its amazing how far music can come.. 24 years after it released and its one of the most heartfelt songs ive heard
So I say goodbye to a town that has ears and eyes
I can hear you whispering as I walk by
Familiar faces smiling back at me and I knew
This would make them change
The only thing that's going to bother me
Is that you'll all call yourselves my friends
Why can't you look me in the eyes one last time?
The writings on the wall, you've read that I'll be gone, but if you call my name
Just know that I'll come running, for one more night to spare with you
This is where I'm meant to be, please don't leave me
I've read these stories a thousand times, and now I'll rewrite them all
You're meddling in an anger you can't control
She means the world to me, so hold your serpent tongue
Is a whores lies worth dying for? I'll just take my time
The only thing that's going to bother me
Is that you'll all call yourselves my friends
Why can't you look me in the eyes one last time?
The writings on the wall, you've read that I'll be gone, but if you call my name
Just know that I'll come running, for one more night to spare with you
This is where I'm meant to be, please don't leave me
I walked into your house this morning
I brought the gun from our end table
Your blood was strewn across the walls
They'll find you on your bathroom floor when I'm done
But should I write it all off?
You should have killed me when you had the chance
I can hear you whispering as I walk by
Familiar faces smiling back at me and I knew
This would make them change
The only thing that's going to bother me
Is that you'll all call yourselves my friends
Why can't you look me in the eyes one last time?
The writings on the wall, you've read that I'll be gone, but if you call my name
Just know that I'll come running, for one more night to spare with you
This is where I'm meant to be, please don't leave me
I've read these stories a thousand times, and now I'll rewrite them all
You're meddling in an anger you can't control
She means the world to me, so hold your serpent tongue
Is a whores lies worth dying for? I'll just take my time
The only thing that's going to bother me
Is that you'll all call yourselves my friends
Why can't you look me in the eyes one last time?
The writings on the wall, you've read that I'll be gone, but if you call my name
Just know that I'll come running, for one more night to spare with you
This is where I'm meant to be, please don't leave me
I walked into your house this morning
I brought the gun from our end table
Your blood was strewn across the walls
They'll find you on your bathroom floor when I'm done
But should I write it all off?
You should have killed me when you had the chance
Lyrics submitted by VerminElder, edited by xSpringx, xJacksonx
You Should Have Killed Me When You Had the Chance Lyrics as written by Jeremy Wade Mckinnon Thomas H Denney Jr.
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I almost get the impression that the town that he is leaving doesn't know that he killed someone. Its going to bother him that they called him his friends, because they really didn't know him or what he did.
He talks about "writing" a lot. There is the "writing on the wall" in the chorus, a mention of "rewriting the story told a thousand times" in a second verse, and then at the end when he isnt sure if he should "write off". Im not sure if this right, but he had also said that when he killed whoever the blood was spattered across the wall. That almost makes me think that he manipulated the evidence (bc from blood evidence you can tell how a person was killed, at what angle they were shot etc.)
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Idk if that makes sense lol?
(PS: No idea if this is even close to what they meant, its just my own speculation. You don't have to agree. ^^)