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96 Lyrics From "Red (Taylor's Version)" That Swifties Will Use As Instagram Captions In 2022

Let's all agree now that our NYE's posts will be captioned: "I don't know about you, but I'm feeling 2022!"

Now, as a Swiftie, I've been known to quote a song or two in my Instagram captions — because who wouldn't want to share such awe-inspiring poetry with the world?

And with the arrival of the show-stopping re-recording of Red (Taylor's Version), I thought I might share all the lyrics that I think would make excellent captions for your posts in the coming year.

1. "All we know is touch and go."

2. "I never saw you coming."

3. "Busy streets and busy lives."

4. "Twin fire signs." 

5. "I loved in shades of wrong." 

6. "Mosaic broken hearts." 

7. "This love is brave and wild." 

8. "Love is a ruthless game unless you play it good and right."

9. "You're my Achilles heel." 

10. "Faster than the wind, passionate as sin." 

11. "Loving him [them] was red." 

12. "I still see it all in my head (optional: BURNING RED)." 

13. "I'll do anything you say if you say it with your hands."

14. "I'd be smart to walk away, but you're quicksand." 

15. "All we are is skin and bone, trained to get along."

16. "Forever going with the flow, but you're friction." 

17. "Your name has echoed through my mind." 

18. "Two headlights shine through the sleepless night." 

19. "Nothing safe is worth the drive." 

20. "This daydream is dangerous." 

21. "Once upon a time, a few mistakes ago."

22. "A new notch in your belt is all I'll ever be."

23. "I knew you were trouble." 

24. "Happy, free, confused and lonely at the same time."

25. "Miserable and magical."

26. "Tonight's the night when we forget about the deadlines."

27. "We end up dreaming instead of sleeping."

28. "You look like bad news, I gotta have you."

29. "We made quite a mess, babe."

30. "I can't say hello to you and risk another goodbye."

31. "It's been occurring to me — I'd like to hang out with you for my whole life."

32. "You open your eyes into mine and everything feels better."

33. "No past, no reasons why — just you and me."

34. "Back when you fit in my poems like a perfect rhyme."

35. "Took off faster than a green light, go."

36. "Spinnin' like a girl in a brand new dress."

37. "We had this big, wide city all to ourselves."

38. "We blocked the noise with the sound of 'I need you.'"

39. "For the first time I had something to lose."

40. "The story's got dust on every page."

41. "Good girls, hopeful they'll be and long they will wait."

42. "You've got your demons and darlin', they all look like me."

43. "New to town with a made up name."

44. "The camera flashes make it look like a dream."

45. "Your eyes look like coming home."

46. "All I feel in my stomach is butterflies."

47. "Like we're made of starlight."

48. "We were 17 and crazy, running wild."

49. "Don't you dream impossible things?"

50. "Christmas lights glisten."

51. "In red lipstick with no one to impress."

52. "What do you do when the one that means the most to you is the one that didn't show?"

53. "How strange that I don't know you at all."

54. "The feeling you can know so much without knowing anything at all."

55. "If I had known what I know now, I never would've played so nonchalant."

56. "I can't help but wish you took me with you."

57. "I know the bravest thing I ever did was run."

58. "Sometimes in the middle of the night I can feel you again."

59. "I know I'm probably better off all alone."

60. "Shoot you down and then they sigh and say 'she looks like she's been through it'."

61. "It's like I can feel time moving."

62. "Will you still want me when I'm nothing new?"

63. "My cheeks are growin' tired from turnin' red and fakin' smiles."

64. "I'll say I'm happy for her, then I'll cry myself to sleep."

65. "How can a person know everything at 18 and nothing at 22?"

66. "We're a wreck, you're the wrecking ball."

67. "Feeling like a face in the crowd."

68. "I could be the one that you dream of."

69. "I'm harder to forget than I was to leave."

70. "The last time you felt free was when none of that shit mattered 'cause you were with me."

71. "I'll be summer sun for you, forever."

72. "5am wasted."

73. "We can go where our eyes can take us."

74. "Pale, blue sky reflected in your eyes."

75. "There's a heart on your sleeve, I'll take it when you leave."

76. "I wish I could fly."

77. "Back then we didn't know we were built to fall apart."

78. "Autumn leaves fallin' down like pieces into place."

79. "I might be okay, but I'm not fine at all."

80. "'Fuck The Patriarchy' keychain on the ground."

81. "I forget about you long enough to forget why I needed to."

82. "We're dancing 'round the kitchen in the refrigerator light."

83. "You kept me like a secret, but I kept you like an oath."

84. "This thing was a masterpiece 'til you tore it all up."

85. "I'm in a new hell every time you double-cross my mind."

86. "The idea you had of me — who was she?"

87. "What happened? You. That's what happened — you."

88. "Sippin' coffee like you're on a late-night show."

89. "It's supposed to be fun — turning 21."

90. "Time won't fly, it's like I'm paralysed by it."

91. "I'd like to be my old self again, but I'm still trying to find it."

92. "Back before you lost the one real thing you've ever known."

93. "I'm a soldier who's returning half her weight."

94. "Did the twin flame bruise paint you blue?"

95. "I still remember the first fall of snow and how it glistened as it fell."

96. "Just between us did the love affair maim you all too well?"

Did we forget any great caption opportunities? Let us know below!

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