The Man I Could Be Lyrics – Benjamin William Hastings

[Verse 1]
Coffee from a pod
And I hate the taste, but I’ve grown too impatient for my standards
I floor the gas on amber, never stop
And the burnout’s real, but I’ve just learned to manage
Like how children love a bandage

[Chorus]
But maybe this will be the year
Maybe this will be the moment
When I finally carve that body I thought I would stumble on
Maybe learn to hunt a deer
Revive my father’s accent
Maybe kick a couple habits I’ve been dragging through these halls
‘Cause time don’t stop to heed my tangents
Things don’t rot when they’re well managed
And I’m not lost, nor where I should be
But maybe this will be the year I find
The man I could be

[Verse 2]
Another birthday come and gone
And it feels like I spent last year on a treadmill in the Andes
Just ’cause you’re moving, it don’t mean you’re moving up
And the mountaings real, but I became a tenant to the canyon
And God, I wish I was advancing

[Chorus]
But maybe this will be the year
Maybe this will be the moment
When I stitch my act together, be a friend that I would want
Maybe learn to cast a reel
Better yet, use a hammer
Maybe be a better father, years are slipping through these palms
‘Cause time don’t stop to heed my tangents
And songs don’t flop, they’re just supplanted
And I’m not lost, nor where I should be

But maybe this will be the year I find
Maybe somewhere in this ol’ boy hides
The man I could be