[Intro: soft piano, distant tape hiss] [Spoken, intimate] I used to think the best day of my life had already happened. [Pause] What a strange thing to decide so early. [Verse 1: piano only] I remember rooms that disappeared Faces I can still see clear Summer nights that felt like gold Promises I thought I’d always hold There were mornings I would live again There were nights I thought would never end Little victories, private scars Tiny worlds beneath enormous stars [Strings enter softly] And I used to hold those memories Like evidence of who I’d been [Pre-Chorus: bass enters] But memory isn’t prophecy And yesterday can’t tell me when The next great door will open Or the next hard rain begins [Chorus: full drums, wide guitars] MY BEST DAYS HAVEN’T HAPPENED YET MY WORST DAYS MAY BE WAITING TOO There are loves I haven’t stumbled into There are losses I don’t yet know how to lose There are songs I’ve never heard There are names I’ve never said So I’ll treasure every road behind me But I won’t live there instead [Post-Chorus: backing vocals] [Choir] Not finished! Not finished! [Lead] Not even close [Verse 2: steady groove] I remember being twenty-something Certain I knew everything Every ending felt eternal Every heartbreak wore a crown like a king Now I smile at old disasters Some became the roads I needed most Some mistakes became my teachers Some goodbyes became a ghost [Backing Vocals, soft] Keep them Thank them Let them go [Lead] Every version of me carried Something forward I didn’t know [Pre-Chorus] Maybe wisdom isn’t knowing How the story ought to end Maybe wisdom is appreciating Every chapter while it bends [Chorus] MY BEST DAYS HAVEN’T HAPPENED YET MY WORST DAYS MAY BE WAITING TOO There are cities I haven’t woken in There are people who will change my point of view There are tears I haven’t earned There are laughs still up ahead So I’ll love every life I’ve already lived But I won’t live there instead [Instrumental Break: soaring guitar melody] [Piano answers] [Guitar rises] [Drums drop out] [Bridge: intimate vocal, strings underneath] Maybe there will come a morning That makes every morning pale Maybe there will come a winter When I swear that I have failed Maybe someone I don’t know yet Will become impossible to lose Maybe I’ll become somebody That today I couldn’t choose [Pause] That’s the terrifying beauty [Heartbeat kick enters] Nothing’s finished Nothing’s known Every year removes a certainty And somehow makes the world more open [Build: toms, strings, rising synth] [Lead] So here’s to all the foolish nights [Backing Choir] We survived! [Lead] Here’s to every wrong and right [Choir] Still alive! [Lead] Here’s to everyone I loved And every person I became I wouldn’t burn a single chapter Just because I turned the page [Final Chorus: huge key change] MY BEST DAYS HAVEN’T HAPPENED YET MY WORST DAYS HAVEN’T EITHER There are storms still gathering somewhere There are sunsets I will watch in better weather I will break I will mend I will lose I will begin And I’ll carry every beautiful mistake Into whatever comes again [Choir] Keep going! Keep going! [Lead] There’s more than what I’ve seen [Choir] Keep going! Keep going! [Lead] There’s more than what I’ve been [Final Refrain: music pulls back] I loved the days behind me Even the ones that hurt They taught my hands what holding means They taught my heart its worth But somewhere past tomorrow There’s a moment I’ll call mine And I haven’t met the person yet Who’ll be living it inside [Outro: piano only] [Soft Vocal] The best day of my life? [Pause] Ask me when it’s over. [Final unresolved chord] [Whispered Choir] Not finished yet.
