Sweet Nothing
Written By Taylor Swift & Joe Alwyn
Produced By Taylor Swift & Jack Antonoff
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Track 12 on "Midnights".
"Sweet Nothing," the twelfth track on Midnights, is a slow, soft love song which seems to reflect the concept of soft words exchanged between lovers that are often called "sweet nothings". The song follows Taylor's simple gratitude and love of the life that she has built with boyfriend Joe Alwyn. Swift speaks of how she finds peace in her romantic relationship with her partner who asks "sweet nothing" of her as opposed to the pressures she faces from the media, a topic Swift has written about frequently, namely in her 2017 album reputation and the Midnights lead single "Anti-Hero".
The song is written by Taylor Swift and Joe Alwyn under the alias, William Bowery. This is not the first time that Alwyn/Bowery has been featured as a writer on one of Swift's tracks. Bowery has writing credits on folklore's track 4, "exile", and track 14 "betty", and evermore's "champagne problems", "coney island", and the titular closing track "evermore".
Lyrics
[Verse 1]
I spy with my little tired eye
Tiny as a firefly
A pebble that we picked up last July
Down deep inside your pocket
We almost forgot it
Does it ever miss Wicklow sometimes?
Ooh, ooh
[Chorus]
They said the end is comin'
Everyone's up to somethin'
I find myself runnin' home to your sweet nothings
Outside, they're push and shovin'
You're in the kitchen hummin'
All that you ever wanted from me was sweet nothin'
[Verse 2]
On the way home
I wrote a poem
You say, "What a mind"
This happens all the time
Ooh, ooh
[Chorus]
'Cause they said the end is comin'
Everyone's up to somethin'
I find myself runnin' home to your sweet nothings
Outside, they're push and shovin'
You're in the kitchen hummin'
All that you ever wanted from me was nothin'
[Bridge]
Industry disruptors and soul deconstructors
And smooth-talking hucksters out glad-handing each other
And the voices that implore, "You should be doing more"
To you, I can admit that I'm just too soft for all of it
Ooh
[Chorus]
They said the end is comin'
Everyone's up to somethin'
I find myself runnin' home to your sweet nothings
Outside, they're push and shovin'
You're in the kitchen hummin'
All that you ever wanted from me was sweet nothin'
They said the end is comin' (They said the end is comin')
Everyone's up to somethin' (Everyone's up to somethin')
I find myself runnin' home to your sweet nothings
Outside, they're push and shovin' (Outside, they're push and shovin')
You're in the kitchen hummin' (You're in the kitchen hummin')
All that you ever wanted from me was sweet nothin'