[Verse 1]
Apart of us still lives in my head
Alive in my heart, although yet dead
Buried by mistakes we made too young
Two kids with a fire and nowhere to run
I keep your name in the back of my throat
Like a folded note in an old coat
Every little thing that went unsaid
Still knocks around when I lay in bed
[Pre-Chorus]
If we knew then what we know now
Would we still break down somehow?
Would we still burn so bright
Then fade out of sight?
[Chorus]
If we knew what we know now
If we knew what we know now
We could’ve loved more slow
We could’ve let it grow
If we knew what we know now
If we knew what we know now
Be a better understanding of love
A better understanding of love
[Verse 2]
I see your ghost in the grocery line
In the way the sun hits the broken blinds
Not a haunting, just a memory
That still feels close enough to breathe
We were young and we called it fate
Held tight to the hurt, let the good escape
Now all I want is one more chance
To hold that moment in my hands
[Pre-Chorus]
If we knew then what we know now
Would we still break down somehow?
Would we still fall apart
Before we learned our hearts?
[Chorus]
If we knew what we know now
If we knew what we know now
We could’ve loved more slow
We could’ve let it grow
If we knew what we know now
If we knew what we know now
Be a better understanding of love
A better understanding of love
[Bridge]
Maybe pain was the price we paid
For learning how to stay
Maybe every scar we keep
Is the proof we loved that deep
[Final Chorus]
If we knew what we know now
If we knew what we know now
We could’ve loved more slow
We could’ve let it grow
If we knew what we know now
If we knew what we know now
Be a better understanding of love
A better understanding of love
If we knew what we know now
We’d still be standing here
A better understanding of love
A better understanding of love