"could've been" lyrics

(Mm-hm)

Smell the flowers
Talk for hours
About your point of view
How the world has been
Sun has gone to bed now
But its warmth is in your eyes

People change, it's up to them
I wish sometimes you could've been more
More than a friend

I don't regret the ending
Just wish the middle would've been
Could've been, could've been better
I guess we'll never know
That's just how the story goes
If we could've been better
Better
Could've been better

Your mother called my mother
Asked how I've been doin' since
Honestly, a part of me has gone
And it's been missed
I know you've got
Some explorin' to do
But I wish that I could make that journey
Oh, just me and you

People change, I know
(Wish sometimes it could've been more)
People change, it's tragedy to me
I promise I'll see you at seventeen
(Wish sometimes it could've been more)
You'll never change to me
(People change, it's up to them)
(I wish sometimes it could've been more)
You'll never change

I don't regret the ending
Just wish the middle would've been
Could've been, could've been better
I guess we'll never know
That's just how the story goes
If we could've been better
Better

(I don't regret the ending)
(Just wish the middle would've been) Could've been better
(Could've been, could've been better)
(I guess we'll never know) Wrapped up in emotions
(That's just how the story goes) Caught up in your love
(If we could've been better) Like it was possible
(Better)
(Could've been better)