Brand New - Drake

This here is on some truthful shit
It seems like everything I do, you're used to it
And I hate hearing stories bout who you’ve been with
So then I gotta hide, what I'm feeling inside
So you still think I'm confident and damn
Is this gonna last? You're up on a pedestal
Are we moving too fast?
Feel like I'm in crazy competition with the past
This why I gotta ask, is anything I'm doing brand new?

Ah, this song has been on epic repeat since yesterday. Minus 10 minutes of straight laughter over another song. Lol, I'm laughing thinking about it. Anyway, back to what I'm talking about. That verse is so real. I've always liked this song, but I was never able to seriously relate. It's like, when you hear about something in your significant other's past that you necessarily didn't know before - or you thought something else of, you begin to question. I mean, I'm far from a jealous person and I'm pretty good at dealing with insecurities. It's like, when it comes up - you have to seriously deal with it on your own so that she/he may still think you're as confident as you've appeared to be for so long. I mean, even the most confident person has weak moments. With me, I start thinking about the same ol' love story thing I always preach. Like, is anything that I'm doing with you now new or am I the same all over?

This here is something personal
Highly doubt this feeling is reversible
Knowledge is pain and that is why it hurts to know
That you attempt to hide, and put mistakes aside
So I don’t ever question you and damn
I cant even find, the perfect brush
So I can paint whats going through my mind
Racing against myself, but I'm a couple steps behind
This why I gotta ask, is anything I'm doing brand new?

You know that saying: "Don't go looking for what you can't handle. Ignorance is bliss." That's so true. Knowledge is pain. When you know what you really hoped wasn't there, it's kind of hard to deal with it. It's even worse when you thought what was, was actually something completely different. The whole thought of whatever it is or was clutters your mind. It's hard to actually put words to what is. Now it seems like I'm racing against myself. I'm trying to do new things and start new memories, but it just seems so played. Like, it's the same thing the last did. It's the same feelings they shared, or at least they said they shared. Then, you have to 'find out' about it. This is where knowledge becomes painful. It's not like it's something you've already known about. It's something brand new to you that's been old to them. Sadly, you can't do anything but hope that what you're doing is brand new?

Is anything I'm doing brand new
Is everything I'm doing too late
Did he take off your clothes off just like this
Did he give you loving just like this
Did you spend the night in his bed on the very first date
Tell me baby am I too late?

The ending of the bridge makes so much sense when you think about it. Like, everything that I'm doing - did you that with him/her? I'm sorry, I don't care how many times you claim to be that deal or the shit, you'd think about it if you heard about your current and his/her previous. Especially hearing about it from anyone but them. Usually things would roll off, but what if what was said just had to be because it is exactly what comes out of their mouth about you. Do you still think it's brand new? If he/she told you that you were the light of their life or something like that, and you hear that it's the same thing they said to their ex - do you still think it's brand new? It could be as simple as a little nickname he/she calls you. If you found out they called their ex that, do you still feel brand new?

Tell me baby, am I too late?