Lyric discussion by Auxiliary 

Cover art for It Should Have Been Me lyrics by Gladys Knight and the Pips

I heard this song as a child and it stuck with me. I heard the pain and discomfort, the hurt and yearning, the anger and disbelief.

Now I'm older, it reminds me of Adele's 'Someone Like You' - in the sense of that pain of recognising how someone you love loves someone else.