Tolerate it Song Lyrics

"Tolerate It" (stylized as "tolerate it") is the fifth track from American singer and songwriter Taylor Swift's ninth studio album, evermore. Every album, track five is rumored to be saved for her most vulnerable song. This song is about the never-ending battle to win someone's love when they don't even seem to be interested in what you have to offer.

Artist
Taylor Swift
Released
December 11, 2020
Recorded
2020
Studio
Long Pond Recording Studios (Hudson Valley, New York)
Genre
Ballad
Length
4:05
Album
evermore
Label
Republic Records
Writer(s)
Swift
Aaron Dessner
Producer(s)
Dessner

"tolerate it"

I sit and watch you reading with your head low
I wake and watch you breathing with your eyes closed
I sit and watch you, I notice everything you do or don't do
You're so much older and wiser and I

I wait by the door like I'm just a kid
Use my best colors for your portrait
Lay the table with the fancy shit
And watch you tolerate it
If it's all in my head tell me now
Tell me I've got it wrong somehow
I know my love should be celebrated
But you tolerate it

I greet you with a battle hero's welcome
I take your indiscretions all in good fun
I sit and listen, I polish plates until they gleam and glisten
You're so much older and wiser and I

I wait by the door like I'm just a kid
Use my best colors for your portrait
Lay the table with the fancy shit
And watch you tolerate it
If it's all in my head tell me now
Tell me I've got it wrong somehow
I know my love should be celebrated
But you tolerate it

While you were out building other worlds, where was I?
Where's that man who'd throw blankets over my barbed wire?
I made you my temple, my mural, my sky
Now I'm begging for footnotes in the story of your life
Drawing hearts in the byline
Always taking up too much space or time
You assume I'm fine
But what would you do if I

Break free and leave us in ruins
Took this dagger in me and removed it
Gain the weight of you then lose it
Believe me, I could do it
If it's all in my head tell me now
Tell me I've got it wrong somehow
I know my love should be celebrated
But you tolerate it
I sit and watch you...!