A man bitterly remembers his lost love |
Why o why didn't you want me for me? Why did you only love the man I should be? I remember now and it makes me sad The man I was; was he really so bad? The look on your face; it was plain to see You were in love with a man, but that man wasn't me All the days you spent trying to change me Into the man you seemed sure I could be I know my flaws, I hate them all To hear them recited was nothing but cruel It only enforced what I really believed You were in love with a man, but that man wasn't me Even the good; the things I like about me Were not a part of the man you thought I would be You hated the bad and even the good So when I thought about us, I understood My love unreturned was all I could see You were in love with a man, but that man wasn't me I wish you had loved just being with me Perhaps even now I could make you see I think I've changed, over the years Too little, too late to stay our tears Too late to change what caused me to leave You were in love with a man, but that man wasn't me Could I ever be the man you thought I should be? I'm a better man now than I thought I could be When you looked at me, all those years before Am I now the man you thought you saw? Am I now the man you thought I would be? You were in love with a man, perhaps he is me |