"Things I Used To Know" lyrics

Yeah I used to think the only way to love was when it hurt
And that weddings were for women who've been boring since their birth
And tryna have a child meant you were burying your dream
And vulnerable people were just confidently weak
I used to think it brave or even noble to be free
And every single small commitment, if they needed more for me
I'd be running through the fire, I'd be jumping in the sea
'Cause a woman with desire's a threat to society

Now all these things I used to know
Keep weighing on my soul
And I'm done holding back, I'm
Running, I'm running, I'm running, running, I'm running
From all these things I held so deep
Help me back in my feet
And now I'm far from
All the things I used to know

Yeah I used to think a woman's only power was her youth
And that if I didn't make it by the time I'm twenty-two
Well the world would be unlivable with nothing left to do
Except suburbs and a station wagon painted Ceylon blue
I used to think believers were just ignorantly blessed
If they really knew the truth about the man that don't exist
They'd be cynical as heathens, just as terrified of death
But damn do they look pretty in their Sunday best

Now all these things I used to know
Keep weighing on my soul
And I'm done holding back, I'm
Running, I'm running, I'm running, running, I'm running
From all these things I held so deep
Help me back in my feet
And now I'm far from
All the things I used to know

Gone are the days when I thought I knew better
Gone are the things I used to know
Gone are the days when I thought I knew better
Gone are the things I used to know