Verse 1 She was standing in the kitchen with a strange kind of grace, I felt so goddamn lucky just to look upon her face. She was strange, she was shining, she was wild and self-possessed, And I made her fail my stupid test by fools I tried to impress. Chorus One of my regrets, One of my regrets, Is I let those jealous voices Get too deep inside my head. I had lightning in a bottle, A strange and beautiful truth. But one of my regrets Is not running away with you. Verse 2 She took my hand one evening, led me laughing down the stairs, Like she had no use for caution, like she didn’t know it’s there. I was young and newly wounded, still bleeding from goodbye, And she loved me like a storm front moving clean across the sky. Chorus One of my regrets, One of my regrets, Is I let those jealous voices Get too deep inside my head. I had the lightning near me. I had that strange and fleeting truth. But one of my regrets Is not choosing you. B Part I should’ve walked through fire, I should’ve told them all to see, That the girl they called a wierdo Was the only one I could see. Maybe we’d have burned out. Maybe we’d have made it through. But one of my regrets Is not runnin with you. Verse 3 Now the years have laid their blankets on the roads we didn’t take, And we talk about forever like two candles staying awake. God and ghosts and childhood, songs and sorrow, right and wrong, Every time we find that current, I remember it was strong. And I won’t curse the man beside her. I hope he gives her peace. I know I’m just some old weather Blowing through a balmy sea. But when she smiles across the table, There’s still lightning in the air. And I’m fifteen and foolish, And I’m almost brave enough to care. Bridge One day you won’t recall their voices. One day they’ll all fade out. But the woman you were scared of Will be the one you dream about. Final Chorus One of my regrets, One of my regrets, Isn’t that she loved another, But that the sun has surely set. Maybe life is mostly learning. Maybe pain is how we learn. Maybe some roads stay unopened So the heart can always burn. But one of my regrets Is I never ran with you. Outro Yeah, one of my regrets Is I never ran with you.
