[Verse 1] I keep the names I never learned In a drawer beside the bed A dozen lives with open doors And all the things they might have said [Pre-Chorus] One took the train to somewhere warm One stayed and learned the family trade I feel them passing through my hands Like years I almost made [Chorus] Who would I be? Who would I be? All those almost-loves still calling me Who would I be? Who would I be? I miss the ones I never got to be [Verse 2] There’s one who laughs with strangers first One who keeps the garden green One who never left that summer town One who knows what leaving means [Pre-Chorus] I meet them in a shop-window face In choices I can’t rearrange They had their own small weather, too Their own rooms full of change [Chorus] Who would I be? Who would I be? All those almost-loves still calling me Who would I be? Who would I be? I miss the ones I never got to be [Bridge] Maybe they’re not gone, just out of view A life can split and still be true I set a place for who I was And leave the door ajar because— [Final Chorus] Who would I be? Who would I be? All those almost-loves still calling me Who would I be? Who would I be? I miss the ones I never got to be [Outro] Who would I be? Who would I be?
