Lyrics

Knew You When

I thought about the way you are, and it saddened me, that you had to be.
'Cause I saw something in your smile, fleeting visions of a child, that you
had to hide.

I wish I knew you way back when, before you built that wall, before you took
that fall.
I wish I knew you then. Before you took that fall, before you built that wall, I
wish I
knew you, wish I knew you, wish I knew you then.

So now you got the master plan, set the bar too high, watch 'em try to fly.
It hurts to see someone so faded, brokenhearted, jaded, is what comes to
mind.

But I can't sit in anticipation, waiting for your consternation, for all the ones
that kicked you to the curb.
I find no love in mediation, desperate for comiseration, when all you really
need to do
is let it go - and take a chance.

I long to take it all away, show you there's a better place, you're just scared
to face.
Now the choice is up to you, there's nothing more that I can do, than hope
for you.