I told you I’d be better, that I’d always find my way I swore I’d never drift again, that I’d choose you every day But life became a river running faster than my hands And somewhere in the rushing, I forgot what love demands I thought a promise spoken Would be strong enough to last But it’s the promise I broke That stays with me in silence The words that should have saved us But I let them fall apart It’s the promise I broke That lingers in the shadows A truth I meant forever But I never gave my heart You waited through the seasons for a change I never made I kept saying I'd be present while I slowly slipped away And now the nights are heavy with the things I didn’t do A man who loved you deeply but who never followed through I thought there’d be a moment Where I’d finally make things right But it’s the promise I broke That stays with me in silence The words that should have saved us But I let them fall apart It’s the promise I broke That lingers in the shadows A truth I meant forever But I never gave my heart If I could take one heartbeat And rewind it to that day I’d hold your face and tell you That I’d never walk away It’s the promise I broke That hurts more than the leaving Because you trusted every whisper That I never made come true It’s the promise I broke And if life gave second chances I’d spend them all repairing Every word I owed to you
