When I Was Your Man Lyrics Analysis

Same bed but it feels just a little bit bigger now	Experienced a break up – is now alone
Our song on the radio but it don't sound the same	Used to bring happiness as it was “their” song Now she’s gone it doesn’t hold the same meaning
When our friends talk about you, all it does is just tear me down Cause my heart breaks a little when I hear your name	Feelings of sadness when she’s mentioned
It all just sounds like oooooh. Hmmm... Too young, too dumb to realize	Lists his flaws – why she left him
That I should 've bought you flowers	Needed to buy her gifts
And held your hand	Needed to be more intimate/loving
Should 've gave you all my hours	Needed to use all his free time with her
When I had the chance	The chance is now gone – she’s gone
Take you to every party Cause all you wanted to do was dance	Do things she wanted to do, try his best to please her/make her happy
Now my baby's dancing	She’s finally able to go to parties
But she's dancing with another man	But now it’s with someone else
My pride, my ego, my needs, and my selfish ways	Lists his flaws
Caused a good strong woman like you to walk out my life	Such a good thing to happen to him has left him
Now I never, never get to clean up the mess I made, ooooooh	Doesn’t have a chance to make things better – get her back
And it haunts me every time I close my eyes	Thinks about it constantly  - regret
Although it hurts	Doesn’t like to admit it
I'll be the first to say that I was wrong	Admits the breakup was his fault
oh, I know I'm probably much too late To try and apologize for my mistakes	Too late to stop her from leaving
But I just want you to know
I hope he buys you flowers I hope he holds your hand	Accepts that she’s gone and that she deserves better than him
Gives you all his hours When he has the chance Take you to every party Cause I remember how much you loved to dance Do all the things I should 've done When I was your man	Repeats what he said he should’ve done but relates it to the new boyfriend. Saying he should treat her like she deserves to be treated.

Same bed but it feels just a little bit bigger now	Experienced a break up – is now alone
Our song on the radio but it don't sound the same	Used to bring happiness as it was “their” song Now she’s gone it doesn’t hold the same meaning
When our friends talk about you, all it does is just tear me down Cause my heart breaks a little when I hear your name	Feelings of sadness when she’s mentioned
It all just sounds like oooooh. Hmmm... Too young, too dumb to realize	Lists his flaws – why she left him
That I should 've bought you flowers	Needed to buy her gifts
And held your hand	Needed to be more intimate/loving
Should 've gave you all my hours	Needed to use all his free time with her
When I had the chance	The chance is now gone – she’s gone
Take you to every party Cause all you wanted to do was dance	Do things she wanted to do, try his best to please her/make her happy
Now my baby's dancing	She’s finally able to go to parties
But she's dancing with another man	But now it’s with someone else
My pride, my ego, my needs, and my selfish ways	Lists his flaws
Caused a good strong woman like you to walk out my life	Such a good thing to happen to him has left him
Now I never, never get to clean up the mess I made, ooooooh	Doesn’t have a chance to make things better – get her back
And it haunts me every time I close my eyes	Thinks about it constantly  - regret
Although it hurts	Doesn’t like to admit it
I'll be the first to say that I was wrong	Admits the breakup was his fault
oh, I know I'm probably much too late To try and apologize for my mistakes	Too late to stop her from leaving
But I just want you to know
I hope he buys you flowers I hope he holds your hand	Accepts that she’s gone and that she deserves better than him
Gives you all his hours When he has the chance Take you to every party Cause I remember how much you loved to dance Do all the things I should 've done When I was your man	Repeats what he said he should’ve done but relates it to the new boyfriend. Saying he should treat her like she deserves to be treated.