If Only Lyrics

What might have been, I sometimes think

If I hadn't tripped, spilled my drink

Would I still be here with you

Would you be with someone new?

If I simply could have made the light

If the traffic made you miss your flight

Uncountable worlds that might exist

How many might be just like this?

Chaos springs

From a butterfly's wings

Nothing we can predict

It's all up to chance

No one knows in advance

The future we have picked

If only I'd have held my tongue,

Made better choices when I was young

Slightly different use of words?

Would have been its own reward

If only I had studied more

I'd have no complaints anymore

If only I'd had left my wife

I'd have a very different life

Chaos springs

From a butterfly's wings

Nothing we can predict

It's all up to chance

No one knows in advance

The future we have picked

We are not merely toys to our fate

Smallest things can become something great

If only things were slightly changed

If only we could rewind

If only we could make a tweak

And leave all this behind

If we'd only skipped the fight

If only we'd made love that night

If only we'd known what we know now

If we knew the what, if we knew the how

If only we could change the world

If only we could change the world

If only we could change the world

If only we could change the world

If only we could change the world

If only we could change the world