I Wish I Would Have Known You Sooner

Sometimes when I look at you

and wonder where you were

all those years

I was learning love the hard way…

And I know for sure that

everything happens when it’s supposed to.

But still…..

I wish I would have known you sooner.

I wish I would have known you sooner,

before my heart learned how to hide,

before I built up walls around me,

before I swallowed tears with pride..

I wish I knew your kind of laughter

on the nights I felt all alone,

wish I had your arms around me

when I forgot what felt like home.

Maybe you were somewhere brokenhearted,

maybe I was dealing with a brokenheart too,

maybe life was busy teaching us

what someone in love should never do.

But sometimes when you look at me

in the way only you can do,

I can’t help but think to myself…

Where were you?

Where were you

when I was giving love away

to people who could never hold it properly?

Where were you

when my heart was speaking softly

and nobody seemed to notice?

Maybe we were two souls

taking 2 different roads,

learning different pain…

Just so when we finally met,

we’d know

not to love the same.

I wish I would have known you sooner,

I wish I had more years with you,

more mornings waking up beside you,

more nights to love you like I do.

I wish I knew your heart before now,

wish your name lived on my lips,

wish I had a thousand memories

of moments just like this.

But if forever starts today,

then BaeBae, that’s enough for me…

I just wish I would have known you sooner,

so I could’ve loved you longer

than eternity.

I wish you knew the younger me,

the woman before the scars,

before she learned that broken promises

could make a heart feel hard...

I wish I knew the younger you,

before life changed your smile,

I would’ve sat beside your silence,

I would’ve stayed with you awhile.

I would’ve learned your favorite season,

every shadow, every light,

I would’ve loved your serious side

and held your playful side at night.

I would’ve known the man beneath

the strength the whole world sees…

And maybe you would’ve known the woman

I was still learning how to be.

Maybe we had to lose some things

to understand what love is worth.

Maybe we had to break a little

before we crossed paths on Earth.

Maybe “late” is just a word

for love that took the scenic view…

Maybe every road I walked

was somehow leading me to you.

I wish I would have known you sooner,

I wish I had more years with you,

more mornings being beside you,

more nights to love you like I do.

I wish I knew your heart before now,

wish your name lived on my lips,

wish I had a thousand memories

of moments just like this.

But if forever starts today,

then BaeBae, that’s enough for me…

I just wish I would have known you sooner,

so I could’ve loved you longer

than eternity.

Maybe I couldn’t have loved you then

the way I know to love you now.

Maybe I had to lose myself

to finally understand somehow…

That