You Shouldn't Have Said That

You shouldn't have said that 'least not without warning I've been such a wreck, always scared that I'm boring You swallow my words 'cause they're not that important You shouldn't have said that and think I'd ignore it You shouldn't have called me, you knew that I'd answer My vision is flint and my heart is a hammer Before we ignite this, I brace for the fallout Too close to the ceiling, I wait for the comedown And you shouldn't have called me pretty and think I'd forget it My memory's shitty, but God, it's selective You shouldn't have sent that and think that I'd read it Then after a minute forget that I'd seen it The spell's gonna break if I start to believe it You shouldn't have sent that if you didn't mean it St-stutter around you called a speech pathologist She said to fuck off and see my psychologist Look for distractions, I found them at college Just rich kids from Jersey and part-time astrologists Still thought about you, just now I know communists And you shouldn't have called me pretty and think I'd forget it My memory's shitty, but God, it's selective (Ooh-ooh, you shouldn't, you shouldn't, you shouldn't have) (Oh, you shouldn't, you shouldn't, you shouldn't have) (Ah-ah, oh, ooh-ooh, you shouldn't, oh) And there's blood in the water I'll wait 'til the faucet runs clear And you shouldn't have said that And think I'd pretend not to hear Ooh, baby, there's blood in the water I'll wait 'til the faucet runs clear Ooh, and you shouldn't have said that And think I'd pretend not to hear It looms with a promise, this cloud that I'm under If quick is the lightning, then sure is the thunder The silence between, beating slow like a death march But just for a second, it's light 'til it gets dark