if it were you Lyrics

When my parents were my age they'd already fallen in love

They'd gotten married

It's getting scary

I'm pushing twenty one still scared of being enough

I fuck up then get dumped and do it again

Starting to think all I need is a friend

You said the same

When we parted ways

Then we spent a decade as strangers

If it were you

We'd burn the picture perfect down

And build up from the ground

Our own thing

Our own way

If it were you

We'd build a house up in the clouds

And tell 'em that we found

Our own thing

Our own way

Fell asleep on the couch last night

To a movie that was made 'bout you and I

Wasn't awake for a happy ending

But I think I'm ok pretending

The protagonist at the end was me

And we both got past the honeymoon stage

And not one thought had gone to waste

I based this song on a story that could be true

About a girl without a thing to loose

And a guy who wonders

What if it were, what if it were you

If it were you

We'd burn the picture perfect down

And build up from the ground

Our own thing

Our own way

If it were you

We'd build a house up in the clouds

And tell 'em that we found

Our own thing

Our own way

I fuck up then get dumped and do it again

Starting to think all I need is a friend

You said the same

When we parted ways

Staring to think that could change