Backseat Of My Pride

[Verse 1]

I used to laugh it off

Every fight

Every flinch of your eyes

Called you “too damn sensitive”

While I hid every crack in my pride

Left dishes in the sink

Left “I’m sorry” sitting in my throat

You were asking for a partner

I was busy playing the hero

[Chorus]

I’m the reason that you’re gone

I’m the mess behind this song

All the times I let you down

Echo louder than this crowd

If regret could turn back time

I’d be standing in your drive

I was blind

I was stubborn

I was tired of being wrong

I’m the reason that you’re gone

[Verse 2]

You packed up that old Jeep

Box of pictures on the passenger seat

I just leaned on the doorway

Too damn proud to drop to my knees

Told my friends that you’d be back

Like it was some on-again game

Now I’m scrolling through your new life

And every smile spells my name

[Chorus]

I’m the reason that you’re gone

I’m the mess behind this song

All the times I let you down

Echo louder than this crowd

If regret could turn back time

I’d be standing in your drive

I was blind

I was stubborn

I was tired of being wrong

I’m the reason that you’re gone

[Bridge]

Yeah

I drink with the TV on

Just to drown out how quiet it got

Tried to blame it on your temper

But the mirror says it all

[Chorus]

I’m the reason that you’re gone

I’m the one who made you run

Every promise that I broke

Still hangs heavy in my bones

If forgiveness finds my name

I’ll be waiting in that lane

I was cruel

I was careless

Now I’m singing all alone

I’m the reason that you’re gone