[Verse 1 - Female Solo] I'm sorry for the phone beside you That doesn't ring anymore. For checking it without admitting What you're checking it for. I'm sorry for the empty chair Nobody mentions Christmas Day, And the family picture in the hall You still can't put away. [Pre-Chorus - Same Female Solo] I'm sorry you've replayed the silence, Looking for the moment when Someone who once said they loved you Decided not to let you in. [Chorus - Same Female Solo] I'm sorry they left you wondering If you were hard to love. I'm sorry you kept reaching Long after they gave up. I'm sorry their goodbye became The measure of your worth. I'm sorry you learned rejection From the ones who knew you first. But most of all, I'm sorry You started blaming you For what somebody else chose to do. [Verse 2 - Same Female Solo] I'm sorry if you're someone's mother Who still keeps their number saved. I'm sorry if you're still that child Who watched a parent walk away. I'm sorry if the other pillow Hasn't moved in half a year. Or someone with your same last name Acts like you disappeared. [Pre-Chorus - Same Female Solo] Some wounds don't come from strangers. They come from down the hall, From people in the photographs Still hanging on the wall. [Bridge] Joseph knew a brother's hatred. Jesus knew His friends could leave. So don't confuse somebody's absence With a God who doesn't see. People you thought couldn't leave you May leave— But Jesus has not. [Verse 3 - Same Female Solo] You can leave the porch light burning Without waiting there all night. You can hope they find their way back Without calling wrong things right. You can love them from a distance. You can whisper them in prayer. Somebody choosing life without you Doesn't change your value there. [Final Chorus - Same Female Solo] I'm sorry for the birthdays That passed without a call. I'm sorry for the holidays You tried to smile through it all. I'm sorry for the questions That may never get replies. I'm sorry you looked at their leaving And found something wrong inside. [Break - Same Female Solo] Maybe somewhere in the hurting You started saying it too— “I'm sorry I needed you.” “I'm sorry I wasn't enough.” “I'm sorry I couldn't become Someone you would've stayed to love.” [Outro - Same Female Solo] No. You don't owe an apology For somebody else's goodbye. And if nobody ever said it For the hurt they left behind— I will. I'm sorry.
