[Intro | steady rain against a window, distant thunder, lone tremolo guitar] [Cold Open | deep male baritone] I was wrong, I was wrong, And sorry won’t undo it. You gave me something honest, And then I went and blew it… I was wrong, I was wrong, Now your love is wearing thin. I don’t want another yesterday - I want to change the man I’ve been. [Verse 1 | restrained twelve-eight blues] You were the woman of my lifetime, The best thing I had known. You made a life feel steady. You made a hard place feel like home. You never left me wanting, Not in our bed, not anywhere. And I still made you feel like something Was missing when it wasn’t there. The lack was mine to carry. The fault was mine alone. You gave me all the love you had, And I made you feel unknown. [Pre-Chorus | guitar answers each line] Now your sadness sits inside you Till it hardens into rage. And every time I say I’m sorry, I can see it on your face. [Chorus | full band, emotional spike] I was wrong, I was wrong, And sorry won’t undo it. You gave me something honest, And then I went and blew it… I was wrong, I was wrong, Now your love is wearing thin. I don’t want another yesterday - I want to change the man I’ve been. [Verse 2 | lower and heavier] Now every room feels colder, Every word becomes a fight. We lie down beside each other With the anger every night. Sometimes I take the long way home Because I know what waits inside. Then I hate myself for fearing The pain I put behind your eyes. You say you don’t know who I am. Some days I don’t know either. But I know the man who hurt you Can’t be the man who keeps you near! [Pre-Chorus 2 | building] I know anger keeps you standing When the grief would pull you down. I know I’m the one who planted Every bitter feeling now. [Chorus | stronger vocal] I was wrong, I was wrong, And sorry won’t undo it. You gave me something honest, And then I went and blew it… I was wrong, I was wrong, Now your love is wearing thin. I don’t want another yesterday - I want to change the man I’ve been. [Bridge | band strips back, rain grows louder] I used to wish I could go backward, Find the hour before the fall. But changing what has happened Wouldn’t change me much at all. So I don’t need a time machine. I need courage. I need truth. I need to become the kind of man Who’s finally worthy of you. Don’t forgive me for this crying. Don’t stay because I’m scared. But if there’s love beneath your anger, Let me prove that I am there. Not with promises at midnight. Not with words that disappear. Let me show you in the daylight, Day by day and year by year. [Final Chorus | biggest vocal, restrained gospel-blues harmonies] I was wrong, I was wrong, And sorry won’t undo it. You gave me something honest, And I was careless with it. I was wrong, I was wrong, But I know where I begin. I can’t give us back the yesterday - But I can change the man I’ve been. [Outro | rain softens, voice close to microphone] I don’t want you staying Just because I’m begging you. I want to be the man You can believe is telling truth. You were never less than enough. That was never what went wrong. I was wrong. I still love you. And I’ve loved you all along. [Rain continues beneath the final guitar note]
