Lyric Should ve Kept My Eyes Shut - The Beautiful South

Lyric Song Should ve Kept My Eyes Shut: I should ve kept my eyes shut But i had to go and peep But when you saw what i saw Wellit s hard just to roll back to sleep I would ve kept my eyes shut But i thought i heard you scream And i ve a penchant for violence You don t seem to find in a dream The scene a little clearer My father with a rope And in the cagecentre stage It s mother who s destined to choke And she choke and we choke On the words that we wish we d not spoke Just when you felt you had someone to trust Out comes the man with the dagger and cloak I should ve read the novels Believed every word But the stories they wrote Were so different to ones that i d heard I should ve kept my eyes shut My mouth should ve closed But the mixture of vomit and blood Just crept up through my nose It became a little clearer As soon as i awoke My father stands with rope in hand A screaming mother kneels in hope And she hope and we hope That me words that she said won t provoke A smile is removed and a petal is crushed What once was a laugh has turned into a joke You should ve kept your mouth shut