Dari Taylor Swift untuk Mantan: Mengapa 'Back To December' Tetap Jadi Anthem Penyesalan di Bulan Desember Ini?

KETIK, JAKARTA – Tak terasa sudah memasuki bulan Desember, saatnya mendengarkan lagu-lagu yang membawa nuansa nostalgia.

“I'd go back to December, turn around and make it alright.” Siapa yang tak kenal dengan penggalan lagu ini? Lagu tersebut terdapat dalam album Speak Now karya Taylor Swift.

Berjudul “Back To December”, lagu ini menjadikan albumnya terasa sangat relatable dengan kondisi para remaja. Lagu ini bercerita tentang penyesalan sang musisi karena telah menyia-nyiakan seseorang yang benar-benar mencintainya.

Dalam sebuah video beberapa tahun lalu, Taylor mengatakan, “Ini tentang seseorang yang luar biasa bagi saya, yang sempurna bagi saya dalam suatu hubungan, namun saya benar-benar ceroboh dengannya.” 

Lagu ini menjadi bentuk pesan yang ingin disampaikan kepada mantannya pada saat itu.

Taylor Lautner, mantan kekasihnya, mengungkapkan bahwa memang ia yang menjadi si “tan skin, sweet smile” dalam lagu tersebut.

Hubungan mereka yang berakhir pada bulan Desember 2009 itu membuat Taylor ingin memperbaiki kesalahannya, menggambarkan kerinduan, serta meminta maaf atas kesalahan yang telah dilakukan.

Lirik seperti “You gave me all your love and all I gave you was goodbye” menunjukkan emosi yang menyentuh, menggambarkan bahwa Taylor terlambat menyadari betapa baik dan besarnya cinta laki-laki tersebut kepadanya.

Penulisan lirik yang menyentuh dan indah membuat para pendengar merasa seolah-olah lagu Taylor menjadi bagian dari kehidupan mereka sendiri.

Berikut lirik lengkap lagu “Back To December” karya Taylor Swift:

I'm so glad you made time to see me

How's life? Tell me, how's your family?

I haven't seen them in a while

You've been good, busier than ever

We small talk, work and the weather

Your guard is up and I know why

Because the last time you saw me

Is still burned in the back of your mind

You gave me roses and I left them there to die

So this is me swallowin' my pride

Standin' in front of you sayin' I'm sorry for that night

And I go back to December all the time

It turns out freedom ain't nothin' but missin' you

Wishin' I'd realized what I had when you were mine

I'd go back to December, turn around and make it alright

I go back to December all the time

These days, I haven't been sleepin'

Stayin' up playin' back myself leavin'

When your birthday passed and I didn't call

Then I think about summer, all the beautiful times

I watched you laughin' from the passenger's side

And realized I loved you in the fall

And then the cold came, the dark days

When fear crept into my mind

You gave me all your love and all I gave you was goodbye

So this is me swallowin' my pride

Standin' in front of you sayin' I'm sorry for that night

And I go back to December all the time

It turns out freedom ain't nothin' but missin' you

Wishin' I'd realized what I had when you were mine

I'd go back to December, turn around and change my own mind

I go back to December all the time

I miss your tan skin, your sweet smile

So good to me, so right

And how you held me in your arms that September night

The first time you ever saw me cry

Maybe this is wishful thinkin'

Probably mindless dreamin'

But if we loved again, I swear I'd love you right

I'd go back in time and change it, but I can't

So if the chain is on your door, I understand

But this is me swallowin' my pride

Standin' in front of you sayin' I'm sorry for that night

And I go back to December

It turns out freedom ain't nothin' but missin' you

Wishin' I'd realized what I had when you were mine

I'd go back to December, turn around and make it alright

I'd go back to December, turn around and change my own mind

I go back to December all the time

All the time