With your own choices [Intro: Arpeggiated jangly guitar, chorus shimmer, bass fades in] [Verse 1: Baritone, close, earnest] I stood where the old trail splits in two Left and right, both looked like truth I picked the one with more sun on the leaves Didn't know the sun could lie to me [Pre-Chorus: Drums to floor tom, slight lift] Every map I drew led back to this A different name for the same abyss [Chorus: Widescreen, soaring harmonies, open] LIFE FOLLOWS ITS OWN PATHS THEY BRANCH OFF IN THE DARK YOU CHOOSE ONE AND YOU WALK TILL THE ROAD CHOOSES YOUR HEART AND YOU PAY, OH YOU PAY WITH THE YEARS THAT YOU STAY But that's life You learn to live with the choices you made [Verse 2: Driving bass, jangle continues] October came with a cheaper price For all the things I thought were right The moss grew over the boots I left Where I ran when I ran from myself [Pre-Chorus 2: Harmonies build] And every whisper in the pines says "You were never lost, you were just... on your way" [Chorus: Bigger, full band] LIFE FOLLOWS ITS OWN PATHS THEY BRANCH OFF IN THE DARK... [Bridge: Quiet, just guitar + vocal, then loud crash] Hold me under just to hold me Let me rot if that will grow me I was wrong, I know I was wrong But the wrong road is still a road I belong [Final Chorus: Quiet-loud, anthemic, fading] Life follows its own paths... And I still hear whispers in the pines Saying "stay, stay, stay" But that's life... You learn to live... With your own choices [End]
