RED (TAYLOR’S VERSION) SENTENCE STARTERS PT. 1
(( collection of TWO HUNDRED AND TWENTY sentence starters taken from TRACKS 1-13 of TAYLOR SWIFT’S album ‘ RED (TAYLOR’S VERSION) ’ . ))
001. STATE OF GRACE .
‘ all we know , is touch and go . ’
‘ we fall in love 'til it hurts or bleeds or fades in time . ’
‘ i never saw you coming . ’
‘ i’ll never be the same . ’
‘ you come around and the armour falls . ’
‘ don’t let go . ’
‘ so you were never a saint and i've loved in shades of wrong . ’
‘ we learn to live with the pain . ’
‘ this is the worthwhile fight . ’
‘ love is a ruthless game unless you play it good and right . ’
‘ you’re my achilles heel . ’
002. RED .
‘ loving him is like driving a new maserati down a dead-end street . ’
‘ 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 . ’
‘ loving him was 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 favourite 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 . ’
‘ 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 . ’
‘ and that's why he's spinning ‘round in my head comes back to me burning red . ’
003. TREACHEROUS .
‘ put your lips close to mine as long as they don't touch . ’
‘ and i'll do anything you say if you say it with your hands . ’
‘ i'd be smart to walk away but you're quicksand . ’
‘ this slope is treacherous and i like it . ’
‘ all we are is skin and bone trained to get along . ’
‘ i will get you alone . ’
‘ your name has echoed through my mind and i just think you should know . ’
‘ nothing safe is worth the drive . ’
‘ i would follow you home . ’
‘ this hope is treacherous . ’
‘ this daydream is dangerous . ’
004. I KNEW YOU WERE TROUBLE .
‘ i guess you didn't care , and i guess i liked that . ’
‘ when i fell hard , you took a step back without me . ’
‘ he's long gone when he's next to me . ’
‘ i realise the blame is on me . ’
‘ i knew you were trouble when you walked in . ’
‘ shame on me now . ’
‘ now i’m lying on the cold , hard ground . ’
‘ no apologies , he'll never see you cry . ’
‘ pretends he doesn’t know that he’s the reason why you’re drowning . ’
‘ i heard you moved on from whispers on the street . ’
‘ a new notch in your belt is all i’ll ever be . ’
‘ he was long gone when he met me . ’
‘ i realise the joke is on me . ’
‘ the saddest fear comes creeping in that you never loved me , or her , or anyone , or anything . ’
005. ALL TOO WELL (( 10 MINUTE VERSION )) .
‘ something 'bout it felt like home somehow . ’
‘ i left my scarf there at your sister’s house . ’
‘ you’ve still got it in your drawer, even now . ’
‘ i can picture it after all these days . ’
‘ i know it’s long gone and that magic’s not here no more . ’
‘ i might be okay, but i’m not fine at all . ’
‘ you almost ran the red 'cause you were lookin’ over at me . ’
‘ i remember it all too well . ’
‘ your mother’s telling stories 'bout you on the tee-ball team . ’
‘ you taught me 'bout your past , thinking your future was me . ’
‘ we were always skipping town . ’
‘ i was thinking on the drive down , any time now he’s gonna say it’s love . ’
‘ you never called it what it was . ’
‘ all i felt was shame . ’
‘ you held my lifeless frame . ’
‘ i know it’s long gone and there was nothing else i could do . ’
‘ i forget about you long enough to forget why i needed to . ’
‘ we’re dancing 'round the kitchen in the refrigerator light . ’
‘ you kept me like a secret , but i kept you like an oath . ’
‘ we’d swear to remember it all too well . ’
‘ maybe we got lost in translation . ’
‘ maybe i asked for too much . ’
‘ maybe this thing was a masterpiece 'til you tore it all up . ’
‘ you call me up again just to break me like a promise . ’
‘ so casually cruel in the name of being honest . ’
‘ they say all’s well that ends well , but i’m in a new hell . ’
‘ 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 ?? ’
‘ you , that’s what happened , you . ’
‘ he said , “ it’s supposed to be fun turning twenty-one ” . ’
‘ time won’t fly , it’s like i’m paralyzed by it . ’
‘ i’d like to be my old self again , but i’m still trying to find it . ’
‘ you keep my old scarf from that very first week 'cause it reminds you of innocence and it smells like me . ’
‘ 'cause you remember it all too well . ’
‘ i loved you so . ’
‘ it was rare , i was there , i remember it all too well . ’
‘ you remember it all . ’
‘ i was never good at telling jokes . ’
‘ i’ll get older , but your lovers stay my age . ’
‘ i’m a soldier who’s returning half her weight . ’
‘ just between us , did the love affair maim you , too ?? ’
‘ i still remember the first fall of snow . ’
‘ just between us , do you remember it all too well ?? ’
‘ just between us , i remember it all too well . ’
006. 22 .
‘ 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 , to fall in love with strangers . ’
‘ we’re happy , free , confused , and lonely at the same time . ’
‘ it’s miserable and magical . ’
‘ tonight’s the night when we forget about the deadlines . ’
‘ i don’t know about you but i’m feelin’ twenty-two . ’
‘ everything will be alright if you keep me next to you . ’
‘ you don’t know about me but i’ll bet you want to . ’
‘ everything will bе alright if we just keep dancin’ . ’
‘ this place is too crowded , too many cool kids . ’
‘ we ditch the whole scene and end up dreamin’ instead of sleepin’ . ’
‘ we’re happy , free , confused , and lonely in the best way . ’
‘ tonight’s the night when we forget about the heartbreaks . ’
‘ you look like bad news , i gotta have you . ’
‘ i gotta have you . ’
007. I ALMOST DO .
‘ i bet this time of night , you’re still up . ’
‘ i bet you’re tired from a long hard week . ’
‘ i bet you’re sittin’ in your chair by the window looking out at the city . ’
‘ and i bet sometimes you wonder 'bout me . ’
‘ i just wanna tell you it takes everything in me not to call you . ’
‘ i wish i could run to you . ’
‘ i hope you know that every time i don’t , i almost do . ’
‘ i bet you think i either moved on or hate you . ’
‘ each time you reach out , there’s no reply . ’
‘ i bet it never , ever occurred to you that i can’t say hello to you and risk another goodbye . ’
‘ we made quite a mess , babe . ’
‘ it’s probably better off this way . ’
‘ i confess , baby in my dreams , you’re touching my face and asking me if i wanna try again with you … and i almost do . ’
‘ i hope sometimes you wonder 'bout me . ’
008. WE ARE NEVER EVER GETTING BACK TOGETHER .
‘ i remember when we broke up the first time . ’
‘ this is it , i’ve had enough . ’
‘ we hadn’t seen each other in a month when you said you needed space . ’
‘ baby , i miss you and i swear i’m gonna change , trust me . ’
‘ remember how that lasted for a day ?? ’
‘ i say , “ i hate you , ” we break up , you call me , i love you . ’
‘ we called it off again last night . ’
‘ we are never , evеr , ever getting back togеther . ’
‘ you go talk to your friends , talk to my friends , talk to me , but we are never , ever , ever , ever getting back together . ’
‘ we are never , ever , ever , ever getting back together . like , ever . ’
‘ i’m really gonna miss you picking fights . ’
‘ you called me up again tonight . ’
‘ i used to think that we were forever . ’
‘ i used to say , “ never say never ” . ’
‘ ugh , so he calls me up and he’s like , “ i still love you ” and i’m like , “ i just , i mean , this is exhausting , you know ?? like , we are never getting back together , like , ever ” . ’
009. STAY STAY STAY .
‘ i’m pretty sure we almost broke up last night . ’
‘ i was expecting some dramatic turn away but you stayed . ’
‘ we should talk about it . ’
‘ i read you should never leave a fight unresolved . ’
‘ okay , let’s talk . ’
‘ stay . ’
‘ i’ve been loving you for quite some time . ’
‘ you think that it’s funny when i’m mad . ’
‘ i think that it’s best if we both stay . ’
‘ before you , i’d only dated self-indulgent takers who took all of their problems out on me . ’
‘ you carry my groceries and now i’m always laughing . ’
‘ i love you because you have given me no choice but to stay . ’
‘ you took the time to memorize me , my fears , my hopes , and dreams . ’
‘ i just like hanging out with you all the time . ’
‘ all those times that you didn’t leave , it’s been occurring to me i’d like to hang out with you , for my whole life . ’
‘ stay , and i’ll be loving you for quite some time . ’
‘ no one else is gonna love me when i get mad . ’
‘ that’s so fun . ’
010. THE LAST TIME .
‘ find myself at your door just like all those times before . ’
‘ i’m not sure how i got there . ’
‘ all roads they lead me here . ’
‘ i imagine you are home in your room , all alone . ’
‘ you open your eyes into mine and everything feels better . ’
‘ right before your eyes , i’m breaking . ’
‘ this is the last time i’m asking you this . ’
‘ put my name at the top of your list . ’
‘ this is the last time i’m asking you why . ’
‘ you break my heart in the blink of an eye . ’
‘ you find yourself at my door just like all those times before . ’
‘ you wear your best apology but i was there to watch you leave . ’
‘ all the times i let you in just for you to go again disappear when you come back . ’
‘ everything is better . ’
‘ right before your eyes , i’m aching . ’
‘ nowhere to hide . ’
‘ this is the last time you tell me i’ve got it wrong . ’
‘ this is the last time i say it’s been you all along . ’
‘ this is the last time i let you in my door . ’
‘ this is the last time , i won’t hurt you anymore . ’
‘ you break my heart . ’
011. HOLY GROUND .
‘ i was reminiscing just the other day . ’
‘ took off faster than a green light . ’
‘ i left a note on the door with a joke we’d made . ’
‘ darling , it was good . ’
‘ and right there where we stood was holy ground . ’
‘ we had this big wide city all to ourselves . ’
‘ wе block the noise with the sound of , “ i need you ” . ’
‘ for thе first time i had something to lose . ’
‘ i guess we fell apart in the usual way . ’
‘ i see your face in every crowd . ’
‘ tonight , i’m gonna dance for all that we’ve been through . ’
‘ but i don’t wanna dance if i’m not dancing with you . ’
‘ tonight , i’m gonna dance like you were in this room . ’
012. SAD BEAUTIFUL TRAGIC .
‘ long handwritten note , deep in your pocket . ’
‘ words , how little they mean , when you’re a little too late . ’
‘ i stood right by the tracks , your face in a locket . ’
‘ good girls , hopeful they’ll be and long they will wait . ’
‘ we had a beautiful magic love there . ’
‘ what a sad , beautiful , tragic love affair . ’
‘ in dreams , i meet you in warm conversation . ’
‘ we both wake in lonely beds , different cities . ’
‘ time is taking its sweet time erasing you . ’
‘ you’ve got your demons and darling , they all look like me . ’
‘ the train runs off its tracks . ’
‘ kiss me , try to fix it . ’
‘ could you just try to listen ?? ’
013. THE LUCKY ONE .
‘ new to town with a made-up name . ’
‘ in the angel’s city , chasing fortune and fame . ’
‘ you had it figured out since you were in school . ’
‘ everybody loves pretty , everybody loves cool . ’
‘ another name goes up in lights like diamonds in the sky . ’
‘ and they’ll tell you now , you’re the lucky one . ’
‘ but can you tell me now , you’re the lucky one ?? ’
‘ your lover in the foyer doesn’t even know you . ’
‘ your secrets end up splashed on the news front page . ’
‘ they tell you that you’re lucky , but you’re so confused , ’cause you don’t feel pretty , you just feel used . ’
‘ you don’t feel pretty , you just feel used . ’
‘ all the young things line up to take your place . ’
‘ you wonder if you’ll make it out alive . ’
‘ it was a few years later , i showed up here . ’
‘ they still tell the legend of how you disappeared . ’
‘ you took the money and your dignity , and got the hell out . ’
‘ it took some time , but i understand it now . ’
‘ now my name is up in lights . ’
‘ let me tell you now , you’re the lucky one . ’
