[Verse 1] I count the squares I never crossed, The doors I left unopened. Each borrowed life still asks its price; I keep its name unspoken. [Pre-Chorus] One pawn left trembling by the line, No clean move left to make. I stare until the board goes still— Then let the picture break. [Chorus] Goodbye to all the lives I almost knew, The other rooms I never wandered through. I set each piece down; I release the game, You don’t have to live inside my brain. [Verse 2] The careful one, the reckless one, The one who stayed, the one who ran. They crowd the edges of my sleep, Like unfinished plans in my hand. [Bridge] No final move can turn back time. No hidden square will make it mine. I breathe out slow; I clear the board. I am not owed another world. [Final Chorus] Goodbye to all the lives I almost knew, The other rooms I never wandered through. I set each piece down; I release the game, You don’t have to live inside my brain. [Outro] The board is bare. I’m here.
