[Sequence: Piano Intro | Verse 1 | Pre-Chorus | Chorus | Verse 2 | Chorus | Guitar Solo | Verse 3 | Bridge | Final Chorus | Outro] [Intro | Solo Piano] [Verse 1] For so long I woke beside you, I forgot there was another way. There was comfort in the ordinary, In the things we'd never say. We had plans we never finished, We had days we barely got through. And somewhere in the middle I built my life around you. I never called it perfect. We both knew it wasn't so. But if you asked me where I'd rather be, There was nowhere else I'd go. [Pre-Chorus] Now everybody tells me It's time to start again. But nobody tells you how To stop being who you've been. [Chorus] That was the best part of my life, And I can't pretend it wasn't. I wasn't just a man back then, I was somebody's husband. We were a home, We were a name, We were two people Walking through the same days. Now all of that's behind me, And I don't know where to start. The best part of my life Is somewhere I can't go back. [Verse 2] I still catch myself remembering The smallest things we shared. The way we'd make decisions Without thinking who was there. I still think in terms of both of us When I'm making plans alone. Still take a second at the doorway When I come back to an empty home. It's strange how much of living You can build around one name. And how the world keeps turning When nothing feels the same. [Chorus] That was the best part of my life, And I can't pretend it wasn't. I wasn't just a man back then, I was somebody's husband. We were a home, We were a name, We were two people Walking through the same days. Now all of that's behind me, And I don't know where to start. The best part of my life Is somewhere I can't go back. [Guitar Solo | Soaring, Emotional Melodic Lead] [Verse 3] I don't want to spend forever Trying to find what disappeared. I don't want to lose tomorrow Just because I loved those years. But I can't pretend they didn't matter. Can't call them wasted time. They were years of living, And for all those years, they were mine. I know there's no road leading backward, No way to make it like before. And I can't keep standing in the doorway Of a life that's mine no more. [Bridge | Piano and Voice] I used to know who I was By the life we made together. Everywhere I saw my future, You were somewhere in the picture. Now I look ahead and wonder Who I'm supposed to be. Because I know how to be your husband... I just don't remember How to be me. [Drums Slowly Build] And maybe I don't have to know tonight. Maybe all I have to do Is keep moving toward the light. [Final Chorus | Full Band] That was the best part of my life, And I wouldn't trade those days. I can't make them last forever, But I won't wish them away. We were a home, We were a name, And even though it's over, Those years don't have to change. I can't go back to who I was. Can't live where we used to be. But somewhere past the life we had There's still a life for me. And I don't know what it looks like. I don't know where it starts. But the best part of my life Can stay behind me... Without leaving my heart. [Outro | Piano and Clean Guitar] For so long I woke beside you. I thought we'd have so much more. Now I'm walking toward a future I never planned for. I don't know where I'm going. But I know I can't go back. [Final Piano Chord] [End]
