Before playing the track, Swift explained its meaning: "I wrote this song about the fact that some things are just hard to forget," she said, "because the emotions involved with them were so intense and, to me, intense emotion is red."
Prije sviranja pjesme, Swift je objasnila njezino značenje: "Napisala sam ovu pjesmu o činjenici da je neke stvari teško zaboraviti", rekla je, "jer su emocije koje su s njima bile tako intenzivne i za mene je intenzivna emocija crvena „.