Sufjan Stevens - Should Have Known Better lyrics

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Shoulda known better

to see what I could see

My black shroud

Holding down my feelings

A pillar for my enemies

I should have wrote a letter

And grieve what I happen to grieve

My black shroud

I never trust my feelings

I waited for the remedy

When I was three, three maybe four

She left us at that video store

Ooh be my rest, be my fantasy x 2

I light as a feather,

bright as the Oregon breeze

My black shroud,

frightened by my feelings

I only wanna be a relief

No I'm not a go-getter

The demon had a spell on me

My black shroud

Captain of my feelings

The only thing I wanna believe

When I was three,

and free to explore

I saw her face on the back of the door

Be my rest, be my fantasy x 2

I should have known better

Nothing can be changed

The past isstill the past

The bridge to no where

I should wrote the letter

Explaining what I feel

That empty feeling

Don’t back down

Concentrate on seeing

The breakers in the bar,

the neighbors greeting

My brother had a daughter

The beauty that she brings

illumination

Don’t back down

There is nothing left

The breakers in the bar,

No reason to live

I’m a fool in the fetter

Rose of Aaron's beard

Where you can reach me

Don’t back down

Nothing could be changed

Cantilever bridge, the drunken sailor

My brother had a daughter

The beauty that she brings illumination, illumination

Thanks to Jillian for correcting these lyrics