Lyrics

I don't break down like I used to
I don't cry myself to sleep
I did everything I could to lose you and raised hell when you tried to leave
I'm so lonely and I can't take it
I'd give anything to turn back time
If you could see who I've turned into
You'd never change your mind

I fall to pieces, everyday that goes by
Keep talking about change but I can't seem to try
Just see my face in another place in time

I'm hanging on to a memory of a man I used to know
He wanted to wear his heart on his sleeve
but he was afraid to let it show
They say a gentle heart makes a man seem weak
I'm afraid I've found that so
But I'm trying my damndest, to live in the image
Of a man I used to know

When I close my eyes I hear their laughter
Of the girls in the backseat
On that trip to the Carolinas
Just the three of you and me
Now they're grown and they can't stand me
It's not a fact they tried to hide
They take every chance to remind
Of how I ruined their Mommas life

They fall to pieces every time I call
Won't let me explain that I know I was wrong
They can't remember the other place in time

I'm hanging on to a memory of a man I used to know
Busting at the seams with hopes and dreams
Hard times, he'd never known
Well they made me hard and they made me mean
Took me places I never thought I'd go
Now I'm trying my damndest, to live in the image
Of a man I used to know

There's no forgiveness for my sins, no coming back from the things I did
And all my memories are just regrets
And I can't take it a day longer

I'm hanging on to a memory of a man I used to know
I can't keep staring into the past, I need to learn how I can grow
And the only way to make my peace with all the things that I've done wrong
Is to say goodbye to that other life
And the man I used to know