REPENTANCE

Today I finally understand Why it had to be this way So many things I kept inside That I never knew how to say You were always teaching me And I never understood Only now I realize You were caring, you were loving me (VERSE 1) I thought your words were always A little too hard on me I never knew that every warning Was your way of keeping me safe I wanted to live my own way Without listening to what you said But life went by so quickly And now I see what I couldn't see then (PRE-CHORUS) And now I see it in my son The same things I used to do He talks to me the very same way He talks to me the very same way That I once talked to you (CHORUS) If I had listened to you If I had only understood Maybe some of the roads I took Would have turned out differently If I had listened to you Back when you were here with me I would have learned much sooner That your advice was love Oh, if I could go back Just one more time in my life I wouldn't let a single word Or a single moment pass me by (VERSE 2) Now I try to teach my son So he won't go through what I went through But look... you should be here To see what I've come to see He's a little copy of me Talking back just like I used to And when he doesn't listen to me I can't help but think of you And then I stop and wonder How many times you tried To show me the right way forward And I simply turned aside (PRE-CHORUS 2) Now my thoughts go back again To those days that are long gone And the more I think about you The more I understand what you were doing for me (CHORUS) If I had listened to you If I had only understood Maybe some of the roads I took Would have turned out differently If I had listened to you Back when you were here with me I would have learned much sooner That your advice was love Oh, if I could go back Just one more time in my life I wouldn't let a single word Or a single moment pass me by (BRIDGE — almost spoken, piano slowly rising) You have to understand... It wasn't because I didn't care I just didn't understand I was only a son Trying to find my own way Never realizing You had already walked that road Now I know... You weren't trying to hold me back You were trying to prepare me And maybe that's the greatest lesson Life has ever left for me... (FINAL CHORUS — more intense) If I had listened to you If I had only understood I would have held on to every word Every piece of advice you gave If I had listened to you While you were still here with me I would have said it a thousand times: "Thank you for taking care of me." Now I teach my son Everything life has taught me And when he doesn't listen to me I can still hear your voice (OUTRO — guitar and piano fading) Today I finally understand... Why it had to be this way... You were teaching me how to live And I only learned When I started teaching my son... If I had listened to you... If I had listened to you... Se eu tivesse te ouvido... Se eu tivesse te ouvido...