Uploaded October 2021 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago

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“What If I” is from the Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats album, The Future, available now here: https://found.ee/NRNSTheFuture
"What If I" is written by Nathaniel Rateliff.

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Lyrics:
What if I just can’t discover
What if I’m just taking too long
Or I’m wrong, my vision is cluttered
I’m stumbling on

What if I just quit tomorrow
What if I just tuck and run
If there ain’t no line to follow
Well how will you know

What if I, Cant wait any longer
But I’m scared of letting it show
And of all this piled together
The least is the most

Maybe I’m all in and doubt it
Maybe the nights are sharp and cold
Maybe it’s harder to see when you cannot believe
When only half the cards are shown
Maybe as time goes on together
We’ll learn how to grow

What if I can’t take the heartache
What if I don’t want to know
What if all I found was darkness leading to none

Well come on, just leave the light on
Give me air and clear the room
Cause if I don’t find an answer
I fear I’ll fold

What if I, Cant wait any longer
And I’m scared of letting it show
And of all these piled together
The least is the most

Maybe I’m all in and doubt it
Maybe the nights are sharp and cold
Maybe its harder to see what you cannot believe
When only half the cards are shown

Maybe as time goes on together we’ll learn how to grow
Maybe I’m all in and doubt it
Maybe I’ll go on without it

Maybe I’m all in and doubt it
Maybe I’ll go on without it

Maybe I’m all in and doubt it
Maybe I’ll go on without it

Maybe I’m all in and doubt it

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