**🎵 Change of Life** **[Verse 1]** I was chasing shadows down a one-way street, Dreams on paper, but my heart missed a beat. Twenty-something, lost and trying to be found, Wearing doubts like a second skin, never making a sound. Then the phone rang late, a voice through the tears, Said, "Daddy’s gone," and it shattered years. I packed my bags, came back home to stay, And watched my mother learn to walk through the gray. **[Chorus]** Oh, it’s a change of life, not just a phase, When the world you knew just fades away. From the ashes rise a quieter flame, Learning to love through a different name. Yeah, the road bends hard, but it leads you right— Nothing stays the same, it’s a change of life. **[Verse 2]** Met a girl with fire in her quiet eyes, She said, “Pain’s not prison, it’s a kind of sky.” We built a porch where the wild winds blow, And raised two kids who never knew that pain could grow. Now I teach them how to fall, how to rise, How to say goodbye beneath the same gray skies. But there’s peace in the pines, and grace in the strife— Yeah, this is the beauty of a change of life. **[Chorus]** Oh, it’s a change of life, not just a phase, When the world you knew just fades away. From the ashes rise a quieter flame, Learning to love through a different name. Yeah, the road bends hard, but it leads you right— Nothing stays the same, it’s a change of life. **[Bridge]** I used to beg the stars to stop the rain, Now I dance in it, call it healing again. Time don’t fix it, but it helps you forgive— And in the letting go, you finally live. **[Final Chorus]** Yeah, it’s a change of life, not just a scar, It’s who you are after who you were. From the cracks the light cuts like a knife— This is the gift of a change of life. And if you’re standing where the old world died… You’re right where you need to be— It’s a change of life. **[Outro – Soft, fading]** Yeah… nothing stays the same. It’s a change of life.



