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Years From Now

April 28, 2021
By amgSongwriter SILVER, Germantown, Maryland
amgSongwriter SILVER, Germantown, Maryland
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Favorite Quote:
"Destiny is not a matter of chance, it is a matter of choice" - William Jennings Bryan


Baby you talk too much, just listen

Don’t let your mind become a prison

That follows you through time

Baby you’ve lied enough, to yourself

So don’t you lie to me when you tell

Me that you’re on our side


You look at us, and you only see yourself

No wonder you’re so lonely

Well if you must, please mess with someone else

Go write a different a story


My only hope is that years from now!!

We won’t be buried in regrets!!

And maybe I wasn’t working out!! 

For you but I’m still a true friend!!

What would you rather have?!!

What would you rather have?!!

My only hope is that years from now!!

We won’t be buried in regrets!!


Baby I’ve heard enough, be silent

Please don’t pretend we’re on an island

And it’s just you and I

Baby it’s all too much, to handle

Don’t start a fire lighting candles

And don’t force me to cry


You look at us, and you only see yourself

No wonder you’re so lonely

Well if you must, please mess with someone else

Go write a different a story


My only hope is that years from now!!

We won’t be buried in regrets!!

And maybe I wasn’t working out!! 

For you but I’m still a true friend!!

What would you rather have?!!

What would you rather have?!!

My only hope is that years from now!!

We won’t be buried in regrets!!


And I know that’s it’s over, and the damage is done

Yeah I know that’s it’s over, and you’ve already won

But is love a zero sum game?

And do we even have to play?


My only hope is that years from now… 

We won’t be buried in regrets… 

And maybe I wasn’t working out… 

But I’m still a true friend!! 

What would you rather have?!!

What would you rather have?!!

My only hope is that years from now!!

We won’t be buried in regrets!!

My only hope is that years from now!!

We won’t be buried in regrets!!

My only hope is that years from now!!

We won’t be buried in regrets!!


The author's comments:

This piece represents how someone might feel after a breakup. Throughout the song the narrator goes through phases (blaming the other person in the verses, anger/bitterness in the prechorus, and some degree of reconciliation and sentimentality in the chorus). By the end the narrator realizes that love isn't a zero sum game and that a breakup isn't the end of the world. What really matters is that you have true friends. 


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