The One That Got Away by The Civil WarsAlbum: The Civil WarsSpotify: One That Go The One That Got Away Lyrics by The Civil Wars from the Sunday Chill [Brunswick] album - including song video, artist biography, translations and more: I never meant to get us in this deep I never meant for this to mean a thing Oh, I wish you were the one Wish you were t… The Civil Wars - The One That Got Away Lyrics. [Verse 1:] I never meant to get us in this deep. I never meant for this to mean a thing. Oh, I wish you were the one. Wish you were the one that got away. I got caught up by the chase. And you got high on every little bit. I wish you were the one. The One That Got Away Lyrics by The Civil Wars from the The Civil Wars album - including song video, artist biography, translations and more: I never meant to get us in this deep I never meant for this to mean a thing Oh, I wish you were the one Wish you were t… lyrics Songfacts®: This morose blues-rock ballad was the first song released from The Civil Wars eponymous second album, which ended up being their last. The song swells with moments of fury. "I wish I'd never ever seen your face," Joy Williams sings with - or maybe at - John Paul White. hsQrm.