Cold As You
Taylor Swift (2006)
Background and Lyrical Theme
«I wrote this song with Liz, and I think the lyrics to this song are some of the best we’ve ever written. It’s about that moment where you realize someone isn’t at all who you thought they were, and that you’ve been trying to make excuses for someone who doesn’t deserve them. And that some people are just never going to love you. We were halfway through writing this when I started singing, ‘And now that I’m sitting here thinking it through, I’ve never been anywhere cold as you’.»
The Original Track Five
Notably, “Cold As You” is responsible for beginning Taylor’s tradition of putting an “emotional, vulnerable” song in the track five spot on all her albums.
Lyrics
[Verse 1]
You have a way of coming easily to me
And when you take, you take the very best of me
So I start a fight ’cause I need to feel something
And you do what you want ’cause I’m not what you wanted
[Chorus]
Oh, what a shame
What a rainy ending given to a perfect day
Just walk away, ain’t no use defending words that you will never say
And now that I’m sitting here thinking it through
I’ve never been anywhere cold as you
[Verse 2]
You put up walls and paint them all a shade of grey
And I stood there loving you and wished them all away
And you come away with a great little story
Of a mess of a dreamer with the nerve to adore you
[Chorus]
Oh, what a shame
What a rainy ending given to a perfect day
So just walk away, ain’t no use defending words that you will never say
And now that I’m sitting here thinking it through
I’ve never been anywhere cold as you
[Bridge]
You never did give a damn thing, honey
But I cried, cried for you
And I know you wouldn’t have told nobody
If I died, died for you, died for you
[Final Chorus]
Oh, what a shame
What a rainy ending given to a perfect day (Oh)
Every smile you fake is so condescending
Counting all the scars you made
And now that I’m sitting here thinking it through
I’ve never been anywhere cold as you
| Album | Taylor Swift | |||
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| Released | October 24, 2006 | |||
| Recorded | 2006 | |||
| Studio | Dark Horse Recording (Franklin, TN) | |||
| Genre | Country | |||
| Length | 4:01 | |||
| Label | Big Machine Records | |||
| Songwriters | Taylor Swift Liz Rose | |||
| Producer | Nathan Chapman | |||
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