Overall about difficult moments of disappointment and vulnerability. Having hope and longing, while remaining optimistic for the future. Encourages the belief that with each new morning there is a chance for things to improve.
The chorus offers a glimmer of optimism and a chance at a resolution and redemption in the future.
Captures the rollercoaster of emotions of feeling lost while loving someone who is not there for you, feeling let down and abandoned while waiting for a lover. Lost with no direction, "Now I'm up in the air with the rain in my hair, Nowhere to go, I can go anywhere"
The bridge shows signs of longing and a plea for companionship. The Lyrics express a desire for authentic connection and the importance of Loving someone just as they are. "Just in passing, I'm not asking. That you be anyone but you”
If I didn't know I couldn't want you
If I didn't know I couldn't want you
If I didn't know I couldn't want you more
Monday morning, back to work just like you said
If I keep moving then I won't be kind of dead, dead
Grease the hinges but they still refuse to budge
Ceiling changes if I wait for long enough
Something's lost when I translate you
I think I have it then it slips through
Decoding you has proved the hardest thing
I know you love me if it starts to sting
If I didn't know I couldn't want you
If I didn't know I couldn't want you
If I didn't know I couldn't want you more
Friday evening and the drinks we pass around
You said, Jenny you look better on the ground, ground
My name spells emergency, quick darling make me hurt
I'm begging you on scabby knees and swallowing your dirt, dirt
Something's lost when I translate you
I think I have it then it slips through
Decoding you has proved the hardest thing
I know you love me if it starts to sting
If I didn't know I couldn't want you
If I didn't know I couldn't want you
If I didn't know I couldn't want you more
If I didn't know I couldn't want you
If I didn't know I couldn't want you
If I didn't know I couldn't want you more
If I didn't know I couldn't want you more
If I didn't know I couldn't want you
If I didn't know I couldn't want you more
Monday morning, back to work just like you said
If I keep moving then I won't be kind of dead, dead
Grease the hinges but they still refuse to budge
Ceiling changes if I wait for long enough
Something's lost when I translate you
I think I have it then it slips through
Decoding you has proved the hardest thing
I know you love me if it starts to sting
If I didn't know I couldn't want you
If I didn't know I couldn't want you
If I didn't know I couldn't want you more
Friday evening and the drinks we pass around
You said, Jenny you look better on the ground, ground
My name spells emergency, quick darling make me hurt
I'm begging you on scabby knees and swallowing your dirt, dirt
Something's lost when I translate you
I think I have it then it slips through
Decoding you has proved the hardest thing
I know you love me if it starts to sting
If I didn't know I couldn't want you
If I didn't know I couldn't want you
If I didn't know I couldn't want you more
If I didn't know I couldn't want you
If I didn't know I couldn't want you
If I didn't know I couldn't want you more
If I didn't know I couldn't want you more
Lyrics submitted by hideindoors
If I Didn't Know Lyrics as written by Dan Romer Jennifer Owen Youngs
Lyrics © BMG Rights Management, Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
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