Lyrics

[Verse 1]
I know I made you question
Every feeling that I had,
Kept my tenderness behind a wall
And blamed you when you asked.
You reached across the distance,
But I pulled my heart away,
Acting like I didn’t need you
When I feared you wouldn’t stay.

Now the silence in these rooms
Has made the truth so clear:
I was guarding old regrets
While losing what was here.
I can’t erase the lonely nights
Or words I spoke in pride,
But I’ve learned love cannot breathe
When all the doors are locked inside.

[Chorus]
This time, I’ll love you better,
With open arms and nothing left to hide.
This time, I’ll be more tender,
I’ll listen to your heart before I answer mine.
I won’t make you beg for softness
Or wonder where you stand.
Give me one more chance to show you
I can love you like a woman who finally understands.

[Verse 2]
I remember how you held me
When my whole world came undone,
How you stayed beside my shadows
When another man would run.
Still, I treated your devotion
Like a debt you had to pay,
Never seeing every careless word
Was pushing you away.

Baby, I have faced the woman
Who was frightened to receive.
She confused control with courage
And suspicion with belief.
Now I know your love was steady;
I was shaking underneath.
You were offering me forever,
I was preparing you to leave.

[Chorus]
This time, I’ll love you better,
No foolish games, no punishment, no pride.
This time, I’ll be more tender,
I’ll let you see the woman I kept buried deep inside.
I’ll give affection without measure,
Speak the truth and take your hand.
Give me one more chance to show you
I can love you like a woman who finally understands.

[Bridge]
I’m not promising perfection;
I’m promising to try.
To talk before the anger
Makes a stranger of my eyes.
To hold you when you need me,
Not wait until you’re gone.
To protect the love between us,
Not just prove that I am strong.

[Final Chorus]
This time, I’ll love you better,
With patience where my stubbornness once stood.
This time, I’ll be more tender,
And give you all the sweetness that I always knew I could.
I won’t take your heart for granted
Or leave your needs outside.
Come back and let me love you
With no fear between your soul and mine.

[Outro]
This time, my love won’t whisper
After you have walked away.
I’ll tell you while you’re with me,
And I’ll show you every day.
This time, I’ll love you better—
If there’s still a little room.
Bring your heart back to my keeping,
And watch our broken garden bloom.