If i could

(Intro - heavy, muted 808s and a melancholic piano melody)

Yeah... uh...

Know how it goes, right?

Sometimes you just sit back and think...

What if?

(Verse 1)

If I could rewind the clock, just for a single day

Would I say things different? Take a different highway?

Maybe dodge the heartache, the rain clouds in my soul

Avoid the ghost of your touch, the stories left untold.

If I could see the future, just a glimpse of what's to come

Would I still take that chance, or would I just run?

Would I still chase the fire, knowing how it burns

Or learn from all the embers, the lessons hard-earned?

(Pre-Chorus)

Hindsight's twenty-twenty, they all say it's true

But living in the present, got me stumbling through

Lost in the maze of choices, the paths I can't retrace

Wish I had a roadmap, to navigate this space.

(Chorus - beat drops slightly, more open, Drake's signature sing-song rap)

If I could, yeah, if I could, re-write history's script

Erase the broken moments, the promises that slipped

If I could, just for a moment, hold you close again

Tell you everything I meant, before the bitter end.

If I could, if I could, escape this heavy rain

But the truth is, baby, some things just can't be changed.

(Verse 2)

If I could silence all the voices, the whispers in my head

Telling me I wasn't good enough, filling me with dread

If I could believe the hype, the people singing praise

Instead of dwelling on the doubters, lost in a mental maze.

If I could trust my instincts, the whispers deep inside

Instead of letting fear control me, nowhere left to hide

If I could just be fearless, just for a little while

Break free from these chains, learn how to truly smile.

(Pre-Chorus)

Hindsight's twenty-twenty, they all say it's true

But living in the present, got me stumbling through

Lost in the maze of choices, the paths I can't retrace

Wish I had a roadmap, to navigate this space.

(Bridge - beat fades almost completely, just piano and ambient sounds)

Maybe the "what ifs" are just a distraction, a way to avoid the pain

Of accepting the reality, the sunshine after the rain.

Maybe the scars we carry, are just a sign we survived

And the lessons learned along the way, keep us truly alive.

(Outro)

If i could, just for a moment, i will hold u close again

(Fade out)