You should be sad
Halsey Lyrics

I wanna start this out and say
I need to get something off my chest and express myself.

I gotta get it off my chest
I have something that is weighing on me that I need to address.

Got no anger, got no malice
I don't have any hard feelings towards you.

Just a little bit of regret
I have some sadness and remorse about our past relationship.

Know nobody else will tell you
I know that nobody else will speak up about the things that need to be said.

So there's some things I gotta say
There are things that I need to say to you directly.

Gonna jot it down and then get it out
I will write down my thoughts and then express them to you.

And then I'll be on my way
After I say what I need to say, I will move on and leave you behind.

No, you're not half the man you think that you are
The image of yourself that you have created in your mind is not accurate.

And you can't fill the hole inside of you with money, drugs and cars
No amount of material possessions can make up for the emotional emptiness inside of you.

I'm so glad I never ever had a baby with you
I am relieved that I did not have a child with you.

'Cause you can't love nothin' unless there's somethin' in it for you
You are incapable of loving someone unless you can gain something from it.

Oh, I feel so sorry
I have feelings of sorrow and empathy for you.

I feel so sad
I am overwhelmed with sadness about our situation.

I tried to help you
I made attempts to support you when you needed it.

It just made you mad
My efforts to help angered you instead of helping you.

And I had no warnin'
I did not expect the situation to turn out the way it did.

About who you are
I did not know your true character and actions.

Just glad I made it out without breakin' down
I am proud of myself for being able to leave the situation without falling apart.

And then ran so fuckin' far
I had to put a lot of distance between us in order to heal and move on from the hurt.

That you would never ever touch me again
I hope to never have any contact with you again.

Won't see your alligator tears
I won't be swayed by any fake or insincere emotions you express.

'Cause, no, I've had enough of them
I am done with your false tears and emotional manipulation.

Let me start this off by sayin'
I want to preface my upcoming statements with this opening remark.

I really meant well from the start
I had the best intentions when we began our relationship.

Take a broken man right in my hands
I tried to heal and fix someone who was already hurting and broken.

And then put back all his parts
I attempted to rebuild and restore their emotional well-being.

Hey
An exclamation to grab attention and emphasize a point.

'Cause you're not half the man you think that you are
You have a distorted perception of yourself and your abilities.

You can't fill the hole inside of you with money, drugs and cars
Material possessions and distractions can't heal the emptiness inside of you.

I feel so sad
I have a deep sense of despair about the situation.

You should be sad
You should feel remorse or regret for how you treated me and others.

You should be
An emphasis on the previous statement.

You should be
An emphasis on the previous statement.

You should be sad
An emphasis on the previous statement about feeling regret.