Released: December 9, 2003
Songwriter: Daniel Estren Doug Robb
Producer: Howard Benson
[Verse 1]
I'm not a perfect person
There's many things I wish I didn't do
But I continue learning
I never meant to do those things to you
And so I have to say before I go
That I just want you to know
[Chorus]
I've found a reason for me
To change who I used to be
A reason to start over new
And the reason is you
[Verse 2]
I'm sorry that I hurt you
It's something I must live with every day
And all the pain I put you through
I wish that I could take it all away
And be the one who catches all your tears
That's why I need you to hear
[Chorus]
I've found a reason for me
To change who I used to be
A reason to start over new
And the reason is you
[Bridge]
And the reason is you
And the reason is you
And the reason is you
[Breakdown]
I'm not a perfect person
I never meant to do those things to you
And so I have to say before I go
That I just want you to know
[Chorus]
I've found a reason for me
To change who I used to be
A reason to start over new
And the reason is you
[Outro]
I’ve found a reason to show
A side of me you didn’t know
A reason for all that I do
And the reason is you
I'm not a perfect person
There's many things I wish I didn't do
But I continue learning
I never meant to do those things to you
And so I have to say before I go
That I just want you to know
[Chorus]
I've found a reason for me
To change who I used to be
A reason to start over new
And the reason is you
[Verse 2]
I'm sorry that I hurt you
It's something I must live with every day
And all the pain I put you through
I wish that I could take it all away
And be the one who catches all your tears
That's why I need you to hear
[Chorus]
I've found a reason for me
To change who I used to be
A reason to start over new
And the reason is you
[Bridge]
And the reason is you
And the reason is you
And the reason is you
[Breakdown]
I'm not a perfect person
I never meant to do those things to you
And so I have to say before I go
That I just want you to know
[Chorus]
I've found a reason for me
To change who I used to be
A reason to start over new
And the reason is you
[Outro]
I’ve found a reason to show
A side of me you didn’t know
A reason for all that I do
And the reason is you
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- Guitar Hero Live GHTV Soundtrack
- The Reason (2003)
- NOW That’s What I Call Music! 59 [UK] (2004)
- McMusic 31 [NOR] (2004)
- NOW That’s What I Call Music! 16 [US] (2004)
- Friends: The Ultimate Soundtrack (2005)
- Je T’Aime⁵ (2006)
- Greatest Hits: Don’t Touch My Moustache (2009)
- Now That’s What I Call Love [US] (2010)
- Icon (2010)
- 20 #1’s: Alternative Rock (2015)
- NOW That’s What I Call the 00s [UK] (2017)
- NOW That’s What I Call The 00's [US] (2017)
- The Best Of Ballads (2018)
- The Reason (15th Anniversary Deluxe) (2019)
- Hoobastank for the Oregon Trail Generation (2020)
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- Slow Down
- Karma Patrol
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- Good Enough
- Look Where We Are
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- Waiting
- What I Meant To Say
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