The Ones We Couldn't Be Lyrics - Bonnie Raitt

1 It's hard to say now who left first

2 It used to seem so clear

3 You and I were tangled from the start

4 Somehow the scales just fell away

5 And I'm left standing here

6 Blown open in the hole that was my part

7 I wrap the dark around me

8 There's no solace here tonight

9 There's just wishing and regret for company

10 My glass is raised for all the ways

11 We tried to get it right

12 And I'm sorry for the ones we couldn't be

13 I'm so sorry for the ones we couldn't be

14 Looking through these photographs

15 Searching for a clue

16 How you and I got tangled from the start

17 Not even blood could forge a bond

18 Enough to get us through

19 Or stem the tides that pulled us far apart

20 I'm sorry for the ways I couldn't give you

21 What you needed

22 For all the ways I strung us both along

23 They say it goes both ways and I suppose

24 I could concede it

25 Seems to matter more, now that you're gone

26 And though it seems much kinder

27 Just to leave some things unsaid

28 Like all the ways I tore myself apart

29 If you really want forgiveness, better

30 Try the truth instead

31 It may not be enough, but it's a start

32 I wrap the dark around me

33 There's no solace here tonight

34 There's just wishing and regret for company

35 My glass is raised for all the ways

36 We tried to get it right

37 And I'm sorry for the ones we couldn't be

38 I'm so sorry for the ones

39 Sorry for the ones

40 I'm so sorry for the one I couldn't be