Last Kiss
Speak Now (2010) | Speak Now (Taylor's Version) [2023]
Table of Contents
Background and Lyrical Theme
«The song ‘Last Kiss’ is sort of like a letter to somebody. You say all of these desperate, hopeless feelings that you have after a breakup. Going through a breakup you feel all of these different things. You feel anger, and you feel confusion, and frustration. And then there is the absolute sadness. The sadness of losing this person, losing all the memories and the hopes you had for the future. There are just times when you have this moment of truth where you just admit to yourself that you miss all these things. When I was in one of those moments I wrote this song.»
Taylor Swift
Taylor was asked during an interview with Jam! Music if she worries about revealing too much in her songs. She replied: “Throughout all of the changes that have happened in my life, one of the priorities I’ve had is to never change the way I write songs and the reasons I write songs. I write songs to help me understand life a little more. I write songs to get past things that cause me pain. And I write songs because sometimes life makes more sense to me when it’s being sung in a chorus, and when I can write it in a verse.”
Last Kiss Day
«Happy July 9th to those who celebrate!»
Taylor Swift
Live Performances
«So, tonight is our 113th show of ‘The Eras Tour,’ and that’s my favorite number, which I never mention, it’s like a secret, no one knows that. But I just thought, since it’s my favorite number, I’d just do some of my favorite songs for the acoustic set and see if they’re yours too!»
Taylor Swift
Critical Reception
Taylor's Version
«I made sure to say it all in these songs. [...] Some expected a kiss-off breakup song but instead got a hand-on-heart apology, 'Back to December'. It was an album that was the most precious to me because of its vast extremes. It was unfiltered and potent. In my mind, the saddest song I've ever written is 'Last Kiss'.»
Taylor Swift
Lyrics
[Verse 1]
I still remember the look on your face
Lit through the darkness at 1:58
The words that you whispered for just us to know
You told me you loved me
So why did you go away?
Away
[Verse 2]
I do recall now, the smell of the rain
Fresh on the pavement
I ran off the plane
That July 9th, the beat of your heart
It jumps through your shirt
I can still feel your arms
[Chorus]
But now I’ll go, sit on the floor
Wearing your clothes
All that I know is I don’t know
How to be something you miss
I never thought we’d have a last kiss
Never imagined we’d end like this
Your name, forever the name on my lips
[Verse 3]
I do remember the swing of your step
The life of the party, you’re showing off again
And I’d roll my eyes and then you’d pull me in
I’m not much for dancing, but for you I did
[Verse 4]
Because I love your handshake, meeting my father
I love how you walk with your hands in your pockets
How you’d kiss me when I was in the middle of saying something
There’s not a day I don’t miss those rude interruptions
[Chorus]
And I’ll go sit on the floor
Wearing your clothes
All that I know is I don’t know
How to be something you miss
I never thought we’d have a last kiss
Never imagined we’d end like this
Your name, forever the name on my lips
[Bridge 1]
So I’ll watch your life in pictures like I used to watch you sleep
And I feel you forget me like I used to feel you breathe
And I keep up with our old friends
Just to ask them how you are
Hope it’s nice where you are
[Bridge 2]
And I hope the sun shines and it’s a beautiful day
And something reminds you you wish you had stayed
You can plan for a change in the weather and time
But I never planned on you changing your mind
[Chorus]
So I’ll go, sit on the floor, wearing your clothes
All that I know is I don’t know how to be something you miss
Never thought we’d have a last kiss
Never imagined we’d end like this
Your name, forever the name on my lips
[Outro]
Just like our last kiss
Forever the name on my lips
Forever the name on my lips
Just like our last
Artist | Taylor Swift | |||
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Albums | Speak Now Speak Now (Taylor’s Version) | |||
Released | October 25, 2010 | |||
Re-Released | July 7, 2023 | |||
Written | 2009–2010 | |||
Studios | Blackbird (Nashville) Aimeeland (Nashville) Starstruck (Nashville) Kitty Committee (London) | |||
Genre | Country Pop | |||
Length | 6:09 | |||
Labels | Big Machine Records Republic Records | |||
Songwriter | Taylor Swift | |||
Producers | Nathan Chapman (original) Christopher Rowe Taylor Swift | |||
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