If We Met Again

[Verse 1] If someone introduced us With no warning in the room Would my body know you sooner Than my mind could place the truth? Would you ask me what I’m drinking? Would I give my answer now? Would we talk until they closed it Or run out of words somehow? [Refrain] If we met again With no old life to defend Would it feel like something starting Or remind us how things end? Would you recognise my silence? Would I read your restless hands? Would we choose each other differently If we met again? [Verse 2] You wouldn’t know the nights it took For me to trust myself I wouldn’t know what changed in you When I was somewhere else You might tell me something ordinary I had never heard before I might love the way you tell it Without knowing what it cost [Refrain] If we met again Without history at our backs Would the pull between us prove itself Without retracing every crack? Would you recognise my silence? Would I still understand Every movement of your fingers If we met again? [Bridge] Maybe what we called forever Was two people holding on Maybe what we called a failure Was the courage to be gone Maybe love survives the ending Maybe only habits do Maybe I would still be drawn to you Without belonging to you [Final Refrain] If we met again I think I’d still turn when you laughed I think you’d notice when I’m frightened Before I ever had to ask I think some part would recognise you Before either understood But recognition isn’t reason To rebuild what wasn’t good If we met again as strangers I might want you all the same But you’d meet me standing where I am Not begging you to stay No old promises between us No forgiveness we could claim Just two people meeting honestly— If we met again.