Cammi McDermott - Cardigan (Rewrite)

Garden bloom, floral thorn
Party foul, pinky-sworn
When you are young, they assume you know nothing
Vuitton dress, buzzcut hair
Gossip columns, formalwear
When you are young, they assume you know nothing

[Chorus]
But I knew you
My old faded blue jeans
Picture perfect film scene, I
I knew you
Streetlights as an arrow
Flyin' like a sparrow, I

[Refrain]
And if you'd feel like you were an old cardigan
Under someone's bed
I'd put you on because you were my favorite

[Verse 2]
Kissing babies, smile and nod
Backup options are a fraud
When you are young, they assume you know nothing

[Chorus]
But I knew you
Hunter and the foxes
Cages and the boxes, I
I knew you
Heartbeats under trenchcoats
Hazes nobody knows, I

[Refrain]
And if you'd feel like you were an old cardigan
Under someone's bed
I'd put you on because you were my favorite

[Bridge]
To backseat rides, you by my side
Was all I needed
Drawing red hearts around old marks
But now you're bleeding

[Chorus]
'Cause I knew you
Easy to come and go
Jumping trains all alone, I
I knew you
Read until the last page
Hoping that I would stay, I
I knew you
Now I'm a reminder
Of what she left behind her, I
And when you are young, they assume you know nothing


[Verse 3]
But now I linger like an old tattoo
Reminder of what didn't come true
The cigarette still lit between my teeth
Fly away while you are left beneath
But you'll curse me for all of my nights
Blink and you are lost in the streetlights
I will miss you til the day I die
Throwing pebbles til my last goodbye
I'll always come back to you
Come back to you
I'll come back to you
I'd come back

[Refrain]
So if you feel like you are an old cardigan
Under someone's bed
I'll put you on and say you are my favorite