McIntosh, Stephanie - You Should Have Lied Lyrics






It doesn't matter
That you had the courage to tell me
The easy way out
Was to free up your guilt, laid it on me

What do I care?
If it didn't really mean a thing why'd you do it?
I'm standing here
Looking at someone who doesn't
Know they blew it, yeah

[Chorus]
You should have lied
Cause' your stupid mistake
Made my world crash down
Now its goodbye
No you can't take it back
Once the truth has come out of your mouth
So you tried to be honest
But honesty blew it this time
You should have lied

If a tree falls inside of a forest and nobody hears it
It wont affect anybody 'cause no one will miss it

What would I care
If you were dying from the guilt of keeping a secret?
This isn't fair
'cause now I've gotta be the one dealing with it, oh

[Chorus]

I don't get it
Where was your conscience when
You were with her
Couldn't you hear it scream out?

[Chorus]

It doesn't matter
That you had the courage to tell me





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  1. T.... F....

    This song fits Angel Batista in S1 of Dexter so perfectly.

  2. G.... S....

    Oh, the memories.

  3. r.... 1....

    I do have a boyfriend and he lied to me pft I'm joking|:)

  4. b.... ....

    This song can relate to Kevin and Sophie from the show 'This is Us'.

  5. S.... D....

    he should have lied im now here with a broken heart and crying

  6. Q.... E....

    I'm making a story with this song

  7. S.... R....

    Does this have a original video?

    S.... R....

    No sadly not

  8. A.... M....

    I've never really experienced love ever, so, is it true that you'll feel this bad? I just wanna know I am only a 13 year old after all.

    A.... M....

    Mr ir mrs im only 10 i in know how it feels whel not with lovy dufy stuff but if somewon you really care about is hurt or hurts you

    A.... M....

    Alexia Maldonado yes there is a chance you could feel this way. I'm 20 and I thought I loved a couple guys when I was around your age but it turns out I was just in love with the idea of being with someone. you don't truly know what real love is until you're older and you'll know when you find it

    A.... M....

    Trust me I’m 15 and u know when u lov someone bc u would do stuff for them that u wouldn’t do for the rest I had a lov but we had to break up bc she moves now we’re still friends anyways when she said she found a new bf when I asked I was hoping she would lie but once I was told this my life hasn’t been very good till a few months ago basically it takes awhile to get over something when u truly lov someone

  9. M.... H....

    This song is just stupid, I mean seriously. Lying only makes it worse when the person finds out. Ppl just have stupid songs these days. Someone has to agree with me.

    M.... H....

    Its saying that he could have lied so she can prepare herself for that

    M.... H....

    No one agrees with you

  10. N.... x....

    Idk man

  11. J.... S....

    he just play the game to me after all this long time I thought I would never had a broken heart again I wish I want to be gone forever nobody would ever find me ever again

    J.... S....

    +Nightcore Senpai well thank for making feel happy again and your right there no need to cry for someone who doesn't love us and I will find somebody else that is my only true love and thank again for everything thank you ;)

    J.... S....

    +Nightcore Senpai it fine and I will and you are still right now I find someone that I love now and she loves me too and now we're together happily ever after :)

  12. N.... M....

    😢😢😢😢😢

  13. R.... J....

    this song is cool and sad and true about boys

    R.... J....

    Not only boys

  14. A.... H....

    he just play with my feelings

  15. G.... y....

    instant death to those who betrayed my trust (well for me)

    G.... y....

    I agree with u

    G.... y....

    Not for me, the people that do those things to me, are the people I care the most about..

  16. �.... ....

    This song = StoryOfMahLife

  17. S.... T....

    To be honest for me i mean if someone lies about cheating then i get more pissed at them more then when i see it myself. I mean ive been cheated on way to many times such a good lie would be fine about once thats it other then that i would just end up crying or mixed emotions about everything

  18. J.... R....

    Don't agree with what she's saying but loooove the song~

    J.... R....

    +MrGabeanator who are you talking to?

    J.... R....

    +J Raven カラス you are welcome

  19. C.... A....

    I love this song but is so sad for my for a reson

  20. C.... A....

    this song is so sad it remaind my of my ex boyfriend he made a BIG mistake on my he shod have really lid

  21. v.... m....

    were  and  spanish?

  22. S.... F....

    Does anyone know the chords?

  23. R.... G....

    sad song :,( i still i cry at it

  24. L.... E....

    i love this song the music the lyrics everything but when I talk bout the song with my friends and family they don't know what I'm talking bout cause they never heard of it MEH!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  25. R.... ....

    ... Because they hadn't seen you there, oh great Pink One?

  26. E.... C....

    She's an acoon. And yeah,Sonamy rules!

  27. E.... C....

    This song is very touching...

  28. M.... B....

    Sometimes I wonder, if I should'd lied...

  29. j.... ....

    lol i agree with you

  30. t.... n....

    Your right that Amy is 19 or 20 and SEGA's logic is weird! Amy's not a kid if she's been chasing Sonic since 1993 cause that would make her OLDER than Sally but SEGA made Sally older but she was born after Amy- i'm really confused

  31. j.... ....

    well, i don't like sally at all it's just amy is more like kids. Sally is more mature and older. though it says amy has chased Sonic since her debut in 1993. which means that she is 19 or 20. correct me if I'm wrong. Plus i just thought of sonamy before i herd of sonally.

  32. j.... ....

    MEE TOO! I thought sonamy was WAYYY better because there are so many sonamy moments in sonic x. Plus. . . SALLY IS A CHIPMUNK THINGGY MUBOB.

  33. t.... n....

    What a coincidence!
    Me too!
    I hate Sally...

  34. j.... ....

    LOL that is how i came here!!! XD

  35. r.... ....

    Personally I'd want them to tell me so I could drop the jerk. I can't tolerate cheating. And if I found out later that they LIED to me about it, it would be all the worse for everyone involved.

  36. A.... B....

    For some reason, this song made me think about....Sonamy....

    A.... B....

    Not really... IT doesn't fit SonAmy. IT fits SonAlly more(IK u worte this 3 years ago)

  37. m.... ....

    I love the song, but I don't agree with it. I get what she's saying, but lying is even worse actually. I just hate lying, it's better to tell the truth.

  38. I.... L....

    I love this Song!!!!!!!!! <3

  39. S.... C....

    Truthfully I rather have them tell me then lie to me but most of all I rather have them not do it at all

  40. h.... b....

    omg thats so sad britdanielxoxo but i still think it was a bad thing u did that but in life you make mistakes and u lern from them

  41. b.... ....

    and i dont regret cheaing because it showed me i really did love him. the pain of knowing i hurt him was truth enough that love was real for us we have a daughter together and we are very happy! dont judge so quickly the mistakes people make. we are all human and we learn from our mistakes.... i know i did!!! andd like i said its been 5 years since then and we are very happy!!

  42. b.... ....

    i cheated on my husband ( back when we were dating ) i was three months in with him and i was confused about an old love and thought i still loved him but instead my ex just used me my husband found out and didnt believe it so i thought everything would be fine. The guilt i felt for month was terrible. i felt like a piece of shit like i didnt deserve anything he gave me. when i finally told him he believed me and forgave me cuz he loved me truly and i never did it again 5 years still together!!!

  43. C.... l....

    if i am ever cheated on i would kick him out of my life because id rather him break up with me than take the wimps way out and cheat cause i think that being cheated on would be worse than being broken up with

  44. T.... R....

    I remember when I found out my bf cheated on me....i forgave him.......now i regret it cuz all he ever did after wards was break my heart......

  45. R.... ....

    I wouldn't want to be lied to but I can understand how someone might feel this way especially if they hadn't grown up see how much worse lies make things.

  46. Q.... C....

    I found out that my boyfriend for almost a full year cheated on me with he's school's slut.But I guess I was wrong cause when I asked him who he'd want more he hesiated and that was my anwser right there, he wanted the slut more then me. Now I hope his in a hell whole. I just whished he would have told me the truth rather then lettign my best friend tell me that he was cheating on me

  47. R.... R....

    @GirlNextDoor12100 Same thing here. :(

  48. J.... ....

    I wish he would have lied....I wish he never would have told me he cheated on me with her...A girl who was supposed to be my best friend...Now I get to spend Christmas without him....He should have lied, that way I could still be happy! :'(

  49. J.... L....

    lie about it eh? something tells me tht wouldnt work to well :P

  50. p.... ....

    i believe that, and im not trying to cause controversy or fighting because i've never had a boyfriend much less been cheated on, but i think that the point is...she loves him so much that she'd ignore a mishap like dating or kissing or sleeping with someone else. or that she wishes it wasn't him loving someone else that caused them breaking up, because it makes her feel like she wasn't enough for him. apparently, for her, ignorance is bliss. id rather be told too though...

  51. K.... ....

    I REALLY do love this song...but in all honesty (& with everything that I had to go through), I wish that it went 'You shouldn't have lied'. Are there any songs like that, where there is no cheating involved?

  52. N.... A....

    Ive been cheated on 6 times I rather know the truth then him to keep the secret from me

  53. m.... ....

    When I hear this song... I don't think of it as a couple thing...I think of it as a father, mother, daughter thing. The father cheating on the mother with another woman, and then leaving her, leaving the mother heart broken... Telling the daughter what has happend, then leaving her, too... Not keeping contact with her!! :'(

    Btw... that's my story... :(

  54. H.... ....

    @xeatxaxcookiex Ive been hurt so many times that i have stopped trusting men, im like so closed up that when a guy asks me out i reject them because im scared of getting hurt again :( I also love this song :)

  55. D.... ....

    I haven't been cheated on, but, i had a crush and he didn't like me and kept a lie, in the end I found out the truth.. Personally He should've told me the truth

  56. m.... ....

    I sort of understand what this song means. When you love someone deeply you don't want to know their demons because it could ruin what you have... in this case its someone you love cheating on you.

  57. R.... ....

    @PPINO123 Best of luck with it. ^_^ And just... Keep around this guy, see what happens as you spend time together and grow more comfortable with each other. Maybe the confession will grow easier, maybe it won't, maybe you'll just become good friends, or maybe you will fall all the deeper for it... You never know.

  58. R.... ....

    @PPINO123 Make sure to keep on to those friends... And be forthright with this guy. All the guys I know would much prefer if girls just told them straight up what they expected and wanted. Like, if you wanted him to lie if he ever cheats on you, tell him that. Or if you'd rather he breaks up with you before it comes to that, tell him that. But be careful with how you say it or you'll end up insulting him. ^^;

    Good luck. =)

  59. R.... ....

    @PPINO123 Yes, there are. The hard part is finding them and then having something in common with them. My advice, is get some real good friends to support you (just in case) and get the right facial expression to induce guilt: adoring, but not mindlessly so.

  60. R.... ....

    I don't know, I'd rather know than be lied to... So I could call a bastard a bastard. >=( And then I'd demand a reason with my most guilt-inducing face.

  61. c.... ....

    well it's obvious the right thing to choose is to know. every human feels this way. they feel that it's better to not know it so that they don't suffer. then again, they wonder what was the truth.. confusing world we live in..

  62. a.... m....

    i agree with a bunch of you! its like hes dumping the guilt on her when he cheats to clear his guilty conscience but leave you with the pain

  63. a.... m....

    i agree with a bunch of you! its like hes dumping the guilt on her when he cheats!!

  64. f.... e....

    I have never been cheated on or cheated, heck I've never dated, but this is my favorite song and personally I get where she's coming from. She wish she didn't know because now that she knows she has to live with it and suffer the action her partner did. She knows so she has to leave him knowing he was not the person she thought he was. I think she would rather have known but at the same time it hurt her so she wishes she didn't at that point in time when she just found out.

  65. l.... ....

    @SawaMarie That's how I interpreted it too.

  66. S.... ....

    I agree that it's better to know these things instead of being lied to, I've been cheated on though and there were a few moments where I thought, "Wow. I kind of wish I didn't know right now."
    I think her whole point is she's glad she knows so she can walk away from it, but at the same time, you almost wish you didn't know, because then your relationship would still be in tact. *Shrug* That's what I get from it at least.

  67. b.... ....

    @Gamecubeaddict221
    Where was your conscience when you were with her? - Meaning: Didn't you even notice your conscience?
    Didn't you hear it scream out? - Meaning: Didn't you hear you conscience when she tried to warn you???

  68. 2.... ....

    People should not lie about things like that. i would rather have my boyfriend tell me that he cheated on me that to have him lying to me and discover later that he's been playing on my back (if that sentence make sense in english... it does in french) And i've never experienced it but i know that being honest in those situation is everything but the easy way.

  69. S.... ....

    LOVE this song :D

  70. B.... F....

    if i had a boyfriend, i would want him to tell me straight out that he cheated on me, not lie and say he loves me, and even if he lied and said he didnt cheat and he loves me, their both lies

  71. A.... ....

    I love this song but tbh Id rather be told the truth than someone lying to me. I've been cheated on once and as much as it hurt im glad i found out cause i dont want to be with someone that treats me like shit.

  72. k.... P....

    this song is demented...she is pathetic.....serious...but i like ur voice...lol

  73. k.... x....

    can you please upload the karaoke version to this song?

  74. S.... ....

    I luv this song. I heard it with a video and thought the words were so right on. Thanks for providing the lyrics and Stephanie'v voice.

  75. p.... ....

    This song is sooo addictive!

  76. M.... _....

    Beautiful song! ♥
    She has a wonderful voice.
    I ♥ this! :*

  77. K.... ....

    I love this song and I feel the hurt coming from her. I think people who cheat are horrible. However even though I've never been cheated on the only thing I don't agree with this song is I would rather know and risk the hurt than live a lie.

  78. x.... ....

    Hmf,
    I kissed with a very good friend eventhough I dont like him. The next day when I was kinda drunk, I kissed with his best friend. We chose to lie, but It came out. We didnt spoke 3 to 4 weeks. But now everything is okay.
    So, Just try to tell the truth, its better than a lie. Cause It will come out one day.

  79. C.... C....

    @funnyflyingdutchgirl if i were u i wud b very angry and hate him 4 the rest of my life

  80. f.... ....

    My boyfriend lied to me that he loves me.
    He used me for more self-confidence and then he cheated on me!
    I'm broken and very angry

  81. f.... ....

    @lisalallaa SAME!! im broken and mad!

  82. M.... ....

    Id rather know...cause if they dont tell you and it comes around by someone else that hurts more.

  83. g.... ....

    It may sound stupid...but I agree with the song. I know a thing or two about cheating...I'll take the lies any day.

  84. L.... V....

    my bf just cheated on me. And he lead me making me think he loved me. but i was wrong. i knew i shuld've broked up with him a long time ago. but i guess i loved him too much, and now we camed this far and look what he done to me? he cheated on me. i wishh he never told me he liked me in the first place. = \

  85. S.... M....

    The best song ..
    Love it =D

  86. p.... ....

    Ugh. My girlfriend cheated on me, and showed no remorse, not even an apology. Even though it meant nothing, you still did it. Being honest doesn't cancel anything out, but it was better that I found out from you personally. Thanks for breaking my heart.

  87. N.... L....

    My boyfriend just cheated on me ... My worlds never going to be the same again

  88. n.... ....

    it means that she's pissed that he has a conscience now and wants to tell her now when his conscience should have told have told him not to cheat on her in the first place.