[00:00.90]Flobots - If I
[00:02.15]If I hadn't been a quiet introspective kid
[00:21.86]If I hadn't been a nerd, wouldn't have met with him
[00:24.17]If we hadn't observed we'd be the best of friends
[00:26.48]That preferred the spoken word to the toke and binge
[00:28.86]If momma hadn't died when I was young
[00:30.85]Would me and sis been so tight from jump?
[00:33.61]If dad hadn't lost his mind to a disease
[00:36.17]Would I be up here askin' ya'll to notice me?
[00:38.48]In the dark times, didn't know where the path went
[00:40.92]I was close to the edge like Grand Master Flash said
[00:43.48]It was hands of my friends that held me back
[00:45.98]Yes, without them I'd MJ keep slidin' backwards
[00:48.16]Or be a hypocrite like some others have been
[00:50.54]If that and the other hadn't happened
[00:52.98]Don't know that I'd ever been Brer Rabbit
[00:55.48]Askin' how many if's between hero and has-been?
[00:57.48]If I, if I, if I had only known
[01:03.66]That I would be a lamb to the slaughter
[01:07.48]Now I know
[01:08.29]If I, if I, if I had only known
[01:12.23]I know, I bet it only makes me stronger
[01:16.60]Now I know, now I know
[01:18.98]Now I know, know, know
[01:21.41]Now I know, now I know
[01:23.73]Now I know, know, know
[01:26.98]If I hadn't grown up in the 80's
[01:29.17]Experiencing the various things that made me
[01:31.41]Would I still be standing center stage
[01:33.54]Trying to innovate new ways to demonstrate?
[01:35.79]If mommy-daddy hadn't turned off Mork and Mindy
[01:38.48]To inform us divorce was pending
[01:40.48]Would him and me have spent these 23 years in a frenzy
[01:43.29]Moving back and forth with such forceful energy?
[01:45.66]I remember when I was a little baby
[01:47.79]Lying there alone on my pillow casing
[01:50.48]Upset already I could feel the aging
[01:52.85]The urge to return was debilitating
[01:55.04]And maybe I'm still afraid and need to
[01:58.04]Cry a little harder for the world of play things
[02:00.98]Stop looking back on these silly day dreams
[02:03.16]Sing along with me if you feel the same way
[02:05.60]If I, if I, if I had only known
[02:09.60]That I would be a lamb to the slaughter
[02:14.16]Now I know
[02:15.91]If I, if I, if I had only known
[02:20.73]I know, I bet it only makes me stronger
[02:23.91]Now I know, now I know
[02:25.98]Now I know, know, know
[02:28.29]Now I know, now I know
[02:30.73]Now I know, know, know
[02:33.35]If I had known what awaited was unplanned
[02:35.98]If I had known the blade was in a loved one's hand
[02:39.17]If I had known of the possible injury
[02:41.04]If I had known the altar was meant for me
[02:43.42]But now I know nobody can predict events
[02:45.35]And now I know there's cracks in the picket fence
[02:48.23]Now I know that something else exists
[02:50.16]And now I know a life can be built from this
[02:53.04]If I had known emotions would still remain
[02:55.17]If I had known that time wouldn't heal the pain
[02:57.79]If I had known the intent of the injury
[03:00.16]If I had known the altar wasn't meant for me
[03:02.73]Now I know there's treasure hidden in these scars
[03:04.85]Now I know there's presence in an empty yard
[03:07.10]Now I know what it took for me to survive
[03:09.66]But now I know where to go to become alive
[03:12.29]If I, if I, if I had only known
[03:17.79]That I would be a lamb to the slaughter
[03:21.35]Now I know
[03:22.91]If I, if I, if I had only known
[03:27.48]I know, I bet it only makes me stronger
[03:31.10]Now I know, now I know
[03:33.22]Now I know, know, know
[03:34.85]Now I know, now I know
[03:37.73]Now I know, know, know