[Verse 1] There’s a kitchen I never woke in, a train I never caught, a laugh that might’ve changed my name in some town I forgot. I kept the doors in my head ajar, let every ghost walk through— all those lives I didn’t live were busy not being you. [Pre-Chorus] I used to count the almosts like coins beneath my bed. They bought me nothing breathing; they only filled my head. [Chorus] All the roads I didn’t take can keep their distant lights. I’m here, I’m here, with both feet down, my small and stubborn life. Let the never-beens drift by; I don’t have to chase them through. I can grieve the lives I missed and still be glad I’m you. [Verse 2] Maybe I’d have learned to sail, maybe I’d have stayed. Maybe I’d be someone else with a different yesterday. But this hand knows the cup it holds, this heart knows what is true— the window’s open, morning’s in, and I am coming through. [Bridge] No grand answer. No secret sign. Just my own name and this breath of mine. [Final Chorus] All the roads I didn’t take can keep their distant lights. I’m here, I’m here, with both feet down, my strange and living life. Let the never-beens drift by; there’s room enough for blue skies too. I can grieve the lives I missed— and love the one I grew into.
