The Fate of Ophelia – English Lyrics

• By: Taylor Swift

Lyrics & Translation

[English]

[Music]

I heard you calling on the megaphone.

You want to see me all alone.

As legend has it, you are quite the

pyro. You light the match to watch it

blow. And if you'd never call for me, I

might have drowned in a melon calling. I

swore my loyalty to me myself and I

right before you lit my sky. Oh,

all that alone in my tower. You were

just haunting your powers. Now I can see

it all.

[Music]

me out of my grave and save my heart

from the failure

on the land

just to your hands deep

where the hell you been

to be the sleepless night you've been

dreaming it all

feel

The eldest daughter of a nobleman. Oily

lived in fantasy.

Her love was a cold bed full of

scorpions. The venom stole her sanity.

And if you'd never call me, I might have

lingered in purgatory.

You wrap around me like a chasing crown

of fire. You're pulling me into the

fire.

All that time in my town. You were just

haunting your powers. Now I can see it

all.

You take me out of my grave. Save my

heart from the foyes

through your hands.

Your fire where the hell you been

to be the sleepless night. You've been

dreaming it all

is locked inside my memory and only you

possess the key. No longer drowning and

deceived. All because you came for me.

Locked inside my memory and only you

possess the key. No longer drowning and

deceived. All because you came for me.

All that time in my tower. You were just

haunting your powers. Now I can see it

all. See it all.

You took me out of my grave. Heat. Heat.

Heat.

to lead us to your

voice where the hell you been

about to be the sleepless night. You've

been dreaming it all

the fate of your

you saved my heart from the fate of oh

[Music]

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
loyalty /ˈlɔɪəlti/ B2	noun - a feeling of devotion or allegiance
drowned /draʊnd/ B1	verb - to be submerged in water
lingered /ˈlɪŋɡərd/ B2	verb - to stay in a place longer than necessary
purgatory /ˈpɜːrɡətɔːri/ C1	noun - a state of purification after death
haunting /ˈhɔːntɪŋ/ B2	adjective - difficult to ignore or forget
possess /pəˈzes/ B2	verb - to have as property
deceived /dɪˈsiːvd/ B2	verb - to make someone believe something that is not true
fate /feɪt/ B1	noun - the development of events beyond a person's control
venom /ˈvenəm/ B2	noun - a poisonous fluid secreted by animals
scorpions /ˈskɔːrpiənz/ B2	noun - a carnivorous arachnid with a poisonous sting
sanity /ˈsænɪti/ C1	noun - the ability to think and behave normally
failure /ˈfeɪljər/ B1	noun - lack of success
grave /ɡreɪv/ B1	noun - a place of burial
noblewoman /ˈnoʊblwʊmən/ B2	noun - a woman of noble birth
fantasy /ˈfæntəsi/ B1	noun - the faculty or activity of imagining things
chasing /ˈtʃeɪsɪŋ/ B1	adjective - pursuing or following

Key Grammar Structures

• I heard you calling on the megaphone.

  ➔ Present Perfect Tense

  ➔ The phrase "I heard" uses the present perfect tense to describe an action that occurred in the past but has relevance to the present.

• You light the match to watch it blow.

  ➔ Infinitive Purpose Clause

  ➔ The phrase "to watch it blow" is an infinitive purpose clause, explaining the reason for the action "light the match."

• I swore my loyalty to me myself and I

  ➔ Emphasis with Pronouns

  ➔ The repetition of pronouns "me myself and I" emphasizes the speaker's self-reliance and individuality.

• You wrap around me like a chasing crown of fire.

  ➔ Simile

  ➔ The phrase "like a chasing crown of fire" is a simile, comparing the action of wrapping to a fiery crown.

• Locked inside my memory and only you possess the key.

  ➔ Parallel Structure

  ➔ The phrase uses parallel structure with "locked inside my memory" and "only you possess the key" to create balance and emphasis.