Sweeter Than Fiction Lyrics

[Verse 1]
Hit the ground, hit the ground, hit the ground, oh, oh
Only sound, only sound that you hear is, "No"
You never saw it comin', slipped when you started runnin'
And now you've come undone, and I, I, I, I

[Pre-Chorus]
Seen you fall, seen you crawl on your knees, eh, ayy
Seen you lost in a crowd, seen your colors fade
Wish I could make it better, someday you won't remember
This pain you thought would last forever and ever


[Chorus]
There you'll stand, ten feet tall
I will say, "I knew it all along"

Your eyes, wider than distance
This life is sweeter than fiction

[Verse 2]
Just a shot, just a shot in the dark, oh, oh
All you got, all you got are your shattered hopes
They never saw it comin', you hit the ground runnin'
And now you're on to somethin', I, I, I say

[Pre-Chorus]
"What a sight, what a sight" when the light came on
Proved me right, proved me right when you proved them wrong
And, in this perfect weather, it's like we don't remember
The rain we thought would last forever and ever
[Chorus]
There you'll stand, ten feet tall
I will say, "I knew it all along"
Your eyes, wider than distance
This life is sweeter than fiction
There you'll stand, next to me (Next to me)
All at once, the rest is history (Ooh)
Your eyes, wider than distance
This life is sweeter than fiction (Sweeter than fiction)

[Bridge]
I'll be one of the many sayin'
"Look at you now, look at you now and now"
I'll be one of the many saying
"You've made us proud, you've made us proud, proud"
I'll be one of the many sayin'
"Look at you now, look at you now and now"
I'll be one of the many sayin'
"You've made us proud, you've made us proud, proud"
And when they call your name
And they put your picture in a frame
You know that I'll be there time and again
'Cause I loved you when, when you

[Pre-Chorus]
Hit the ground, hit the ground, hit the ground, oh, oh
Only sound, only sound that you heard was, "No"
Now, in this perfect weather, it's like we don't remember
The rain we thought would last forever and ever (Forever)
[Chorus]
There you'll stand, ten feet tall (Ten feet tall)
I will say, "I knew it all along" (Along)
Your eyes, wider than distance (I knew it all along)
This life is sweeter than fiction (Sweeter than fiction)
There you'll stand, next to me (Next to me)
All at once, the rest is history (Ooh)
Your eyes, wider than distance (I knew it all along)
This life is sweeter than fiction (It's sweeter than fiction)

[Outro]
It's sweeter than fiction
It's sweeter, yeah
It's sweeter, it's sweeter
It's sweeter than fiction

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About

Genius Annotation

“Sweeter Than Fiction” is an empowering song from the soundtrack for the British feel good film, One Chance, about Paul Potts, a singer who won Britain’s Got Talent in 2007. It was the lead single from the soundtrack, and was released on October 21st, 2013. Little did fans know, this was a hint at the pop direction that Taylor would embark in for her fifth studio album.

This song was Taylor’s first time working with Jack Antonoff, who is part of both Fun. and Bleachers. The two went on to collaborate in many of Swift’s tracks between 2014 and 2023.

Q&A

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What did Taylor Swift say about "Sweeter Than Fiction"?
Genius Answer

Taylor wrote this song for the British movie One Chance, which charts the true story of British tenor Paul Potts' journey from amateur opera singer to stardom via the television program Britain’s Got Talent.

Rather than writing about Potts' rise to fame, Swift based the song on what she really feels the movie is about.

I’m very inspired by the concept of love. And this movie is, in a lot of ways, a love story. You’re expecting to go in and see a movie of someone who makes his dreams come true, but what you don’t realize is you’re actually being told a story of the love his wife has for him. That was the story that hit me and really affected me. I wanted to tell a story musically from that perspective.

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