ivy – English Lyrics

• By: Taylor Swift
• Album: evermore

Lyrics & Translation

[English]

How's one to know?

I'd meet you where the spirit meets the bones

In a faith-forgotten land

In from the snow

Your touch brought forth an incandescent glow

Tarnished but so grand

And the old widow goes to the stone every day

But I don't, I just sit here and wait

Grieving for the living

Oh, I can't

My pain fits in the palm of your freezing hand

Taking mine, but it's been promised to another

Oh, I can't

Stop you putting roots in my dreamland

My house of stone, your ivy grows

And now I'm covered in you

...

I wish to know

The fatal flaw that makes you long to be

Magnificently cursed

He's in the room

Your opal eyes are all I wish to see

He wants what's only yours

Oh, I can't

My pain fits in the palm of your freezing hand

Taking mine, but it's been promised to another

Oh, I can't

Stop you putting roots in my dreamland

My house of stone, your ivy grows

And now I'm covered

Clover blooms in the fields

Spring breaks loose, the time is near

What would he do if he found us out?

Crescent moon, coast is clear

Spring breaks loose, but so does fear

He's gonna burn this house to the ground

How's one to know?

I'd live and die for moments that we stole

On begged and borrowed time

So tell me to run

Or dare to sit and watch what we'll become

And drink my husband's wine

Oh, I can't

My pain fits in the palm of your freezing hand

Taking mine, but it's been promised to another

Oh, I can't

Stop you putting roots in my dreamland

My house of stone, your ivy grows

And now I'm covered in you

And I'm covered in you

...

So yeah, it's a fire

It's a violent blaze in the dark

And you started it

You started it

So yeah, it's a war

It's the fiercest fight of my life

And you started it

You started it

Oh, I can't

Stop you putting roots in my dreamland

My house of stone, your ivy grows

And now I'm covered in you

In you

Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh

Now I'm covered in you

In you

...

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
incandescent /ˌɪnˈkændəsənt/ C1	adjective - emitting light as a result of being heated.
tarnished /ˈtɑːrnɪʃt/ B2	adjective - having lost luster, especially as a result of age or disuse.
grieving /ˈɡriːvɪŋ/ B1	verb - feeling or showing great sadness, especially because of someone's death.
palm /pɑːm/ A2	noun - the inner surface of the hand between the fingers and the wrist.
promised /ˈprɒmɪst/ A2	verb - to assure someone that one will definitely do something or that something will happen.
roots /ruːts/ B1	noun - the parts of a plant that grow under the ground.
dreamland /ˈdriːmlænd/ B1	noun - an imaginary place or state of happiness.
magnificently /ˌmæɡˈnɪfɪsəntli/ C1	adverb - in a very impressive or beautiful way.
cursed /kɜːrst/ B1	adjective - destined to have bad luck.
opal /ˈoʊpəl/ B2	noun - a precious stone with a milky or iridescent appearance.
fatal /ˈfeɪtəl/ B2	adjective - causing death.
flaw /flɔː/ B1	noun - a mark, blemish, or other imperfection that mars a substance or object.
violent /ˈvaɪələnt/ B1	adjective - showing or involving physical force intended to hurt, damage, or kill.
blaze /bleɪz/ B1	noun - a very bright and intense fire.
fiercest /ˈfɪrsɪst/ B2	adjective - most intense or violent.
stole /stoʊl/ A2	verb - take (something) without the owner's permission.