Cover art for You Shoulda Known by Mathai

You Shoulda Known

Jul. 4, 20131 viewer

You Shoulda Known Lyrics

There's a song in the air
For those who don't care
And those who know better
You don't know better
Shake the dust of your feet
Don't you dare take a seat
The skies may all be clear
But we're all down here

(You coulda)
Acted like you would put up a fight
(I woulda)
Even you might heart for the prize
(If you woulda)
Help me out, out of the cold
(And I coulda)
Had someone to hold, you shoulda known
I should have mattered
But you saw right through my cries
When my hands reach out to you
You shoulda known
How to fix what was shattered
So many things you coulda have shown
If only you'd known

So don't stroke my hair
It's not even fair
Cuz' then I'll be lost in you again
Stuck in the ride again
You say that I'm cool
But lets not [?]
I've yet to be [?]
For a single day
(You coulda)
Realized that I was your life
(I woulda)
Given you all of my life
(If you woulda)
Help me out, out of the cold
(Then I coulda)
Had someone to hold on

You shoulda known
I should have mattered
But you saw right through my cries
When my hands reached out to you
You shoulda known
How to fix what was shattered
So many things you coulda shown if only you'd known

And from now I'll be waking
From this nightmare you created
If only you hadn't given up, on us

You shoulda known
I shoulda mattered
But you sat right through my cries
When my hands reached out to you
You shoulda known
How to fix something shattered
So many things you coulda shown
If only you'd known
You shouda known

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July 4, 2013
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