I Should Have Known You Better(response remix to 12Gauge858 they tell on themselves)

[Spoken Intro] You know what's crazy? I thought I knew the story. The truck. The motel. The girl. The bar stool. The timeline. I swore I had it all figured out. But what I didn't have... Was your heart. Yeah… That's the part I never asked about. [Verse 1] Heard your truck got spotted downtown Bluejay parking lot making rounds I saw her riding by your window glass And my mind wrote a whole movie from that Never stopped to think she lost her husband Three weeks before that Friday night Never asked you why she called you crying Only saw the rumor, not her fight I let my fear start talking Let my anger ring the bell Assumed the worst about you And that became the tale [Chorus] I told on myself Every time I spoke Had the where and when But not the heart you hold Everybody loves the smoke I forgot to ask what fed the flame I told on myself More than I ever said your name [Verse 2] Heard you checked into a motel Room two‑fourteen off the interstate I only heard the whispers Not the fourteen hours you drove that day Truck broke down outside Jackson You were waiting on a part to come But "bet he's lying in that motel room" Fit better with the storm I spun I let my shadows guide me Turned questions into facts Funny how a wounded heart Never double‑checks the tracks [Chorus] I told on myself Every time I spoke Had the headlines But not the love you wrote Everybody loves a villain When their own life feels off‑beat I painted you in darkness To hide what I couldn't face in me [Bridge] I ain't saying I'm blameless Lord knows I got scars Held on to old heartbreak Turned them into prison bars Spent too much time chasing fears And not enough time standing still Put all that weight on your shoulders That was always mine to heal So if the whole town's talking Let them talk like they do I just pray they hear me When I say I was wrong about you [Breakdown] I heard the truck… I heard the bar… I heard the motel… I saw that girl… But I never heard your reasons. No… Cause pride don't travel Like forgiveness do. [Final Chorus] I told on myself Every time I screamed Every little rumor had a hurt beneath my skin I pointed at you Trying to hide what I didn't wanna see I told on myself More than you ever hurt me Truth don't need a crowd Truth don't need a show Truth was in your silence Long before I let mine go You stood there in the middle While I let my anger speak You loved me through the gossip While I doubted what was real in me I told on myself Now I'm laying it at your feet [Outro] Funny thing about small hearts… They get louder when they're scared. I thought I knew the story. Now I know the weight you carried there. Yeah… If they're still talking about you… they don't know what I know now.