Down Bad

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Down Bad by Taylor Swift

About Down Bad

“Down Bad“ is the fourth track on Swift’s eleventh studio album, The Tortured Poets Department. The phrase "Down Bad" typically means to be in love with someone, but here it is twisted to indicate the narrator is reeling at the end of a relationship. The song uses the extended metaphor of an alien abduction to convey the abrupt shock of losing a lover, rumored to be about Matthew Healy, frontman of the band "The 1975". Down Bad's lyrics describe Swift as feeling heavenstruck during the romance .

Down Bad Lyrics

[00:12.74] Did you really beam me up?
[00:18.94] In a cloud of sparkling dust
[00:23.14] Just to do experiments on
[00:25.98] Tell me I was the chosen one
[00:28.64] Show me that this world is bigger than us
[00:31.51] Then sent me back where I came from
[00:36.77] For a moment I knew cosmic love
[00:41.62] Now I'm down bad crying at the gym
[00:45.22] Everything comes out teenage petulance
[00:48.24] "What if I can't have him"
[00:50.96] "I might just die, it would make no difference."
[00:54.07] Down bad, waking up in blood
[00:56.89] Staring at the sky, come back and pick me up
[01:00.28] What if I can't have us.
[01:02.72] I might just not get up
[01:05.12] I might stay down bad
[01:08.98] What if I can't have him
[01:11.88] Down bad
[01:15.20] What if I can't have him
[01:18.81] Did you take all my old clothes?
[01:24.86] Just to leave me here naked and alone
[01:29.03] In a field in my same old town
[01:31.76] That somehow seems so hollow now
[01:34.62] They'll say I'm nuts if I talk about the existence of you
[01:42.75] For a moment I was heaven struck
[01:47.75] Now I'm down bad crying at the gym
[01:51.18] Everything comes out teenage petulance
[01:54.27] "What if I can't have him"
[01:56.96] "I might just die, it would make no difference."
[02:00.07] Down bad, waking up in blood
[02:02.96] Staring at the sky, come back and pick me up
[02:06.32] What if I can't have us.
[02:08.71] I might just not get up
[02:11.15] I might stay down bad
[02:12.94] Like I lost my twin
[02:15.08] What if I can't have him
[02:17.05] Down bad
[02:18.19] Down bad
[02:18.92] Waving at the ship
[02:21.28] What if I can't have him
[02:24.53] I loved your hostile takeovers
[02:27.58] Encounters closer and closer
[02:30.65] All your indecent exposures
[02:33.53] How dare you say that it's -
[02:35.98] I'll build you a fort on some planet
[02:39.67] Where they can all understand it
[02:42.55] How dare you think it's romantic
[02:45.96] Leaving me safe and stranded
[02:50.86] Cause what if I was in love
[02:54.97]
[02:57.35] What if I can't have us.
[03:01.10]
[03:08.96] Cause what if I was in love
[03:11.52] Now I'm down bad crying at the gym
[03:15.19] Everything comes out teenage petulance
[03:18.23] "What if I can't have him"
[03:20.95] "I might just die, it would make no difference."
[03:24.14] Down bad, waking up in blood
[03:26.78] Staring at the sky, come back and pick me up
[03:30.23] What if I can't have us.
[03:32.82] I might just not get up
[03:34.94] I might stay down bad
[03:36.70] Like I lost my twin
[03:39.18] What if I can't have him
[03:41.27] Down bad
[03:42.02] Down bad
[03:42.83] Waving at the ship
[03:45.12] What if I can't have him
[03:48.81] Like I lost my twin
[03:51.19] What if I can't have him
[03:54.01] Down bad
[03:54.83] Waving at the ship
[03:57.17] What if I can't have him
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From the album: THE TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT | TS The Eras Tour Setlist