Verse 1
We were five years deep, headlights on the road
I was running fast but losing what I owed
Started out steady, doing all I could
Then I went quiet, misunderstood
I tried to win fights instead of listening
Lost sight of love while I was arguing
You said I was here, but I wasn’t the same
I watched myself drift, still hearing your name
Pre-Chorus
I shut the door when I felt unworthy
Built walls where there used to be mercy
I broke a promise I swore I’d keep
And the wreck still echoes inside of me
Chorus
Kari, you loved me when I didn’t know how
Saw the man I could be, not the mess I was now
Blue-eyed truth in the way you looked at me
Like I was still worth what I couldn’t see
I didn’t change in time, that part’s on me
But I’m walking straighter because you believed
If I’m ever better than the man I knew
It’s a better me for you
Verse 2
Cabo nights, ocean breathing slow
Your shoulder shook when you drove us home
New Year’s lights in your steady stare
Love that said, I’ll always be here
You gave me confidence I didn’t earn
Let me feel safe, let me feel learned
I should’ve held you the way you held me
Instead I let fear decide who I’d be
Pre-Chorus
I didn’t see it till I lost the view
Didn’t recognize the man you knew
Now I pray for patience, faith, and truth
Trying to become what I promised you
Chorus
Kari, you loved me when I didn’t know how
Saw the man I could be, not the mess I was now
Blue-eyed grace in the way you stayed
Even when I was pushing love away
I didn’t change in time, that part’s on me
But I’m walking straighter because you believed
If I’m ever better than the man I knew
It’s a better me for you
Bridge
Marriage scared me ‘cause I wasn’t whole
Didn’t trust my hands on the wheel I drove
But when we teamed up, we were bulletproof
Every road felt possible next to you
You changed me more than I ever said
Showed me love wasn’t something dead
Now I know I could be loved again
Even if it’s not how this story ends
Final Chorus (Soft)
That Gurl… you’ll always be true
To the version of me you saw me through
If love still lives, it lives quiet and blue
Unfinished roads leading back to you
I didn’t become a better man in time
But I became one because you were mine
If someday you hear this and wonder what’s true—
There’s a better me
Because of you
Outro
Still driving roads I don’t fully know
Still learning how to let love show
If our paths cross or drift apart
You’ll always have this piece of my heart