Should Have Known Better

Album: Carrie & Lowell (2015)
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  • I should have known better
    To see what I could see
    My black shroud
    Holding down my feelings
    A pillar for my enemies

    I should have wrote a letter
    And grieve what I happen to grieve
    My black shroud
    I never trust my feelings
    I waited for the remedy

    When I was three, three maybe four
    She left us at that video store
    Oh, be my rest, be my fantasy
    Oh, be my rest, be my fantasy

    I'm light as a feather
    I'm bright as the Oregon breeze
    My black shroud
    Frightened by my feelings
    I only wanna be a relief

    No, I'm not a go-getter
    The demon had a spell on me
    My black shroud
    Captain of my feelings
    The only thing I wanna believe

    When I was three, and free to explore
    I saw her face on the back of the door
    Oh, be my rest, be my fantasy
    Oh, be my rest, be my fantasy

    I should have known better
    Nothing can be changed
    The past is still the past
    The bridge to nowhere
    I should have wrote a letter
    Explaining what I feel, that empty feeling

    Don't back down, concentrate on seeing
    The breakers in the bar, the neighbor's greeting
    My brother had a daughter
    The beauty that she brings, illumination

    Don't back down, there is nothing left
    The breakers in the bar, no reason to live
    I'm a fool in the fetter
    Rose of Aaron's beard, where you can reach me

    Don't back down, nothing can be changed
    Cantilever bridge, the drunken sailor
    My brother had a daughter
    The beauty that she brings, illumination
    Illumination Writer/s: Sufjan Stevens
    Publisher: BMG Rights Management
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

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