The Man You See In Me

I had the truth sittin’ on my tongue

Like a confession waitin’ to be sung

But love can steal a breath away

Before a broken man can say what he needs to say

Girl I was gonna tell you straight

Before your heart got tangled in my fate

I’m a long road full of cracks and bends

A pile of wrongs I can't defend

I was gonna say you’d be better off

Find some saint instead of this lost cause

But then you smiled and my whole world froze

And the truth died somewhere in my throat

Yeah my heart climbed up and choked the words

Like it knew what losing you would hurt

So I guess I’ll just keep tryin’ to be

The man you somehow see in me

I look in the mirror and I don’t see him

But you swear he’s standin’ there beneath my skin

Every day I wait for the moment you see

What a damn mistake you made with me

But then you smile and it sets me free

So I guess I’ll keep tryin’ to be

The man you see in me

Every mornin’ when the sun cuts through

I’m surprised you’re still layin’ there too

Like maybe today the spell will break

And you'll see every fault I can’t escape

I watch your eyes when you look my way

Half scared that the love might fade

But every time that fear creeps in

You grin and the hope wins again

Yeah my heart climbs up in my head instead

And it pushes all that doubt right out

So I guess I’ll just keep tryin’ to be

The man you somehow see in me

I look in the mirror and I don’t see him

But you swear he’s standin’ there beneath my skin

Every day I wait for the moment you see

What a damn mistake you made with me

But then you smile and it sets me free

So I guess I’ll keep tryin’ to be

The man you see in me

And lately I’ve been spendin’ time on my knees

Talkin’ to God ‘bout the man I should be

Beggin’ Him to fix what’s broke in me

And make me worthy of the love I see

I tell Him, Lord if You hear my plea

Help me be the man she believes in me

So I’ll keep on tryin’ to be

The man she swears she sees in me

Maybe someday when I look inside

I’ll see him starin’ back through her eyes

Till that day I’ll fight these doubts in me

And thank the Lord for her believin’ in me

When she smiles all my fears run free

And I keep on tryin’ to be

The man she sees in me

Yeah I don’t know what she sees in me

But I’m prayin’ someday I’ll be

The man she sees in me