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Everybody here was someone else before 

And you can want who you want 

Boys and boys and girls and girls

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Tosi, Justin, and Brandon Warmke. "Moral grandstanding." Philosophy & Public Affairs 44, no. 3 (2016): 197-217. (link)

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Boys only want love if it's torture

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Sara Aronowiz, "Exploring by Believing," Philosophical Review 130:3 (2022) (link)

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Taylor: "From 2012-2013, they thought I was dating too much because I dated two people in a year and a half, but whatever -- we'll leave it there. "'Oh, a serial dater.  She only writes songs to get emotional revenge on guys.  She's a man hater. Don't let her near your boyfriend.' It was just kind of excessive and, you know, at first it was hurtful and then I kind of found a little comedy in it. The character is so interesting though...it's so opposite my actual life." 

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And I got that good girl faith and a tight little skirt

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Remember when we couldn't take the heat? 

I walked out, I said, "I'm setting you free" 

But the monsters turned out to be just trees 

When the sun came up, you were looking at me

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People like you always want back 

The love they gave away 

And people like me wanna believe you 

When you say you've changed

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I never miss a beat 

I'm lightnin' on my feet 

And that's what they don't see

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You say it's in the past, you drive straight ahead 

You're thinking that I hate you now 

'Cause you still don't know what I never said

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Band-aids don't fix bullet holes 

You say sorry just for show 

If you live like that, you live with ghosts

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Say you'll remember me 

Standin' in a nice dress 

Starin' at the sunset, Babe

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I want you for worse or for better 

I would wait forever and ever 

Broke your heart, I'll put it back together 

I would wait forever and ever 

And that's how it works 

That's how you get the girl

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When you're young, you just run 

But you come back to what you need

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'Cause they got the cages, they got the boxes and guns 

They are the hunters, we are the foxes and we run

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When I was drowning, that's when I could finally breathe

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And in the end, in Wonderland, we both went mad

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And so it goes 

You two are dancing in a snow globe, 'round and 'round 

And he keeps a picture of you in his office downtown 

And you understand now 

Why they lost their minds and fought the wars 

And why I've spent my whole life trying to put it into words

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The best people in life are free

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