Track · Aug 30, 2026 · English
BEFORE I KNEW BETTER
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[Intro — distant synth, soft vinyl crackle]
AKARI:
Funny…
I used to think
Missing someone meant
You were supposed to go back.
[Beat enters]
[Verse 1]
I remember staying up
Way past two
Watching that little screen
Waiting on you
Every red flag
I painted pink
Called it love
Before I learned to think
You’d disappear
I’d make excuses
You’d say sorry
I’d believe it
Back then I thought
Holding on
Was how you proved
You really meant it
[Pre-Chorus]
I don’t hate you
That’s the strange part
I don’t even wish
I could restart
Some things end
And leave you better
I loved you…
Before I knew better.
[Chorus]
Before I knew better
I would’ve stayed forever
Thought love meant holding on
Even when we hurt together
Now I sleep just fine
Without your name across my screen
I can miss who we were
Without missing what we became
You were a chapter
Not my whole story
And I don’t need you
To be sorry
I loved you then
But I know better now
[Verse 2]
There were good days
I won’t erase
Certain songs
Certain streets
Certain places
I can smile at the memory
Without wanting it again
You were somebody I loved
You don’t have to be my friend
And maybe somewhere
You’re different now
Maybe you finally
Figured yourself out
I hope you did
But that’s not mine
To worry about
[Pre-Chorus]
I don’t hate you
I don’t regret it
Some lessons hurt
Before you get them
Some doors close
And life gets better
I loved you…
Before I knew better.
[Chorus]
Before I knew better
I would’ve stayed forever
Thought love meant holding on
Even when we hurt together
Now I sleep just fine
Without your name across my screen
I can miss who we were
Without missing what we became
You were a chapter
Not my whole story
And I don’t need you
To be sorry
I loved you then
But I know better now
[Bridge — beat strips down]
Maybe I was young
Maybe you were too
Maybe we both had things
We didn’t know how to do
But growing up means knowing
When something’s reached its end
I can forgive the past…
Without opening that door again.
[Final Chorus]
Before I knew better
I thought losing you would break me
Now I look into the mirror
And like the girl it made me
No more waiting up
No more staring at my phone
Funny…
I thought losing you
Would make me lonely
Turns out
It taught me how to be alone
I loved you once
And I can say that now
No anger
No forever
Just a girl
Who finally knows better.
[Outro — faint phone vibration]
[Akari looks at screen]
Unknown Caller.
[Pause]
AKARI:
…Hm.
[Cut.]
Style
dark y2k r&b/j-popfemale vocalsmoody synthswarm basscrisp drumsintimate versesrestrained confidencedreamyenglish
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Leslie_themusicwizGeneratedAug 30, 2026
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