Bat for Lashes
Bat for Lashes
Bat for Lashes
Bat for Lashes
Bat for Lashes
Bat for Lashes
Bat for Lashes
Bat for Lashes
Bat for Lashes
Bat for Lashes
Bat for Lashes
Bat for Lashes
Bat for Lashes
Natasha Khan describes “If I Knew” as “the true love song on the album” and “almost like a thank you letter to [the bride’s] lover for kind of helping her through this journey.”
[Verse 1]
You know that you came at the perfect time
There was a mountain I had to claim as mine
And you brought every weather from storm to shine
But I'm thankful for who you helped me find
[Chorus]
Baby, if I knew what I know now
I would never turn it back around
Wrong or right, you held me up to the light
The mountain had a mirror inside
And where I was going took time
[Verse 2]
You've seen me walk through a veil of fire
Strung up by the darkness as my pain flew higher
And I thought it was you I'd been searching for
But somehow I am the mirror, the mountain, the door
[Chorus]
Baby, if I knew what I know now
I could never turn it back around
Wrong or right, you held me up to the light
The mountain had a mirror inside
And where I was going took time
If I Knew was written by Natasha Khan.
If I Knew was produced by Natasha Khan.
Bat for Lashes released If I Knew on Fri Jul 01 2016.
In an interview with Pilerats, Khan explained the concept behind the song.
I think If I Knew […] is like the true love song on the album and it sort of – not an anti-love song at all – I can’t think of how to phrase it, but it’s sort of the resolution of, the antithesis of romantic, heightened, sup...