Should Have Known Better - Sufjan Stevens

You get what you give and you reap what you sow Where you left your dirt, boy a flower has grown Don't know what you've got, 'til it's out of your reach So I've been loving myself like you never loved me And if it hurts like hell, you can only blame yourself Should have known better than to break my heart Oh, ain't it funny? No, I never looked better and it's all your fault Oh, sorry, honey But it's over, yeah, I moved on, hallelujah, hallelujah Should have known better than to break my heart Should have known better than to break my heart Forgive and forget, well forget about that One look in the mirror and I ain't ever lookin' back They say karma's a bit- but I'ma make it seem sweet 'Cause I'm dressed to kill, honey, how's it feel knowing you lost me? And if it hurts like hell, you can only blame yourself Should have known better than to break my heart Oh, ain't it funny? No, I never looked better and it's all your fault Oh, sorry, honey But it's over, yeah, I moved on, hallelujah, hallelujah Should have known better than to break my heart Should have known better than to break my heart Should have known better than to break my heart Oh, ain't it funny? No, I never looked better and it's all your fault Oh, sorry, honey But it's over, yeah, I moved on, hallelujah, hallelujah Should have known better than to break my heart Should have known better than to break my heart Should have known better than to break my heart Should have known better than to break my heart

Yeah, mm All this liquor in my system, drinking to myself Funny how we say it numbs the pain But deep inside we know it never helps (Never helps) Lately I just don't know where to go I just hope you ain't with somebody else (Somebody else) Trying not to think about it now Grab the bottle, drinking to myself (To myself) I drink it to myself Tryin' not to lose myself inside the emptiness What gets me is the devils two step ahead of us, look Sometimes I feel like there ain't no happiness left in us I start to feel like this world it just isn't meant for us They hate us, and they play us, and they breaking us down They find the things we love and take away what we found And the closest people to us drift away as we drown Gave you all I ever had, don't run away from me now I would've died for you, lived for you, I would have killed I would've tried for you, hurt for you, I couldn't feel Instead I lied to you Now you gone and I'm tryna heal But I'm so numb looking for something to feel But I don't wanna waste time, you know I was there for you Even though it takes time, you know that I cared for If you needed anything, I would take the fall for you Could've been my everything, could've gave it all to you Would've gave it all to you Yeah, they say that if you love it you should let it go, yeah I used to think you were the one for me But now I'll probably never know Now I'm going through this pain again but I can never let it show Hopin' that the cycle changes, I would probably never know Did this even matter to you? I will probably never know But I don't wanna waste time, you know I was there for you Even though it takes time, you know that I cared for If you needed anything, I would take the fall for you Could've been my everything, could've gave it all to you Would've gave it all to you

I live on the 24th floor With a view of the city from a wrap around porch Honestly, it's all I've ever wanted And I think you'd hate this place You complain about the rent and the way I decorate And not properly rearrange it If you were here, I wouldn't be It took losing you to find me 'Cause all I've ever known is fit the mould, play the role Be a good wife, wash your clothes Turn this house into a home And all I've ever known is put your needs before my own As I lie in bed alone Am I missing you were all I've ever known Ooh, ooh We lived on Van Buren In a little white house with the little wood fence It was all you've ever wanted And you'd drink side-stage, and I'd sing my songs And we'd pretend we didn't almost called the wedding off I came into my own and you went back home Sometimes I'd miss that yellow kitchen It's both our fault that this fell apart, but you won't admit it And that's the difference And all I've ever known is fit the mould, play the role Be a good wife, wash your clothes Turn this house into a home And all I've ever known is put your needs before my own As I lie in bed alone Am I missing you were all I've ever known Ooh, ooh You're all I've ever known Ooh, ooh All I've ever known is fit the mould, play the role Feel like a guest inside your home Beg you to love me, but you won't And now I'm on my own Know what I need and what I don't I sleep sound in my bed alone 'Cause I don't miss you, you're just all I've ever known Ooh, ooh You're all I've ever known Ooh, ooh I lived on the 24th floor With the view of the city from a wrap around porch I'd never knew it's all I've ever wanted

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

One, two, three Why are you hanging on so tight To the rope that I'm hanging from? Off this island, this was an escape plan (this was an escape plan) Carefully timed it, so let me go And dive into the waves below Who tends the orchards? Who fixes up the gables? Emotional torture from the head of your high table Who fetches the water from the rocky mountain spring? And walk back down again to feel your words and their sharp sting And I'm getting fucking tired The capillaries in my eyes are bursting If our love died, would that be the worst thing? For somebody I thought was my saviour You sure make me do a whole lot of labour The calloused skin on my hands is cracking If our love ended, would that be a bad thing? And the silence haunts our bed chamber You make me do too much labour You make me do too much labour Apologies from my tongue, and never yours Busy lapping from flowing cup and stabbing with your fork I know you're a smart man (I know you're a smart man), and weaponise The false incompetence, it's dominance under a guise If we had a daughter, I'd watch and could not save her The emotional torture, from the head of your high table She'd do what you taught her, she'd meet the same cruel fate So now I've gotta run, so I can undo this mistake At least I've gotta try The capillaries in my eyes are bursting If our love died, would that be the worst thing? For somebody I thought was my saviour You sure make me do a whole lot of labour The calloused skin on my hands is cracking If our love ends, would that be a bad thing? And the silence haunts our bed chamber You make me do too much labour All day, every day, therapist, mother, maid Nymph then a virgin, nurse then a servant Just an appendage, live to attend him So that he never lifts a finger 24-7, baby machine So he can live out his picket fence dreams It's not an act of love if you make her You make me do too much labour All day, every day, therapist, mother, maid Nymph then virgin, nurse and a servant Just an appendage, live to attend him So that he never lifts a finger 24-7, baby machine So he can live out his picket fence dreams It's not an act of love if you make her You make me do too much labour All day, every day, therapist, mother, maid (The capillaries in my eyes are bursting) Nymph then virgin, nurse and a servant (If our love died, would that be the worst thing?) Just an appendage, live to attend him (For somebody I thought was my saviour) So that he never lifts a finger (You sure make me do a whole lot of labour) 24-7, baby machine (The calloused skin on my hands is crackin') So he can live out his picket fence dreams (If our love ends, would that be a bad thing?) It's not an act of love if you make her (And the silence haunts our bed chamber) You make me do too much labour