[Verse 1]
Your jacket's still on my chair
Rainmarks on the sleeve
Your keychain on the counter
Like you just forgot to leave
I tried your old voicemail
Just to hear you breathe
Now the room keeps your shape
And it won't let me believe
[Pre-Chorus]
I should've called you sooner
Should've begged you stay
Should've held your hand tighter
And not looked away
Now the clock keeps moving
But I'm stuck on that night
With your face in the doorway
And the hill of white light
[Chorus]
I should've been there
I should've been there (been there)
I should've been there
To pull you back from the edge
Now I'm talking to air
I'm talking to air (to air)
I should've been there
And I can't say it enough
[Verse 2]
We were dumb in the summer
Sitting on the hood of my car
You stole my fries at midnight
And laughed with your mouth full of stars
You drew hearts on my notebook
Then crossed them all out
Said love was a firework
But you never said goodbye out loud
[Pre-Chorus]
I should've read the shadows
In the way you stared
Should've seen the sinking
Behind your easy glare
Now your T-shirt's folded
Like a note I can't unwrite
And the whole damn house is listening
To me cry through the night
[Chorus]
I should've been there
I should've been there (been there)
I should've been there
To pull you back from the edge
Now I'm talking to air
I'm talking to air (to air)
I should've been there
And I can't say it enough
[Bridge]
If I could crawl through memory
I'd take that midnight ride
Cut the engine, hold you close
And keep you here inside
I'd call your name in the hallway
Till your shadow turned around
But grief is just an empty hand
Reaching for a sound
[Final Chorus]
I should've been there
I should've been there (been there)
I should've been there
To pull you back from the edge
Now I'm talking to air
I'm talking to air (to air)
I should've been there
And I can't say it enough
I should've been there
I should've been there (been there)
I should've been there
But you're gone and I'm still here
I should've been there
I should've been there (been there)
I should've been there
And I can't say it enough