All Too Well

I'd say the lyrics of this song are some of her best, as well as State of Grace. Its like how you look back on a relationship and all the memories, like she does here: one of the first dates, driving in autumn, learning about their childhood while they picture you as their future, dancing together and the moment where it all ended. And how this all leads to a breakdown and recovery where you need to get over someone but you just don't know how. Just every line has an amazingly well thought out lyric in it. Especially when the last half the song where she is in the breakdown stage. Pure genius in how she can make it to relate to

This is the absolute best song on Red, and probably one of her best songs all together. I had no idea Jake affected her this much. I hear so much longing and confusion in this song. She remembers every single detail of their relationship, down to what the weather was and how the trees looked, because it was just that deep. But when she remembers, she knows it's over and she's not asking for him to come back, because she knows it wouldn't be the same, but that doesn't stop the memories from coming back. So beautiful!

Great Song and relatable at any age. It's clearly about looking back on a relationship that she can't forget.

Favorite line: And you call me up again just to break me like a promise, So casually cruel in the name of being honest

Clearly the album is mostly about Jake Gyllenhaal, and something I immediately noticed in this song that I'm surprised no one else seems to have noticed yet was the phrase "sweet disposition" -

Oh, your sweet disposition and my wide eyed gaze/We're singing in the car getting lost upstate

Sweet Disposition is a song by The Temper Trap, a band that Jake Gyllenhaal reportedly likes, and most likely a song they listened to together when they were dating, because another lyric from it is the secret message in Treacherous, which is "Won't Stop Till Its Over", a song which I also assume is about Jake.

I just think it's kind of interesting how she references Sweet Disposition in two songs, maybe it was "their song."

To me, this song is about loss, and not being able to move on because you remember it all. Taylor said about this song, "I think the reason why loss is so sad, is because it was all once so good.", and that just sums it up for me. Everything about this song is remembering the story right from the very beginning, when everything seemed so perfect and right, to the very end where you break up and things break down.

This song is very interesting. I've been listening to it for a while and it deeply moved me. I was maybe feeling some sort of sympathy for her but then I realized that the reason why she is seemingly so angry (and vindictive) is because she was hurt that bad. I can feel the hurt in this song but she is hiding behind her anger. I wonder if she was hurt that badly by Gyllenhaal, or perhaps in reality she really hurt herself due to her high expectations. Had she been more honest with her hurt feelings, then perhaps she wouldn't have been feeling so angry.

I think this song is about a breakup that she just can’t seem to forget. Their story starts at the beginning of October/November when it is in the transition from autumn to winter. She visits his house one day and it feels like home to her. She can be herself with him and the two of them are like best friends as they sing/dance in the car without a care in the world. This is obviously a memory from the distant past as the relationship is no more now, but she can still remember it clearly. She knows that as time goes on she should simply forget and move on like in all relationships but she can’t. So she acts like everything is okay but it really isn’t. She does everything she can to forget the memories. She manages to forget all the bad things in the relationship, leaving her with only the good memories. However, in the back of her mind she still knows what really happened and she “remembers it all too well” He breaks up with her unexpectedly and although he is being honest it has come out of the blue to her and he has said it as though it was not that big of deal. He was blunt as he phoned her to breakup. Time goes slowly as depression hits her. She no longer knows who she is and she is left to find it on her own. As they both grow up and become adults, he holds on to her scarf that she left behind as it is his only memory left of her after he sent all her things back. He keeps it as a reminder of what he had and what he lost as she was the real thing, and the closest thing to love he would ever find. And he is left to feel guilt and heartache as he too is haunted by the memories; he remembers everything “all too well”

Her new CD is absolutely amazing. This song, however, is one of the few that is making me actually buy the album, which I hardly ever do. Every part of it describes my ex. From the very first verse. Everything in this song literally happened, except it wasn't a scarf that he kept. It's one of my favorite shirts. After spending almost 9 years together, my entire preteen and teenage years, I doubt that I'll ever forget it.

In addition to the lyrics, which are good, this music is good. Whoever is playing the guitar, bass, and drums knows what they are doing. Nothing better than hearing actual decent rock music backed up by an awesome vocalist.

ok that sounded pretty gay and im a guy but this album rocks my socks

Obviously she's in a world of hurt. A very well written song, expresses her feelings without a doubt. I like how it builds toward just before the end where she is almost yelling," And you call me up again just to break me like a promise; So casually cruel in the name of being honest".