[Intro – Soft piano + gentle guitar] If I’m gone too soon… Know this… [Verse 1] If this pain takes me early, before I’m ready to fly Before I fix everything I broke in your eyes I want you to know I was fighting every day Trying to be the man you and the kids deserved in every way I stumbled, I fell, I got back up slow Carried all this weight that nobody else could know The music, the words, the screaming in the truck Were my way of healing when I didn’t know what else to trust [Pre-Chorus] I wasn’t always strong… but I never stopped trying… [Chorus] I wanted better… God knows I wanted better For you, for our babies, for every tomorrow together If I’m taken too soon by this fight in my veins Please remember I loved you through all of the pain I wanted better… I was becoming that man Even when it looked messy, even when I ran Know I did my best with the cards I was dealt I wanted better… more than anything else [Verse 2] The nights I stepped away just to clear my head Weren’t me leaving you — they were me fighting instead Trying to come back whole, trying to come back right So I could hold you closer in the soft morning light I know it hurt when I lost my cool When the frustration boiled over and broke every rule But every single time I came back through that door It was because I loved you… and I wanted more [Bridge – Raw and emotional] If this body gives out before I finish the race Please tell the kids their daddy kept showing up anyway Tell them I laughed with them, I played with them, I prayed And I wanted better… every single day [Final Chorus – Swelling with warm harmonies] I wanted better… God knows I wanted better For you, for our babies, for every tomorrow together If I’m taken too soon, hold this truth in your heart I fought like hell to become who you saw from the start I wanted better… and I was getting there slow Every song, every tear, every step helped me grow Know I did… know I loved you through it all I wanted better… and I gave it my all [Outro – Soft and peaceful] Yeah… I wanted better… For you… For them… For us. I tried.
