You Are Not Who I Married

[Sequence: Piano Intro | Verse 1 | Chorus | Verse 2 | Chorus | Guitar Solo | Verse 3 | Bridge | Final Chorus | Outro] [Verse 1] I spent most of my life beside her, Long enough to call it home. Never thought I'd have to learn How to live my life alone. Then one day the life I'd counted on Wasn't mine to live anymore. And I found myself beginning again At an age I'd never planned for. I thought the hardest part was losing her. I thought I'd made it through. Then somebody new reached for my hand, And I knew that wasn't true. [Chorus] You're not who I married. You're not who I knew. You're not the one who shared those years, Or the dreams we never got to. And there's nothing wrong with loving you, Nothing wrong with who you are. But there's someone I still carry In a place inside my heart. I wish that I could give you What I gave so long ago. But you're not who I married... And I don't know how to let her go. [Verse 2] I've tried to start a few new stories, Met some women good and kind. Had some evenings full of laughter, Even thought I'd be all right. But somewhere in the little moments, When the world was quiet again, I'd find myself remembering How it used to feel back then. Not that every day was perfect. Lord knows we had our share. But we'd built a life together, And I still remember being there. [Chorus] You're not who I married. You're not who I knew. You haven't done a thing to hurt me. That's the hardest part of truth. You deserve somebody present, Not a man who's halfway gone. And I can't keep asking someone new To finish where we left off. I wish that I could love you Without the life I knew. But you're not who I married... And that isn't fair to you. [Guitar Solo | Expressive, Melodic Electric Guitar] [Verse 3] I don't want to live in yesterday. I know those days are gone. I know she's living somewhere else, And life keeps moving on. I don't begrudge the life she's chosen. I don't ask her to come home. But knowing I can't have her Doesn't make the missing go. And maybe that's what I've been doing, Every time I try again. Looking for the life I lost In someone else's hands. [Bridge | Piano and Vocal] Maybe I don't miss the woman Quite the way I think I do. Maybe I miss being the man I was when we were two. The years that made us who we were, The things nobody else could know. A lifetime doesn't disappear Just because two people let it go. And no one new can give me back The years that came before. That's not what love is for. [Final Chorus | Full Band] You're not who I married. And you were never meant to be. You don't owe me yesterday, Or the life that used to be. I don't want to hurt another heart Trying to mend my own. I don't want to make somebody pay For a love that has moved on. Maybe someday I'll be ready To love somebody new. Not because she reminds me of her... But because I see her too. You're not who I married. And that's all right. I just haven't learned How to say goodbye. [Outro | Solo Piano] I spent most of my life beside her. I thought we'd see it through. Now I'm learning how to be alone... Before I try loving someone new. [Final Piano Chord] [End]