In Another Life

[Verse 1] You caught a suitcase slipping down, Then helped its owner turn around. You smiled as if it took no time, Then took the seat across from mine. Something in the way you laughed Brought a half-forgotten feeling back. The window shook, the towns slipped by, I caught your face, then caught your eye. [Pre-Chorus] I don't know where you're going to, Or what this day has meant to you. One passing look, and there I go, Missing things we'll never know. [Chorus] In another life, We have keys to the same front door. We leave the kitchen light And our troubles on the floor. In another life, There's no wondering what we'd be. For a moment on this ride, There's a whole life I can see. [Post-Chorus] You and I, you and I, In another life. [Verse 2] We miss a turn and blame the signs, You steal the blanket every night. We burn the toast, we oversleep, We learn which promises to keep. Some days we barely say a word, Too proud to say how much it hurts. Then you reach out across the space, And years go by across your face. [Pre-Chorus] You turn to watch the falling rain, Your sleeve has cleared the glass again. One little move, and now I'm back, With all those years between the tracks. [Chorus] In another life, We have keys to the same front door. We leave the kitchen light And our troubles on the floor. In another life, There's no wondering what we'd be. For a moment on this ride, There's a whole life I can see. [Post-Chorus] You and I, you and I, In another life. [Bridge] Maybe we'd have got it wrong. Maybe we'd have worn each other down. I gave a stranger years of love Between two stops, without a sound. I love the life I'm going home to, The little things that make it mine. Still, I let myself imagine You beside me for a while. [Final Chorus] In another life, We have keys to the same front door. We leave the kitchen light And our troubles on the floor. In another life, There's no wondering what we'd be. Then you stand and give a smile, And that whole life stays with me. [Post-Chorus] You and I, you and I, In another life. [Outro] You step outside, the doors slide closed. I watch you through the window go. An empty seat, the evening light. I'm heading home. In another life.