If I Knew Now What I Knew Then

If I Knew Now What I Knew Then

We were proud of where we came from, cigarette conversations

We were full of shit and big ideas

Yeah we loiter on the pavement, in front of Phormost Foodmart

Back when payphones were still a thing, yeah we wanted to be kings of this town

If I knew now what I knew then

We would get drunk on the rooftops, 157 proof, the hard stuff

Yeah, they don’t even sell that brand anymore

Bound to follow in the footsteps of what our parents show us

Never quite knowing what was wrong, yeah, we’ll blame it all along on this town

If home is where the heart is, I’m not sure where I need to be

But my heart’s still out there searching for something that can’t be seen

It’s only living if you mean it, but the meaning is lost on me

Longing for a reason and the man I used to be

If I knew now what I knew then, yeah if I knew now that I knew then

Back when the towers were still standing, I still remember their reflections

In the backed up storm drains on Friday nights

We were standing with our eyes open, when the city’s heart was broken

We were too young to stop hoping it could ever be the same in that town

If home is where the heart is, I’m not sure where I need to be

But my heart’s still out there searching for something that can’t be seen

It’s only living if you mean it, but the meaning is lost on me

Longing for a reason and the man I used to be

If I knew now what I knew then, yeah if I knew now that I knew then

That old jukebox had to play, we didn’t start the fire

Hey, Billy, tell me, where are we now

This old dive bar fuels my thirst, forget anything that hurts

But I remember everything somehow

If I knew now what I knew then, if I knew now what I knew then