I Wish I Could Have Been There - John Anderson

I wish I could break your heart I wish I could bring you down Just for a second teach you a lesson about bein' alone in the dark I wish I could make you cry so hard you can barely breathe Maybe you just might know what it feels, mmm, like to be me Well, the truth is that I never ever wanna hurt you, baby But it'd be nice to know that I could Be strong enough to pull you under, throw you back a little thunder Even though I never would Oh, I wish I could break, I wish I could break your heart Oh-oh-oh I wish I could crash your dreams I wish I could turn back time Boy, I'd lead you on, light the fuse, drop the bomb Just so I'd be the first to leave Well, the truth is that I never ever wanna hurt you, baby But it'd be nice to know that I could Be strong enough to pull you under, throw you back a little thunder Even though I never would Oh, I wish I could break (I wish I could break), I wish I could break your heart Your heart I wish I could break your heart I wish I could make you cry I wish I could turn back time Well, the truth is that I never ever wanna hurt you, baby But it'd be nice to know that I could Be strong enough to pull you under, throw you back a little thunder Even though I never would Oh, wish I could break your heart, I wish I could break your heart I wish I could break your heart, yeah

Don't wanna live as an untold story Rather go out in a blaze of glory I can't hear you, I don't fear you I'll live now 'cause the bad die last Dodging bullets with your broken past I can't hear you, I don't fear you, now Wrapped in your regret What a waste of blood and sweat Oh, oh, oh I wanna taste love and pain Wanna feel pride and shame I don't wanna take my time Don't wanna waste one line I wanna live better days Never look back and say Could have been me It could have been me Yeah Don't wanna live as an unsung melody I'd rather listen to the silence telling me I can't hear you, I won't fear you Don't wanna wake up on a Monday morning The thought of work is getting my skin crawling I can't fear you, I don't hear you now Wrapped in your regret What a waste of blood and sweat Oh, oh, oh I wanna taste love and pain Wanna feel pride and shame I don't wanna take my time Don't wanna waste one line I wanna live better days Never look back and say Could have been me It could have been me Yeah (I wanna taste love and pain) (Wanna feel pride and shame) (Don't wanna take my time) No (Don't wanna waste one line) Hey, hey (wanna live better days) Just better (never look back and say) (Could have been me) It could have been me (It could have been me) It could have been me I wanna taste love and pain Wanna feel pride and shame I don't wanna take my time Don't wanna waste one line I wanna live better days Just better Never look back and say Could have been me It could have been me It could have been me It could have been me Yeah

Ooo ooo ooooo-oo Ooo oh oo It was never black and white Gray spots left colorblind But we jumped with closed eyes Mm, small glimpse of a bright light Still warms the coldest night From deep inside... The core of my bones they hold a secret now And got the gaze to keep the darkness out Wasn't it a great life If only for a moment When you were teaching me to take flight And view something new Wasn't it a great life If only for a moment When I got to share it all with you We could never know if this house could be a home for more Than a day or two There's no happy ever after No silence filled with laughter Only memories From which we grew... Inside of these bones they hold a secret now And got the gaze to keep the darkness out And my bones they hold a secret now And got the gaze to keep the darkness out Wasn't it a great life If only for a moment When you were teaching me to take flight And view something new Wasn't it a great life If only for a moment When I got to share it all with you It's my happy ever after To have held a dream so elegant in my heart In my heart It's my happy ever after To have held a dream so delicate in my arms In my arms Oh, no Wasn't it a great life If only for a moment When you were teaching me to take flight And view something new Wasn't it a great life If only for a moment When I got to share it all with you No, no, no Wasn't it a great life If only for a moment When you were teaching me to take flight And view something new Wasn't it a great life If only for a moment When I got to share it all with you Share it all with you Share it all with you

Holding my breath, playing pretend Acting like you'll never hurt me again And why does your love come with a punch That I'll keep taking again and again? How many times will you apologize And say that you're ready to change? I wish I could hate you for breaking me, calling it love I made you stay when you wanted to run Tell you I can't love the same, 'cause you threw me away And why couldn't I be enough? And sometimes, I felt being somebody else 'Cause you never cared, even 'til the end If only you'd be just into me But you keep on fucking me up in the head I wish I could hate you for breaking me, calling it love I made you stay when you wanted to run Tell you I can't love the same 'cause you threw me away And why couldn't I be enough? Oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh-oh I don't know love, mm From what you've done I wish I could hate you for breaking me, calling it love I made you stay when you wanted to run Tell you I can't love the same 'cause you threw me away And why couldn't I be enough?

Hung all my clothes in the closet you made Your shoes still in boxes I send them your way Hoping life brings you no new pain I rearrange my memories I try to rewrite our life But no matter how I try to And no matter how I want to And no matter how easy things could be if I did And no matter how guilty I still feel saying it I wish I hated you I wish that weren't true Wish there was worse to you I wish you were worse to me Yeah, I wish I hated you Our shadows stands in a parallel plane Just two different endings You learn to repair And I learn to keep me in one place So close and yet so far If only we had known from the start But no matter how I try to And no matter how I want to And no matter how easy things could be if I did And no matter how guilty I still feel saying it I wish I hated you I wish that weren't true Wish there was worse to you I wish you were worse to me Yeah, I wish I hated you

Limb by limb and tooth by tooth Stirring up inside of me Every day, every hour I wish that I was bulletproof Wax me, mold me Heat the pins and stab them in You have turned me into this Just wish that it was bullet proof Was bullet proof So pay me money, take a shot Lead-fill the hole in me I could burst a million bubbles All surrogate and bullet proof And bullet proof And bullet proof Bullet proof

متكتف مهموم موجوع وضعيف وشجاع مليان أحلام وعشان مربوط مكسور وبكسر في المآديف وتفوت أيام وتمر سنين وانا حالي غريب انا مين انا مين مشدود في الساقية وعايش مبسوط وحزين ومحبط وجرئ ورزين مشدود في الساقية وعايش مبسوط وحزين ومحبط وجرئ ورزين على غفلة اتحول بركان جبار انا ضلمة وليل أنا نار ونهار متكتف مهموم موجوع وضعيف وشجاع مليان أحلام وعشان مربوط مكسور وبكسر في المآديف ماشي على طريق مكتوب مرسوم بس انا مسؤول وعليا اللوم ماقدرش أقول من الذنب برئ لا انا ابليس ولا هبقى رسول ماقدرش أقول من الذنب برئ لا انا ابليس ولا هبقى رسول قدامي طريق همشيه همشيه نفهم في الآخر كل ده لية متكتف مهموم موجوع وضعيف وشجاع مليان أحلام وعشان مربوط مكسور وبكسر في المآديف

فوسط زحمة وناس كتير وطريق أنا ماشي فيه عكس السير وسط الطموح والأمل والتمني فاضلي خطوة توصلني فوسط حاجات ومكيفات بحاول أنسى كل اللي فات في وسط صدري ضلعي مكسور ومن خلاله قلبي شايف نور أنا كنت فاكر اني طاير وأتاريني على وشي بقع أنا كنت فاكر إني هوصل لكني بهرب من الوجع أنا كنت فاكر اني طاير وأتاريني على وشي بقع أنا كنت فاكر إني هوصل لكني بهرب من الوجع فوسط الليل وأنا بعيد عن البشر شفت نور يشبه نور القمر بس القمر مسيره يفارق ويسيبني تاني مع الوحدة أحارب فوسط قصة حب يعني وهمية كان لازم أصدق اصل الوحدة قوية مش كل المشاعر حقيقية أنا شفت نور معرفتش اغمض عنيا أنا كنت فاكر اني طاير وأتاريني على وشي بقع أنا كنت فاكر إني هوصل لكني بهرب من الوجع أنا كنت فاكر اني طاير وأتاريني على وشي بقع أنا كنت فاكر إني هوصل لكني بهرب من الوجع

You got a fast car I want a ticket to anywhere Maybe we make a deal Maybe together we can get somewhere Any place is better Startin' from zero, got nothing to lose Maybe we'll make something Me, myself, I got nothing to prove You got a fast car I got a plan to get us out of here I been working at the convenience store Managed to save just a little bit of money Won't have to drive too far Just across the border and into the city You and I can both get jobs Finally see what it means to be living See, my old man's got a problem He lives with the bottle, that's the way it is He says his body's too old for working His body's too young to look like his Mama went off and left him She wanted more from life than he could give I said, "somebody's got to take care of him" So I quit school and that's what I did You got a fast car Is it fast enough so we can fly away? Still gotta make a decision Leave tonight, or live and die this way So, I remember when we were driving, driving in your car Speed so fast, I felt like I was drunk City lights lay out before us And your arm felt nice wrapped 'round my shoulder And I, I, had a feeling that I belonged I, I, had a feeling I could be someone, be someone, be someone You got a fast car We go cruisin', entertain ourselves You still ain't got a job So I work in a market as a checkout girl I know things will get better You'll find work and I'll get promoted We'll move out of the shelter Buy a bigger house, live in the suburbs So, I remember when we were driving, driving in your car Speed so fast, I felt like I was drunk City lights lay out before us And your arm felt nice wrapped 'round my shoulder And I, I, had a feeling that I belonged I, I, had a feeling I could be someone, be someone, be someone You got a fast car I got a job that pays all our bills You stay out drinking late at the bar See more of your friends than you do of your kids I'd always hoped for better Thought maybe together you and me would find it I got no plans, I ain't going nowhere So take your fast car and keep on driving So, I remember when we were driving, driving in your car Speed so fast, I felt like I was drunk City lights lay out before us And your arm felt nice wrapped 'round my shoulder And I, I, had a feeling that I belonged I, I, had a feeling I could be someone, be someone, be someone You got a fast car Is it fast enough so you can fly away? You still gotta make a decision Leave tonight, or live and die this way