If I Knew Then

We were younger with nowhere to go,

Laughing too loud, as the cold winds blow,

You’d wait for me after the bell rang,

Like the moments when we loved to hang,

You knew my secrets and my favourite song,

You stayed with me when the nights felt really long,

I called you my friend like that was enough,

Not knowing your heart was already in love,

Yeah I was blind and I didn’t see the truth,

I let the best person in my life slip through,

Now every memory’s calling your name,

Still hoping your heart hasn’t changed,

If I knew then what I now know,

I never should of let you go,

I now know how I finally feel,

I’ve felt this for a while, now I know this is real,

We had so many great memories together in the past,

But those memories went by too fast,

You were waiting so long when we were young,

And I never realised that you were the one,

Now I know where my heart’s been all along,

Yeah, I should of stayed, I should of tried,

I never should of walked away and left it all behind,

I didn’t think it would take me this long to realise you were for me,

Still hoping deep inside you still see me,

I gave you my hoodie, when you said you were cold,

You laughed at my jokes and listened to the stories I told,

We talked for hours from day to night,

From day to night and back to day when it’s bright,

I never got the hints, I never got the clues,

I can’t believe I didn’t realise my heart was with you,

Now I see it clear as day,

Every word that I couldn’t say,

But I don’t know where you stand right now,

Or if your heart’s still close to mine somehow,

I think I hurt you cause it took me a while,

To see your love hiding behind you perfect smile,

I wish I could go back to tell you how I feel,

Before you ever had to wonder if my love was real,

If I knew then what I now know,

I never should of let you go,

I now know how I finally feel,

I’ve felt this for a while, now I know this is real,

We had so many great memories together in the past,

But those memories went by too fast,

You were waiting so long when we were young,

And I never realised that you were the one,

Now I know where my heart’s been all along,

I still think about the nights where we were spending time together,

I just want this forever and ever,

I made a mistake, I shouldn’t of made,

We could of been together I’m the one to blame,

I can’t love anyone else, cause I’m still thinking of you,

No matter what I do, my heart leads me back to you,

Oh if knew then,

I’d give anything to be sixteen again,

Before I learned how much regret I meant,

I wish I saw the signs, I wish I saw the hints,

Now it all makes sense, every gesture, every word I missed,

Now I know the truth, it was you all along,

I’ve been wrong for so long, but with you I belong,

I know if I missed my shot,

But my feelings for you will never stop,

I don’t know if I’m too late,

I just wanna go on a date,

I don’t know if you ever knew,

How much of me still likes you,

Yeah if I knew then,

Yeah if I knew then,

Yeah if I knew then,

If I knew then,

Yeahhh,