TAYLOR SWIFT / RED (TAYLORâS VERSION) EXPLICIT
These lyrics are from Taylor Swiftâs 2021 re-recording of her 2012 fourth album, Red. These lyrics may be modified to better fit roleplay purposes. Please note: every track from the new album has been included, however All Too Well lyrics are divided up between the standard version, containing the original lyrics and the ten minute version which only shows the new lyrics. Additionally acoustic and remixes of pre-existing tracks are not included unless new lyrics are featured.
Please note: Due to the nature of the song Ronan being a highly personal song for the family and about a real child â it felt inappropriate to use lyrics from the song for roleplay memes, and thus has been omitted.
All we know is touch and goÂ
We fall in love âtil it hurts or bleeds or fades in time
You come around and the armour falls
You pierce the room like a cannonball
You were never a saint and Iâve loved in shades of wrongÂ
We learn to live with the pain
This love is brave and wild
This is a worthwhile fight
Love is a ruthless game unless you play it good and right
Youâre my Achilles heel
This is the golden age of something good and right and real
Loving you is like driving a new Maserati down a dead end street
Loving you is like trying to change your mind once youâre already flying through the freefall
Losing you was blue like Iâve never known
Missing you was dark grey, all alone
Forgetting you was like trying to know somebody youâve never met
Touching you was like realizing all you ever wanted was right there in front of you
Memorizing you was as easy as knowing all the words to your old favourite song
Fighting with you is like trying to solve a crossword and realizing thereâs no right answer
I wish I never found out love could be that strong
Remembering comes in flashbacks and echoes
Moving on from you is impossible when I still see it all in my head, burning red
Youâre spinning around my head
Put your lips close to mine, as long as they donât touch
Iâll do anything you say, if you say it with your hands
Iâd be smart to walk away, but youâre quicksand
Iâd be smart to walk away
This slope is treacherous
This slope is treacherous and I like it
I canât decide if itâs a choice, getting swept away
All we are is skin and bone trained to get alone
Iâm forever going with the flow, but youâre friction
Your name has echoed through my mind
Nothing safe is worth the drive
This daydream is reckless
I guess you didnât care
I guess you didnât care, and I guess I liked that
When I fell hard, you took a step back without me
Heâs long gone when heâs next to me
I realise the blame is on me
I knew you were trouble when you walked in
You flew me to places Iâd never been
Now Iâm lying on the cold hard ground
Youâll never see my cry
He pretends he doesnât know that heâs the reason why Iâm drowning
You pretend you donât know that youâre the reason why Iâm drowning
I heard youâve moved on
A new notch in your belt, thatâs all Iâll ever be
He was long gone when he met
I realise the joke is on me
The saddest fear comes creeping in
The saddest fear comes creeping in, that you never loved me, or her, or anyone or anything
You never loved me, or her, or anyone, or anything
Something about it felt like home, somehow
I left my scarf at your sisterâs place
We were singing in the car, getting lost upstate
I can picture it after all these days
I know that magicâs not here
I might be okay, but Iâm not fine at all
You almost ran the red while you were looking at me
I remember it all too well
You used to be a little kid with glasses in a twin-sized bedÂ
Your motherâs telling stories âbout you on the tee-ball teamÂ
You told me about your past, thinking your futureâs with me
I know itâs long gone and there was nothing else I could doÂ
There was nothing else I could doÂ
I forget about you long enough to forget why I needed toÂ
Maybe we got lost in translation
Maybe I asked for too much
This thing was a masterpiece before you tore it all up
You call me up again just to break me like a promise
Youâre so casually cruel in the name of being honest
Time wonât fly, itâs like Iâm paralyzed by it
Iâd like to be my old self again, but Iâm still trying to find it
It feels like a perfect night
It feels like a perfect night to dress up like hipsters and make fun of our exes
It feels like a perfect night for breakfast at midnight
Weâre happy, free, confused and lonely at the same time
Itâs miserable and magical
I donât know about you, but Iâm feeling twenty-two
You donât know about me
You donât know about me, but I bet you want to
Everything will be alright if we just keep dancing
It feels like one of those nights
This place is too crowded
Whoâs Taylor Swift anyway?
It feels like one of those nights where we ditch the whole scene
Weâll end up dreaming instead of sleeping
Weâre happy, free, confused, and lonely in the best wayÂ
You look like bad news, I gotta have you
I bet this time of night youâre still up
I bet youâre tired after a long hard week
I bet sometimes you wonder about me
I just want to tell you it takes everything in me not to call you
It takes everything in me not to call youÂ
I wish I could run to you
I wish I could run to you, I hope you know that every time I donât, I almost do
I hope you know that every time I donât, I almost do
I bet it never, ever, occurred to you that I canât say hello to you and risk another goodbyeÂ
Each time you reach out, thereâs no replyÂ
We made quite a mess, babe
Itâs probably better off this way
I confess that in my dreams youâre touching my face
WE ARE NEVER EVER GETTING BACK TOGETHER
I remember when we broke up - the first time
I remember when we broke up
This is it, Iâve had enough
We hadnât seen each other in a month after you said you needed space
I miss you and I swear Iâm gonna change - trust me
Remember how that lasted for a day?
We called it off again last night
We are never, ever, getting back together
I used to think that we were forever
I used to say never say never
So he calls me up and heâs like âI still love youâ and Iâm like, âthis is exhausting, okay we are never getting back together, like everâ
Iâm pretty sure we almost broke up last night
I was expecting some dramatic turn away
I read you should never leave a fight unresolvedÂ
Iâve been loving you for some time
You think itâs funny when Iâm mad
I think itâs best if we both stay
I only dated self indulgent takers who took all their problems out on me
I love you because youâve given me no choice but to
You took the time to memorize me, my fears and hopes and dreams
I feel like hanging out with you all the time
Itâs been occurring to me Iâd like to hang out with you, for my whole life
Iâll be loving you for quite some time
No one else is gonna love me when I get mad
THE LAST TIME (FT. GARY LIGHTBODY OF SNOW PATROL)
Iâm not sure how I got thereÂ
All roads, they led me here
Iâm not sure how I got there, all roads, they led me here
This is the last time Iâm asking you this
Put my name at the top of your list
This is the last time Iâm asking you why you break my heart in the blink of an eye
This is this last time Iâm asking you this: put my name at the top of your list
I was there to watch you leave
All the times I let you in, just for you to go again
You disappear, when you come back everything is better
This is the last time you tell me you got it wrong
This is the last time I say itâs been you all alone
Itâs been you all along
This is the last time Iâll let you in my door
This this is last time, I wonât hurt you anymore
I wonât hurt you anymore
This is the last time Iâm asking you
I was reminiscing just the other day while having coffee
You fit in my poems like a perfect rhymeÂ
I left a note on the door
Right where we stood was holy ground
For the first time, I have something to lose
I guess we fell apart in the usual way
I wonder how you think about it nowÂ
I see your face in every crowdÂ
Tonight, Iâm gonna dance for all that weâve been throughÂ
I donât wanna dance if Iâm not dancing with youÂ
Iâm gonna dance like you were in this room
Words, how little they mean, when youâre a little too late
Good girls, hopeful theyâll be and long they will waitÂ
We had a beautiful magic love affair
What a sad, beautiful, tragic love affairÂ
We both wake in lonely beds, different citiesÂ
Time is taking its sweet time erasing youÂ
Youâve got your demons and darling, they all look like me
Kiss me, try to fix it, could you just try to listen?Â
Could you just try to listen?Â
For the life of us we canât get back
In the angelâs city, chasing fortune and fame
The camera flashes make it look like a dreamÂ
You had it figured out since you were in schoolÂ
Everybody loves pretty, everybody loves cool
Theyâll tell you now, youâre the lucky one
Can you tell me now if youâre the lucky one?
Your lover in the foyer doesnât even know youÂ
Your secrets ended up splashed on the news front page
They tell me that Iâm lucky, but Iâm so confusedÂ
They tell me that Iâm lucky, but Iâm so confused - because I donât feel pretty, I just feel used
I donât feel pretty, I just feel used
I wonder if Iâll make it out alive
They still tell the legend of how you disappeared
Take the money and your dignity and get the hell out
They say you bought a bunch of land somewhere
It took some time, but I understand it now
Let me tell you now, youâre the lucky one
EVERYTHING HAS CHANGED (FT. ED SHEERAN)
All I knew this morning when I woke is I know something now I didnât beforeÂ
All Iâve seen since 18 hours ago is green eyes and freckles and your smile in the back of my mind
I just wanna know you better
Your eyes look like coming home
Youâll be mine and Iâll be yoursÂ
All I know since yesterday is everything has changed
I feel in my stomach is butterfliesÂ
Come back and tell me why Iâm feeling like Iâve missed you all this timeÂ
Iâm feeling like Iâve missed you all this timeÂ
Meet me there tonight and let me know that itâs not all in my mindÂ
Let me know that itâs not all in my mindÂ
Dust off your highest hopesÂ
Oh my, what a marvelous tune
The whole place is dressed to the nines
I met Bobby by the boardwalk
We were seventeen, crazy and running wild
Canât remember what song it was playing when we walked in, the night we snuck into a yacht club party
We were dancing like we were made of starlight
Look at you, worrying so much about things you canât change. Youâll spend your whole life singing the blues if you keep thinking that way
Look at you worrying so much about things you canât change.
Youâll spend your whole life singing the blues if you keep thinking that way
Donât you see the starlight?
Donât you dream impossible things?
We could get married, have ten kids and teach them how to dream
He didnât like it when I wore high heels, but I do
He didnât like it when I wore high heels
You always said you didnât get this song, but I do
You always said you didnât get this song
I was expecting that youâd be late
You donât know how nice that is
You throw your head back laughing like a little kid
I think itâs strange that you think Iâm funny âcause he never didÂ
Iâve been spending the last eight months thinking all love ever does is break and burn and endÂ
Youâre coming off a little shy
Iâve never met one girl who had as many James Taylor records as I do
For the first time, whatâs past is pastÂ
On a Wednesday in a cafĂŠ, I watched it begin againÂ
You should have been there
You should have burst through the door with that âbaby, Iâm hereâ smile
I would have been so happy
People were asking me how Iâve been as I combed back through my memory about how you said youâd be here
You said youâd be hereÂ
It was like slow motion, standing there in my party dress in red lipstick with no one to impressÂ
There was one thing missing
That was the moment I knew
Your close friends always seem to know when thereâs something really wrong
Iâm trying not to fall apart
What do you say when tears are streaming down your face in front of everyone you know?Â
What do you do when the one who means the most to you is the one who didnât show?Â
Iâm sorry I didnât make it
How strange that I donât know you at all
In my mind, I play it back, spinning faster than the plane that took youÂ
I donât wanna miss you like thisÂ
I guess youâre in New York today
I donât wanna need you this wayÂ
If I had known what I know now I never wouldâve played so nonchalantÂ
I canât help but wish you took me with youÂ
I guess youâre in London todayÂ
This is falling in love in the cruelest way
This is falling for you when you are worlds away
Iâm in New York, be here â- but youâre in London, and I break down cause itâs not fair that youâre not aroundÂ
Cause itâs not fair that youâre not around
Donât look at me, you got a girl at home and everybody knows that
Donât look at me, you got someone at homeÂ
I donât even know her Â
I donât even know her but I feel a responsibility to do whatâs upstanding and right
I feel a responsibility to do whatâs upstanding and rightÂ
Itâs kind of like a code
Youâve been getting closer and closer and crossing so many linesÂ
Honey, I am no oneâs exceptionÂ
It would be a fine proposition if I was a stupid girlÂ
It would be a fine proposition if I was stupidÂ
I see you turned off your phone now that youâve got me aloneÂ
I just want to make sure you understand perfectly that youâre the kind of man who makes me sadÂ
I just want to make sure you understand perfectly
Youâre the kind of man who makes me sadÂ
While she waits up, you chase down the newest thing and take for granted what you haveÂ
Call a cab, lose my number
Youâre about to lose your girl
Letâs consider this lesson learnedÂ
It would be a fine proposition if I hadnât once been just like her
Iâm probably better off on my ownÂ
I see the permanent damage you did to me
I just wish I could forget when it was magicÂ
Iâm probably better off on my own than loving a man who didnât know what he had
The bravest thing I ever did was runÂ
Sometimes, in the middle of the night, I can feel you againÂ
I just wish you were a better manÂ
Iâm probably better off all alone than needing a man who could change his mind at any given minuteÂ
It was always on your terms
I waited on every careless word and hoped it might turn sweet again
Your jealousy, I can hear it now!
Youâre talking down to me like Iâll always be aroundÂ
You push my love away like it was some kind of loaded gunÂ
I never thought youâd run
I hold onto this pride because these days itâs all I haveÂ
I gave to you my best and we both know you canât say thatÂ
I wonder what we wouldâve become if you were a better manÂ
We might still be in love if you were a better manÂ
You wouldâve been the one if you were a better man
They tell you while youâre young âGirls, go out and have your funâ then they hunt andâ
slayâ
the ones who actuallyâ
do it
People criticize the way you fly whenâ
youâre soaring through the sky and shoot you down and then they sigh and say, âShe looks like sheâs been through itâ
She looks like sheâs been through itÂ
You look like youâve been through it
Lord what will become of me once Iâve lost my noveltyÂ
Lord what will become of me
Iâve had too much to drink tonightÂ
I know itâs sad but this is what I think about
Itâs like I can feel time moving
Iâm getting older and less sure of what you like about me anywayÂ
How can aâ
personâ
know everything atâ
18 and nothing at 22Â
Will you still want me when Iâm nothing new?
How long will it be cute?
How long will it be cute? All this crying in my room when you canât blame it on my youth and roll your eyes with affection and my cheeks are growing tired from turning red and faking smiles
You canât blame it on my youth
My cheeks are tired from turning red and faking smiles
Are we only biding time till I lose your attention?
I know someday Iâm gonna meet her
Itâs a fever dream, the kind of radiance you only have at seventeen
Sheâll know the way and then sheâll say she got the map from me
Iâll say Iâm happy for her then Iâll cry myself to sleep
You broke the sweetest promise that you never should have made
You said âno one elseâ, so how could you do this?
We arenât getting through this one.
This is the last time youâll get to hear me call you babe
Your face doesnât look so innocent
Your secret has a consequence and thatâs on you
I break down every time you call
I keep picturing her lips on your neck
I hate that because of you, I canât love you
What about your promises?
I know that you like me and itâs kinda frightening standing here waiting
I became hypnotized by freckles and bright eyes
Now youâre so far away and Iâm down feeling like a face in the crowd
Iâm reaching for you, terrified.
You could be the one that I love
I could be the one that you dream of
Sending a message in a bottle is all I can do standing here, hoping it gets to you
You could be the one that I keep, and I can be the reason you canât sleep at night
You could be the one that I keepÂ
I can be the reason you canât sleep at night
These days Iâm restless
Look how you made me but time moves faster, replaying your laughter
Where are you while Iâm wondering if Iâll ever see you again?
You could be the one that I love and now Iâm standing here, hoping it gets to you
You could be the one that I love
I BET YOU THINK ABOUT ME (FEAT. CHRIS STAPLETON)
Iâll bet youâre just fine
The girl in your bed has a fine pedigreeÂ
Iâll bet your friends tell you sheâs better than meÂ
I tried to fit in with your upper-crust circlesÂ
they let me sit in back when we were in love
They sit around talking about the meaning of life and the book that just saved them that I hadnât heard ofÂ
Now that weâre done and itâs over, I bet you couldnât believe it when you realized Iâm harder to forget than I was to leave
Iâm harder to forget than I was to leave
I bet you think about meÂ
You grew up in a silver-spoon gated community, I was raised on a farm, no, it wasnât a mansion
You grew up in a silver-spoon gated community
You know what they say, you canât help who you fall for and you and I fell like an early spring snow
You canât help who you fall for
You said weâre too different
You laughed at my dreams, rolled your eyes at my jokesÂ
Do you have all the space that you need?
I donât have to be your shrink to know that youâll never be happyÂ
Does it make you feel sad?
Does it make you feel sad that the love that youâre looking for is the love that you had?Â
Now youâre out in the world, searching for your soul. Scared not to be hip, scared to get old
Youâre chasing make-believe status
Youâre chasing make-believe status, when last time you felt free was when none of that shit mattered 'cause you were with me
I bet you think about me when youâre out at your cool indie music concerts every week
I bet you think about me in your house with your organic shoes and your million-dollar couch
I bet you think about me when you say âOh my god, sheâs insane, she wrote a song about meâ
Oh my god, sheâs insane, she wrote a song about me
Oh my god, sheâs insaneÂ
She wrote a song about me
He says he doesnât believe anything much he hears these daysÂ
Why fall in love, just so you can watch it go away?
He spends most of his nights wishing it was how it used to be
Itâs not just a phase Iâm in
All this time I didnât know you were breaking down
I didnât know you were breaking down
Iâd fall to pieces on the floor if you werenât around
Iâll be summer sun for you forever, but forever winter if you go
Iâll be summer sun for you forever
Iâll be forever winter if you go
He seems fine most of the time, forcing smiles and never minds
When the lights go out itâs hard to breathe
I pull at every thread trying to solve the puzzles in his head
I live my life scared to death heâll decide to leave instead
I live my life scared to death youâll decide to leave insteadÂ
Youâre up at 5am, wasted
If I was standing there in your apartment Iâd take that bomb in your head and disarm it
Iâd take that bomb in your head
Iâd say I love you even at your darkest
Believe in one thing, I wonât go away
Give me the keys, Iâll bring the car back around
We shouldnât be in this town
My so-called friends, they donât know Iâd drive away before I let you go
So give me a reason and donât say no
Thereâs a chain 'round your throat, piece of paper where I wrote âIâll wait for youâ
We can go where our eyes can take us
We can go where no one else is
I could see this view a hundred times
Thereâs a heart on your sleeve and Iâll take it when I leave and hold it for you
Iâll take it when I leave
Thereâs been this hole in my heart
This thing was a shot in the dark
Say youâll never let 'em tear us apart
Iâll hold onto you while we run
I wish I could fly and pick you up and weâd go back in time
I miss you like it was the very first night
So it goes, every weekend the same party
I never go alone, so I donât seem broken hearted
My friends all say they know everything Iâm going through
I drive down different roads but they all lead back to you
They donât know about the night in the hotel
They donât know how much I miss youÂ
We werenât  trying to fall in love
We werenât trying to fall in love but we did like children running
Back then we didnât know we were built to fall apart
We broke the status quo and we broke each otherâs hearts
Donât forget about the night out in L.A
No one knows about the words that we whisper
No one knows how much I miss you
I wish that we could go back in time
I wish that we could go back in time and Iâd say to you I miss like you it was the first timeÂ
I miss like you it was the first time
ALL TOO WELL (10 MINUTE VERSION)
I was thinking on the drive down, any time now youâre gonna say itâs love and, you never called it what it was till we were dead and gone and buried
You never called it what it was till we were dead and gone and buried
All I felt was shame and you held my lifeless frameÂ
You kept me like a secret but I kept you like an oath
Weâd swear to remember it all too well
They say allâs well that ends well but Iâm in a new hell every time you double cross my mind
You said if we had been closer in age maybe it would have been fine and that made me want to die
The idea you had of me who was she, a never needing ever lovely jewel whose shine reflects on you
Itâs supposed to be fun turning twenty-oneÂ
I was never good at telling jokes but the punch line goes Iâll get older but your lovers stay my age
 Youâll get older but your lovers stay my age
I was never good at telling jokes
Iâm a soldier whoâs returning half her weight
Did the twin flame bruise paint you blue?
Just between us did the love affair maim you too?
This cityâs barren cold I still remember the first fall of snow and how it glistened as it fell
It was all over the place
It was a fractured mosaic of feelings that somehow all fit together in the end
Happy, free, confused, lonely, devastated, euphoric, wild and tortured by memories past
