[Intro – acoustic + steel]
(acoustic guitar, soft pedal steel)
(male vocal 1 – deep, calm)
If I’d known
What I know now
I might’ve stayed
A little longer
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[Verse 1]
(acoustic, light drums)
(male vocal 1 – storytelling)
We were young
Didn’t think
Time could ever
Slip away
Took the moments
As they came
Never thought
They wouldn’t stay
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[Pre-Chorus]
(pedal steel lifts)
(male vocal 2 – slightly higher tone)
Funny how life
Teaches you late
Makes you see
What you couldn’t face
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[Chorus]
(acoustic, steel, harmonies building)
(male vocal 3 – warm lead)
If I’d known
How fast it goes
I would’ve held on
A little closer
(male vocal 2 joins)
If I’d known
What love can be
I would’ve given you
More of me
(band harmonies – all four, soft)
But time don’t wait
And hearts don’t see
What matters most
Till it’s too late
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[Verse 2]
(acoustic continues)
(male vocal 2 – reflective)
I still drive
Past that place
Where we used to
Sit and talk
Now it’s quiet
Different now
Just a memory
That I lost
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[Pre-Chorus]
(male vocal 4 – soft emotional)
Maybe I
Was too young to see
All the things
You gave to me
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[Chorus]
(fuller band, still traditional)
(male vocal 1 + 3 layered)
If I’d known
How fast it goes
I would’ve held on
A little closer
(male vocal 2)
If I’d known
What love can be
I would’ve given you
More of me
(band harmonies – all four)
Time don’t wait
And hearts don’t see
What matters most
Till it’s too late
⸻
[Bridge – stripped]
(acoustic only, very soft steel)
(male vocal 4 – intimate)
Some things don’t come back around
(male vocal 1 joins softly)
Some words stay left unsaid
(male vocal 3)
And all I’ve got now
(all together soft)
Are the thoughts inside my head
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[Final Chorus]
(full band, rich harmonies)
(male vocal 1 lead)
If I’d known
How fast it goes
(all vocals building)
I would’ve held on
A little closer
(male vocal 3 lead)
If I’d known
What love can be
(all vocals)
I would’ve given you
More of me
(band harmonies – full, wide)
Time don’t wait
And hearts don’t see
What matters most
Till it’s too late
⸻
[Outro]
(acoustic fading, pedal steel)
(male vocal 1 – soft)
If I’d known…
BENJAMINAI
