The song lyrics were written by the band Van Halen, as they were asked to write a song for the 1979 movie "Over the Edge" starring Matt Dillon. The movie (and the lyrics, although more obliquely) are about bored, rebellious youth with nothing better to do than get into trouble. If you see the movie, these lyrics will make more sense. It's a great movie if you grew up in the 70s/80s you'll definitely remember some of these characters from your own life. Fun fact, after writing the song, Van Halen decided not to let the movie use it.
Mm-hmm
Don't care what's on the TV
Kiss on kiss, kiss me, baby
Feels so good, oh, this feeling
Then you turn away, say I'm bein'
Insecure and way too needy
Guess you think that you're easy
Well, fuck you, I'm leaving
I flip out on the small things
And you flip out 'cause I'm flippin' out
And you're so scared you'll say the wrong things
That you lay low and you shut your mouth
And I, I get angry and I hate it when you hate me
I get angry and I hate it
I know I always break your heart
Every time we end up in a mess, I just take it too far
I know, I know, I know, I know I should say, "Sorry"
In the moment, I meant it, mm
But I shouldn't have said it
See that you're guilty too
But you handle things so fuckin' passive aggressively
I know, I know, I know, I know I should say, "Sorry"
In the moment, I meant it, yeah
But I shouldn't have said it
Wait, how am I apologizing
For something that you started?
Know I overreacted
And I'll apologize for that
But I flip out on the small things
And you flip out 'cause I'm flippin' out
And you're so scared you'll say the wrong things
So you lay low and you shut your mouth
It's a product of how I was raised
And I'm so scared that I'll never change
Yeah, I'm so scared that I'll never change
I know I always break your heart
Every time we end up in a mess, I just take it too far
I know, I know, I know, I know I should say, "Sorry"
In the moment, I meant it, mm
But I shouldn't have said it
See that you're guilty too
But you handle things so fuckin' passive aggressively
I know, I know, I know, I know I should say, "Sorry"
In the moment, I meant it, yeah
But I shouldn't have said it
Hey, but I shouldn't have said it, yeah
But I shouldn't have said it, hey
But I shouldn't have said it
And now I regret it
I know I always break your heart
Every time we end up in a mess, I just take it too far
I know, I know, I know, I know I should say, "Sorry"
In the moment, I meant it, mm
But I shouldn't have said it
See that you're guilty too
But you handle things so fuckin' passive aggressively
I know, I know, I know, I know I should say, "Sorry"
In the moment, I meant it, uh
But I shouldn't have said it
Don't care what's on the TV
Kiss on kiss, kiss me, baby
Feels so good, oh, this feeling
Then you turn away, say I'm bein'
Insecure and way too needy
Guess you think that you're easy
Well, fuck you, I'm leaving
I flip out on the small things
And you flip out 'cause I'm flippin' out
And you're so scared you'll say the wrong things
That you lay low and you shut your mouth
And I, I get angry and I hate it when you hate me
I get angry and I hate it
I know I always break your heart
Every time we end up in a mess, I just take it too far
I know, I know, I know, I know I should say, "Sorry"
In the moment, I meant it, mm
But I shouldn't have said it
See that you're guilty too
But you handle things so fuckin' passive aggressively
I know, I know, I know, I know I should say, "Sorry"
In the moment, I meant it, yeah
But I shouldn't have said it
Wait, how am I apologizing
For something that you started?
Know I overreacted
And I'll apologize for that
But I flip out on the small things
And you flip out 'cause I'm flippin' out
And you're so scared you'll say the wrong things
So you lay low and you shut your mouth
It's a product of how I was raised
And I'm so scared that I'll never change
Yeah, I'm so scared that I'll never change
I know I always break your heart
Every time we end up in a mess, I just take it too far
I know, I know, I know, I know I should say, "Sorry"
In the moment, I meant it, mm
But I shouldn't have said it
See that you're guilty too
But you handle things so fuckin' passive aggressively
I know, I know, I know, I know I should say, "Sorry"
In the moment, I meant it, yeah
But I shouldn't have said it
Hey, but I shouldn't have said it, yeah
But I shouldn't have said it, hey
But I shouldn't have said it
And now I regret it
I know I always break your heart
Every time we end up in a mess, I just take it too far
I know, I know, I know, I know I should say, "Sorry"
In the moment, I meant it, mm
But I shouldn't have said it
See that you're guilty too
But you handle things so fuckin' passive aggressively
I know, I know, I know, I know I should say, "Sorry"
In the moment, I meant it, uh
But I shouldn't have said it
Lyrics submitted by Mellow_Harsher
Shouldn't Have Said It Lyrics as written by Julia Michaels Jorgen Michael Odegard
Lyrics © Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
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