Hold You Now
Redemption Echoes: A Love Resurrected in Trace Adkins' Ballad
Lyrics
I can't take back the things I said
I regret the words I spoke in the past
To you in the past
Addressing the recipient of the lyrics
Or make you forget the reasons why
Unable to erase the reasons for our breakup from your memory
We didn't last
Reflecting on why our relationship didn't endure
I'm haunted by what might have been
Haunted by the possibilities of what could have been
Still I can't change who I was back then
Acknowledging past mistakes and inability to change
But if I could hold you now you'd see
Expressing a desire to hold the person now
I've turned myself around and now
Claiming personal growth and transformation
I'm someone you'd be proud to love
Becoming someone worthy of love and pride
I'd do all the right things, make promises
Promising to do right and make commitments
That I'd keep
Committing to keeping promises
It'd hurt too much to let you down
Fearing the pain of disappointing the person
And in my arms there'd be no room for doubt
Ensuring a relationship free from uncertainty and doubt
If I could hold you now
Desiring to hold the person in one's arms
It's funny how this empty room
Noting the impact of an empty room on realization
Makes it all too clear
Highlighting the clarity brought by an empty space
When I let you leave
Regretting letting the person leave
A part of me just disappeared
Feeling a part of oneself vanished with the departure
But if I'd known then what I've come to know
Expressing hindsight realization about the past
There's no way I could have let you go
Recognizing the impossibility of letting the person go
But if I could hold you now you'd see
Reiterating the desire to hold the person now
I've turned myself around and now
Claiming personal transformation and turnaround
I'm someone you'd be proud to love
Becoming a person worthy of love and pride
I'd do all the right things, make promises
Committing to doing the right things and making promises
That I'd keep
Promising to keep commitments made
It'd hurt too much to let you down
Fearing the pain of disappointing the person
And in my arms there'd be no room for doubt
Ensuring a relationship free from uncertainty and doubt
If I could hold you now
Reiterating the desire to hold the person now
But if I'd known then what I've come to know
Reflecting on the impossibility of letting the person go
There's no way I could have let you go
Recognizing the hindsight knowledge gained
But if I could hold you now you'd see
Reiterating the desire to hold the person now
I've turned myself around and now
Claiming personal transformation and turnaround
I'm someone you'd be proud to love
Becoming a person worthy of love and pride
I'd do all the right things, make promises
Committing to doing the right things and making promises
That I'd keep
Promising to keep commitments made
It'd hurt too much to let you down
Fearing the pain of disappointing the person
And in my arms there'd be no room for doubt
Ensuring a relationship free from uncertainty and doubt
If I could hold you now
Reiterating the desire to hold the person now
If I could hold you now
Expressing the persistent desire to hold the person now
If I could hold you now
Repeating the longing to hold the person in the present
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