Lyrics

Ooh-ooh

We were fourteen, swapping secrets in the hall
Dreams unfolding as we stood so tall
By nineteen, we lit up the room
I had names picked out, saw our future bloom
I still see you in the empty bed I lay upon
And every shadow of a want you left like a song
Graduations we missed, dreams have faded and gone
In the silence screaming your name all alone


What could have been (what?)
What could have been (what?)
What should have been (what?)
What should have been
What never was, what never was
It's a wound that will never end


A stranger with a bottle and keys stole it all away
Four months alone, they said you felt no pain that day
But I felt the world shatter (woo!)
Grew old in a flash
Lost in the darkness, clutching memories like ash
I still see you in the empty bed I lay upon
And every shadow of a want you left like a song
Graduations we missed, dreams have faded and gone
In the silence screaming your name all alone

What could have been (what?)
What could have been (what?)
What should have been (what?)
What should have been
What never was, what never was
It's a wound that will never end


They locked him up for seven, he served only four
I drove by his house as he was coming out the door
We locked eyes and I let my emotions roll
I turned into a monster that I never saw
Now he's bleeding out on the floor
I'm facing ten years, maybe more
'Cause I sought revenge (woo!)
And let the darkness win
I still remind myself of fighting this forever since
I chose blood over mercy but still the pain never ends
Carrying your ghost, my forever friend


I still see you in the empty bed I lay upon
And every shadow of a want you left like a song
In the life I'm living though you're forever gone
In the mercy I hope when I could have chosen wrong
What could have been (what?)
What could have been (what?)
What would I be?
But I still carry my eternal plea