•Ghosts of What Could've Been•

The world keeps turning round and round While another warning hits the ground We were told that this was how it had to be But nobody asked what it cost to me We drew the lines across the land With trembling fingers and a steady hand We built the walls, we raised the guns And called it peace when the fighting was done How many times can we say goodbye? How many dreams have we watched go by? What could’ve been If we had stopped before the end? What could’ve been If we had listened once again? All the roads we never took All the words we never said Still they’re turning in my mind Like the ghosts of what could’ve been The radio speaks in a voice of stone Another battlefield, another home The photographs are fading in the sun But the story says the battle had to be won How many times can we say goodbye? How many dreams have we watched go by? What could’ve been If we had stopped before the end? What could’ve been If we had listened once again? All the roads we never took All the words we never said Still they’re turning in my mind Like the ghosts of what could’ve been Could’ve been… Could’ve been… Before the fire… Before the silence… Maybe the future isn’t written yet Maybe there’s something we can still protect Put down the weapons, open up the door Maybe tomorrow doesn’t have to be war What could’ve been Is waiting somewhere in the night What could’ve been Is still somewhere beyond our sight All the roads we never took All the words we never said Maybe we can change the story Before another dream is dead