Should Have Known Better

Too far different, too far gone

Oh, all my rights couldn’t fix your wrongs

I like to believe that I did my best

But I know I’ll just drown in existential dread

I got caught up playing in your world

Gave more to you than you ever earned

I lined your pockets with love and lessons

I walked out your door, left empty handed

And I

Could have done better

Should have known better

Not to waste my energy

On someone who wrecks my peace

I should have known better

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I should have known better

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I stayed til the bit got old

Began to see I was growing cold

I started to hate who I had become

Our fights just became more battles won

The good, and the bad, and the in-between

Seemed fine until the good became obsolete

And I

Could have done better

Should have known better

And I

Could have done better

Should have known better

Not to waste my energy

On someone who wrecks my peace

A bottle of gin, caught reminiscing

Your courage talks when you’ve been drinking

Misery loves company

And all bad things they come in three

And I

Could have done better

Should have known better

And I

Could have done better

Should have known better

Not to waste my energy

On someone who wrecks my peace

I should have known better

I should have known better

I should have known better

I should have known better

I should have known better