Makna Lagu Peter - Taylor Swift tentang Sosok Pria yang Sulit Dewasa

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Sebagai penyanyi wanita terpopuler di dunia, tentu tak heran jika karya Taylor Swift selalu disukai oleh para penikmat musik, termasuk di Indonesia. Begitu pula pada lagunya yang berjudul Peter. Bahkan banyak juga orang yang mencari makna lagu Peter - Taylor Swift.

Terutama bagi pendengar Indonesia yang kemampuan bahasa Inggrisnya tidak terlalu bagus. Mereka mencari makna dari lagu ini agar lebih bisa menghayati saat sedang mendengarkannya.

Makna Lagu Peter - Taylor Swift dan Lirik Lagunya

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Mengutip dari buku Implementasi Pembelajaran Menyenangkan, Muslikah dkk (2024:32), makna suatu syair lagu ditentukan oleh relasi dengan nuansa makna lagu, majas, nada suasana, dan unsur-unsur sastra lainnya. Hal inilah yang membuat pendengar sering kali menemukan lirik bermajas di dalamnya.

Peter merupakan salah satu lagu milik Taylor Swift yang masuk ke dalam album studio The Tortured Poets Departement: The Anthology. Album ini menjadi bonus double dari album utamanya yang bertajuk The Tortured Poets Departement.

Versi The Anthology ini memuat sebanyak 31 lagu dengan trek 1-16 adalah lagu dari album utama. Sedangkan trek 17-31 adalah trek dari double albumnya.

Secara singkat, makna lagu Peter - Taylor Swift ini bercerita tentang penyesalan dan juga kekecewaan seseroang terhadap sosok yang dulunya dipandang sebagai pemimpin yang berani dan kuat. Akan tetapi, pada akhirnya, ia justru memilih pergi.

Sosok yang diceritakan dalam lagu ini diwakilkan dengan panggilan "Peter". Nama yang diambil dari sosok fiksi Peter Pan ini diceritakan selalu terpaku pada kenangan janji dan harapan masa lalu yang tidak terpenuhi. Adapun upaya untuk memahami keputusan Peter diwarnai rasa kecewa atas akhir yang tidak terduga pada hubungan keduanya.

Agar lebih mendalaminya, berikut adalah lirik lagu Peter untuk dihafalkan.

Forgive me, Peter, my lost fearless leader

In closets like cedar, preserved from when we were just kids

Is it something I did?

The goddess of timing once found us beguiling

She said she was trying, Peter, was she lying? My ribs

Get the feeling she did

And I didn't wanna come down

I thought it was just goodbye for now

You said you were gonna grow up, then you were gonna come find me

Said you were gonna grow up, then you were gonna come find me

Said you were gonna grow up, then you were gonna come find me

Words from the mouths of babes, promises oceans deep

But never to keep

Oh, never to keep

Are you still a mind-reader, a natural scene-stealer?

I've heard great things, Peter, but life was always easier on you

Than it was on me

And sometimes it gets me, when crossing your jet stream

We both did the best we could do underneath the same moon

In different galaxies

And I didn't wanna hang around

We said it was just goodbye for now

You said you were gonna grow up, then you were gonna come find me

Said you were gonna grow up, then you were gonna come find me

Said you were gonna grow up, then you were gonna come find me

Words from the mouths of babes, promises oceans deep

But never to keep

Never to keep

And I won't confess that I waited, but I let the lamp burn

As the men masqueraded, I hoped you'd return

With your feet on the ground, tell me all that you'd learned

'Cause love's never lost when perspective is earned

And you said you'd come and get me, but you were 25

And the shelf life of those fantasies has expired

Lost to the Lost Boys chapter of your life

Forgive me, Peter, please know that I tried

To hold on (hold on) to the days (to the days)

When you were mine

But the woman who sits by the window has turned out the light

You said you were gonna grow up, then you were gonna come find me

Said you were gonna grow up

You said you were gonna grow up, then you were gonna come find me

Said you were gonna grow up (ah)

You said you were gonna grow up, then you were gonna come find me

Said you were gonna grow up, then you were gonna come find me

Said you were gonna grow up, then you were gonna come find me

Words from the mouths of babes, promises oceans deep

But never to keep

Demikian makna lagu Peter - Taylor Swift dan lirik lagunya untuk disimak. (Anne)

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