You can't change the past But you can learn from it Or so everyone seems to say But how can those lessons last When the problems keep coming With a good lookin' face You are a threadbare cardigan A little treat for fun My confounding sense of safety Wanna start at the beginning again How about eight o'clock day one Kinda sounds like poetry What would you do if I said My heart yearns for you Would you wanna run, or remain? I think I would stay If your heart yearns, too See how things go if we go again What would you do if I said I often think about you I can't seem to get you out of my brain I hope you would say You think about me too Oh how I wonder if you feel the same Sometimes you go so quiet And I remember in that space You already have Someone That's why I'm trying to fight this: Trying to forget your face Our past has passed, and we're done But what would you do if I said You're everything that I want Would you stay, or retreat How many nights have I stayed Stone-hearted and on guard To keep from breaking like a wave at your feet What would you do if I said I think I might want you Think I wanna hold your hand Can't get you out of my head And I don't know what to do Trying to understand Are these feelings real Or just a rosy memory Is this how I feel Or am I just lonely Do I want the devil I knew To replace the void I know Do I trust my heart enough to Say this aloud even though It might be safer to repress You and I both unknowing Than it would be to regress Even as this flame is growing I wonder if you dream of me And wake, confused and grasping For memories eager to fade I know you're in my dreams That rich, subconscious tapestry I can love you there, but I can't stay What would you do if I said My heart screams for you Would you trust me - do I? Is this a cruel trick of nostalgia What should I do I can't seem to decide What would you do if I said My heart yearns for you Would you stay and be mine Can't understand why I'm determined To rewind and begin anew And see how things go this time What would you do, ooh-ooh-ooh What would you do, ooh-ooh-ooh What would you do What would you do What would you do