Before You Know It Lyrics - Kygo, Ava Max | English Meaning & Song Details

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Before You Know It Lyrics - Kygo, Ava Max

[Verse 1]

Friday night, last call again
One final round of drinks, my friends
We're goin', we're goin'
Take a glass and fill it up
Don't wanna see no empty cup
We're toastin' this moment

[Pre-Chorus]
And even though they say the bars are closin'
And even though they say the night is done
We'll be back before you know it

[Chorus]
To the place we all know and love
With those red wine stains on the rugs
Though our heads might hurt in the morning
We'll be back before you, back before you know it
We'll bе right back at it again
Turning random strangers to friends
We might wakе up wishin' and hopin'
But we'll be back before you, back before you know it

[Post-Chorus]
But we'll be back before you, back before you know it

[Verse 2]
Start to walk too straight of line
We'll circle back to this old dive
Like always, like always
We'll be pickin' up where we left off
We take our heartbreaks on the rocks
At our place, at our place

[Pre-Chorus]
And even though they say the bars are closin'
And even though they say the night is done
We'll be back before you know it

[Chorus]
To the place we all know and love
With those red wine stains on the rugs
Though our heads might hurt in the morning
We'll be back before you, back before you know it
We'll be right back at it again
Turning random strangers to friends
We might wake up wishin' and hopin'
But we'll be back before you, back before you know it

[Outro]
Oh, we'll be back before you, back before you know it, oh
Oh yeah, mm
Oh, we'll be back
Oh, we'll be back before you, back before you know it

Overall Song Meaning

This song is really about the human fear of endings and our need to belong, using the dive bar as a symbol of everything we're afraid to lose: youth, friendship, and the version of ourselves that exists only there with those people. The repeated promise "we'll be back before you know it" is a quiet denial against change, because the bar closing represents the end of an era and friends slowly drifting apart, and the need to repeat that promise reveals the fear that one day they won't return. Even "we take our heartbreaks on the rocks" works two ways, literally serving pain over ice and figuratively enduring it together, turning the bar into a place where pain is shared rather than carried alone. Ultimately, it's about how rituals hold us together when life pulls us apart, making a quiet bargain with time to let this last and let us keep coming back, so the song is joyful on the surface but grieving underneath, celebrating the ritual while knowing all rituals eventually end.

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