Track 5 of the album Horizon Songs · 2013

I Was Wrong and I Am Here

“Everybody has rehearsed an apology on a staircase. This is for all of them, with the biggest harmonies we could muster.”

classical crossover · choral pop · anthemic choir · 4:45

Lyrics

I rehearsed it on the staircase
I rehearsed it on the train
Every word was sharp and clever
Now they've all gone from my brain

So I'm standing at your doorway
With my hands held open wide
No excuses in my pocket
Just the truth I kept inside

I can't unsay what I said
But I can say this instead

I was wrong, and I am here
Standing in the light
I was wrong, and I am here
To try and make it right
No more walls and no more pride
Just a heart laid down
I was wrong, and I am here
And I'm not leaving town

Pride is such a heavy mountain
Carried up a thousand stairs
But it melts like winter morning
When you set it down in prayer

I can't unsay what I said
But I can say this instead

I was wrong, and I am here
Standing in the light
I was wrong, and I am here
To try and make it right
No more walls and no more pride
Just a heart laid down
I was wrong, and I am here
And I'm not leaving town

If you need a little time
I will wait beneath the sky
Doors can open, doors can mend
Even after goodbye

I was wrong, and I am here
Standing in the light
I was wrong, and I am here
To make it right tonight
No more walls and no more pride
Just a heart laid down
I was wrong, and I am here
And love can still come round

I was wrong, and I am here
Standing in the light