Song
Red
Red · 2012 · Track 2
Quill · Sole author
Written byTaylor Swift
Produced byTaylor Swift, Nathan Chapman, Dan Huff
Mash-ups & Live Pairings
- The Manuscript / Red (Eras Tour, Liverpool)
- Mr. Perfectly Fine (TV) / Red (Eras Tour, Milan)
- Red / Maroon (Eras Tour, Warsaw)
Shades of Red
Incidental
Colours
“Comes back to me, burning red”
Personal
“But loving him was red”
Personal
Flying
Incidental
Movement
“Loving him is like trying to change your mind once you're already flying through the free fall”
Personal
Cars
Incidental
Cars & Travel
“Loving him was driving a new Maserati down a dead-end street”
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Echo
Incidental
Mythology
“Remembering him comes in flashbacks and echoes”
Personal
Blue
Incidental
Colours
“Losing him was blue like I'd never known”
Personal
colour-coded love
“But loving him was red, loving him was red”
Uncle Jerry sets Maroon beside Red, the later song deepening the colour the earlier one names: where loving him was red, maroon is what that red becomes once it has aged and darkened.
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