To the Girl I Used To Know

I gave a little too much
Maybe I should've given up on you
But I couldn't let go
You reminded me too much of the girl I used to know

Who couldn't recognize her reflection
Who would shutter at the thought of confession
She was you at her lowest
She could've had so much more but she didn't know it

But if you knew what she knows now
No, if you knew what she knows now
You'd get up and get out and be free
And you'd never look back at what you thought was safety

All I wanted was for you to know
That what seems so far is so close
Because what I would've given
No, what I would've given to have known it was safe to come home

This was more than a crush
This was a chance to fix what I messed up
To skip all the years of self-hate
To prove that I wasn't too late

But that was wrong of me
Your life isn't a chance to rewrite my story
So to the girl I used to know
The time you took was never too slow

Because if you knew what I know now
No, if you knew what I know now
You'd get up and get out and come with me
And you'd never look back at what you thought was safety

All I wanted was for you to know
That what seems so far is so close
Because what I would've given
No, what I would've given to have known it was safe to come home
It was safe to come home
It was safe to come home
It was safe to come home

If I knew what I know now
No, if I knew what I know now
I'd know it's okay to let go
And it's always safe to come home