There's some things I'd like to say before the saying's done
You've been on my mind the entire time that I've been on the run
I tried to play it off like it never bothered me
But now I'll never get the chance and now you'll never see

That even though I hated you almost all the time
I never wished for you to die, I always wished that you would climb
Above the circumstances and outweigh all the odds
And get to live the normal life we've dreamt about so much

And I hope you know wherever you are
I'm sorry I wasn't there from the bottom of my heart

I'm sorry that when you would call I'd shut my ringer off
And I'm sorry I erased the mail you'd send to patch things up
But there's one fault of mine that I won't soon forget
And that was never being there when you were on the bed

I got the news in California, sick with what you had
I was laid up in the hospital, pneumonia in my chest
I felt the pain that you had felt everyday of your life
I relived all my selfishness and finally shed the light

And I hope you know wherever you are
I'm sorry I wasn't there from the bottom of my heart
And I hope you know wherever you are
I'm sorry I wasn't there from the bottom of my heart
And I hope you know wherever you are
I'm sorry I wasn't there from the bottom of my heart