[Verse 1] I remember every door I closed too hard Every word I threw like a stone Every night I chose being right over making sure you didn't feel alone I called it pressure I called it work I called it anything but what it was A man too tired to give his best to the people he said he loved [Pre-Chorus] I was always good at finding reasons Just never good at saying I was wrong [Chorus] These are the things I broke The trust The nights The promises The parts of you that shouldn't have had to pay for this I can't blame the years I can't blame the weight Some wounds have my name Some doors closed because I pushed Some people left because I gave them reasons to These are the things I broke [Verse 2] I missed the moment behind the moment The quiet look that said enough I thought love would keep forgiving Just because we called it love There were apologies I never gave Phone calls I waited too long to make And people I thought would always stay until one day they didn't [Pre-Chorus] Time doesn't heal everything Sometimes it just teaches you what cannot be changed [Chorus] These are the things I broke The trust The nights The promises The parts of you that shouldn't have had to pay for this I can't blame the years I can't blame the weight Some wounds have my name Some doors closed because I pushed Some people left because I gave them reasons to These are the things I broke [Bridge] I used to think regret meant wishing I could go back Now I know it's remembering exactly who you were and knowing you had another choice I wasn't always cruel I wasn't always wrong But sometimes I knew I was hurting you and kept going because stopping would have meant admitting you were right [Break] There it is The truth I spent years trying not to say [Final Chorus] These are the things I broke And some of them I cannot fix No perfect words No second chance No way to give back what I took from this I can't blame the boy I used to be The man made choices too So if forgiveness never comes I'll have to learn to live with what I knew These are the things I broke And finally I can say I broke them [Outro] I'm sorry isn't always enough But sometimes it's where the truth has to start
