Should Have Known Better Lyrics - Carrie & Lowell - Sufjan Stevens

I should have known better 

To see what I could see 

My black shroud 

Holding down my feelings 

A pillar for my enemies 

I should have wrote a letter 

And grieve what I happen to grieve 

My black shroud 

I never trust my feelings 

I waited for the remedy 

When I was three, three maybe four 

She left us at that video store 

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Be my rest, be my fantasy 

I'm light as a feather 

I'm bright as the Oregon breeze 

My black shroud 

Frightened by my feelings 

I only want to be a relief 

No, I'm not a go-getter 

The demon had a spell on me 

My black shroud 

Captain of my feelings 

The only thing I want to believe 

When I was three, and free to explore 

I saw her face on the back of the door 

Be my vest, be my fantasy 

I should have known better 

Nothing can be changed 

The past is still the past 

Photos 

The bridge to nowhere 

I should've wrote a letter 

Explaining what I feel, that empty feeling 

Don't back down, concentrate on seeing 

The breakers in the bar, the neighbor's greeting 

My brother had a daughter 

The beauty that she brings, illumination 

Don't back down, there is nothing left 

The breakers in the bar, no reason to live 

I'm a fool in the fetter 

Rose of Aaron's beard, where you can reach me 

Don't back down: nothing can be changed 

Cantilever bridge, the drunken sailor 

My brother had a daughter 

The beauty that she brings, illumination