Intro
(uh)
Yeah
Verse 1
Daddy wanted doctor, mama wanted safe and sound
Wanted me with both feet planted firm into the ground
But I had a melody stuck underneath my skin
Couldn't shake it loose no matter how I tried to begin
Sat at every dinner swallowing the things I dreamed
Smiling through the silence, biting back the things unsaid it seemed
Then one night I packed a bag with everything I own
Left a letter on the counter, left the only world I'd known
Pre-Chorus
And I know it broke a little piece of you
(piece of you, piece of you)
But staying woulda broke the bigger piece in two
(piece of you, piece of you)
Chorus
I'm sorry that the dream looked different than the plan
I'm sorry I became a thing you didn't understand
But I had to chase the sound before I lost my nerve
This the only kind of life I think that I deserve
(uh, oh-oh)
I'm sorry that the dream looked different than the plan
(uh, oh-oh)
I'm sorry I became a thing you didn't understand
Verse 2
I know you wanted certain, wanted something you could trust
Wanted me in a story that made sense, made some kind of just
But the safest life felt like a slow kind of dying
Every quiet dinner had me silently crying
So I took the risk you warned me never ever take
Bet it all on a sound I couldn't shake
And maybe one day you'll hear it on the radio
And know that leaving wasn't ever letting go
Pre-Chorus
And I know it broke a little piece of you
(piece of you, piece of you)
But staying woulda broke the bigger piece in two
(piece of you, piece of you)
Chorus
I'm sorry that the dream looked different than the plan
I'm sorry I became a thing you didn't understand
But I had to chase the sound before I lost my nerve
This the only kind of life I think that I deserve
(uh, oh-oh)
I'm sorry that the dream looked different than the plan
(uh, oh-oh)
I'm sorry I became a thing you didn't understand
Bridge
Not letting go
(not letting go)
Just letting be
(letting be)
I carry home inside the music
Even when you can't see
Chorus
I'm sorry that the dream looked different than the plan
I'm sorry I became a thing you didn't understand
But I had to chase the sound before I lost my nerve
This the only kind of life I think that I deserve
(uh, oh-oh)
I'm sorry that the dream looked different than the plan
(uh, oh-oh)
I'm sorry I became a thing you didn't understand
Outro
(uh)
Letting be
Yeah
