You Shouldn't Have Said That

You shouldn't have said that 'least not without warning
I've been such a wreck, always scared that I'm boring
You swallow my words 'cause they're not that important
You shouldn't have said that and think I'd ignore it

You shouldn't have called me, you knew that I'd answer
My vision is flint and my heart is a hammer
Before we ignite this, I brace for the fallout
Too close to the ceiling, I wait for the comedown

And you shouldn't have called me pretty and think I'd forget it
My memory's shitty, but God, it's selective

You shouldn't have sent that and think that I'd read it
Then after a minute forget that I'd seen it
The spell's gonna break if I start to believe it
You shouldn't have sent that if you didn't mean it

St-stutter around you called a speech pathologist
She said to fuck off and see my psychologist
Look for distractions, I found them at college
Just rich kids from Jersey and part-time astrologists
Still thought about you, just now I know communists

And you shouldn't have called me pretty and think I'd forget it
My memory's shitty, but God, it's selective

(Ooh-ooh, you shouldn't, you shouldn't, you shouldn't have)
(Oh, you shouldn't, you shouldn't, you shouldn't have)
(Ah-ah, oh, ooh-ooh, you shouldn't, oh)

And there's blood in the water
I'll wait 'til the faucet runs clear
And you shouldn't have said that
And think I'd pretend not to hear
Ooh, baby, there's blood in the water
I'll wait 'til the faucet runs clear
Ooh, and you shouldn't have said that
And think I'd pretend not to hear

It looms with a promise, this cloud that I'm under
If quick is the lightning, then sure is the thunder
The silence between, beating slow like a death march
But just for a second, it's light 'til it gets dark