Should've When You Could've

Album: Awake (2009)
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  • Skillet vocalist John Cooper spoke about this light-hearted kiss-off song with jesusfreakhideout.com: "It's just about somebody that didn't treat you right. It's their loss, you know? It's meant to be kind of a joke. Like 'you had your chance and you missed it. I'm moving on.' It's just supposed to be like a fun summer song. People feel really passionate about that song. They either hate it or like it a lot. The label didn't like it. My manager didn't really like it."

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