Lirik Lagu "Back to December" yang Dinyanyikan oleh Taylor Swift

tirto.id - Lagu Taylor Swift "Back to December" sempat menjadi perbincangan pada 2016 lantaran aktor Taylor Lautner mengungkapkan bahwa lagu tersebut diciptakan Swift untuk dirinya.

Hal itu diungkap Lautner dalam live streaming di akun Facebook Scream Queens bersama John Stamos dan Lea Michele. Taylor Swift dan Taylor Lautner disebut menjalin hubungan pada 2009, tetapi hubungan mereka tak berlangsung lama.

Lagu "Back to December" dirilis pada 2010 dan menjadi salah satu lagu di album Swift yang bertajuk Speak Now. Lagu ini berhasil meraih penghargaan Teen Choice Award untuk best breakup song.

Taylor Swift merupakan aktris yang kerap mencurahkan keresahan hatinya, terutama patah hati dalam sebuah lagu. Ada banyak sekali lagu untuk mantan-mantannya. Misalnya, Better Than Revenge (2008). Lagu yang ditunjukkan untuk mantannya, yang setelah putus dari Taylor Swift sudah berkencan dengan perempuan lain.

Tapi Back to December merupakan lagu untuk mantannya yang paling halus. Pasalnya, seperti penuturan Taylor kepada Comcast, bahwa lagu Back to December merupakan lagu pertama yang meminta maaf untuk mantannya. Biasanya lebih emosional dan sporadis.

Lirik Lagu Back To December

I'm so glad you made time to see me

How's life? Tell me how's your family?

I haven't seen them in a while

You've been good, busier than ever

We small-talk, work and the weather

Your guard is up and I know why

Because the last time you saw me is still burned in the back of your mind

You gave me roses and I left them there to die

So this is me swallowing my pride

Standing in front of you, saying, "I'm sorry for that night,"

And I go back to December all the time

It turns out freedom ain't nothing but missing you

Wishing I'd realized what I had when you were mine

I'd go back to December, turn around and make it all right

I go back to December all the time

These days I haven't been sleeping

Staying up, playing back myself leaving

When your birthday passed and I didn't call

And I think about summer, all the beautiful times

I watched you laughing from the passenger side

And realized I loved you in the fall

And then the cold came, the dark days when fear crept into my mind

You gave me all your love and all I gave you was "Goodbye"

So this is me swallowing my pride

Standing in front of you, saying, "I'm sorry for that night."

And I go back to December all the time

It turns out freedom ain't nothing but missing you

Wishing I'd realized what I had when you were mine

I'd go back to December, turn around and change my own mind

I go back to December all the time

I miss your tanned skin, your sweet smile

So good to me, so right

And how you held me in your arms that September night:

The first time you ever saw me cry

Maybe this is wishful thinking

Probably mindless dreaming

But if we loved again, I swear I'd love you right

I'd go back in time and change it but I can't

So if the chain is on your door I understand

But this is me swallowing my pride

Standing in front of you, saying, "I'm sorry for that night."

And I go back to December

It turns out freedom ain't nothing but missing you

Wishing I'd realized what I had when you were mine

I'd go back to December, turn around and make it all right

I'd go back to December, turn around and change my own mind

I go back to December all the time

All the time