I wish I met you sooner

[Verse 1]
**Verse 1**
We matched once, then life got in the way,
Funny how the right love finds you anyway.
A second little chance, a name I knew,
Never thought a stranger could feel so true.

[Verse 2]
You showed up with roses, Starbucks in your hand,
A blanket for the girl who gets cold where she stands.
We turned a little date into a whole afternoon,
And somewhere by the gardens, I started falling for you.

[Verse 3]
**Pre-Chorus**
You saw me getting overwhelmed,
You didn't run, you helped me breathe.
And I don't know if you could tell,
But you were becoming home to me.

[Chorus]
**Chorus**
And I wish you met me sooner,
Before the hurt, before the scars,
Before we learned to guard our hearts
And hide the pieces in the dark.
I'd give you every Sunday morning,
Every tomorrow, every June,
A little house, a dog beside us,
And a baby with your eyes, too.
And if forever's something we can choose,
I'd choose a thousand lives with you.
Taylor, if there's one thing I know,
I wish I met you sooner,
But I'm so glad I met you at all.

[Verse 4]
**Verse 2**
Now we've got our little dog and dreams we talk about,
Long nights on the phone when the world's too loud.
You brought gifts for my family, remembered little things,
Made me feel like I was worth the effort love can bring.

[Verse 5]
We put our rings on, locked the old doors,
Deleted all the reasons to be searching anymore.
And when you said you were scared to fall again,
I wished I could show you where my heart had been.

[Verse 6]
**Pre-Chorus**
I know that love can make you scared,
When you've been hurt and left unsure.
But I'm not asking you to be perfect,
I'm just asking us to be sure.

[Chorus]
**Chorus**
And I wish you met me sooner,
Before the hurt, before the scars,
Before we learned to guard our hearts
And hide the pieces in the dark.
I'd give you every Sunday morning,
Every tomorrow, every June,
A little house, a dog beside us,
And a baby with your eyes, too.
And if forever's something we can choose,
I'd choose a thousand lives with you.
Taylor, if there's one thing I know,
I wish I met you sooner,
But I'm so glad I met you at all.

[Verse 7]
**Verse 3**
Sometimes we turn the little things into a storm,
Sometimes we forget we're on the same side of the door.
I need to know that love won't make me disappear,
You need to know that I am choosing to be here.

[Verse 8]
And I can't promise we won't hurt each other sometimes,
Or that every conversation ends with everything alright.
But I want a love where we can both be understood,
Where we don't have to win to make the ending good.

[Verse 9]
I want to hold your hand when life gets hard,
Be the voice that reminds you who you are.
And when my world feels heavier than I can bear,
I want to know that you'll still be there.

[Verse 10]
**Bridge**
Maybe one day there'll be little footsteps down the hall,
Little hands reaching for you when you walk in from it all.
Maybe I'll watch you hold our baby in the morning light,
And remember all the nights we wondered if we'd be alright.

[Verse 11]
And maybe we'll be older, with some grey inside our hair,
Laughing at the little things that once felt so unfair.
I'll look across the room at you, the man I got to choose,
And think about the life I almost never got with you.

[Verse 12]
And you'll remember that first date,
The roses and the skies,
And I'll remember how you looked at me
Like I was worth your time.

[Verse 13]
**Final Chorus**
God, I wish you met me sooner,
Before the hurt, before goodbye,
Before we learned to fear the things
We'd spend our whole lives trying to find.
I'd give you every Sunday morning,
Every sunrise, every moon,
Every prayer I ever whispered
For a love that felt like truth.

[Verse 14]
And if forever's something we can choose,
I'd choose the hard days, too, with you.
Not because we'll never break,
But because there's something here worth saving.

[Verse 15]
Taylor, if you ever wonder
What you mean to me at all,
You're the man I picture in my future,
You're the name behind my calls.
You're the home I hope we're building,
You're the dream I hold on to.
I wish I met you sooner, baby,
But I'm so glad this life led me to you.

[Verse 16]
**Outro — soft, almost whispered**
And if we get our little miracle,
If our dreams come true someday,
I'll tell them how I found their daddy
And how he came to stay.

[Verse 17]
I'll tell them love isn't always easy,
But some hearts are worth fighting through.
And when they ask me what forever means,
I'll say, “It started with me and you.”

[Verse 18]
Taylor…
I wish I met you sooner.
But I'd find you all over again.
I'd choose you all over again.