[Verse 1] I found your old notes in the kitchen drawer A list of names and apologies Some lines crossed out, some left waiting Like doors I never learned to close [Pre-Chorus] You say the good should count for something I say the hurt still has a name Can one kind hand undo the damage? Can one bad night define the whole frame? [Chorus] Can I call myself a good person When I know the ways I let you down? I’ve held somebody up through winter I’ve left somebody cold somehow If I face the whole of what I’ve done And try to make the next thing right Can I be more than my worst moment? Can I earn that name tonight? [Verse 2] I took the late bus back to your street With the book you lent me in the rain I didn’t knock; I stood there thinking An apology can’t cancel pain [Pre-Chorus] You say the good should count for something I say the hurt still has a name Maybe change is not a clean slate Maybe it’s choosing not to do it again [Chorus] Can I call myself a good person When I know the ways I let you down? I’ve held somebody up through winter I’ve left somebody cold somehow If I face the whole of what I’ve done And try to make the next thing right Can I be more than my worst moment? Can I earn that name tonight? [Bridge] No halo, no excuse Just the truth I have to use I can’t rewrite what came before But I can choose what I’m here for [Screamo] I AM NOT THE HARM I CAUSED! I’LL OWN THE DEBT, I’LL FACE THE COST! [Final Chorus] I won’t call myself a good person Just to bury what I put you through I’ll show up where I failed you And let my actions speak the truth If I face the whole of what I’ve done And keep on trying to make things right Maybe goodness is a practice I can choose again tonight [Outro] The list stays in the drawer But tomorrow’s still a door
