The Story Behind the Song
A suicide note set to music -- someone at the absolute end of what they can carry, apologizing to the person they're leaving behind and convinced, wrongly, that they're doing them a favor. It shares its darkest line almost verbatim with "Shattered" ("this big broken world's a better place without me"), tying it to that same thread running through the catalog -- the album track's quiet survival answered, here, by someone who didn't make it through.
Lyrics
I'm sorry for all the times I made you cry, And I'm sorry for every time I told a lie, Don't sit around and ask the reasons why, Don't bother wastin' any more of your time. Turn your back on me and just say goodbye. Broken heart, shattered me, Darkest night, all I see. Forget my face, forget my name, Forget my words, my voice, this pain. I'm sorry I couldn't weather this storm, And I'm sorry that I was ever born, My story has come to a close, All the wrong paths I chose, God have mercy on this small broken soul. Broken heart, shattered me, Darkest night, all I see. Forget my face, forget my name, Forget my words, my voice, this pain. I'm sorry for all the things I couldn't be, And I'm sorry I wasn't anything you need, But now you're finally free, And one day you'll finally see, This big broken world's a better place without me. I really tried, Didn't matter, --wasn't enough... Lord knows I cried, Left in tatters, --wasn't so tough... Broken heart, shattered me, Darkest night, all I see. Forget my face, forget my name, Forget my words, my voice, this pain. And I'm sorry… I'm so damn sorry… But you're better off without me.