Wish You Knew

[Hook: Roxette]

I know there's something in the wake of your smile

I get a notion from the look in your eyes, yeah

You've built a love, but that love falls apart

Your little piece of heaven turns too dark

Listen to your heart

[Verse 1: Witt Lowry]

I'm face down in the dirt, someone pick me up

I've hesitated for too long, now enough is enough

Since we first met, it was on the up and up

She smiled at me and say, "Its nice to see you" and such

Yeah, I thought she was nice

But I had just been hurt, so my heart was like ice

Figured I didn't really want another girl in my life

But she seemed a little different and with her I felt right

So I would see her at parties and we'd talk for a while

My emotions got stronger, kept 'em tucked like a file

Suppressed them, it'd always come back with a smile

And I would always question, "What am I gonna do now?"

'Cause it was complicated, but it felt right

I thought I didn't care, but she got me up all night

Thinkin' 'bout how it would be if she was more in my life

But when it came to her, I was all bark and no bite

So summer ticked by like the hands of a clock

And my heart was screamin', "Yes", but my mind would say, "Stop"

And school was starting soon, I wouldn't see her a lot

So I never got to tell her how I felt or my thoughts

I would listen to my heart, but wouldn't let it speak

And now knowin' that I didn't, it's just haunting me

I guess I was blind then, but now I see

That I wish you had have known what you meant to me

Preach

[Hook: Roxette]

I know there's something in the wake of your smile

I get a notion from the look in your eyes, yeah

You've built a love, but that love falls apart

Your little piece of heaven turns too dark

Listen to your heart

[Verse 2: Witt Lowry]

School broke us up, she wasn't far from my mind

I figured I would see her, it was just a matter of time

Then I could tell her how I felt, just unload my mind

Winter break was starting soon, I figured perfect time

Everybody got together just to celebrate

That we could put away our books and the Paper Mate

I start to look around the room and thought, "She must be late"

I saw her friend and joked, "She really gonna make me wait?"

Then the mood changed quick, she sat down on a stool

And said, "You must not have heard what happened up at school?"

She was talkin' to this dude and he was kind of a tool

He was drunk and drove her home, she broke her number one rule

I guess she never made it home, but ended up in a lake

Because this douche was too drunk and didn't hit his brakes

Swerved off of the road, "I thought you went to her wake?"

I could imagine how you feel right now, my heart still aches

The worst thing is this dude treated her like shit

Made her get into the car at the crack of his whip

I know she really didn't want to, but her choices were slim

I always liked you two together, but I never liked him

I would listen to my heart, but wouldn't let it speak

And now knowin'  that I didn't, it's just haunting me

I guess I was blind then, but now I see

That I wish you had have known what you meant to me

Preach

[Hook: Roxette]

I know there's something in the wake of your smile

I get a notion from the look in your eyes, yeah

You've built a love, but that love falls apart

Your little piece of heaven turns too dark

Listen to your heart

[Outro: Witt Lowry]

I'm face down in the dirt, someone pick me up

I've hesitated for too long, now enough is enough

Since we first met, it was on the up and up

She smiled at me and say, "Its nice to see you" and such

Yeah, I thought she was nice

But I had just been hurt, so my heart was like ice

Figured I didn't really want another girl in my life

But she seemed a little different and with her I felt right