thanks, brain - I Should Have Told You

from SpinTunes 19 Round 1 by Spintunes

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I slammed the door and flew right down the stairs out from your mother's
I dodged the growling dog who's always been quite warm to others
Couldn't let you get the last word, one that always cuts the keenest
It was the last word that would ever pass between us

there's something I really should have told you
that I really should have told you but
I made all my mistakes and now you're gone
there's something I really should have told you
and I know that you're too cold to
even care; I should have told you but you're gone

you looked so very tiny in my filthy rear view mirror
as grudges often tend to once your head's a little clearer
and when the funeral home sent round a postcard to invite me
sheepishly I dropped the grudge I'd held onto so tightly

there's something I really should have told you
that I really should have told you but
I made all my mistakes and now you're gone
there's something I really should have told you
and I know that you're too cold to
even care; I should have told you but you're gone

so I'll tell it to your ashes that I buried in the backyard
not spread to sea like I promised I would do
just one more trivial disservice
it might be for the best you never knew

there's nothing I could have done to stop you
your mind was made up long before we met
I know I'm not the only reason
but being one is something I regret
I should have told you but you're gone

there's something I really should have told you
that I really should have told you but
I made all my mistakes and now you're gone
there's something I really should have told you
and I know that you're too cold to
even care; I should have told you but you're gone

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from SpinTunes 19 Round 1, released March 21, 2022

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