Metafora Warna sebagai Emosi
Taylor Swift dikenal suka menggunakan warna untuk menggambarkan perasaan.
Dalam lagu ini, ia membedakan antara hubungan masa lalu yang terasa “biru” (sedih/sepi) atau “abu-abu” (membosankan/melankolis) dengan hubungan yang ia gambarkan sebagai “merah”.
Merah: Melambangkan intensitas, gairah, kemarahan, sekaligus kasih sayang yang membara.
Pesan Utama: Mencintai seseorang yang sulit dilepaskan itu seperti mencoba memberikan warna pada emosi yang tidak terkendali.
Lirik lagu red- Taylor Swift
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 grey all alone
Forgetting him was like trying to know somebody you never met
But loving him was red (Red, red) (Red, red) Loving him was red (Red, red) (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 grey all alone (whoa)
Forgetting him was like trying to know somebody you never met But loving him was red (Red, red) Oh, red (Red, red)
Burning red (Red, red) (Red, 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
Oh, losing him was blue like I’d never known
Missing him was dark grey all alone (whoa)
Forgetting him was like trying to know somebody you never met
‘Cause loving him was red (Red, red) Yeah, yeah, red (Red, red)
We’re burning red (Red, red) (Red, red)
And that’s why he’s spinnin’ ‘round in my head (Red, red)
Comes back to me, burning red (Red, red) (Red, red) Yeah, yeah (Red, red)
His love was like driving a new Maserati down a dead-end street
