這首歌雖然不長，卻以一種很深刻的方式打動了我的心，唱著對於逝去朋友的懊悔，希望自己對對方來說是更好的朋友、有更好地陪在對方身邊，每次聽到主唱深深地唱著 I Wish，就更加深刻地體認到把握當下身邊重視的人事物有多麼的重要！
歌詞中文翻譯
I never called you and now it’s too late
我從沒打電話給你，而現在已經太遲了
To say all the words that I’ve wanted to say
沒辦法說出那些我想告訴你的話
The doctor said, “Oh, there’s a fight up ahead”
醫生說”噢，前方有一場戰”
I should’ve been there by your hospital bed
我應該在你的病榻前的
So it rains every day, oh, it rains every day
所以每天都下雨，每天都下雨
No, I haven’t got the words to say
不，我沒有吐出任何話
Oh, how I wish I was a better friend
噢，我多麼希望我是一個更好的朋友
Before it was too late
在一切都太遲之前
I wish that I would’ve been there in the end
我希望我有在盡頭陪著你
I wish I was a better friend
我希望我是一個更好的朋友
I wasn’t there when you said your goodbye, and I
當你道別時我沒有在場
Replay in my mind ’bout a thousand times
而我在我心中回覆了上千次
I wasn’t therе for those rivers you cried
在你流淚時我不在場
I was always too busy, no, I didn’t makе the time
我總是太忙、沒有挪出時間
So it rains every day, oh, it rains every day
所以每天都下雨，每天都下雨
No, I haven’t got the words to say
不，我沒有吐出任何話
Oh, how I wish I was a better friend
噢，我多麼希望我是一個更好的朋友
Before it was too late
在一切都太遲之前
I wish that I would’ve been there in the end
我希望我有在盡頭陪著你
I wish I was a better friend
我希望我是一個更好的朋友
And everyday I wish you were here
每一天，我都希望你還在
Oh, every day I wish
噢，每一天我都這樣希望著
Oh, every minute of every year
每一年的每一刻
Swear I feel you near, near me
我發誓我感受到你就在我身邊
Oh, how I wish I was a better friend
噢，我多麼希望我是一個更好的朋友
Before it was too late
在一切都太遲之前
I wish that I would’ve been there in the end
我希望我有在盡頭陪著你
I wish I was a better friend
我希望我是一個更好的朋友