Now I Know (Forever To Bleed) Lyrics
You're all alone and I did this
I got no one else to blame
You didn't know, I was a risk
And it's such a crying shame
How you gave me all of you and wanted nothing else from me
But to make some time for you but all I made you was lonely
[Chorus]
I couldn't see but now I know
That I acted selfishly
I should've known that I let you down
Caused you so much misery
Forever to bleed
Forever to bleed
Forever to bleed
Forever to bleed
[Post Chorus]
I should've been there
I should've been there
I should've been there
I should've been there
I should've been there
[Verse 2]
All of the times you used to cry
Because I would let you down
I'm losing time
I should've tried a little more to be around
But I didn't know that you were hurting, I was just too blind
Only thing I know for certain: another you I'll never find
I couldn't see but now I know
That I acted selfishly
I should've known that I let you down
Caused you so much misery
Forever to bleed
Forever to bleed
Forever to bleed
Forever to bleed
[Post Chorus]
I should've been there
I should've been there
I should've been there
I should've been there
I should've been there
[Bridge]
I'm filled with regret
I'm gonna tip and sow myself in misery
Now in your life I'll take more time
No more yearning without me
But it hurts to think of you all by yourself but now I see
And I apologize for all the times I left you home waiting for me
[Chorus]
I couldn't see but now I know
That I acted selfishly
I should've known that I let you down
Caused you so much misery
Forever to bleed
Forever to bleed
Forever to bleed
Forever to bleed
I should've been there
I should've been there
I should've been there
I should've been there
I should've been there
[Outro]
I'm gonna be there (I'm gonna be there)
I'm gonna be there
I'm gonna be there (I'm gonna be there)
I'm gonna be there
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The producer and songwriter Clinton Sparks, in an interview with The Fader, talked about the making of the song:
I couldn’t find people to demo the records that I was writing, and I never considered myself to be a singer, per se, so I was with my engineer and had this song and just wrote it, and the song was called “Inevitably” before she changed it to “Forever to Bleed.” I made the record, and I sent it over to Jay Brown, who was working on Rihanna’s album. He was like, “Send me that record for Rihanna.”
I don’t know, maybe a week later, he said, “Send me over the stems right now.” I was like, alright, cool. He told me B was in the studio right now and was about to cut it. I was like, oh shit! I was actually on the demo, and it was me, for the first time in my entire life, ever singing on a record. I wrote and produced the whole song and then recorded the demo, and then even Beyoncé was like, “This sounds like a hit with you singing on it.” We cut the record and then it was the waiting game. I finally get that congratulations, uploaded to mastering. I was like, I own 80 percent of a Beyoncé record! Then, they sent it to me to listen to, and they changed it to “Forever to Bleed” from “Inevitably.” I was like, oh my god, I hate that! It sounds like a menstruating song now. “Inevitably,” that title was interesting. It’s a compelling word to use for a title. Then it also tied into the song, saying I knew inevitably I was going to break your heart, or what not, which I should have known better. Have you heard the song?