I just need some time, I'm trying to think straight
I just need a moment in my own space
Ask me how I'm doing, I'll say okay
But ain't that what we all say
Sometimes I think back to the old days
And the pointless conversations with the old me
Back when my mama used to hold me
Wish somebody would've told me
If you want love, you're gonna have to go through the pain
If you want love, you're gonna have to learn how to change
If you want trust, you're gonna have to give some away
If you want love, if you want love
And as a kid I used to think life
Is a movie so slow, would you go by?
Look out the window on my bus ride
I thought the world was so small through my closed eyes
I've always tried to control things
In the end this world controls me
Maybe that's why I'm controlling
Wish somebody would've told me
If you want love, you're gonna have to go through the pain
If you want love, you're gonna have to learn how to change
If you want trust, you're gonna have to give some away
If you want love, if you want love
The older I get I feel like I'm always trying to save time
Talking to the voices in my head
They're like, I don't know what to do with you
They make me think twice
Telling me it doesn't mean it's wrong
Because it feels right
I'm scared that one day I'll wake up and wonder where the time goes
Talk about the past like it's the present
While I rock slow
I'll sit in the living room and laugh at kids on my own
And tell them
If you want love, you're gonna have to go through the pain
If you want love, you're gonna have to learn how to change
I wish somebody would've told me
If you want trust, you're gonna have to give some away
If you want love, if you want love
And I wish somebody would
I wish somebody would
I wish somebody would
Would've told me
Would've told me
If you want love
If you want love
If you want love
If you want love