Overall about difficult moments of disappointment and vulnerability. Having hope and longing, while remaining optimistic for the future. Encourages the belief that with each new morning there is a chance for things to improve.
The chorus offers a glimmer of optimism and a chance at a resolution and redemption in the future.
Captures the rollercoaster of emotions of feeling lost while loving someone who is not there for you, feeling let down and abandoned while waiting for a lover. Lost with no direction, "Now I'm up in the air with the rain in my hair, Nowhere to go, I can go anywhere"
The bridge shows signs of longing and a plea for companionship. The Lyrics express a desire for authentic connection and the importance of Loving someone just as they are. "Just in passing, I'm not asking. That you be anyone but you”
One, two, one, two, three
2020 enemies
What a dismal odyssey
Hell bound the apathy
Is there any remedy?
'Cause we bicker over Listerine
With Twitter as our liturgy
What a crummy legacy
2020 enemies
If I were you
And you were me
Would we still be doomed
To disagree?
'Cause you'd be me
If I were you
And you never see
My point of view
If I were you
If I were you, mm-mm
Hey Romeo, it's Juliet
Are you Montague or Capulet?
Or some denigrating apathetic
Insult that we both forget?
'Cause fake is on the internet
And fear is on the TV set
Our rage is a habitat
For our 2020 novelettes
If I were you (if I were you)
And you were me (and you were me)
Would we still be doomed (would we still be doomed)
To disagree? (To disagree?)
'Cause you'd be me ('cause you'd be me)
If I were you (if I were you)
And you never see (and you never see)
My point of view (my point of view)
If I were you
Hey babe, we're the dinosaurs (oh-oh)
I get the feeling we've been here before (oh-oh-oh)
Ain't it clear what we're aiming for? (Oh-oh)
Hey babe, we're the dinosaurs
Yeah, but what if me and you
Were in each other shoes
Could we break through?
To somewhere different, somewhere new
'Cause if you're stuck with me
I guess I'm stuck with you
Could we rise above the scars
That we both put each other through
If I were you (I think I'm ready to try us)
And you were me (I think I'm ready to try)
Would we still be doomed (to put the past behind us)
To disagree? (Yeah, to put the past behind)
'Cause you'd be me ('cause it's already behind us)
If I were you (yeah, I'm sick of falling behind)
And all I see (I think I'm ready to try us)
Is what you put me through (maybe I'd be ready to try)
If I were you
And you were me, I would be you
And then we'd both be true
I wonder what we'd do
If you were me, I would be you
Would one plus one be two?
I wonder what we'd do
If I were you
2020 enemies
What a dismal odyssey
Hell bound the apathy
Is there any remedy?
'Cause we bicker over Listerine
With Twitter as our liturgy
What a crummy legacy
2020 enemies
If I were you
And you were me
Would we still be doomed
To disagree?
'Cause you'd be me
If I were you
And you never see
My point of view
If I were you
If I were you, mm-mm
Hey Romeo, it's Juliet
Are you Montague or Capulet?
Or some denigrating apathetic
Insult that we both forget?
'Cause fake is on the internet
And fear is on the TV set
Our rage is a habitat
For our 2020 novelettes
If I were you (if I were you)
And you were me (and you were me)
Would we still be doomed (would we still be doomed)
To disagree? (To disagree?)
'Cause you'd be me ('cause you'd be me)
If I were you (if I were you)
And you never see (and you never see)
My point of view (my point of view)
If I were you
Hey babe, we're the dinosaurs (oh-oh)
I get the feeling we've been here before (oh-oh-oh)
Ain't it clear what we're aiming for? (Oh-oh)
Hey babe, we're the dinosaurs
Yeah, but what if me and you
Were in each other shoes
Could we break through?
To somewhere different, somewhere new
'Cause if you're stuck with me
I guess I'm stuck with you
Could we rise above the scars
That we both put each other through
If I were you (I think I'm ready to try us)
And you were me (I think I'm ready to try)
Would we still be doomed (to put the past behind us)
To disagree? (Yeah, to put the past behind)
'Cause you'd be me ('cause it's already behind us)
If I were you (yeah, I'm sick of falling behind)
And all I see (I think I'm ready to try us)
Is what you put me through (maybe I'd be ready to try)
If I were you
And you were me, I would be you
And then we'd both be true
I wonder what we'd do
If you were me, I would be you
Would one plus one be two?
I wonder what we'd do
If I were you
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if i were you Lyrics as written by Tim Foreman Jon Foreman
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i know this was written about GOD but i want my relationship with my future spouce and i to have a relationship like this...i want us to have something as beautiful as this song
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i luv this song, it has a nice calm beat and is beautfly written
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