Feels Like Home Again Even Wher I Close My Eyes
Ruddy alert! The long-awaited re-release of Taylor Swift's 2012 album Blood-red is finally here. After a very public battle to retain ownership of her masters, the beloved singer dropped Taylor's Version of the highly acclaimed album on Friday, November 12. One unexpected surprise on the project was a ten-infinitesimal extended version of "All Also Well." The single, rumored to be inspired by Taylor'south 2010 breakup with actor Jake Gyllenhaall, is considered 1 of the all-time songs she's always written.
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The extended version follows Taylor as she delves deeper into the honey story that left her feeling similar a "crumpled up piece of newspaper." While Taylor never officially confirmed if "All Too Well" was almost Jake, the vocal does allude to historic period being a factor in her split and the joy of supposedly turning 21. In case you lot missed it, Jake and Taylor, who have a 9-year age gap, dated from Oct to December 2010 and broke up correct earlier her 21st altogether.
If you're interested to meet the additions she fabricated to the song, keep reading. Here's a lyric breakdown of Taylor Swift'south "All Besides Well."
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[Verse ane]
I walked through the door with you, the air was cold
But something 'tour it felt like dwelling house somehow
And I left my scarf in that location at your sister's house
And you've still got it in your drawer, even at present
Oh, your sweet disposition and my broad-eyed gaze
Nosotros're singing in the automobile, getting lost upstate
Autumn leaves falling down like pieces into place
And I tin can picture it after all these days
The song opens with Taylor reflecting on how her dearest story began. [Chorus]
[Pre-Chorus]
And I know it'due south long gone and
That magic's not here no more
And I might exist okay, but I'1000 non fine at all
Oh, oh, oh
'Causе there nosotros arе once more on that little town street
You lot well-nigh ran the red 'cause you were lookin' over at me
Air current in my hair, I was there
I remember it all besides well
The pre-chorus and chorus follow Taylor as she goes through diverse emotions. She starts off acknowledging the disconnect with her lover, then reflects on a precious moment they shared.
[Poetry 2]
Photo album on the counter, your cheeks were turning red
You used to be a trivial kid with glasses in a twin-sized bed
And your mother's telling stories 'bout y'all on the tee-ball team
You taught me 'bout your past, thinking your future was me
And you were tossing me the car keys, "fuck the patriarchy"
Central chain on the ground, we were always skipping boondocks
And I was thinking on the drive down, any time now
He'south gonna say information technology'due south dearest, you never called information technology what it was
'Til we were dead and gone and buried
Check the pulse and come dorsum swearing it'due south the same
Afterwards three months in the grave
And then y'all wondered where it went to as I reached for yous
Just all I felt was shame and y'all held my lifeless frame
Taylor uses this verse to share deets nigh her experiences with her ex's family and the fun things they used to do together. She accuses her former partner of being unwilling to acknowledge they were in love and reveals that her ex came back later their split, but information technology was besides late.
[Pre-Chorus] [Chorus]
And I know information technology's long gone and
At that place was nothing else I could practise
And I forget about you long enough
To forget why I needed to
'Cause there we are again in the middle of the night
We're dancing 'round the kitchen in the refrigerator light
Downward the stairs, I was there
I call back information technology all as well well
And there nosotros are again when nobody had to know
You kept me like a secret, but I kept yous like an oath
Sacred prayer and we'd swear
To call up it all too well, yeah
[Span]
Well, maybe we got lost in translation
Maybe I asked for too much
But peradventure this thing was a masterpiece
'Til you lot tore it all up
Running scared, I was there
I remember it all likewise well
And you call me up again just to break me like a promise
So casually cruel in the proper name of being honest
I'chiliad a crumpled up piece of newspaper lying hither
'Cause I think it all, all, all
Taylor calls out possible things that could've led to their split and how ending their human relationship made her feel.
[Verse 3]
They say all's well that ends well, but I'm in a new Hell
Every time y'all double-cross my listen
You said if we had been closer in age maybe information technology would accept been fine
And that made me want to die
The thought yous had of me, who was she?
A never-needy, ever-lovely jewel whose shine reflects on you
Non weeping in a political party bathroom
Some actress asking me what happened, you
That'south what happened, you
You lot who charmed my dad with self-effacing jokes
Sipping coffee similar yous're on a late-night evidence
But and then he watched me sentinel the front end door all dark, willing you to come up
And he said, "It'south supposed to be fun turning twenty-one"
In the third verse, Taylor reveals that her ex bankrupt up with her considering of an age gap when she should've been having fun for her 21st birthday.
[Chorus]
Time won't fly, it's similar I'm paralyzed by it
I'd like to be my sometime self again, but I'm still trying to find it
After plaid shirt days and nights when you fabricated me your ain
At present you mail back my things and I walk dwelling alone
But you proceed my old scarf from that very first week
'Cause it reminds y'all of innocence and it smells like me
You can't get rid of it
'Cause y'all call back it all too well, yeah
'Crusade in that location nosotros are again when I loved you then
Back before you lot lost the one real affair y'all've ever known
Taylor looks dorsum on her life after the split up and shares how she craves a sense of normalcy.
[Poesy 4]
And I was never good at telling jokes, but the punch line goes
I'll get older, just your lovers stay my age
From when your Brooklyn bankrupt my skin and bones
I'yard a soldier who'due south returning half her weight
And did the twin flame bruise paint you blue?
Just between u.s., did the love affair maim you, too?
'Crusade in this urban center'southward barren cold
I all the same remember the first autumn of snow
And how it glistened as it barbarous
I remember information technology all also well
Things become a little spicy in the fourth verse. Taylor uses an one-time saying to joke well-nigh her much older ex continuing to date women her age later their breakup.
[Outro]
Just between united states of america, did the love affair maim yous all too well?
Only between united states, do you remember it all too well?
But between united states, I remember it (Just betwixt us), all also well
Current of air in my hair, I was there, I was there
Down the stairs, I was in that location, I was there
Sacred prayer, I was there, I was there
It was rare, you remember information technology all too well
Wind in my hair, I was there, I was there
Down the stairs, I was there, I was in that location
Sacred prayer, I was at that place, I was there
Information technology was rare, y'all remember it
Wind in my hair, I was there, I was in that location
Downward the stairs, I was there, I was there
Sacred prayer, I was there, I was there
It was rare, you retrieve it
Wind in my hair, I was there, I was in that location
Down the stairs, I was in that location, I was there
Sacred prayer, I was there, I was there
Information technology was rare, you recall it
Every bit she gets closer and closer to the end of the song, Taylor finds conviction and certainty in what she remembers and how she felt.
[Post-Chorus]
It was rare, I was there
I call up information technology all besides well
Wind in my hair, you were in that location
You call up information technology all
Down the stairs, you lot were there
You call up it all
It was rare, I was at that place
I think it all also well
Jasmine Washington is an assistant editor for Seventeen, covering beauty and popular culture. When her caput isn't buried in the latest Love Belvin romance release, she'south stanning all things Beyoncé and binging "Married at First Sight." You can notice her fulfilling her beauty addiction at Sephora, or somewhere on a quest for the earth's best tacos.
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