If I Didn’t Know You

[Verse 1]
You walked in
Laugh too loud, boots too worn
I rolled my eyes
Thought, “ain’t my storm”
Then coffee turned into driving
Windows down, you sang off-key
Guess that’s how the sky
Pulled the ground from under me
[Chorus]
If I didn’t know you
My heart would haven’t ever been torn open like this
But I wouldn’t know what love is
Wouldn’t know the way it hits
If I never held you
I’d still be safe, but I’d be sleeping through my own life
If I didn’t know you, yeah it never would’ve hurt like this
But I wouldn’t know what love is
[Verse 2]
You taught me
How a Tuesday can feel like June
Burnt toast, bad jokes
Dancing in a messy room
Now I flinch at our songs
Change the aisle where we bought our sheets
But I still smile
At every ghost you left in me
[Chorus]
If I didn’t know you
My heart would haven’t ever been torn open like this
But I wouldn’t know what love is
Wouldn’t know the way it hits
If I never held you
I’d still be safe, but I’d be sleeping through my own life
If I didn’t know you, yeah it never would’ve hurt like this
But I wouldn’t know what love is
[Bridge]
So I’ll take the crack in my chest
Over going back to being half-awake
You were the risk, you were the wreck
You were every breath that love can take
[Chorus]
If I didn’t know you
My heart would haven’t ever been torn open like this
But I wouldn’t know what love is
Wouldn’t trade the pain you left me with
If I never held you
I’d still be safe, but I’d be sleeping through my own life
If I didn’t know you, yeah it never would’ve hurt like this
But I wouldn’t know what love is

country, Moody country-trap ballad: male vocals over spacious 808s, twangy slide guitar, and soft pads. Verse stays intimate and hushed, kick pulsing slow; chorus swells with stacked harmonies and a brighter acoustic strum. Subtle vocal chops and reverb tails lift the hook, final chorus drops instruments for one raw line before a warm, echoing outro., slow