[Verse 1]
I… I… I… tried…
Every time I wake up, every time you wonder why
I try, I try, I try,
To be the one to love you, to be the one to hold you,
I didn't even ask for this but now that you're here I'm responsible for how I treat you,
For how I need you,
For how I impede you,
[Pre-chorus]
Every text an open door,
I need to call a little more,
Show how much I adore,
Appreciate to the core,
[Chorus]
I'm sorry, (sorry)
Sorry, (sorry)
I couldn't be who you want,
Sorry that I try to be someone else,
I'm sorry that I fell out of line
If you change your feelings…
Then I'm sorry every damn time
I'm sorry, (Sorry)
If it means more to be…
Who you want me to be
I'm sorry
[Verse 2]
Open the window, let the breeze in,
Close your eyes, feel that wind,
Every temptation, every sin,
A cool reminder of where we’ve been,
I want to lean in to that feeling,
To forget what I did, stop concealing,
Every crack across the ceiling,
Feels like truth I can’t stop revealing,
And if love is a knife I keep twisting,
Why are you still here listening?
[Pre-chorus]
Every text an open door,
I need to call a little more,
Show how much I adore,
Appreciate to the core,
[Chorus]
I’m sorry, (sorry)
Sorry, (sorry)
I couldn’t be who you want,
Sorry that I try to be someone else,
I’m sorry that I fell out of line
If you change your feelings…
Then I’m sorry every damn time
I’m sorry, (Sorry)
If it means more to be…
Who you want me to be
I’m sorry
[Verse 3]
I… I… I… know…
Every time you pull back, every time your voice gets low,
I try, I try, I try,
To find a way to reach you, to keep your hands from letting go,
I never thought that love could turn into a room so hard to move in,
Second guessing,
Always losing,
Every little chance at proving,
And every time I speak too fast,
Or drag the weight up from the past,
I see the distance in your eyes,
Like you’re already saying goodbye,
[Bridge]
So tell me if you want the truth,
Would you still stay if I cut loose?
If I stopped bending into shapes,
Stopped apologizing every day?
‘Cause every “sorry” leaves a stain,
Another flood, another rain,
And I don’t know who’s left inside
When all I do is compromise,
Sorry
Sorry
Sorry
Sorry
[Piano Solo]
[Pre-chorus]
Every text an open door,
I need to call a little more,
Show how much I adore,
Appreciate to the core,
[Final Chorus]
I’m sorry, (sorry)
Sorry, (sorry)
I couldn’t be who you want,
Sorry that I try to be someone else,
I’m sorry that I fell out of line
If you change your feelings…
Then I’m sorry every damn time
I’m sorry, (Sorry)
If it means more to be…
Who you want me to be
I’m sorry
(I’m sorry…)
Maybe that’s the saddest part,
I gave you pieces of my heart,
Till all that’s left of me
Is just sorry.
Sorry that I try to be someone else,
I'm sorry that I fell out of line
If you change your feelings…
Then I'm sorry every damn time
[Music cuts before rising into an enchantingly sorrowful instrumental with a muted choir singing “oh”.]