Music: The Swift Addiction in Shades of 'Red'

Album and singles covers for her songs included in Red

The opening track of her album 'Red' says:

I'm walking fast through the traffic lights, Busy streets and busy lives

And all we know is touch and go
-State of Grace

And even the first line of the second song goes:

Loving him is like driving a new Maserati down a dead end street

Faster than the wind, Passionate as sin

Ending so suddenly

-Red

Shades and red.

And so she does it to me again. Weaving some magic spells through her songs that even in my mind I sing them quietly. Some tracks would sound great for those 'stuck-on-an-endless-road' moments and will likely make you forget about the long hours of travel. Other tracks would be great while you are *and I quote*, hanging out with your girlfriends and making fun of your exes. Other songs would put you to sleep while you're in the middle of dissecting the meaning of the lyrics. 

So what does red mean to you?

Well, were at it,  how on earth can we not discuss traffic when its all over her song? Red in traffic lights means stop for both pedestrian and driver. Different points of view but red conjures alertness in both. Don't be mindful and cross the street without paying attention and you'll be like a squashed 'red' tomato. Yikes! And then, if you are the driver, red also tells you stop or you'll turn someone or something into a dent in your fender and the police will 'see red' and catch you. Hmm.

Red means love as much as it means an overwhelming emotion (like anger, or fun) and there's enough of all those elements and more in this album. And since she's a genius with playing with words and fitting whole life stories into a four-minute song, you'll get your fill of her. Classic Taylor.

"So you were never a saint and,  I loved in all shades of wrong

We learn to live with the pain, Mosaic broken hearts

But this love is brave and wild."

"You call me up again just to break me like a promise."

I mean, you don't write and sing those lines without sounding like you're the cooolest girl on earth for saying that. Of course, there the remorse songs. You'll quickly recognize them  because the opening lines say: "Once upon a time, a few mistakes ago...". and from then on 'till the end there is "Trouble, trouble trouble." Wailing like the red siren lights. If you are still too angry at the last ex who left you, she has songs for that too. Lock your room and sing "We are never ever ever getting back together" in full blast and if he hears it he might just turn 'red'.

If you just want to be 'happy, free, confused and lonely at the same time", there is also a song for you here. Aah! Crazy feeling eh?! Sounds like a girl on her 'red days'. :)

And finally, if you just want to be a little bit laid back and all that, here's something to make you blush red.

Cause all I know is we said hello , And your eyes look like coming home

All I know is a simple name, everything has changed
All I know is you held the door, You'll be mine and i'll be yours

All I know since yesterday is everything has changed

Aahh, bring on the red roses and stuff. :)

"Like, ever."

Personally though, just looking at her shade of red lips makes my heart leap. I bet it's Covergirl. In Hot. And as a girl I dream of wearing Louboutin's devil red soles. However, I see signs of red lights probably telling me to shut up now. Well, not until I say, I bet that Maserati is also red. 

PS.

All lines boldfaced and italicized are taken from her songs namely: State of Grace, Red, I Knew You Were Trouble, We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together, 22 and Everything Has Changed. And I wish again for the nth time that I'd written every single one of those but I am bot as cool as her. :)

XO,

Cassie Swiftie :) 

*All images belong to Taylor Swift and Big Machine Records