Released: November 1, 2013

Songwriter: James Arthur Wayne Hector Naughty Boy

Producer: Naughty Boy

I should've known better
Than to ever
Look to heaven questioning
Whether I've found it
Put it up, sounded
Better than it looked
Now I'm your friend
Yea, yea
I'm stuck in this dead end
And all these words, they come too late
You could never compensate
For this pain oh

I should've said it all when I was close to you
I should've said it all when I was close to you
Like I was supposed to do
Like I was supposed to do

I should've known better than to be pacified
Now you just pass me by
I'm stumbling through this life like a man with no sight
No sight

Yea, oh
Like a man that lost his fight
And all these words, they come too late
You could never compensate
For this pain

I should've said it all when I was close to you
I should've said it all when I was close to you
Like I was supposed to do
Like I was supposed to do

It's too late
The hands of fate
Oh the hands of fate yea
Just won't wait
No, it just won't wait
No, it just won't wait

Help me change
Help me change, help me change
It's too late
The hands of fate
Just won't wait
No, it just won't wait
No, it just won't wait
Help me change
Help me change, help me change
I should've said it all when I was close to you
I should've said it all when I was close to you
Like I was supposed to do
Like I was supposed to do
Oh like I was supposed to do

James Arthur

James Arthur was born in 1988 in Middlesbrough, England. He won the X Factor in 2012 before releasing the album, James Arthur, in 2013.

After two international tours, Arthur released his sophomore album Back From the Edge in October 2016. The album featured the single “Say You Won’t Let Go” which stayed at the top of the UK Singles Chart for three weeks.