John Mayer - Shouldn't Matter but It Does (Official Audio)

[@laurachaparro5648]

John has been making the soundtrack of everyone's life and I love it.

[@oregoneye]

Soundtrack to mine, without a shadow of a doubt 💯

[@BryanErnest]

Word!!

[@welmeraquino4570]

You're right 🔥

[@mattpenha]

Jesus, so true

[@soundfiles4669]

Exactly. How does he do that?

[@stephonwilliams8890]

The part at 2:49 where he repeats the "it shouldn't matter" sounds like he's trying to convince himself that it shouldn't matter but in the end it does

[@ДмитрийЖитков-р1в]

и именно интонированием это достигается.тонкое утверждение - вопрос....робкое утверждение -полное согласие.))

[@kelynebezerra4462]

It's like having your heart broken indefinitely.

[@oceanangel2515]

Very good analysis

[@cavemanlovesmoke4394]

😭

[@katyb4404]

@@watchingyout000 exactly, the one he let get away. Fool that he was.

[@FloridaManRacer]

@@katyb4404 I relate. Song = accurate...

[@melissajmorgan7747]

you gotta break it to open it wider

[@HofTheStage]

I think this one is my favourite from the new bunch

[@hollybronwyn8176]

same. But I love pretty much all John does.

[@sailorshout9449]

Yup. It's got that realness in the lyrics

[@jaimemarks4302]

Okay 👍

[@aarongrainger5160]

Spot on

[@maudealpha8529]

this is deep!!

[@BurtonJohnson]

Everybody always talks about how great a guitarist John Mayer is. And they're not wrong. But attention should be paid to how devastatingly good these lyrics are. John Mayer is the best lyricist I think that we have.

[@robinbennett8525]

He's the poster child for poignant simplicity. Cuts through every ounce of overproduced b.s. and leaves just a perfect little gem in it's place.

[@AwesomeCat2012]

100% agree! I think if he hadn't been such an amazing lyricist, I would not still be so invested in listening to his music. His words speak to my soul!

[@BurtonJohnson]

@@AwesomeCat2012 Totally. Different song, but: "Well the lucky in love Call themselves winners And losers are sinners Who have gone astray As if I woke up Lonely one morning Looked around and decided I would stay that way" I. Feel. This.

[@karmasubba3863]

John has 2 of the finest weapons in his arsenal! His songwriting skills and his guitar skills! Ive been a fan a long time and i always thought he was unfairly lucky to be that much talented in two different things! But now, ive started to realise, his songwriting and guitar playing are related and not different sets of skills, his selection of notes and his selection of words comes from his naive and sensitive soul that he speaks so honestly about!

[@BurtonJohnson]

@@karmasubba3863 Well put. He's not doing two things, he's doing one thing. And that one thing is writing and singing and playing guitar.

[@lexi-op5vk]

I don’t remember him saying “fucking” in any other song. Here he says it and it totally breaks my heart. I don’t know how to explain,it feels so vulnerable, it’s like he’s breaking and saying “no poetic stuff come on, how could’ve you been so fucking mean?”

[@yevinoraa]

Couldn't agree more.

[@melissajmorgan7747]

meanness is taught. typically humans are not born with it.

[@failer091]

I keep trying to think if the "you" is himself when he is going through the list of "should of's" so it would have been him that should have been sad instead of mean about something that happened. Potentially someone leaving him like always

[@sirjsph26]

it's the same as him saying "you be a BITCH because you can" in Slow Dancing

[@AwesomeCat2012]

It's definitely a first. I was like WHAT did he just say!? LOL He has used damn and bitch, but not the F-bomb! LOL

[@saptakbanerjee1184]

“You shouldn’t be a stranger in your own backyard.” Jeez John relax you don’t have to make me bawl at the second song of the album.

[@Mathias9n]

Im mad that the next song in the album is new light. DONT PUT ME A HAPPY SONG AFTER THIS PLZ :(

[@saptakbanerjee1184]

@@Mathias9n Hahahaha I think he did it to put it to contrast with this song. I actually like the diversity it creates.

[@Mathias9n]

@@saptakbanerjee1184 Yes, it's almost kind of funny ahahah

[@princeton1100]

"little by little, inch by inch, we built a yard with a garden in the middle of it"

[@tunnabellthapa]

One of the best artist in the history of music.

[@SnazzyBoxx]

Most of us will experience this kind of heartbreak at least once in our life. A beautifully, honest song.

[@holaamigo5753]

Yes. it is bitter sweet.

[@MrGmilton]

Been there 😔

[@VikingMan44]

Except the 40% of men who will never father a child. Except them.

[@ALEXISGNFR]

​@@VikingMan44i think is about kathy....

[@anantaaryal4390]

“It could have been always It could have been me We could have been busy naming baby number three” This Broke me.

[@seanthomasmusic]

Me too

[@cavemanlovesmoke4394]

Jennifer Aniston or Katy perry? I cant tell which one hes nodding to

[@Sare787]

Heart shattering

[@Elithia.m]

John has always said he wants kids 😔😢

[@TacticalxRecon]

@@cavemanlovesmoke4394 100% Katy Perry

[@mapiahades8870]

This song alone can define why the album was entitled SOB ROCK...the feels. Oh mayer what are you doing to my heart.

[@TheIrishAnge]

Exactly❣️

[@sirdranzer]

feeling sad but being dyslexic That's Totally rockstar for me...

[@lar9299]

ROCK TO SOOOOOOB

[@carterwatson1949]

agreed its so beautiful i love when his background vocals come in

[@NathanielBawden]

It shouldn't Mayer, but it's John

[@stratmagic6893]

I'm guessing that all the lockdown alone time has John wishing that a certain someone was there to share it with him. All of us on some level can relate to that. His music and lyrics really communicate the emotions that we all struggle with and try to reconcile.

[@danielpleitez-martinez7638]

Hasn’t it done that to all of us?

[@idawilliams3528]

It takes me back to split screen sadness😪

[@meandmy5003]

Nah...he'd have broken up if he was in the lockdown with a girl...I think he enjoys his alone time and he does his best thinking then

[@stratmagic6893]

@@meandmy5003 Did you listen to the lyrics on his new record? Another clueless response from the void.

[@danielpleitez-martinez7638]

@@meandmy5003 listen to it doesn’t matter but it does bro lol

[@MusiColeMF]

Not too often that ol’ Johnny will whip out the F bomb. In fact, I can’t recall him even saying it in another song. Whoever this song is directed at, he’s baring his SOUL in a way I’ve never seen

[@cindysantore596]

I'm thinking still Katie 💔

[@idkwhoknew908]

MM So?? Un necessary to use that F word. But he did.

[@idawilliams3528]

@@cindysantore596 I don't understand why people always thinks its some one every body knows ..When it could have been someone before he ever came famous who really was a mean bitch and so selfish..John Mayer had a life before fame That's just my opinion just to many years ago and they keep rolling on and on and the road keeps rolling on 4 ever Young lovers trying to make it some time it gets hard to hold it together There is always A story in a song Just like the lyrics in John Mayer song our love was So( Comfortable) Katy Perry and Jennifer Ans wasn't around then But everyone's got their opinions 🙂

[@lexi-op5vk]

@@idawilliams3528 but those are very old, he said he had only “Marie” before being famous (probably those songs were about her), but this song? It really seems about Katy, he always wanted a family with her

[@idawilliams3528]

@@lexi-op5vk How could this song possibly be about Katy Perry ? Katy Perry loveed John Mayer unconditionally She even had to get Psychological help Therapy to get over him she couldn't fix him cuz his heart belonged some where else to someone else that he could not get over and in the looks like he hasn't got over her yet lyrics shouldn't hold on like i do .. Katy Perry adored John This girl he"s singing about was not sad but fucking. mean lyrics and the road keeps going on for ever and ever ..hell she may still be mean ..like Slow Dancing In A Burning Room you be a bitch because you can.. Should have learned by now lyrics No No Katy Perry was nowhere around... I am a song writer and I know how they are sometimes they write✍ their pass into thier future and the saddest part always makes the most beautifullest songs Just my opinion in some of the greatest songwriters in the world👍 Maybe this song just might wake her up and bring the Emptinesse in her back alive to love..God knows it would me if I was that girl ❤👀

[@loveismotorcycle6281]

This song is like the epilogue to “Marie”. Heartbreaking.

[@kiwi_wolf2805]

Exactly!

[@jarg8]

Excellently put

[@015_agyasadhana3]

do you mean "dear marie" ?

[@tylerschantz5325]

Do you mean Dear Marie?🤓🤓

[@natascharose]

John is one of these artists who can break people’s hearts without them having been through what he’s singing about.

[@AllBusinessBear]

I don’t know how he can sing that third verse without losing it. F*cking Brutal! I understand the album title now. This album is incredible!

[@ofardo8046]

For real. So sad

[@nataliecooper9058]

We could have been busy naming baby #3... I heart this sob song.

[@Dermatillomaniac]

Don't understand how this viewcount is so low....this is my fave from the album.

[@BenK.]

I shouldn’t be angry I shouldn’t hold on I shouldn’t leave you messages in every little song It could have been always It could have been me We could have been busy naming baby number three Man that´s vulnerable. I just wish you finally get your dream John and be happy.

[@grmm6845]

This song hits too close to home, but I love that it does

[@Samuel-gc2rm]

His freshman album we were seniors running down the halls of our high school. We're almost 40 now and it shouldn't matter. But that was our journey.

[@gurugbeats615]

THIS SONG GONNA REMAIN FOREVER AND EVER AND EVER. JOHN,YOU MATTER TO THIS WHOLE WIDE WORLD.

[@levigaming1829]

Lyrics. [Verse 1] Shoulda been open Shoulda done more Shoulda learned a lesson from the year before Shoulda been honest Shoulda just cried Shoulda told me there was nothing left inside [Chorus] Now the road keeps rolling on forever And the years keep pulling us apart We lost something, I still wonder what it was It shouldn't matter Shouldn't matter, but it does [Verse 2] You shoulda just broken You shoulda come clean You shoulda been sad instead of being so fucking mean It shouldn't be easy But it shouldn't be hard You shouldn't be a stranger in your own backyard [Chorus] Now the road keeps rolling on forever And the years keep pulling us apart I know it's over, I'm just saying this because It shouldn't matter Shouldn't matter, but it does [Verse 3] I shouldn't be angry I shouldn't hold on I shouldn't leave messages in every little song It could have been always It could have been me We could have been busy naming baby number three [Chorus] Now the road keeps rolling on forever And the years keep pulling us apart If it's on someone then I blame the both of us It shouldn't matter Shouldn't matter, but it Shouldn't matter Shouldn't matter, but it Shouldn't matter Shouldn't matter, but it does

[@everpolo29]

Is this to Katy Perry?

[@SandNiggable]

I feel like it is… but idk. I need to know, someone please find out

[@toiletseat0]

@@everpolo29 Seems like it's about Katy Perry to me..I don't like to interfere in celebrities' lives generally but it's nice to know what the artist is going through so that you can understand them better

[@landoctor94]

You think you're cool cause you can look up the lyrics and post them in the comments section?

[@papurri_._.]

@@landoctor94 why you mad bozo 🤣

[@jefvarnadore2267]

There’s something about the really good John Mayer songs where you feel like you’ve heard them before the very first time you hear it, like it’s always existed... am I crazy?

[@gabrieladdison]

You’re not crazy I know exactly what you mean 😂

[@jefvarnadore2267]

@@gabrieladdison thank god I’m not the only one.. but then again maybe it’s only us 😂

[@Anne-lg9xc]

Agree! His songs makes me feel like I grew up listening to them. I know it might be the case for others since they've his songs been around for some time. It's not the case for me since I just discovered him months ago.

[@jefvarnadore2267]

@@Anne-lg9xc that’s amazing I’m glad you found his music too 😊

[@fatimah6454]

No you're not bcs i felt the same too! 😂 It's maybe because we grew up listening to him

[@totoki7400]

I literally cried under my pillows right away the song ended. It shouldn't matter but it does. 🤦‍♀️💜❤💜❤

[@Mathias9n]

Im mad that the next song in the album is new light. DONT PUT ME A HAPPY SONG AFTER THIS PLZ :(

[@rodoglez11]

@@Mathias9n when I had just broken up after a 7 year relationship I was with my friends one day and it hadn’t ever happened to me that I cried out of nowhere in public places every 20 min… New Light was already out so it came on someone’s playlist, I’ve never called myself a JM fan, I’m more of a ‘Continuum’ fan lol but a happy vibe song from Mayer was all I needed at that moment so I had it on repeat for months after. After this song got me crying (as everyone on the comment section) I totally get why he puts new light after one of the saddest songs on the record…

[@Mathias9n]

@@rodoglez11 Wow great story, sorry to hear that ! The power of music is real !!

[@christianornelasduran2263]

It takes 3:38 minutes, but it hurts for a lifetime Love you John

[@shanecanipe6967]

This guy just keeps putting out hit after hit .... Songs that will be played by our children's children!! In my opinion, He's probly the best all around , song writer ,, musician , that ever lived !! He's got a song for every facet of life!!! John Mayer for President!!!2023!!

[@TheDangVlog]

Never thought a song without a face-melting guitar solo would be one of my top 3 Mayer songs... But this is that song.

[@giovannaribeiro6736]

me: happy in a healthy and stable relationship also me: *crying listening to this*

[@ethanumwi9408]

Same 🥲

[@wesleycoats]

same

[@gigi_poetry]

So true! Me too 😂😅 Just perfect...

[@Soso-vh3tz]

By the way this song is not only for relationship you can also relate it with other life stuff.

[@TicketyBooDuo]

Me too. We have all felt like this at some point in our lives. It's a truly beautiful song ❤

[@Lackedddd]

“You should’ve been sad instead of being so fucking mean” hit real hard

[@patriciadempsey3271]

Yes after divorce that line hits hard

[@baldbearded9601]

Instant favourite.

[@300spartacus]

JM my all time fav

[@sadonsweet]

Only one woman owns this man's heart: KP.

[@guitarsrme13]

His catalogue is becoming legendary.

[@archibaldlahe4169]

JOHN MAYER this song shouldn't matter but it does❤️🔥👏

[@ikben86]

The real success story of john's music is that he touches the hearts and souls of his listeners and validates the thoughts and feelings of those listeners. Thankyou John!!

[@DiamondEmber28]

Are you kidding me? This song is an absolute heart breaker. Incredible.

[@montypy]

I promise that I'm gonna learn all the sob rock songs using my ears.

[@lexi-op5vk]

Good luck with it

[@Seba-hy9du]

Great way to train your ears ! Work your way up until you can figure out chords from Room for Squares, haha

[@shanthoshsomasunthar]

Once you realize what he's singing, you can't keep crying.

[@smearsy2347]

his music just keeps getting better album by album!

[@joe22589]

No - he is keeping a high standard album by album

[@vlogpipiatbingi]

Those two "Shouldn't matter, but it" at the end is like you are crying but at the same time preventing not to burst it out.

[@rishabhbose29]

Ok. I thought Sob Rock was all about pop tunes with some 80's vibe to it. Definitely did not expect such heartfelt songs. Man John must have been hurt pretty bad. I mean he is talking about having his own family and stuff here but it doesn't.

[@julioorozco2852]

Thanks Katy for this he still love you

[@yourworkingclasshero]

My dearest John, what’s meant to be yours will find its way to you 💫 It should matter, it does matter. Just hang in there.

[@lessaislas7971]

I'm waiting happy for your videos!

[@VMX1.]

This happened to me at 34. I am now 57 and I feel so empty all the time. It shouldn't matter....but it does.

[@alethephobe7586]

1:44 This part makes my heart rejoice.

[@amanpandey6842]

Only artist I know who doesn't have a bad song.

[@whyisntitpossible404]

Love on the Weekend would like to have a word with you

[@scottdrew327]

Luke Combs. Trust me

[@whyisntitpossible404]

@Dareon well, music is subjective. But imo, that song sucks.

[@ryandavis8245]

It shouldn’t matter but it does!

[@YouTuber-r5c8x]

You get it!

[@alegue523]

I’m in a healthy relationship, and this song still made me feel some type of way😂 his lyrics, his melody, his voice, everything!! Wow

[@lukedias9103]

Hey man as a guitarist just wanna say that you are an inspiration and push me to get better and keep going so thank you😊

[@hotfuzz0328]

Same

[@idawilliams3528]

You just keep driving no matter how bumpy the road gets ....Keep that drive with in you ...You will get there 🌞

[@jacobadams8113]

I'm a year in and still trying to get through a past breakup. Going to listen to this album tonight and I can already feel the tears coming man. Lol

[@FLyGODSLY]

I’m almost 2 years in and this song hits hard, hope all is well and God bless you brother.

[@yogibear5649]

John makes me so happy to be alive and yet so devastated for every day of life that passed through my fingers without its proper appreciation. Damn.

[@sahilfootbal]

No crazy guitar solo in this song, yet it gives me goosebumps every single time.

[@mayermike07]

He’s so funny and always making people laugh but his music shows us his hurt and sadness. It’s like us who always try to make people happy. We don’t want anyone feeling the sadness so we try to make people laugh. We just get to see it with Mayer because of his music

[@kc5655]

Heartbreakingly good. Some parts really sound like the intro to Phil Collins “Can’t Stop Loving You,” an equally heartbreaking song. “Said you’re leaving in the morning on the early train”

[@avnish8045]

everyone was waiting for this one!!!!

[@cglenn1457]

Savage, John. Damn. But the vibes...

[@mariusgrorud2362]

The song about my life 💔❤️‍🩹

[@YouTuber-r5c8x]

It's not you. It's all of us.

[@lanvungthungyanthan4886]

John has a big heart man. Massive massive love for him.

[@kathyblack1149]

Love this 😢so sad !

[@joseca7509]

You have broken my heart tonight John but it's so worth it, i have this record to help me out

[@genna2586]

It feels like knowing deep inside how little things really matter. Poignant lyrics that touches us all in various ways. Simply beautiful!

[@serranodavid3247]

Exactly 💯...

[@Luca.Luca.Luca2]

PERFECT summer album. I’m so giddy right now it’s ridiculous and I’m not even sorry 😂

[@carlosburgos9279]

John, you're just amazing! Please, don't ever stop making music. 🙏

[@isabelprado1427]

it blows me away how this song relates to how i feel now. It makes me feel that I'm not alone, somehow. Amazing song

[@hungryhamsterr]

Everything you should be hearing from the one you loved but you shouldn’t because John here does it better. And I know it shouldn’t matter, it shouldn’t but it does…

[@marcolaffitte9455]

I'll be right back, watching the premiere to shot in the dark

[@oscarkelly2462]

John. I don’t say this often or even comment on stuff much. But this is brilliant song writing. I don’t normally listen to soft slow stuff but this keeps me coming back to listen. Great stuff

[@TaylorBleau]

Wow. Melodically beautiful and poignantly powerful, this album is really something special. I’ll be swimming in this for a long time.

[@robinbennett8525]

Swimming in it was an excellent choice of words.

[@ulfet21]

This song makes me feel like giving JM a huge bear hug. Everything will be all right, John!

[@lautarosabena1271]

saddest song in his entire discography 💔

[@Henrydingus01123]

“We could have been busy naming baby number 3” broke me

[@ErinLOVESmakeupxoxo]

@@Henrydingus01123 same

[@johndoefpv]

"You are gonna live forever in me" is up there too

[@TheIrishAnge]

Sob rock, now we know why😥

[@BatmanHQYT]

I like The Heart of Life, its simplicity really goes a long way. Has a real "wisdom" to it.

[@jackblevel8296]

Oh wow that really hurt, been there, she's still in my heart and head. Time.....

[@vittoriovittozzi716]

Love The arpeggios at 3:06..love The chords. Rare beauty.

[@tomsangiorgio]

Also shouldn’t go unnoticed that JM recorded this vocal and acoustic guitar all in one take. 🏆

[@mr.x2350]

Why does his lyrics pierce into all of our heart directly and sew it up with his music later ?

[@morenashelile6240]

How is it John Mayer can churn out the best music non stop we will never know. But one thing is for certain: his music is very much appreciated.

[@BatmanHQYT]

Gorgeous, sounds like a softer, more heartbroken version of I Guess I Just Feel Like.

[@liamcarter7247]

This album came out about 5 days after i was broken up with from a 4 year relationship. I cant explain how much Sob Rock is helping me get through it all. It's time to make some new memories.

[@DeraldCannonJr]

I'm not crying you are

[@Dermatillomaniac]

Gives "Never on the day you leave" vibes and I'm *here* for it!!!

[@angelalynn8945]

Can’t handle this one…damn. 😭

[@leigh2604]

I love you John, forever and ever...

[@ajen1270]

Ever since this was released I have been playing this on my phone the botton has been switched to on repeat. The last part guitar strumming is perfect 🖤

[@diegoolivares4384]

Happy Valentine's folks

[@brandiblake6622]

I don't believe in soulmates, maybe I did at some point, but growing up turned me into a realist at some point. Ten years of marriage, two little boys, and one forever broken heart. We both failed, but he'll always have my heart, even though he doesn't want it. Friends, guard your hearts. Some things can't be fixed once they're broken.

[@SummerLovesGlitter]

I am definitely now a realist too after getting my heart broken after so many tries. It's hard out here for people like us. *sigh*..

[@LarryBill233]

I agree with you, indeed John Mayer is a great and talented artist who's songs never goes out of style, he's one of my favorites artist, he's songs still and always heals the Soul, I pray God gives you lot of beautiful days.

[@Mossman1117]

Greg Phillinganes, you're THE MAN! "If you key in on what he is doing on the synth, it is orchestral" - JM

[@peperuiz5868]

It should have been definitely you, John. Every now and then I imagine him with Katy living happily ever after and it breaks me.

[@rem6670]

I don't know how this dude continues making songs of my life ARE YOU STALKING ME?!😝

[@njengagachanja7197]

If I had a voice like this, I can't imagine where I would be rn 😌 this is bliss to me Love you all from Kenya🤗

[@leninkhun5967]

John Mayer ❣️

[@khenwaltherdiaz8952]

This one's a heart touching artistry of john

[@chesneyclaire9566]

So freakin good. Had to go back and listen again today. ;)

[@susmitamajumdar8902]

Can relate with this song in so many ways!!!!!! Perhaps the best song in the whole album!!!!! Love from a fan girl in 🇮🇳...

[@thazual4518]

It's sad, but it's beautiful

[@elfabrava2797]

Dios mío, quiero escucharlos todos. Esto es una montaña infinita de emociones. Te amamos, desde VENEZUELA.

[@fernandomartinezreyna1836]

Todavia no tienes acceso al disco?

[@elfabrava2797]

@@fernandomartinezreyna1836 Sip ya tengo acceso. Muchas gracias.

[@elfabrava2797]

@Titus Tiger The world according to my view. totalmente, muchas gracias. Hasta mis vecinos comenzaron a amar a John, siempre me dicen: "me encanta la música de ese hombre que canta como ronquito, me encanta como se escucha la guitarra. Es muy relajante". Jajaja al menos musicalmente los ayudo a relajarse. ¡Saludos!

[@leigh2604]

This song is so underrated..

[@ayuzefovich]

Just listened to it for the first time, and my heart got immediately torn in pieces 💔

[@kponly]

I love that he curses in this one. It feels like John the man is peeking through the pretty music to express something raw.

[@DavidTutmarkGuitar]

Loving your evolution as a writer. Easily the best of a generation. Thank you for all the music John!

[@talon3684]

SMH So good. ✨