Between Then and Next (Remastered)

Whispering to my past through a cracked rearview Words like smoke that I never pushed through Every mile marker knows my name Every wrong turn, every almost flame I say, “You were young, you were learning the cost” Echo comes back, “Yeah, but look what you lost” Static on a line I can’t undo Still I talk like you can hear me too And I’m whispering to my past in the dark Tracing old scars like a map to my heart Every regret, every truth I refused I’m finally saying what I couldn’t use Answering to my future like it’s calling my bluff Saying, “Who are you becoming, is it ever enough?” Between who I was and what I might be There’s a voice in the middle still trying to reach me I remember the nights I swore I was right Holding on tight just to win every fight Now I’d trade every victory I claimed For a second to go back and change But time doesn’t bend, it just moves like a train Leaves you waving in dust and in rain So I stand on the tracks of what I knew Let it pass, let it carry me through And I’m whispering to my past in the dark Tracing old scars like a map to my heart Every regret, every truth I refused I’m finally saying what I couldn’t use Answering to my future like it’s calling my bluff Saying, “Who are you becoming, is it ever enough?” Between who I was and what I might be There’s a voice in the middle still trying to reach me If you hear me back there, don’t turn away I forgive you more with every day And if you’re out there waiting ahead Don’t let me become everything I dread I’m walking the line between shadow and spark Carrying both through the light and the dark No more silence, no more disguise Just truth in the sound of these in-between lives Whispering to my past… I let it go Answering my future… I’m ready to know