More songs by James Arthur
Description
Sometimes the past sounds louder than the music in your headphones. Especially when your memory throws up scenes where everything could have turned out differently - if it weren't for fatigue, pride, or that foolish belief that tomorrow there will definitely be a chance to fix everything. The song swings between light and shadow, as if two people are standing on different sides of a glass: close, but out of reach. Here, regret and salvation come in one breath - that very “if only” that lives in everyone who has ever tried to be too right, too human. And then realized: sometimes it's not faith that saves you, but simply the opportunity to breathe next to someone who hasn't left yet.
Lyrics and translation
Original
I still remember my name
But forgotten my royal mistakes
If only
I could go back in time
When you were a friend of mine
If only
We were just a little less tired and true
You were being you, and I was being too human
But who was I fooling
Ohh if only
If only I could trust you
Rest your head and turn the light on
If only I could wish your kiss was not a falling star
If only I was yours, the shoulder that you'd wanna to cry on
If only you could pull me safely through this bridge of wires
Ehh if only
(If only, if only)
(If only, if only)
I took your crown of thorns
Laid down to be reborn
If only
I wasn't flesh and bone
I could rise up from being stoned
If only
You could see through someone like me
Tryna be free, maybe just a little less lonely
Ohh I was so lonely
If only
If only I could trust you
Rest your head and turn the light on (If only, if only)
If only I could wish your kiss was not a falling star
(If only, if only)
If only I was yours, the shoulder that you'd wanna to cry on
(If only, if only)
If only you could pull me safely through this bridge of wires
(If only)
Ehh if only
It's out with the old, I'll be new
And don't worry about the drink and drugs, I'm through
If only I believed that was true
We'd be living all the dreams in a house with a view
If only, if only you knew how the voices of demons could drown out the truth
Now my one place of freedom is sleeping with you
If only, if only you knew
If only I could trust you
Rest your head and turn the light on
If only I could wish your kiss was not a falling star
If only, If only I was your shoulder to cry on
If only you could pull me safely through this bridge of wires
Ehh if only
If only, if only
If only