PATH DIVERGED [lonely piano notes, uneven spacing, no steady beat] They say two lives diverged [piano note cuts short] Close friendship slipped split [2-beat silence] Going separate ways [low cello enters alone] And I’ve been walking alone Alone [soft kick, single beats only] for so long I don’t even know where I’m headed anymore [everything drops out except piano] In fact I see now maybe I never really knew [off-beat piano chords begin] At one time I was so sure So sure [bass enters unexpectedly between phrases] My path would lead to love happiness fulfillment of dreams I found a little of that along the way Kinda [brief cello answer] Little glimpses of happiness here and there [percussion begins in an uneven, broken rhythm] But never an end point never finding the place reaching the destination Never completing the journey or winning the race [hard stop] The race [low bass pulse] against time Time [beat] time [piano and percussion move against each other] The path I walk is full of obstacles hazards pain hurt [cello rises, then abruptly disappears] with little bits of happiness sprinkled in [light piano notes] But never staying long Brief pauses [full measure of silence] before adversity sweeps back in [beat returns slightly heavier] And momentarily our ways re-emerge Cross [beat] and meet Cross [beat] and meet but never merge [instruments split: piano high, cello low] Before they continue on [long instrumental break, irregular piano and cello] Maybe maybe it’s time [percussion stops] to stop walking [2-beat silence] Slow the pace [piano softens, begins to stabilize slightly] Maybe it’s time to find happiness in being Look for joy in the journey [soft cello answers the vocal, more sustained than before] Knowing this all will pass This all will pass [brief instrumental swell, then sudden quiet] My path my life will one day be only an echo [echoing piano note, no vocal echo] A small memory An inconsequential blip in so many numerous lives we cannot even comprehend [beat gradually becomes steadier for the first time] So maybe it isn’t the destination Maybe it’s time to slow the pace Find happiness in being Look for joy in the journey [piano, bass and cello finally fall into the same rhythm] All I know is I am here [everything stops] Now [single piano chord] I am here now To do the best I can Now [steady heartbeat-like kick enters] Because my travels take me forward through time [beat drops away] through time [piano and cello alone, now aligned rather than drifting] until I am no more. [12-second instrumental ending, piano and cello drift apart gently, final unresolved piano chord, no vocals]
