Hindsight

"Run for the hills" they said
It's the last thing that I heard before I turned around to try to leave
But darling when you're finished here if you would be so kind
Then maybe you could go haunt someone else's dreams

I should've seen it coming when my mother said "you're headed straight for hell"
You better check yourself
Or you better hold on tight
And if the hate inside my heart doesn't overtake what's left
Before I learn to let it go
Then I'll never make it out alive

And by the time I saw the self destructive things that I had done
It felt like way past too late
Completely unaware I was a mess
And fully wrapped myself in lies I thought I'd never escape
And I should've known I swear

I should've seen it coming when my mother said "you're headed straight for hell"
You'd better check yourself
Or you better hold on tight
And if the hate inside my heart doesn't overtake what's left
Before I learn to let it go
Then I'll never make it out alive

Maybe if I prayed a little more
And maybe if I tried a little harder
Maybe if I hadn't been so wrapped up in the sins I thought I loved
Maybe if I tried to take back some of the hurtful things I say to all the people all around me every time I drink too much

Maybe if I'd shut my mouth and listen to the things you had to say
Instead of swearing I'd known better
Lying to myself that I have changed

And maybe if I opened up my eyes and seen rescue standing right there
I wouldn't have been lost for so long
And I should've known I swear

I should've seen it coming when my mother said "you're headed straight for hell"
You better check yourself
Or you better hold on tight
And if the hate inside my heart doesn't overtake what's left
Before I learn to let it go
Then I'll never make it out alive

And I'll never make it out alive