If I Knew Then - Lady Antebellum

Never was the kind to think about dressing in white Wasn't waiting on a prince to come riding into my life Thought I was happy on my own 'Til you came and proved me wrong I finally found what I never knew I always wanted I couldn't see, I was blind 'til my eyes were opened I didn't know there was a hole Something missing in my soul 'Til you filled it up with your love, yeah (Yeah, yeah) Never pictured myself singing lullabies Sitting in a rocking chair in the middle of the night In the quiet, in the dark You're stealing every bit of my heart with your daddy's eyes What a sweet surprise And now I'm holdin' what I never knew I always wanted I couldn't see; I was blind 'til my eyes were opened I didn't know there was a hole Something missing in my soul 'Til you filled it up, oh, with your love Life has a way of showing you just what you need And who you were made to be, yeah I finally found what I never knew I always wanted I couldn't see; I was blind 'til my eyes were opened I didn't know there was a hole Something missing in my soul 'Til you filled it up with your love Yeah, you filled it up with your love, yeah (Yeah, yeah) (Yeah, yeah) I never was the kind to think about dressing in white I never pictured myself singing lullabies

I thought about calling you when I got off the plane Everytime I see this city through the clouds, I get that way Call me crazy for missing you like this, but I do By now, I figured you had all your numbers changed It's been at least a year, since I called you up to say We need to talk, I got this job and I think I'm going to take it Cause I been waiting all my life For a break like this It's my chance of a lifetime, I just know it is I gotta go find these dreams Was the last thing that I said And then I did I can see clear to the mountains, as I head up our old street I remember how we'd call in sick on days like these And turn the music up, roll the windows down and just drive You talked me outta givin' up on myself so many times Convinced me to get in while i could, regrets hang heavy on my mind But you never doubted me, you kept pushing me Saying you've been waiting all your life for a break like this It's your chance of a lifetime, you just know it is You gotta go find those dreams Was the last thing that you said And then I did But you were wrong Love was what I wanted all along And now you're gone I thought about calling you when I got off the plane Everytime I see this city through the clouds, I get that way But you were wrong Love was what I wanted all along

You should've been there Should've burst through the door With that "Baby, I'm right here" smile And it would've felt like A million little shining stars had just aligned And I would've been so happy Christmas lights glisten I've got my eye on the door Just waiting for you to walk in But the time is ticking People ask me how I've been As I comb back through my memory How you said you'd be here? You said you'd be here And it was like slow motion Standing there in my party dress In red lipstick With no one to impress And they're all laughing As I'm looking around the room But there was one thing missing And that was the moment I knew And the hours pass by Now I just wanna be alone But your close friends always seem to know When there's something really wrong So they follow me down the hall And there in the bathroom I try not to fall apart And the sinking feeling starts As I say hopelessly "He said he'd be here" And it was like slow motion Standing there in my party dress In red lipstick With no one to impress And they're all laughing And asking me about you But there was one thing missing And that was the moment I knew What do you say? When tears are streaming down your face In front of everyone you know And what do you do? When the one who means the most to you Is the one who didn't show? You should've been here And I would've been so happy And it was like slow motion Standing there in my party dress In red lipstick With no one to impress And they're all standing around me singing "Happy Birthday to you" But there was one thing missing And that was the moment I knew Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh, oh, I knew Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh You called me later And said, "I'm sorry, I didn't make it" And I said, "I'm sorry too" And that was the moment I knew

A beating heart gets thrown out of a car in the dark I find it and I check it for scars and make sure it's clean Then I go back inside 'cause there's nothing for us here in the night Just a helicopter buzzing nearby, ruining my sleep But I can feel a strong vibration when I look at you, you Everybody knows my failures, well I know theirs too, too Is this what it takes; what it takes to be impossibly great? 'Cause if it is then I think maybe the less, the less The less I knew the better Please just be kind when I drag myself out on through the line 'Cause in the end I think that maybe the less, the less The less I knew the better Now that heart and me At first we get on so splendidly And we called you but you never seemed free So we just drove around for a while But then the poetry of silence It has this way of catching me and that heart And it rises to tell us that all of this is grief And everything we love is a shame So I open up my window and I throw that heart through, through Now everybody knows my failures, well I know theirs too, too So is this what it takes; what it takes to be supposedly great? 'Cause if it is then I think maybe the less, the less The less I knew the better Please just be kind when I drag myself out onto the night 'Cause in the end I think that maybe the less, the less The less I knew the better The less I knew the better Ooh-ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh Ooh-ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh Ooh-ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh Ooh-ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh

متكتف مهموم موجوع وضعيف وشجاع مليان أحلام وعشان مربوط مكسور وبكسر في المآديف وتفوت أيام وتمر سنين وانا حالي غريب انا مين انا مين مشدود في الساقية وعايش مبسوط وحزين ومحبط وجرئ ورزين مشدود في الساقية وعايش مبسوط وحزين ومحبط وجرئ ورزين على غفلة اتحول بركان جبار انا ضلمة وليل أنا نار ونهار متكتف مهموم موجوع وضعيف وشجاع مليان أحلام وعشان مربوط مكسور وبكسر في المآديف ماشي على طريق مكتوب مرسوم بس انا مسؤول وعليا اللوم ماقدرش أقول من الذنب برئ لا انا ابليس ولا هبقى رسول ماقدرش أقول من الذنب برئ لا انا ابليس ولا هبقى رسول قدامي طريق همشيه همشيه نفهم في الآخر كل ده لية متكتف مهموم موجوع وضعيف وشجاع مليان أحلام وعشان مربوط مكسور وبكسر في المآديف

فوسط زحمة وناس كتير وطريق أنا ماشي فيه عكس السير وسط الطموح والأمل والتمني فاضلي خطوة توصلني فوسط حاجات ومكيفات بحاول أنسى كل اللي فات في وسط صدري ضلعي مكسور ومن خلاله قلبي شايف نور أنا كنت فاكر اني طاير وأتاريني على وشي بقع أنا كنت فاكر إني هوصل لكني بهرب من الوجع أنا كنت فاكر اني طاير وأتاريني على وشي بقع أنا كنت فاكر إني هوصل لكني بهرب من الوجع فوسط الليل وأنا بعيد عن البشر شفت نور يشبه نور القمر بس القمر مسيره يفارق ويسيبني تاني مع الوحدة أحارب فوسط قصة حب يعني وهمية كان لازم أصدق اصل الوحدة قوية مش كل المشاعر حقيقية أنا شفت نور معرفتش اغمض عنيا أنا كنت فاكر اني طاير وأتاريني على وشي بقع أنا كنت فاكر إني هوصل لكني بهرب من الوجع أنا كنت فاكر اني طاير وأتاريني على وشي بقع أنا كنت فاكر إني هوصل لكني بهرب من الوجع

You're on the phone with your girlfriend, she's upset She's going off about something that you said 'Cause she doesn't get your humor like I do I'm in my room, it's a typical Tuesday night I'm listening to the kind of music she doesn't like And she'll never know your story like I do 'Cause she wears short skirts, I wear t-shirts She's cheer captain and I'm on the bleachers Dreaming 'bout the day when you wake up and find That what you're looking for has been here the whole time If you could see that I'm the one who understands you Been here all along, so why can't you see? You belong with me, you belong with me Walk in the streets with you in your worn-out jeans I can't help thinking this is how it ought to be Laughing on a park bench thinking to myself "Hey, isn't this easy?" And you've got a smile that can light up this whole town I haven't seen it in a while since she brought you down You say, "You're fine", I know you better than that Hey, what you doing with a girl like that? She wears high heels, I wear sneakers She's cheer captain and I'm on the bleachers Dreaming 'bout the day when you wake up and find That what you're looking for has been here the whole time If you could see that I'm the one who understands you Been here all along, so why can't you see? You belong with me Standing by and waiting at your back door All this time, how could you not know, baby? You belong with me, you belong with me Oh, I remember you driving to my house In the middle of the night I'm the one who makes you laugh When you know you're 'bout to cry I know your favorite songs And you tell me 'bout your dreams Think I know where you belong Think I know it's with me Can't you see that I'm the one who understands you? Been here all along, so why can't you see? You belong with me Standing by and waiting at your back door All this time, how could you not know, baby? You belong with me, you belong with me You belong with me Have you ever thought just maybe, you belong with me? You belong with me