Shoulda Been Me

(album: Closing Arguments - 2009)

Your room's still the same
Haven't changed a damn thing
And all your awards, your pins and your stars
They're still in their frames
Mom's not doing too great
She still sets your plate
And Dad's too involved with anything now
That'll let him run late

And if it were up to me
I would change everything
Wouldn't have let you win so easily
'Cause it shoulda been me (Shoulda been me)
It shoulda been me (Shoulda been me)

I still see your friends
They laugh and pretend
If I stood by your side, would I be half the size
That you would have been
Cause I walk on the wrong
Side of the street
I still can't believe your shadow still hangs
After three years

And if it were up to me
I would change everything
I would have caught that pass you never threw to me
'Cause it shoulda been me (Shoulda been me)
It shoulda been me (Shoulda been me)
It shoulda been me (Yeah)
Yeah (Yeah)
Yeah (Yeah)

I'm staring at my wrist
Time is flying by
I thought I could handle this
And [?] that I'm living in now
Know that if I come clean
I'd never fall asleep
Could you blame me?
No, no I mean it
Could you blame me?

And if it were up to me
I would say anything
I would have drove that night you slept at the wheel

WHOAAAAAAA!
(Shoulda been me)
It shoulda been me (Shoulda been me)
It shoulda been me, it shoulda been me
It should have been me, it shoulda been me
It shoulda been me