Can’t Take the Time Back

Verse

I should’ve called when I said I would

Should’ve driven over like I knew I should

I always thought there’d be another day

Another chance, another way

I let the weeks turn into years

Turned “I’m busy” into distance and fear

I thought love waited, I thought you knew

I didn’t know time was stealing you

Pre-Chorus

I told myself I’d come around

Now I just stand here on this ground

Chorus

I should’ve said more, I should’ve stayed

Should’ve visited you on those ordinary days

When nothing was wrong, when life felt small

I didn’t know those moments were everything all along

Regret hits harder now you’re gone

It weighs like truth I can’t outrun

I’d give anything to turn back

But we can’t take the time back

Verse 2

I should’ve listened when you spoke slow

When your eyes said more than you let show

I should’ve seen the signs of pain

Instead of assuming you’d be okay

I was young, I thought I had time

Didn’t know love had an end line

Now I replay every “later” I said

Like it didn’t quietly mean “never” instead

Pre-Chorus

I thought tomorrow was promised to me

Now tomorrow’s just a memory

Chorus

I should’ve said more, I should’ve stayed

Should’ve visited you on those ordinary days

When nothing was wrong, when life felt small

I didn’t know those moments were everything all along

Regret hits harder now you’re gone

It weighs like truth I can’t outrun

I’d give anything to turn back

But we can’t take the time back

Bridge

I talk to your picture like you’re still near

Tell you all the things I couldn’t

when you were here

I hope somehow you always knew

That my silence was never a lack of you

If love could undo my mistakes

I’d rewrite every choice I made

But all I have are words too late

And memories I can’t escape

Final Chorus

I should’ve loved louder, stayed longer

Put you before the world got louder

I should’ve shown you what you meant

Instead of assuming time was infinite

Regret feels heavier now you’re gone

Like a lesson carved in stone

I’d trade my breath to go back

But we can’t take the time back

Outro

So I carry you in the ways I live

In every moment I don’t forgive

Myself for thinking I had more time

When loving you should’ve been the priority of my life