I wanted to give more Than the others would deliver Something girls dreamt of My heart was like a river But in those days I was uncool So often played the fool Through fears and tears for years and years I was foreign to my peers A big nose, and an ugly face No real charm, no trace of grace No cred I could cash in I wore yesterday's fashion An outcast on the playground I was drowning in a small town But a change was on its way Yeah, a change was on its way Left home, I learned to be me To be sure of who I'd become In college I found my footing And thought I'd found the one But her future was across the sea And at the time that wasn't me So rather than a slow, sad end I crashed it so it couldn't mend I married on the rebound I knew at the altar it was wrong Stayed silent as my punishment For the things that I had done Of course, that didn't last Three years of sorrow and pretend, Until I couldn't lie to myself again But I found everything I'd ever dreamed of The timing wasn't perfect It wasn't planned, but it was love She needed saving I needed to save her too From the moment that I knew. She was the one And so I hurt another Yeah, I hurt another We had some hard times in our life Rife with misfortune and some strife But we built a home together What we’ve made will last forever. And I love it when she smiles at me, Even when I’m feeling sad. I’m not haunted by the past, But I still wrestle with who I am. I don't say the right things (I don't say the right things) I don't know how I've become A fraction of the man I thought I'd be My heart is still a river But my tongue is salty like the sea And I say the wrong thing Over and over I hurt those around me Yeah, I hurt another I say the wrong thing Over and over I hurt those around me I hurt another I hurt another
