I Knew You Were Trouble

"**I Knew You Were Trouble**" to czwarty utwór nagrany przez amerykańską piosenkarkę i autorkę tekstów Taylor Swift z jej czwartego studyjnego albumu, Red. Został on wydany jako trzeci singiel Red 27 listopada 2012 roku w Stanach Zjednoczonych. Piosenka została napisana przez Swift wspólnie z Maxem Martinem i Shellbackiem.

Dzięki silnej sprzedaży cyfrowej, piosenka zadebiutowała na trzecim miejscu listy Billboard Hot 100, sprzedając ponad 416 000 kopii w ciągu pierwszego tygodnia, co spowodowało, że Swift znalazła się po raz czternasty w pierwszej dziesiątce.

## Tło i kompozycja

Kiedy Swift zaprezentowała piosenkę w Good Morning America 8 października 2012 roku, powiedziała, że ​​jest to „jedną z jej ulubionych piosenek na albumie, ponieważ brzmi tak chaotycznie, jak uczucie, gdy ją pisałem. bycie sfrustrowanym sobą, ponieważ tutaj masz złamane serce i wiedziałeś, kiedy po raz pierwszy zobaczyłeś tę osobę, zobaczyłeś te wszystkie czerwone flagi i po prostu poszedłeś na to, więc wstydź się mnie. Początkowo media spekulowały, że piosenka dotyczy jej byłego chłopaka, piosenkarza Johna Mayera, zamiast jej poprzedniej piosenki „Dear John” z jej trzeciego albumu studyjnego, Speak Now (2010). Piosenka została wydana w radiu głównego nurtu w USA jako trzeci singiel z albumu Red 27 listopada 2012 roku, natomiast w Wielkiej Brytanii została wydana jako drugi singiel z albumu 10 grudnia 2012 roku. 13 grudnia 2012 wraz z teledyskiem do oficjalnego sklepu Swift i Amazon.com. Singiel CD był indywidualnie numerowany i sprzedawany sam lub w opakowaniu z t-shirtem, czerwonym plecakiem ze sznurkiem i spiralnym notesem.

## Tekst Piosenki

I think, I think when it's all over,

It just comes back in flashes, you know?

It's like a kaleidoscope of memories.

It just all comes back. But he never does.

I think part of me knew the second I saw him that this would happen.

It's not really anything he said or anything he did,

It was the feeling that came along with it.

And the crazy thing is I don't know if I'm ever gonna feel that way again.

But I don't know if I should.

I knew his world moved too fast and burned too bright.

But I just thought, how can the devil be pulling you toward someone who looks so much like an angel when he smiles at you?

Maybe he knew that when he saw me.

I guess I just lost my balance.

I think that the worst part of it all wasn't losing him.

It was losing me.

Once upon a time

A few mistakes ago

I was in your sights

You got me alone

You found me

You found me

You found me-e-e-e-ee

I guess you didn't care

And I guess I liked that

And when I fell hard

You took a step back

Without me, without me, without me-e-e-e-e-ee

And he's long gone

When he's next to me

And I realize the blame is on me

Cause I knew you were trouble when you walked in

So shame on me now

Flew me to places I would never been

So you put me down, oh

I knew you were trouble when you walked in

So shame on me now

Flew me to places I'd never been

Now I'm lying on the cold hard ground

Oh, oh, trouble, trouble, trouble

Oh, oh, trouble, trouble, trouble

No apologies

He'll never see you cry

Pretends he doesn't know

That he's the reason why

You're drowning, you're drowning, you're drowning-ing-ing-ing-ing

Now I heard you moved on

From whispers on the street

A new notch in your belt

Is all I'll ever be

And now I see, now I see, now I see-e-e-e-e-ee

He was long gone

When he met me

And I realize the joke is on me, hey!

I knew you were trouble when you walked in

(Oooooh!)

So shame on me now

Flew me to places I'd never been

So you put me down, oh

I knew you were trouble when you walked in

So shame on me now

Flew me to places I'd never been

(Yeah)

Now I'm lying on the cold hard ground

Oh, oh, (yeah) trouble, trouble, trouble

Oh, oh, trouble, trouble, trouble

And the saddest fear comes creeping in

That you never loved me... or her... or anyone... or anything

Yeah

I knew you were trouble when you walked in

So shame on me now

Flew me to places I'd never been

(Never been)

So you put me down, oh

I knew you were trouble when you walked in

(You right there)

So shame on me now

Flew me to places I'd never been

(Uuuuuh)

Now I'm lying on the cold hard ground

Oh, oh, trouble, trouble, trouble (Ooooh)

Oh, ooooh, trouble, trouble, trouble

I knew you were trouble when you walked in

Trouble, trouble, trouble

I knew you were trouble when you walked in

Trouble, trouble, trouble

I don't know if you know who you are until you lose who you are