Lyric

If I met you now for the first time

Knowing everything I know

I'd probably still want a second night

Probably still want to know you more

I wouldn't have the easy version

The one I had before I knew

I'd know which words would stay with me

Which parts of us would leave a bruise

I'd know how close we came to losing

Things we thought would always hold

And I'd know loving you was harder

Than I could have known back then

So if I saw you there again

Before any of this was ours

Would knowing how the story feels

Make me turn away somehow?

I think I'd choose you again

Not quickly, not the way I did

I'd know there'd be days I'd question

How we ever got this far

But I'd still take my time getting to know you

I'd still wonder where this goes

If I had everything I know now

I think I'd still say yes to you

There are things I wouldn't romanticize

Things I wouldn't call worth the pain

Some nights took more than they gave me

Some words still don't sit right today

But when I put the whole of us together

I can't reduce it to the hurt

There were parts of loving you that changed me

Without asking me to call them good

Maybe knowing doesn't save me

Maybe that's not what it's for

Maybe seeing all of you more clearly

Only makes the question harder

I think I'd choose you again

Not quickly, not the way I did

I'd know there'd be days I'd question

How we ever got this far

But I'd still take my time getting to know you

I'd still wonder where this goes

If I had everything I know now

I think I'd still say yes to you

If you were still a stranger

And I could keep you that way

If every memory waited somewhere

Just beyond the choice I'd make

Would I spare myself the harder parts

Knowing exactly where they lead?

Maybe I'd stand there a little longer

Then probably walk toward you anyway

I think I'd choose you again

And I don't say that like a promise

I know too much to call it easy

I know too much to call it fate

I wouldn't erase what hurt between us

Or pretend I wouldn't remember

If I met you with these memories

Before you ever knew my name

I'd probably hesitate longer

I'd probably be more afraid

But somewhere underneath the knowing

I'd still be curious about you

And if you asked me one more time

I think I'd choose you again

Probably

I'd choose you again