《All Too Well》的創作靈感來源於泰勒·斯威夫特與傑克·吉倫哈爾逝去的戀情，泰勒·斯威夫特稱這首歌曲是專輯《Red》寫的第一首歌曲。這首歌曲很完整地講述了一個故事，從與某人邂逅時開始，伴隨著純潔的戀愛初期的各種細節，隨著故事的發展到了苦澀的結局，這是一首充滿情感的歌，這首歌曲讓泰勒·斯威夫特記住這段戀情里曾經的美好。《RED》專輯封面
And I know it's long gone and that magic's not here no more
And I might be okay, but I'm not fine at all...
Cause there we are again on that
Little town street
You almost ran the red cause you were
Lookin' over me
Wind in my hair, I was there
I remember it all too well
Photo album on the counter
Your cheeks were turning red
You used to be a little kid with glasses
In a twin sized bed
And your mother's telling stories
About you on the tee ball team
You taught me about your past
Thinking your future was me
And I know it's long gone and there was nothing else I could do
And I forget about you long enough to forget why I needed to...
Cause there we are again in the middle of the night
We're dancing round the kitchen in the refrigerator light
Down the stairs, I was there
I remember it all too well
Well maybe we got lost in translation
Maybe I asked for too much
But maybe this thing was a masterpiece
Till you tore it all up
Running scared, I was there
I remember it all too well
And you call me up again
Just to break me like a promise
So casually cruel in the name of being honest
I'm a crumpled up piece of paper lying here
Cause I remember it all, all, all... too well
Time won't fly, it's like I'm paralyzed by it
I'd like to be my old self again
But I'm still trying to find it
After plaid shirt days and nights when you
Made me your own
Now you mail back my things and I
Walk home alone
But you keep my old scarf from that very first week
Cause it reminds you of innocence
And it smells like me
You can't get rid of it
Cause you remember it all too well
Cause there we are again when I loved you so
Back before you lost the one real thing you've ever known
It was rare, I was there, I remember it all too well
Wind in my hair, you were there, you remember it all
Down the stairs, you were there, you remember it all
It was rare, I was there, I remember it all too well
中文
我和你一起走出門去
空氣有些薄涼
卻有些熟悉的氣氛和家的感覺
我無意間把圍巾遺落在你的姐姐家裡
就算到現在，你仍舊能在你的抽屜里找到它
你那溫柔而又甜蜜的氣質
我睜大雙眼的凝視
我們曾在車裡忘情歌唱，迷失在一個偏僻的角落
秋葉搖曳著落下，如同片片拼圖歸位
即使已經過去有了一段日子，我還能在腦海里重現當時的情景
我知道那已成為過去，那樣的魔力已不復存在
我也許會沒事，但其實我從那以後一點也不好
而我們再一次相聚在那個小鎮的街上
你差點闖了紅燈，因為你的視線一直在我身上
風吹亂我的頭髮，我就在那裡
這一切，我記憶猶新
櫃檯上的相冊里
你的面頰泛紅
你也曾是個帶著眼鏡的小孩子
躺在一張雙人床上
而你的母親講述著那些你在軟式壘球隊的故事
你告訴我你的過去
思索著我就是你未來的一切
我明白那一切已是過去，我已無能為力
都過去這么久了，我已經忘記那時為何我是如此的需要你
我們又一次相聚在那裡，在那個午夜
我們在廚房裡借著冰櫃的光一圈又一圈地跳著舞
轉角的樓下，我就在那裡
這一切美好，我記憶猶新
也許我們在改變中迷失了自我
也許是我索取太多而從不曾給予
也許這份感情本是一份傑作
直到你將它狠狠撕碎
恐懼將我圍繞，我曾在那裡出現
而這一切，仿佛就在昨天
你又一次打給我
卻只為將我如你昨日誓言般無情地擊破
在那個日漸真誠的姓名之中不經意間只剩下了平凡的殘酷
紙張濡濕褶皺而又風乾正如我無力地倒在冰冷地面
只因這一切，我記憶猶新
時光似乎已停滯在那個瞬間，可我已對此麻木
我只想再次做回從前的那個自己
但我仍舊在尋找著那個不知所蹤的她
在我仍舊屬於你時那些穿著格子襯衫的日日夜夜都已一去不復返
可現在，你寄回了所有我的東西
我獨只能一個人孤單地走在回家路上
但你卻留下了那條我在第一個星期落下的那條圍巾
因為它時刻提醒著你你曾經的純潔與美好
而它仍舊留有我的味道
你始終無法擺脫這份回憶
因為你記得這一切，記憶猶新
我們再一次相聚，而我曾是如此地愛你
回來吧，在你迷失時，幾乎要忘記你心中執念的時候
它是如此罕見，卻又如此真實的存在著
我記得一切美好，記憶猶新
微風吹亂了我的頭髮，你曾出現在那裡
你也記得這一切，記憶猶新
轉角的樓下，你就在那裡，你記得一切
它是如此罕見，卻又如此真實的存在著
我記憶猶新
歌曲鑑賞
《All Too Well》是一首典型的鄉村流行樂（Country pop）歌曲，融入了舞台搖滾（arena rock）的音樂風格，在這首歌曲當中，聽者可以感受到泰勒·斯威夫特創作鄉村流行樂的技巧已經達到了手到擒來、爐火純青的地步。歌曲將歌迷從美國鄉村音樂的保守和陳舊之中解放，泰勒·斯威夫特將鄉村音樂的多重可能性巧妙地在這首歌曲中釋放而出。
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