[Intro — soft violin, distant heartbeat] My babies... Sometimes life won't go the way you planned. And sometimes the bravest thing you'll ever do Is begin again. [Verse 1 — haunting piano, delicate fiddle] I used to think that changing roads Meant I'd failed at everything I'd known. Held on tight to broken dreams, Afraid to leave what used to be. I painted smiles across the cracks, Kept looking forward while staring back. Thought if I walked away someday, Every step I'd taken was thrown away. [Pre-Chorus — rising violin] But rivers bend and seasons change, And even stars don't stay the same. I wish somebody told me then, You're allowed to begin again. [Chorus — soaring electric violin, Viking drums] IT'S OKAY TO START OVER! To turn the page and try again! A broken road's not a broken life, A different path is not the end! You can fall and still keep climbing, Lose your way and find your wings! Oh, my babies, don't you forget— There's still a thousand songs to sing! It's okay... It's okay to start again! [Verse 2 — driving Celtic folk-rock] Maybe someday you'll lose your way, Watch your carefully made plans change. Maybe love won't last forever, Maybe dreams won't fit together. You'll have days you feel behind, Like everybody else has figured out life. But there's no clock upon your heart, No age too old for a brand-new start. And when the plans you've made fall through, That doesn't mean there's less to you. Sometimes the strongest thing you'll say Is, "This isn't right. I'll find another way." [Chorus — powerful gothic alternative rock] IT'S OKAY TO START OVER! To turn the page and try again! A broken road's not a broken life, A different path is not the end! You can fall and still keep climbing, Lose your way and find your wings! Oh, my babies, don't you forget— There's still a thousand songs to sing! It's okay... It's okay to start again! [Bridge — stripped piano, intimate vocals] I wish I could tell that younger me That leaving wasn't losing everything. That all the years she thought she'd wasted Still held lessons worth embracing. [Violin begins to climb] And if my children someday stand With broken dreams inside their hands, I hope they hear their mama say— You don't have to stay Just because you've stayed. [Electric Violin Solo — 10 seconds, fierce and uplifting] [Final Chorus — triumphant female harmonies] IT'S OKAY TO START OVER! Let yesterday become a page! You don't have to carry every ending Like a prison or a cage! You are more than what you've lost, More than every road you've crossed! And when you think your story's through, There's still a world awaiting you! It's okay... It's okay to begin again! [Outro — soft violin, whispered maternal voice] Seven stars, seven different dreams, Seven roads I've yet to see. And if you stumble on your way, I hope you remember what Mama would say... [Spoken Outro] My babies... You don't have to get life right the first time. You're allowed to change your mind. You're allowed to change your dreams. And you're allowed to begin again. Even when you're thirty-nine. Love, Mama.
