Single · November 14, 2026
I Wasn't Always Right
- Artist
- TheShokesProject
- Format
- Single
- Released
- November 14, 2026
- Length
- 5:32
- Available on
- Spotify, YouTube
The story
Sometimes, being right can cost you the very person you never wanted to lose.
“I Wasn't Always Right” is about the painful truth that pride can disguise itself as strength, and winning every argument can leave you losing everything that matters.
It's about looking back, owning the hurt you've caused, and finding the courage to accept your mistakes—even when forgiveness may never come.
Because sometimes, the hardest words to say are the ones that finally set you free...
I wasn't always right. And some lessons come too late to change the ending.
Lyrics
I Wasn't Always Right
There’s a box of old letters
on the top closet shelf
I know every word, barely know my old self
I used to keep score
like the truth was a war I could win
Never asking what it cost me
to let nobody in
You stood by the doorway
with your keys in your hand
I corrected your words
when you asked me to understand
I could make my case
till there was nothing left to say
But being right couldn’t make you stay
Now I hear the words
I wouldn’t let you finish
I wasn’t always right
I spoke too fast, I held too tight
I mistook my stubbornness for strength
And kept your love at arm’s length
Now I’m standing in the wreckage
with no one left to blame
No, I wasn’t always right
I won’t rewrite the story
I won’t edit out the scars
I can own the hurt I caused you
Without asking for your heart
I caught my reflection
driving past your street
Turned the radio down
and let the silence speak
At the red light,
I reached for the phone by my side
Had your number half-dialed,
then I let the screen go quiet
I used to call it freedom
when I couldn’t bear to need you
Now I’m learning what it means
to leave the leaving up to you
I could make my case
till there was nothing left to say
But being right couldn’t make you stay
Now I hear the words
I wouldn’t let you finish
I wasn’t always right
I spoke too fast, I held too tight
I mistook my stubbornness for strength
And kept your love at arm’s length
Now I’m standing in the wreckage
with no one left to blame
No, I wasn’t always right
My past doesn’t own me
But I won’t pretend it wasn’t mine
I watched good things burn
Just to prove I could strike a match
I can’t ask you to come home
Because I finally see the ash
I wasn’t always right
I spoke too fast, I held too tight
I mistook my stubbornness for strength
And kept your love at arm’s length
Now I’m learning how to listen
When the truth gets hard to hear
I can’t change the way I hurt you
But I can face what brought me here
No, I wasn’t always right
I won’t rewrite the story
Or make the ending kind
I’ll leave your letters as you wrote them
And let the last word be yours, not mine
