[Part l: this is me trying]
[Verse]
I've been having a hard time adjusting
I had the shiniest wheels, now they're rusting
I didn't know if you'd care if I came back
I have a lot of regrets about that
Pulled the car off the road to the lookout
Could've followed my fears all the way down
And maybe I don't quite know what to say
But I'm here in your doorway
[Chorus]
I just wanted you to know
That this is me trying
I just wanted you to know
That this is me trying
At least I'm trying
[Part ll: Daylight]
[Verse]
My love was as cruel as the cities I lived in
Everyone looked worse in the light
There are so many lines that I'vе crossed unforgiven
I'll tell you thе truth, but never goodbye
I don't wanna look at anything else now that I saw you
I don't wanna think of anything else now that I thought of you
I've been sleeping so long in a 20-year dark night
[Chorus]
And now I see daylight, I only see daylight
I only see daylight, daylight, daylight, daylight
I only see daylight, daylight, daylight, daylight
[Part lll: this is me trying]
[Bridge]
And it's hard to be at a party when I feel like an open wound
It's hard to be anywhere these days when all I want is you
You're a flashback in a film reel on the one screen in my town
[Part IV: Daylight]
[Bridge]
And I can still see it all (In my mind)
All of you, all of me (Intertwined)
I once believed love would be (Black and white)
But it's golden
And I can still see it all (In my head)
Back and forth from New York (Sneaking in your bed)
I once believed love would be (Burning red)
But it's golden
Like daylight, like daylight
Like daylight, daylight
[Part V: Daylight / this is me trying]
[Chorus]
I don't wanna look at anything else now that I saw you
I don't wanna think of anything else now that I thought of you
I just wanted you to know
That this is me trying
I just wanted you to know
That this is me trying, and trying, and trying, and I wanted you to know
That this is me trying
I just wanted you to know
That this is me trying
You gotta step into the daylight and let it go
Let it go, let it go
I just wanted you to know
That this is me trying
To let it go, let it go