Verse 1 Every little shadow stretches farther in my mind Turning passing clouds into a warning every time Building whole horizons from a single passing spark Drawing maps to places that were never in the dark Writing every ending ’fore the story learns my name Giving all my worries voices louder than the rain Standing at the doorway, scared of roads I’ve never known Holding conversations with tomorrow all alone Pre-Chorus I’ve been chasing echoes From a song that hasn’t played Watching for the sunset In the middle of the day Chorus Maybe none of that was ever gonna happen anyway Maybe I’ve been fast-forwarding just to skip another day Maybe all the scenes I fear never make the final cut Maybe life keeps improvising while I’m stuck inside the rough Not every ending shows up on page one All the best surprises never tell you that they’ve come Maybe I don’t need to know the ending to begin Maybe that’s where the story starts Verse 2 Every stranger carried stories I could never know Every silence held a meaning I was quick to overthrow Every empty space became a place I’d try to fill Till the world kept moving gently, with or without my will Then the morning found me long before I found the proof Light slipped through the branches, landing softly on the truth Nothing asked for certainty, nothing asked for more Just another chance to open one unopened door Bridge What a gift this imagination When it isn’t ruled by fear Maybe all these scattered pages Only brought me here Final Chorus Nothing played the way I said it would inside my head Half the storms I packed an umbrella for just never showed instead All the best stories never follow every line Maybe that’s what makes them worth the time I don’t need tomorrow To explain itself tonight Maybe leaving room for something unexpected Is the best rewrite
