[Part I: Red]
[Verse]
Loving him is like driving a new Maserati down a dead-end street
Faster than the wind, passionate as sin, ending so suddenly
Loving him is like trying to change your mind once you're already flyin' through the free fall
Like the colours in autumn, so bright just before they lose it all
[Chorus]
Losing him was blue like I'd never known
Missing him was dark gray, all alone
Forgetting him was like trying to know somebody you never met
But loving him was red, re-e-e-ed
But loving him was red, re-e-e-ed
[Part II: Maroon]
[Verse]
When the morning came
We were cleaning incense off your vinyl shelf
'Cause we lost track of time, again
Laughing with me feet in your lap
Like you were my closest friend
"How'd we end up on the floor, anyway?", you say
"Your roommate's cheap-ass screw-top Rose, that's how"
I see you every day now
[Chorus]
And I chose you
The one I was dancing with
In New York, no shoes
Looked up at the sky and it was
The burgundy on my t-shirt
When you splashed your wine into me
And how the blood rushed into my cheeks
So scarlet, it was
The mark they saw on my collarbones
The rust that grew between telephones
The lips I used to call home
So scarlet, it was maroon
[Part III: Red]
[Chorus]
'Cause loving him was red
[Bridge]
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
[Part IV: Maroon]
[Bridge]
And I wake with your memory over me
That's a real fucking legacy, legacy
And I wake with your memory over me
That's a real fucking legacy to leave
[Chorus]
The burgundy on my t-shirt
When you splashed your wine into me
And how the blood rushed into my cheeks
So scarlet, it was
The mark they saw on my collarbones
The rust that grew between telephones
The lips I used to call home
So scarlet, it
The burgundy on my t-shirt
When you splashed your wine into me
And how the blood rushed into my cheeks
So scarlet, it was
The mark they saw on my collarbones
The rust that grew between telephones
The lips I used to call home
So scarlet, it was
[Part VI: Red / Maroon]
[Chorus]
Blue like I'd never known
Missing him was dark gray all alone
Forgetting him is like tryna know somebody you never met
'Cause loving him was red
Re-e-e-ed
Loving him was red
Red
[Outro]
So scarlet, it was maroon