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	Meaning of "Writer In the Dark" by Lorde
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Artist: Lorde Track: Writer In The Dark

Artist: Lorde
Track: Writer In The Dark