[Intro – Lone Fingerpicked Acoustic Guitar, Slow and Intimate] [Verse 1 – Quiet, Almost Conversational] We got the news, another month gone, I saw the hurt behind your eyes. I kissed your head and went to work, Like everything was still alright. I know it looked like I moved on, Like it didn’t break my heart. But I just buried one more feeling, Like I’ve been doing from the start. [Verse 2 – Regret Building] I’ve never been much good at talking, When the words are hard to find. So I pick up another burden, And leave the ones that hurt behind. I’ve worked a hundred hours some weeks, Trying to give us something more. But what good is building our tomorrow If you’re crying behind our door? [Chorus – Vulnerable, Natural Vocal Cracks] I’m sorry for the nights I wasn’t there, For every time you needed me. For all the things I should’ve told you, And the man I’ve sometimes been. Just because you don’t see me breaking, Don’t mean I’m not broke inside. I’ve been trying to be strong for both of us, While leaving you alone to cry. And if my silence ever made you wonder If my love was fading away, I hope you hear how much I love you In everything I couldn’t say. [Verse 3 – Guitar Softens, Deeply Personal] I can write a thousand songs, Make a stranger feel my pain. But I can’t find the words to tell you What I’m feeling face to face. I can make a crowded room go quiet With a story and a melody. But the one heart I should know how to hold Is the one that’s here with me. [Bridge – Guitar Nearly Stops, Fragile] I didn’t fall in love with a mother, I fell in love with you. And if we never hear those little footsteps, That won’t change the truth. I can’t promise you a baby, Or that every dream comes true. But I promise you’re not less of a woman For what we haven’t been through. [Guitar Stops Completely] You were enough before we started trying. [Long Silence] And you’ll always be enough for me. [Final Chorus – Quiet, Breaking Emotionally] I’m sorry for the nights I wasn’t there, For the times I turned away. I’ve been trying to build our future, While forgetting we’re already home today. I know a song can’t fix the hurt, Or give us back the time. But I’m tired of letting silence Say the things that aren’t on my mind. So if you ever start to wonder If I’d choose a different life, I’d still choose every road that led me To the day you became mine. [Outro – Barely Whispered, Guitar Fading] I don’t always know how to hold you, Or find the words to say. But I’m here… And I’m sorry, love… For what I don’t say. [Silence]
