Hindsight
Joey Landreth Lyrics
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You were right
I was too young to know better
Too old not to be in the wrong
And I coulda tried
Put up a fight
I was Too dumb and too selfish
It's easy to look back on twenty-one
And say we can blame it on being young
Hard to believe what's been done has been done
Hindsight's all twenties, hindsight is twenty-one
I could have lied
One last time
Let you believe that
I wasn't coming undone
Up all night
You were right
From the smallest of details
To the brittleness of my love
It's easy to look back on twenty-one
And say we can blame it on being young
Hard to believe what's been done has been done
Hindsight's all twenties, hindsight is twenty-one
I'll always be selfish
I'll always be dumb
I'll always be foolish & young
In your eye's I'll always be twenty-one
It's easy to look back on twenty-one
And say we can blame it on being young
Hard to believe what's been done has been done
Hindsight's all twenties, hindsight is twenty-one
The lyrics to Joey Landreth's song "Hindsight" reflect the singer's regrets regarding a past relationship. The first verse expresses his acknowledgement of his mistakes and his inability to correct them. Landreth recognizes that he was too young to make the right decisions, but was also old enough to have known better. Despite this realization, he admits that he could have tried harder to salvage the relationship, but was too foolish and selfish to do so. The second verse explores the details of the failed relationship, with Landreth describing how his partner was always right about even the smallest things that he disregarded. He recognizes that he was unwilling to acknowledge his own flaws and was ultimately responsible for the end of the relationship.
Line by Line Meaning
I can't lie
I must be honest
You were right
You were correct
I was too young to know better
I lacked the necessary experience to make better decisions
Too old not to be in the wrong
I was old enough to know better but still made mistakes
And I coulda tried
I could have made an effort
Put up a fight
Resisted the situation
I was Too dumb and too selfish
I lacked intelligence and was self-centered
Too little, too late to move on
It was too late for me to change the situation
It's easy to look back on twenty-one
It's simple to view the past
And say we can blame it on being young
We can attribute it to inexperience
Hard to believe what's been done has been done
It's difficult to accept the past as unchangeable
Hindsight's all twenties, hindsight is twenty-one
It's easier to understand the past than it was to live through it
I could have lied
I had the option to deceive
One last time
Before the end
Let you believe that
Made you think
I wasn't coming undone
I wasn't falling apart
Up all night
Spent the whole night awake
From the smallest of details
Even the tiniest things
To the brittleness of my love
Including my fragile emotions
I'll always be selfish
I'll forever be self-centered
I'll always be dumb
I'll always lack intelligence
I'll always be foolish & young
I'll always make mistakes due to my youth and inexperience
In your eye's I'll always be twenty-one
In your perception, I'll always be like my younger self
Lyrics © Society of Composers, Authors and Music Publishers of Canada (SOCAN), Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
Written by: JOSEPH LANDRETH, ROMAN CLARKE
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