Lyrics

if I had a time machine I’d turn the ship around
and fly back to the nineties
when you weren’t sick and I’s a kid nowhere to be found
mother please forgive me

then I would’ve recognized the pain you hid so well
while both of us were hiding
the further that I got from you the less pain of yours I felt
mother please forgive me

forgive me what I’ve done and what I’ve failed to do
each time I did the opposite of what you asked me to
forgive me for leaving when you needed me the most
now I’d trade in this freedom if I could come back home to you

sometimes when I talk to you and know for sure you hear
I offer this confession
I ran away but wish I stayed to face what we both feared
when will I be forgiven

forgive me of my sins accept me with these scars
whoever I am now wherever you are
the belated love of a prodigal son isn’t worth its weight in song
but it’s all I have to offer you now that you are gone

if I had a time machine I’d turn the ship around