"You Could Be Happy" lyrics

"You Could Be Happy"

You could be happy and I won't know
But you weren't happy the day I watched you go
And all of the things that I wish I had not said
Are played in loops 'til it's madness in my head
Is it too late to remind you how we were?
Not our last days of silent screamin' blur
Most of what I remember makes me sure
I should have stopped you from walkin' out the door

You could be happy, I hope you are
You made me happier than I'd been by far
Somehow everything I own smells of you
And for the tiniest moment it's all not true
Do the things that you always wanted to
Without me there to hold you back, don't think, just do
More than anything I want to see you, girl
Take a glorious bite out of the whole world


Thanks to Fiona Riordan, Lexi Smith for correcting these lyrics.
Writer(s): Jonathan Graham Quinn, Tom Simpson, Nathan Connolly, Paul Wilson, Gary Lightbody
Gary Lightbody said about "You Could Be Happy" in an interview in 2013, "It's a very simple song, one of my favorite moments on Eyes Open, our biggest record. […] this is certainly a very tender, delicate, almost paper-thin moment that is like a music box playing. That's the sound that we were trying to go for."
This track was used in an episode of Smallville in 2007 (episode "Promise" of the sixth season).
You May Also Like
Parachute - "She Is Love" I've been beaten down I've been kicked around But she takes it all for me And I lost my faith In my darkest days But she makes me want to believe They call her love, love, love, love, love They call...
Ray LaMontagne - "Trouble" Trouble... Trouble, trouble, trouble, trouble Trouble been doggin' my soul since the day I was born Worry... Worry, worry, worry, worry Worry just will not seem to leave my mind alone We'll...
KT Tunstall - "Other Side Of The World" Over the sea and far away She's waiting like an iceberg Waiting to change But she's cold inside She wants to be like the water All the muscles tighten in her face Buries her soul in one embrace...
Mumford & Sons - "Believe" You may call it in this evening But you've only lost the night Present all your pretty feelings May they comfort you tonight And I'm climbing over something And I'm running through these walls I...
Kate Nash - "Foundations" Thursday night, Everything's fine, Except you've got that look in your eye, When I'm telling a story And you find it boring You're thinking of something to say. You'll go along with it then drop it...