what i know now

I set out to make something honest

You laughed at me when I said it out loud

And I did my best to keep my promise but my

Voice was just a whisper in a crowd

And I guess I felt bad that I wasn't being grateful

I didn't think I deserved the chance you took on me

And I didn't realize that when I signed

That dotted line I was giving away a part of me

That I wanted to keep

And it was too good to be true

And I wish I knew what I know now

I know just what I'd do

If I could redo it all somehow

And I remember the knot in my stomach

And the long and lonely walks with headphones on

Crying in the booth, I couldn't help it

I started to hate all my own songs

And after the fact you called my feelings arbitrary

You said that I was both too specific and too vague

You wrote that there wasn't anything to latch onto

And I was gasping for air between a couple of cliches

And it was too good to be true

And I wish I knew what I know now

I know just what I'd do

If I could redo it all somehow

And I want to know

What more did you expect from me?

Under the control of some old dudes from Mississippi

And it was too good to be true

And I wish I knew what I know now

I know just what I'd do

If I could redo

It all somehow

And it was too good to be true

And I wish I knew what I know now

I know just what I'd do

If I could redo it all