That Man Wasn't Me

Why o why didn't you want me for me?
Why did you only love the man I should be?
I remember now and it makes me sad
The man I was; was he really so bad?
The look on your face; it was plain to see
You were in love with a man, but that man wasn't me

All the days you spent trying to change me
Into the man you seemed sure I could be
I know my flaws, I hate them all
To hear them recited was nothing but cruel
It only enforced what I really believed
You were in love with a man, but that man wasn't me

Even the good; the things I like about me
Were not a part of the man you thought I would be
You hated the bad and even the good
So when I thought about us, I understood
My love unreturned was all I could see
You were in love with a man, but that man wasn't me

I wish you had loved just being with me
Perhaps even now I could make you see
I think I've changed, over the years
Too little, too late to stay our tears
Too late to change what caused me to leave
You were in love with a man, but that man wasn't me

Could I ever be the man you thought I should be?
I'm a better man now than I thought I could be
When you looked at me, all those years before
Am I now the man you thought you saw?
Am I now the man you thought I would be?
You were in love with a man, perhaps he is me