[Verse 1] Seventeen, you’re sitting on the bedroom floor Staring at an aspiration hanging by the door No one standing by your side And every goodbye cuts too deep inside You wonder if love is something people find Or just a story they tell when they’re older You’re trying to look fearless all the time While carrying the whole world on your shoulder [Pre-Chorus] I wish I could sit beside you there And tell you what the years will bring But I’d leave a little mystery in the air So you can become the man you’re meant to be [Chorus] If I could meet me at seventeen I’d tell that scared young man about you I wouldn’t say when, I wouldn’t say where I’d only say, keep going—you’ll get there All the roads that break your heart in two Are leading me, somehow, to you [Verse 2] One day you’ll see her across a crowded room And lose your place in what you meant to say You’ll learn her laugh will be your favorite sound Before you know the shape of every day You’ll talk until the coffee’s cold and gone About the things you never told a soul She’ll reach across the space between your hands And make a lonely life feel whole [Chorus] If I could meet me at seventeen I’d tell that scared young man about you I wouldn’t say when, I wouldn’t say where I’d only say, keep going—you’ll get there Don’t let the girls who leave decide your worth They’re just turning you toward the love you deserve [Verse 3] You’ll wake beside her with the sunrise through the window And hear her breathing softly in the room You’ll learn that building something beautiful Is choosing one another through the ordinary afternoons A memory wall of moments you shared A grocery list and to-do list to work through And somehow all the simple things you feared Will be the life that carries you [Pre-Chorus] So don’t be scared of every wrong turn Or every night your heart feels bruised Some lessons have to hurt before you learn What it means to be completely loved by someone true [Chorus] If I could meet me at seventeen I’d tell that scared young man about you I wouldn’t say when, I wouldn’t say where I’d only say, keep going—you’ll get there The hardest miles, the ones you thought you couldn’t get through Were quietly making a way to you
