Loving Him Was Red

Red

Taylor Swift

            Taylor Swift’s has been coming out with new songs recently, promoting her upcoming album titled “Red” after a song on the album, and it is also her favorite color. Recently, she just released 5 songs from the album, “I Knew You Were Trouble”, “State of Grace”, “We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together”, “Begin Again” and finally, “Red”, which is one of my favorite songs that she has released. This song is really meaningful and a lot easier to listen to than her latest single, “We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together” which is definitely not one of my favorite songs by her. Granted, I like to listen to it sometimes when it’s on the radio, but after a while it gets really annoying, especially when the radio stations, country and pop, play it non-stop. Even though that song isn’t my favorite, I really like all of the other ones that were released so far, and I think these songs have a different sound and tone to them compared the rest of her songs. Granted, they are still all about love and her ex-boyfriends which she so proudly flaunts that she’s not afraid to use names in her songs or talk about her ex-boyfriends in songs that millions of people all around the world hear every day.

            Taylor Swift started off as a country artist, but as her fame grew and she got more popular, she became more of a pop artist in my opinion. She claims that she is still a country artist, but even some country artists say she’s a pop artist now, for example Miranda Lambert, a country artist, stated that “Taylor Swift is a pop artist” when asked about her in an interview. It’s a little frustrating, being a fan of country music, to see her start off as a really good country artist, and then all of a sudden change her role to a pop artist and forget how country music was the thing that made her popular in the first place. I used to be a huge fan of hers, but that slowly faded away as I started getting more into country music. The exception to this however, is her new song “Red” which is what this blog is about.

            This song is basically about how getting over her ex wasn’t easy, but it had to be done. It shows how hard it was to forget about all their memories together and forgetting him wasn’t the easiest thing to do. “Losing him was blue, like I’ve never known, missing him was dark gray all alone, forgetting him was like trying to know somebody you never met, and loving him was red” is one of my favorite lyrics in this songs. Also, in the beginning of the song, she sings, “Loving him was like driving a new Maserati down a dead end street, faster than the wind, passionate as sin, ended so suddenly”. Also, “Loving him is like tryin’ to change your mind while you’re already flyin’ through the free fall, like the colors in autumn so bright, just before they lose it all”. She compares their relationship to a lot of things, but when it comes down to it, she’s basically saying that the relationship they had was really nice while it lasted, but it didn’t last very long, and it took a long time to forget him. This song has a lot of meaning behind it, and I think it has a different sound and rhythm to it than the rest of her songs, and I think it’s pretty unique between the lyrics and the music. She also states that “Loving him was red” which is what I’m guessing, means that it was really, really good, because her favorite color is red. Even though it sounds bad, she has stated more than once that she loves the color red, and this song has a positive look on that, while other songs and things may say that red is negative. I think Taylor Swift really did an awesome job on this song, and I really like it. I can’t wait to listen to her new album and the new songs she’ll be coming out with.

Taylor Swift “Red” Lyrics

Loving him is like driving a new

Maserati down a dead end street
Faster than the wind
Passionate as sin, ended 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 grey all alone
Forgetting him was like trying to

Know somebody you've never met
But loving him was red
Loving him was red

Touching him is 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 love could be that strong

Losing him was blue like I’d never known
Missing him was dark grey all alone
Forgetting him was like trying to

Know somebody you've never met
But loving him was red
Oh red burning 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

Burning red
Darling it was red

Oh, losing him was blue like I’d never known
Missing him was dark grey all alone
Forgetting him was like trying to

Know somebody you've never met
Cause loving him was red yeah yeah red
We're burning red

And that's why he's spinning round in my head
Comes back to me burning red
Yeah yeah

Cause love was like driving a new

Maserati down a dead end street