Lyric discussion by Stephaniejones 

Cover art for Second Chances lyrics by Gregory Alan Isakov

It could be this man has done something so terrible to someone in the past who loves him, that he can’t believe something terrible hasn’t happened to him in return. Although I believe this person knows he must rectify at some point what he has done, because his luck will in fact run out. He views this second chance as a gift because so far he has not had to “ pay” for any pain he has caused. But he soon will.