All Too Well (Sad Girl Autumn Version) [Recorded at Long Pond Studios]

Maybe this thing was a masterpiece 'til 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

They say, "All's well that ends well" but I'm in a new hell every time

You double-cross my mind

You said, "If we had been closer in age, maybe it would've been fine"

And that made me want to die

The idea you had of me, who was she?

A never-needy, ever lovely jewel whose shine reflects on you

Not weeping in a party bathroom

Some actress asking me what happened, you

That's what happened, you

You who charmed my dad with self-effacing jokes

Sipping coffee like you're on a late-night show

Then he watched me watch the front door all night, willing you to come

And he said, "It's supposed to be fun turning 21"

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 (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 (oh, oh)

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

And I was never good at telling jokes, but the punchline goes

"I'll get older, but your lovers stay my age"

From when your Brooklyn broke my skin and bones

I'm a soldier who's returning half her weight

And did the twin flame bruise paint you blue?

Just between us, did the love affair maim you too?

'Cause in this city's barren cold, I still remember the first fall of snow

And how it glistened as it fell

I remember it all too well

Just between us, did the love affair maim you all too well?

Just between us, do you remember it all too well?

Just between us, I remember it (just between us) all too well

Just between us, I remember it

Wind in my hair, I was there, I was there (I was there)

Down the stairs, I was there, I was there (I was there)

Sacred prayer, I was there, I was there

It was rare, you remember it all too well

Wind in my hair, I was there, I was there

Down the stairs, I was there, I was there (I was there)

Sacred prayer, I was there, I was there

It was rare, you remember it (all too well)

Wind in my hair, I was there, I was there (oh, whoa)

Down the stairs, I was there, I was there

Sacred prayer, I was there, I was there

It was rare, you remember it