Taylor Swift
Red (original demo recording) lyrics
- Language
- English
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 2012
- Genre
- Pop
- Length
- 3:47
Loving him is like
Driving a new Maserati down a dead end street
Faster than the wind, passionate as sin
Ending so suddenly
Loving him is like
Trying to change your mind once you're already flying through the free fall
Like the colors in autumn, so bright
Just before they lose it all
Losing him was blue like I'd never known
Missing him was dark gray all alone
Forgetting him is like trying to know somebody you've never met
But loving him was red
Red
Touching him was like
Realizing all you ever wanted was right there in front of you
Memorizing him was as
Easy as knowing all the words to your old favorite song
Fighting with him was like
Trying to solve a crossword and realizing there's no right answer
Regretting him was like
Wishing you never found out that love could be that strong
Losing him was blue like I'd never known
Missing him was dark gray all alone
Forgetting him is like trying to know somebody you've never met
But loving him was red
Loving him was red
Remembering him comes in flashbacks and echoes
Tell myself it's time now, gotta let go
But moving on from him is impossible
When I still see it all in my head
In burning red
(Burning, it was red)
Burning
Red
(Burning, it was red)
Losing him was blue like I'd never known
Missing him was dark gray all alone
Forgetting him is like trying to know somebody you never met
'Cause loving him was red
Loving him was red
Loving him was red
And that's why he's spinning
'Round through my head, burning, red
Burning
Red
His love was like
Driving a new Maserati down a dead end street
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Key vocabulary
- maserati
- Italian luxury car brand
- myself
- me, aloneA2
- suddenly
- without warningA2
- knowing
- understanding; awareA1
- let
- allowA1
- lose
- not keep; misplaceA1
- losing
- not winning; going downA1
- love
- deep careA1
- loving
- full of loveA1
- street
- road in a cityA1
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About this song
Taylor Swift is an American singer-songwriter who works in country and pop, known for albums and songwriting that blend autobiographical details with wide-ranging pop production and narrative storytelling. She is recognized for her major crossover from Nashville country to mainstream pop, including landmark releases like Red and 1989, and for the global Eras Tour.