Wildest Dreams
Producers
He said, "Let's get out of this town
Drive out of the city, away from the crowds"
I thought, "Heaven can't help me now"
Nothing lasts forever
But this is gonna take me down
[Pre-Chorus]
He's so tall and handsome as hell
He's so bad, but he does it so well
I can see the end as it begins
My one condition is
[Chorus]
Say you'll remember me
Standin' in a nice dress
Starin' at the sunset, babe
Red lips and rosy cheeks
Say you'll see me again
Even if it's just in your
Wildest dreams, ah, ha
Wildest dreams, ah, ha
[Verse 2]
I said, "No one has to know what we do"
His hands are in my hair, his clothes are in my room
And his voice is a familiar sound
Nothin' lasts forever
But this is gettin' good now
He's so tall and handsome as hell
He's so bad, but he does it so well
And when we've had our very last kiss
My last request is
[Chorus]
Say you'll remember me
Standin' in a nice dress
Starin' at the sunset, babe
Red lips and rosy cheeks
Say you'll see me again
Even if it's just in your
Wildest dreams, ah, ha
Wildest dreams, ah, ha
[Bridge]
You'll see me in hindsight
Tangled up with you all night
Burnin' it down
Someday, when you leave me
I bet these memories
Follow you around
You'll see me in hindsight
Tangled up with you all night
Burnin' (Burnin') it (It) down (Down)
Someday, when you leave me
I bet these memories
Follow (Follow) you (You) around
(Follow you around)
Say you'll remember me
Standing in a nice dress
Starin' at the sunset, babe
Red lips and rosy cheeks
Say you'll see me again
Even if it's just pretend
[Chorus]
Say you'll remember me
Standin' in a nice dress
Starin' at the sunset, babe
Red lips and rosy cheeks
Say you'll see me again
Even if it's just in your (Just pretend, just pretend)
Wildest dreams, ah, ha (Ah)
In your wildest dreams, ah, ha
Even if it's just in your
In your wildest dreams, ah, ha
In your wildest dreams, ah, ha
About
The ninth track and fifth single on 1989 is about Swift hoping her lover will remember their best moments after they’re over. It expresses mixed feelings: hoping that they last, but knowing that they’ll end.
Surprisingly, the famous figure who gets the most elaborate attention is Lana Del Rey: Swift flat-out mimics her on “Wildest Dreams,” flitting between a fluttery soprano and deadpan alto, flipping lyrics so Lana — “His hands are in my hair, his clothes are in my room” — that it’s hard to tell if the song is homage or parody.
-Billboard Magazine
In the US, the song reached number five, becoming her fifth consecutive top ten from 1989.
According to Swift, the beats heard at the beginning of the song resemble her real heartbeats.
Q&A
Find answers to frequently asked questions about the song and explore its deeper meaning
I think the way I used to approach relationships was very idealistic. I used to go into them thinking, ‘Maybe this is the one – we’ll get married and have a family, this could be forever’. Whereas now I go in thinking, ‘How long do we have on the clock – before something comes along and puts a wrench in it, or your publicist calls and says this isn’t a good idea?’
— Via Rolling Stone.
“Wildest Dreams” is kind of a good example of the way that my outlook on love has changed. Over the years, I think, as you get more experience under your belt, as you become disappointed a few times, you start to kind of think of things in more realistic terms. It’s not like you need someone and that’s it, you know, if they like you and you like them, well, it’s gonna be forever, of course. I don’t really look at love like that anymore. I think the way I see love is kind of a little more fatalistic, which means, to me, that when I meet someone and we have a connection, the first thought I really have is, “When this is over, I hope you think well of me.” So, this song is about having that immediate connection with someone, and these were my vivid thoughts right as I met him.
— Via Yahoo! Live.
Yes, and this picture reveals many of the original lyrics of the song.
- 1.All Too Well
- 2.Wildest Dreams
- 3.The Best Day
- 4.Red
- 5.Holy Ground
- 7.Our Song
- 8.22
- 11.Mean
- 13.So It Goes...
- 14.Fifteen
- 15.Mine
- 16.Sparks Fly
- 17.State of Grace
- 18.Haunted
- 19.Never Grow Up
- 20.Treacherous
- 21.Babe
- 23.Fearless
- 24.Enchanted
- 25.Change
- 26.Ours
- 27.Out Of The Woods
- 30.This Love
- 31.The Lucky One
- 32.Invisible
- 33.Breathe
- 34.Better Man
- 35.Jump Then Fall
- 36.Begin Again
- 38.The Story Of Us
- 39.Forever & Always
- 40.Hey Stephen
- 41.Speak Now
- 42.Wonderland
- 43.White Horse
- 45.Starlight
- 46.I Know Places