"I Knew" began in 2011 with a different melody and chord structure. In 2016, a chance experiment with a looper at an airport gig revealed the layered, arpeggiated arrangement that now brings the lyrics to life. The song opens as a heartfelt love story, full of playful encounters and tender memories, but by the final chorus it unfolds into a lament: the bittersweet truth beneath the romance. It's a song about knowing love and loss, and the moments that linger long after.