Back When I Had You

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[Verse 1]
You left your sweater
On the back of my old chair
Still smells like summer
Like you’re somehow still right there
I see your number
In my phone
I never dial
I read our messages
Till I’m hurting
But I still smile

[Chorus]
Back when I had you
I didn’t hold you like I should
Thought love was endless
Thought you’d stay just ’cause you could
Now every quiet night
Turns into missing you
If I could rewind my life
I’d go back
Back when I had you

[Verse 2]
We argued over
Little things that fade with time
I raised my voice up
You just wanted me to try
You packed your suitcase
But you waited at the door
I watched you walking
Like I’d see you come once more

[Chorus]
Back when I had you
I didn’t hold you like I should
Thought love was endless
Thought you’d stay just ’cause you could
Now every quiet night
Turns into missing you
If I could rewind my life
I’d go back
Back when I had you

[Bridge]
I replay
Every word I said
All the “I’m fine”
When you were breaking instead
If I had one chance
Just to fix one thing
I’d learn how to listen
Before you had to leave

[Chorus]
Back when I had you
I didn’t hold you like I should
Thought love was endless
Thought you’d stay just ’cause you could
Now every quiet night
Turns into missing you
If I could rewind my life
I’d go back
Back when I had you
Back when I had you
(back when I had you)