I could have been a better brother I can't apologize forever For everything that isn't me I could have been a better lover I could have been a better son I could have been a better man I'm sorry for the pain I caused you And all the worries that I gave

When the zeros line up on the 24 hour clock When you know who's calling even though the number is blocked When you walked around your house wearing my sky blue Lacoste And your knee socks You and me could have been a team Each had a half of a king and

But don't think I don't think about it Don't think I don't have regrets Don't think it don't get to me Between the work and the hurt and the whiskey Don't think I don't wonder 'bout Could've been, should've been all worked out I know what I felt, and I

It must have been a bitch while I was gone I'm sorry to have taken so long You'll reacquaint yourself with my style All this time you put up a fear For a hundred thousand years You mind if I sit down for a while Well, how could you have waited so long

Been hating all the faces of everything that I could find I can't take (we have a start) I can't take (we got a fantasy) Come what may (we are the stars) I can't wait (I’ll take what’s mine) Been hating all this time before I crawled inside Been hating

And no message could have been any clearer If you wanna make the world a better place Take a look at yourself and then make a change I'm starting with the man in the mirror I'm asking him to change his ways Na-na-na, na-na-na, na-na-na I'm starting with

The saints can't help me now, the ropes have been unbound If you could only see the beast you've made of me I held it in but now it seems you've set it running free My fingers claw your skin, try to tear my way in I hunt for you with bloodied feet across

What could have been love What could have been love will never be. Should have been the only thing that was ever meant to be. Didn't know, couldn't see what was right in front of me. And now that I'm alone, all I have is emptiness that comes from being

It's been good to me but it knows too much, he'd sing it all I'd have to find a riverbank and roll it off If my truck could talk If my truck could talk, I'd have to yank out all the wires Pour on the gas, set it on fire, anything to shut it up Twelve

Woah, oo, oo Tell me something that I don't know And that's when you heard my calls I couldn't let you go Fell on my knees, turned my face to the rain Sold me my stubborn soul I could have been someone I hurt everyone Phoenix is rising, it's rising again