I Should Have Kissed You Lyrics

Lyric discussion by CarbonCore 

Cover art for I Should Have Kissed You lyrics by One Direction

Yeah, this is a terrible spot to be in, I know how he feels. I'll break it down by lines:

"I keep playing it inside my head All that you said to me"

He keep replaying what she said, maybe how she felt about him.

"I lie awake just to convince myself This wasn't just a dream"

This one sounds familiar, he's lying awake in bed, thinking "Was this a dream, did she really say that?"

"Because you were right here And I should've taken the chance But I got so scared And I lost the moment again"

"It's all that I can think about, oh You're all that I can think about"

He can only think about what she said and how she feels about him. She is all that he can think about.

This little part, both my friends and I can agree that this is where I screwed up. Anyways, she was right there and he could've done something but he got scared and "lost the moment again". That sucks, it really does.

"Is your heart taken? Is there somebody else on your mind? I'm so sorry, I'm so confused Just tell me, am I out of time?"

Now he's asking either her or himself; "Are you into someone else?" He's just confused and scared, and now he's wondering if his chances are gone now that she might be taken.

"Is your heart breaking? How do you feel about me now? I can't believe I let you walk away When, when I should have kissed you"

Now he's asking if she's heartbroken over him not making that move, he's wondering how she feels about him now. He now realizes, I should've kissed her.

Chorus (Pretty self-explanatory)

"Every morning when I leave my house I always look for you, yeah."

I guess they live near each other and he looks for her every time he goes out, maybe to school.

"I see you every time I close my eyes What am I going to do?"

Sounds familiar, every time he closes his eyes he sees her now he's wondering "What am I gonna do about it?"

"And all my friends say That I'm punching over my weight But in your eyes I saw how you were looking at me"

Now for this part I'm gonna say what's happening to me in this situation. The girl I'm into is a senior, I'm a freshman. All my friends said that she's out of my league 'cause Senior+Freshman doesn't always work out. I'm "punching over my weight." But, at our school dance I finally gained the courage to dance with her and I found out I had a slight chance with her. "...in your eyes I saw how you were looking at me" Some of my favorite lines in the song.

"It's all that I can think about, oh You're all that I can think about"

This time, that dance was all that I could think about. She's still all that I can think about.

"Is your heart taken? Is there somebody else on your mind? I'm so sorry, I'm so confused Just tell me, am I out of time?

Is your heart breaking? How do you feel about me now? I can't believe I let you walk away When, when I should have kissed you"

Pretty much the same as above.

Chorus

"When you stood there Just a heartbeat away When we were dancing And you looked up at me"

So close! Both Zayn and I were so to our girls, dancing with them when they looked up waiting for that kiss.

"If I had known then That I'd be feeling this way If I could replay I would have never let you go"

Damn, if I've known that I could've kissed her... If I only I could replay those moments, things would be different, "I would have never let you go."

"No, oh Never have let you go Am I out of time?"

If I knew how I felt I would have never let her go. Now, are we out of time?

Chorus

Yeah, so basically he (and me) were so close to our girls, we were "a heartbeat" away when we dancing with them. However we didn't make the move and are lying awake thinking about it and asking ourselves "Am I outta time?" Guys, when you're so close to the special girl, make that move!

My Interpretation