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歌曲的歌詞由泰勒·斯威夫特個人創作完成，音樂製作由內森·查普曼、丹恩·哈夫、伊利亞·托什斯基、喬納森·尤肯等人負責。泰勒·斯威夫特在接受採訪時表示，這首歌與她個人的情感生活有關。之所以用這首歌的名字來命名自己的第四張專輯《Red》，也是因為這首歌的歌詞包含了專輯中所有歌曲的主題內容。

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 flying through the free fall

Like the colors in autumn so bright just before they lose it all

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

Loving him was red

Touching him was like realizing all you ever wanted was right there in front of you

Memorizing him was as easy as knowing all the words to your old favorite song

Fighting with him was like trying to solve a crossword and realizing there's no right answer

Regretting him was like wishing you never found out that love could be that strong

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've never met

But loving him was red, oh red, burning red

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... in burning red

Burning, it was red

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've never met

Cause loving him was red, yeah yeah red, burning red

And that's why he's spinning around in my head

Comes back to me in burning red

Loving him is like driving a new Maserati down a dead end street

愛他就像是開著一輛嶄新的瑪莎拉蒂沖向絕路

快如疾風 熱烈如罪 卻戛然而止

愛他就像在自由落體后嘗試回心轉意

就像那秋天在一切消逝之前是那麼的繽紛

失去他是我從未體驗過的藍色

想念他是孤獨的暗灰色

忘記他就像是去努力認識一個你從未見過的人

但愛他是紅色

愛他是紅色

觸碰他就像是明白你想要的一切都近在眼前

記住他就像是記住你最喜歡的老歌歌詞般容易

與他爭鬥就像是努力解一個沒有正確答案的縱橫字謎

對他遺憾就像是希望自己不會了解到愛是如此的強烈

失去他是我從未體驗過的藍色

想念他是孤獨的暗灰色

忘記他就像是去努力認識一個你從未見過的人

但愛他是紅色，哦，紅色，熾烈的紅色

在倒敘和回聲中想起他

告訴自己是時候放手

但離開他是不可能 當我看到這一切仍在我腦海中 全是熾烈的紅色

灼熱的紅色

失去他是我從未體驗過的藍色

想念他是孤獨的暗灰色

忘記他就像是去努力認識一個你從未見過的人

因為愛他是紅色，紅色，熾烈的紅色

這就是他在我腦海里盤旋的原因

在熾烈的紅色中回到我的身邊

對他的愛就像是駕駛著一輛嶄新的瑪莎拉蒂沖向絕路

《Red》融合了鄉村流行樂、另類鄉村、慢搖滾以及成人時代等音樂風格，其開頭使用了鄉村音樂必用的樂器——班卓琴開場。然而，《Red》並不單單是班卓鄉村樂的展現，其高潮部分不斷疊加的電音人聲音效，將“Red”這一單詞反覆的體現出來了。而歌詞的開頭內容：“愛他的感覺猶如將嶄新的瑪莎拉蒂開向絕路（Loving him is like driving a new Maserati down a dead end street）”，則顯得讓人感到非常痛苦、沮喪，其內容比任何陳詞濫調的童話故事還要直接。

《Red》的歌曲MV於2013年7月3日上傳在Vevo和YouTube上，其內容包含了泰勒·斯威夫特，在個個不同的紅巡迴演唱會上演出時拍攝的短片，整個視頻畫面均圍繞著紅巡迴演唱會，展示了不同的舞台元素，其中還包括大量的服裝變化、備用的舞者表演等畫面。從婚紗禮服到緊身透視，從運動少女到馬戲調教，這支MV體現了泰勒·斯威夫特的成熟百變。