The SWilly B. EP

The Shouldn'ts

Hook

Listen, we shouldn't — there's a place and a time.
That this is either one, I cannot deny.
But this just isn't right — so many reasons why.
I only wish I could give this a try,
but if you insist, reveal feelings tonight,
We'll both end up hurt and I don't want you to cry.

Verse One

We were just chillin' when you got me to spillin / how much it was killin me to be with you / and think about this and you / in a different way than I felt comfortable having to say / You forced on us a silence only kisses can fill / It's an imperfect science but admit even still / It was a bit awkward for mutual stalkers to tell / the truth / this is good but it hurts. It won't be the last time and it sure ain't the first / It gets worse / in the short term and better in the long / each time we hurt and come back again strong / avoiding the issue like we have all along / We go back to denial and veiled supression / Leave gossip folks confused and constantly guessing / Did they or didn't? Have there been other women / or brothers under covers with revolving doors spinning / By denying soulmates are both of them sinning / If love is a chess match is either one winning / Do two broken hearts add up to one / They'll get together, they will, before all's said and done / I know it, I'm sure, if they don't I'll be stunned.

Hook

Verse Two

Baby, back up. You have to, you must / Don't kiss me like that, it makes me go nuts / You risk our whole relationship going bust / Just as we're on the cusp / of smoothly sailing. Baby, please listen, you know what I'm saying / I've said it before and I'll say it again / I only wish that this time it ends / This feeling I can't pin down with my pen / It bobs and weaves as it avoids the ink / leaves evanescent trails where it sinks / into the paper / in it's uncaptured indescribable nature / Baby, I l…ike you love does you no justice / I wish I had a teacher who could instruct this / crash course in life 101 / and get me that Regents Review before the test comes / It's no fun / to be all alone as I sin and atone / so throw me a bone / say what I wanna hear, not what I fear / I'm begging and pleading on my knees, my dear

Hook

Verse Three

Why do I like you / Cuz I'm lit up when I'm by you / And if this is it and I'll always be by you / I know I won't have to try to / enjoy myself or have a good time / cuz whenver I'm with you I always find / that I can do no wrong / or if I do, it's never for long / It's a song / an orchestral arrangement, a perfectly flawed composition, I never would change it / It's strange, it's / ineffable, I want it the same. Forever and always, no alteration is made / that's why we can't do this, my hand will remain stayed / I like holding my cards and not having them played / See, the chips are down and it's time to push in / But I'd rather remain here on this comfortable cushion / with you in ecstasy / and not have to worry about having you exit, see / and that there's the reason we can never be.

Hook x2

Coda

Baby, believe me there will be a time / When I get mine together and it all falls in line / But this isn't the time and it isn't the place / Look at what's written in the lines of my face

[track cuts out]

I just hope stopping now doesn't make me too late.