Red (Taylor’s Version): From The Vault Chapter – EP lyrics

Red (Taylor’s Version): From The Vault Chapter – EP © 2022

Track listing

Nothing New (Taylor’s Version) (From The Vault) [feat. Phoebe Bridgers]

Nothing New (Taylor’s Version) (From The Vault) [feat. Phoebe Bridgers]
(Taylor Swift)

They tell you while you’re young
“Girls, go out and have your fun”
Then they hunt and slay the ones who actually do it
Criticize the way you fly
When you’re soaring through the sky
Shoot you down and then they sigh
And say, “She looks like she’s been through it”
Lord, what will become of me
Once I’ve lost my novelty?

I’ve had too much to drink tonight
And I know it’s sad but this is what I think about
And I wake up in the middle of the night
It’s like I can feel time moving
How can a person know everything at eighteen
But nothing at twenty-two?
And will you still want me when I’m nothing new?

How long will it be cute, all this crying in my room?
When you can’t blame it on my youth
And roll your eyes with affection
And my cheeks are growing tired
From turning red and faking smiles
Are we only biding time ’til I lose your attention
And someone else lights up the room?
People love an ingénue

I’ve had too much to drink tonight
How did I go from growing up to breaking down?
And I wake up in the middle of the night
It’s like I can feel time moving
How can a person know everything at eighteen
But nothing at twenty-two?
And will you still want me when I’m nothing new?

I know someday I’m gonna meet her
It’s a fever dream
The kind of radiance you only have at seventeen
She’ll know the way and then she’ll say she got the map from me
I’ll say I’m happy for her then I’ll cry myself to sleep
Oh woah, oh woah, oh, oh

I’ve had (I’ve had) too much to drink tonight
But I wonder if they’ll miss me once they drive me out
I wake up (Wake up) in the middle of the night
And I can feel time moving
How can a person know everything at eighteen
But nothing at twenty-two?
And will you still want me, will you still want me
Will you still want me when I’m nothing new?

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Run (Taylor’s Version) (From The Vault) [feat. Ed Sheeran]

Run (Taylor’s Version) (From The Vault) [feat. Ed Sheeran]
(Ed Sheeran, Taylor Swift)

One, two, three, four

Give me the keys, I’ll bring the car back around
We shouldn’t be in this town
And my so-called friends, they don’t know
I’d drive away before I let you go
So give me a reason and don’t say no, no
There’s a chain ’round your throat, piece of paper where I wrote
“I’ll wait for you”
There’s a key on the chain, there’s a picture in a frame
Take it with you

And run, like you’d run from the law
Darling, let’s run
Run from it all
We can go where our eyes can take us
Go where no one else is, run
Ooh, we’ll run
Ooh, we’ll run
Ooh, we’ll run

So you laugh like a child
And I’ll sing like no one cares
No one to be, no one to tell
I could see this view a hundred times
Pale blue sky reflected in your eyes
So give me a reason and don’t say no, no
And the note from the locket, you keep it in your pocket
Since I gave it to you
There’s a heart on your sleeve
I’ll take it when I leave
And hold it for you

And run, like you’d run from the law
Darling, let’s run
Run from it all
We can go like they’re trying to chase us
Go where no one else is, run
Ooh, we’ll run
Ooh, we’ll run
Ooh, we’ll run

There’s been this hole in my heart
This thing was a shot in the dark
Say you’ll never let ’em tear us apart
And I’ll hold onto you while we run (And we run, and we run, and we run)

Like you’d run from the law (And we run, and we run, and we run)
Darling, let’s run (And we run, and we run, and we run)
Run from it all (And we run, and we run, and we run)
We can go where our eyes can take us (And we run, and we run, and we run)
Go where no one else is, run (And we run, and we run, and we run)
Ooh, we’ll run (And we run, and we run, and we run)
Ooh, we’ll run (And we run, and we run, and we run)
Ooh, we’ll run (And we run, and we run, and we run)
Ooh, and we’ll run

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The Very First Night (Taylor’s Version) (From The Vault)

The Very First Night (Taylor’s Version) (From The Vault)
[Amund Bjørklund, Espen Lind, Taylor Swift]

I wish I could fly
I’d pick you up and we’d go back in time
I’d write this in the sky
I miss you like it was the very first night

And so it goes
Every weekend the same party
I never go alone
And I don’t seem broken hearted
My friends all say they know
Everything I’m going through
I drive down different roads
But they all lead back to you
‘Cause they don’t know about the night in the hotel
They weren’t riding in the car when we both fell
Didn’t read the note on the Polaroid picture
They don’t know how much I miss you

I wish I could fly
I’d pick you up and we’d go back in time
I write this in the sky
I miss you like it was the very first night

And so it was
We never saw it coming
Not trying to fall in love
But we did like children running
Back then we didn’t know
We were built to fall apart
We broke the status quo
Then we broke each other’s hearts
But don’t forget about the night out in L.A
Dance in the kitchen, chase me down through the hallway
No one knows about the words that we whisper
No one knows how much I miss you

I wish I could fly
I’d pick you up and we’d go back in time
I write this in the sky
I miss you like it was the very first night

Take me away
Take me away
Take me away
To you, to you
Take me away
Take me away
Take me away
To you, to you

I remember the night at the hotel
I was riding in the car when we both fell
I’m the one on the phone as you whisper
“Do you know how much I miss you?”

I wish that we could go back in time
And I’d say to you
I miss you like it was the very first night

I wish I could fly
I’d pick you up and we’d go back in time
I write this in the sky
I miss you like it was the very first night

Take me away
Take me away
Take me away
To you, to you
Take me away
Take me away
Take me away
To you, to you

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Forever Winter (Taylor’s Version) (From The Vault)

Forever Winter (Taylor’s Version) (From The Vault)
[Mark Foster, Taylor Swift]

He says he doesn’t believe anything much he hears these days
He says, “Why fall in love, just so you can watch it go away?”
He spends most of his nights wishing it was how it used to be
He spends most of his flights getting pulled down by gravity
I call, just checking up on him
He’s up, 3 A.M., pacing
He says, “It’s not just a phase I’m in”
My voice comes out begging

All this time I didn’t know
You were breaking down
I’d fall to pieces on the floor
If you weren’t around
Too young to know it gets better
I’ll be summer sun for you forever
Forever winter if you go

He seems fine most of the time
Forcing smiles and never minds
His laugh is a symphony
When the lights go out, it’s hard to breathe
I pull at every thread trying to solve the puzzles in his head
Live my life scared to death he’ll decide to leave instead
I call, just checking up on him
He’s up, 5 A.M., wasted
Long gone, not even listening
My voice comes out screaming

All this time I didn’t know
You were breaking down
I’d fall to pieces on the floor
If you weren’t around
Too young to know it gets better
I’ll be summer sun for you forever
Forever winter if you go

If I was standing there in your apartment
I’d take that bomb in your head and disarm it
I’d say I love you even at your darkest and
Please don’t go

I didn’t know
You were breaking down
I’d fall to pieces on the floor
If you weren’t around
Too young to know it gets better
I’ll be summer sun for you forever
Forever winter if you go

I’ll be your summer sun forever
At 3 A.M., pacing
All this time I didn’t know
At 5 A.M., wasted
I’d be in pieces on the floor
Forever winter if you go

He says he doesn’t believe anything much he hears these days
I say, “Believe in one thing, I won’t go away”

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Babe (Taylor’s Version) (From The Vault)

Babe (Taylor’s Version) (From The Vault)
[Patrick Monahan, Taylor Swift]

What about your promises, promises?
What about your promises, promises, promises? (No)

What a shame
Didn’t wanna be the one that got away, yeah
Big mistake, you broke the sweetest promise
That you never should have made

I’m here on the kitchen floor
You call, but I won’t hear it
You said, “No one else”

How could you do this, babe? (What about your promises, promises?)
You really blew this, babe
We ain’t getting through this one, babe
This is the last time I’ll ever call you, babe (This is the last time, this is the last time)
This is the last time I’ll ever call you, babe
(What about your promises, promises, promises? No)

What a waste
Takin’ down the pictures and the plans we made, yeah
And it’s strange how your face doesn’t look so innocent
Your secret has its consequence and that’s on you, babe

I break down every time you call
We’re a wreck, you’re the wrecking ball
We said, “No one else”

Since you admitted it, (Oh) I keep picturing (Oh)
Her lips on your neck, (Oh) I can’t unsee it (Oh)
I hate that because of you, (Oh) I can’t love you, babe (Oh, oh, oh….)

What a shame didn’t want to be the one that got away
How could you do this, babe?

You really blew this, babe
We ain’t getting through this one, babe
This is the last time I’ll ever call you, babe (This is the last time, this is the last time)
This is the last time I’ll ever call you, babe

I’m here on the kitchen floor, you call but I won’t hear it
You said, “No one else”
We ain’t getting through this one, babe
I break down every time you call (This is the time)
We’re a wreck, you’re the wrecking ball
You said, “No one else”
This is the last time I’ll ever call you, babe

What about your promises, promises?

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Better Man (Taylor’s Version) (From The Vault)

Better Man (Taylor’s Version) (From The Vault)
[Taylor Swift]

I know I’m probably better off on my own
Than lovin’ a man who didn’t know what he had when he had it
And I see the permanent damage you did to me
Never again, I just wish I could forget when it was magic

I wish it wasn’t 4AM, standing in the mirror
Saying to myself, “You know you had to do it”
I know the bravest thing I ever did was run

Sometimes, in the middle of the night, I can feel you again
But I just miss you, and I just wish you were a better man
And I know why we had to say goodbye like the back of my hand
But I just miss you, and I just wish you were a better man
A better man

I know I’m probably better off all alone
Than needing a man who could change his mind
At any given minute
And it was always on your terms
I waited on every careless word
Hoping they might turn sweet again
Like it was in the beginning

But your jealousy, oh, I can hear it now
Talking down to me like I’d always be around
Push my love away like it was some kind of loaded gun
Oh, you never thought I’d run

I hold onto this pride because these days it’s all I have
And I gave to you my best and we both know you can’t say that
I wish you were a better man
I wonder what we would’ve become
If you were a better man
We might still be in love
If you were a better man
You would’ve been the one
If you were a better man
Yeah, yeah

Sometimes, in the middle of the night, I can feel you again
But I just miss you, and I just wish you were a better man
And I know why we had to say goodbye, like the back of my hand
But I just miss you, and I just wish you were a better man
A better man
(Sometimes, in the middle of the night, I can feel you again)
We might still be in love, if you were a better man
(But I just miss you and I just wish you were a better man)
Yeah, yeah
I know why we had to say goodbye like the back of my hand
But I just miss you and I just wish you were a better man
A better man

We might still be in love
If you were a better man
You would’ve been the one
If you were a better man

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