Loved You Better

Three, four

You had this beautiful way about you

You had this want in your touch and softness in your eyes

I could be myself when I was around you

It scared me to death, but I never felt so alive

You said you pictured yourself growin' old with me

Now I'm just a toxic heartbroken memory

Of some boy who can never give you what you need

I shoulda loved you better

But I couldn't even love myself

Said that we're in this together

Then I didn't even try to help

When you needed me, I wasn't there to get you through it all

I shoulda loved you better

Shoulda loved you better

Better, better, better

I know it's late, and I know it's been some time

But I still think about the days when you were mine

But the years go fast, but the nights last long 'cause

It's hard to sleep when I'm not holdin' on to you

What a mess I've made, a mess I've made of you

Now I know it's far too late

I shoulda loved you better

But I couldn't even love myself

Said we're in this together

Then I didn't even try to help

When you needed me, I wasn't there to get you through it all

I shoulda loved you better

Shoulda loved you better

(Better, better)

Oh, I let you down a thousand times

And left you on your knees

If you find someone, I hope he's everything that I can't be

I shoulda loved you better

But I couldn't even love myself

Said that we're in this together

Then I didn't even try to help

When you needed me, I wasn't there to get you through it all

I shoulda loved you better

Shoulda loved you better

Better, better, better