[Verse 1]
Every friend says, “Girl, don’t call him.”
Delete the number, change the lock.
I say, “Yeah,” like I believe it,
Then I check my phone around the clock.
Got a master’s in bad decisions,
Major in “One More Chance.”
My common sense keeps screaming “Run!”
My heart says, “Girl… let’s dance.”
[Pre-Chorus]
I know the facts, I know the damage,
I know exactly how this ends.
If love’s a game, then I’m the player
Who keeps hitting “play again.”
[Chorus]
I should know better.
I should love me first.
Should’ve let forever
Turn into a lesson learned.
Self-respect is in the front seat,
But my heart keeps grabbing the wheel.
Everybody says I’m crazy…
Maybe that’s just how I feel.
It’s like nicotine, caffeine, midnight memories,
One more hit and I’m weak again.
I don’t even wanna want you,
But I still do.
Yeah… I should know better.
[Verse 2]
I rehearse my independence,
Got the speeches memorized.
Then your name lights up my whole brain
Like the Fourth of July.
You’re the chapter I’d stop reading
If I listened to my friends.
Instead I’m highlighting the pages
That I swore I’d never bend.
[Pre-Chorus]
I know the red flags by heart now.
Could probably teach a class.
Funny how the warning labels
Never stop me coming back.
[Chorus]
I should know better.
I should love me first.
Should’ve let forever
Turn into a lesson learned.
Self-respect is in the front seat,
But my heart keeps grabbing the wheel.
Everybody says I’m crazy…
Maybe that’s just how I feel.
It’s like nicotine, caffeine, midnight memories,
One more hit and I’m weak again.
I don’t even wanna want you,
But I still do.
Yeah… I should know better.
[Bridge]
This ain’t romantic.
This ain’t cute.
If my friends were me they’d leave you too.
So why’s your shadow still fitting mine?
Somebody tell my heart to fall in line.
One day I’ll laugh at all of this.
Today I’m still trying to quit.
[Final Chorus]
I should know better.
Everybody’s right.
You don’t fit the picture
That I paint in my mind.
Self-respect keeps saying, “Leave him.”
Hope keeps saying, “Give it time.”
Wish I could evict your memory,
But you still live rent-free in mine.
It’s like nicotine, caffeine, my favorite old CD,
Every promise I can’t defend.
I don’t even wanna love you…
But I still do.
And I hate…
How I still do.
