Seems like every time I speak,

[Verse 1]
Seems like every time I speak, somehow I’m wrong
Like every problem in this house got my name on it
I wake up every morning and I give it all I got
Even when I’m running empty, I still give everything I’m not

I know I ain’t perfect, baby, I know I’ve made mistakes
But I swear I’m doing everything I can for this family we made
I ain’t waking up each morning trying to make your life hard
I’m just trying to keep us together when everything gets dark

[Pre-Chorus]
And I don’t want your family gone
I don’t want you choosing sides
I just wish you could understand
Why mine feels so far away sometimes

[Chorus]
‘Cause somehow everything is my fault
I’m always the bad guy when the walls fall
I give you my heart, I give you my all
But somehow I’m still the problem through it all

Your family is an hour and a half away
Mine’s four hours down the interstate
And I ain’t asking you to leave the ones you love
I’m just asking for a little room for mine to be close enough

[Verse 2]
Three years, I ain’t forgot who was there
When we almost lost the roof and nobody else seemed to care
When those lights were getting close to going dark
My dad stepped in and helped us when we didn’t have a spark

I’m not saying your family doesn’t love you
I’m not trying to put no blame on anybody but
I’m just saying when we were barely getting by
My dad was there, and I’ll never forget why

I wanna watch my boys grow up knowing their granddad
I wanna make those memories while we still got the chance
I don’t want a war, I don’t want nobody mad
I just want my family close, like you got yours close at hand

[Chorus]
‘Cause somehow everything is my fault
I’m always the bad guy when the walls fall
I give you my heart, I give you my all
But somehow I’m still the problem through it all

Your family is an hour and a half away
Mine’s four hours down the interstate
And I ain’t asking you to choose between your family and mine
I’m just asking if we could meet somewhere in the middle this time

[Bridge]
I don’t want you to choose
I don’t want nobody gone
I just want somewhere in the middle
Where both our families belong

And baby, if loving my dad makes me selfish
I don’t know what else I can say
He was there when we needed somebody
And I just want him a little closer someday

[Final Chorus]
Maybe everything ain’t my fault
Maybe we’re just hurting when the walls talk
I’m still gonna love you, still gonna give you my all
Still gonna stand beside you if the whole world falls

I’m not trying to take you from the people that you love
I’m just asking you to understand where I’m coming from
Four hours from my dad feels like a lifetime away
When he’s the one who helped us make it through those hardest days

[Outro]
I ain’t writing this to make you choose
I ain’t writing this to make you cry
I’m writing it because I love you
And I don’t wanna keep this buried inside

I just want a place somewhere in the middle
Where your family and mine can both be home
‘Cause I love you with everything I’ve got
I just don’t wanna feel like I’m the bad guy
For wanting my dad close.