Middle Earth Idol

[The Only Real Estel]

Hey all, I'm (as I so often seem to be) Estel & here we go with another one. This one is a country/rock (as critics of the band put it) song called What Hurts the Most by Rascal Flats.

It's being sung by Otho Sackville-Baggins regarding his hard luck with attempts at snagging Bag End.

I can take the rain on the roof of this smaller house
That don’t bother me
I can take a few tears now and then and just let them out
I’m not afraid to cry every once in a while
Even though going on without Bag End still upsets me
There are days every now and again I pretend I’m ok
But that’s not what gets me

What hurts the most
Was being so close
And having so much to pack
And then watching you come back
And never knowing
What could have been
And you not seeing that moved in
Is what I should have been

It’s hard to deal with the pain of losing it everywhere I go
But I’m doin’ It
It’s hard to force that smile when I see that hole and I’m not there
Still Harder
Getting up, getting dressed, livin’ with this regret
But I know if I could do it over
I would trade give away everything that I saved in my life
That I left unspent

What hurts the most
Is being so close
And having so much to pack
And then watching you come back
And never knowing
What could have been
And you not seeing that moved in
Is what I should have been

What hurts the most
Is being so close
And having so much to pack
And then watching you come back
And never knowing
What could have been
And you not seeing that moved in
Is what I should have been

You not seeing that moved in
That’s what I should have been

Thank you and good night.