ten years ago Lyrics

I had glasses for my eyes

And my grandpa hadn't died

It hadn't crossed my mind

That one day I'd drive

I didn't care much for being cool

I was excited about school

I knew good and bad

But I didn't know cruel

Played in the garden

Played in the street

I didn't know who I would meet

I didn't know one day we would just stay inside

There was a boy who I saw everyday

And never quite knew what to say

I didn't know one day

I'd forget his name

I was happy, I was lonely

I was learning how to breathe

I was going through the motions

Trying to find someone to be

It was a blink of an eye, it was perpetual

But how I was to know

Ten years ago

That I would have plans on weekends

And share secrets with good friends

And there'd be nights so good

I wouldn't want them to end

And there'd be bad times that come around

Cause if it goes up, its coming down

And there's no silence without sound

I was happy, I was lonely

I was learning how to breathe

I was going through the motions

Trying to find someone to be

There'd be screaming at the sky

There'd be laying low

But how I was to know

And if I didn't know then

Everything I know now

Then why am I still trying to figure it out

Because I'm in ten years time

I'll be doing just fine

And I'll still be learning the ropes

Thinking how was I to know

That I'd be happy, I'd be lonely

I'd be losing loads of sleep

Overthinking conversations

Trying to be someone to keep

But when you plant the seeds

They take time to grow

And how I was to know

How was I know

Ten years ago

And I saw you out on Sunday

You were looking well

I would have died right there

If it was 2012

I used to think maybe you loved me

Even though we'd never spoke

How was I the same ten years ago?