[Verse 1] There was a road I never took A town I never knew A room where morning crossed the floor I never walked into [Verse 2] There was a train I didn't catch A language never learned A thousand ordinary days That never had their turn [Chorus] Not lost, not taken, not left behind Just another life beside mine Somewhere in the life beside mine I know streets I've never seen I have keys to unfamiliar doors And places I have been Somewhere in the life beside mine There are years I'll never know Not better, not worse, just another way My days could go [Verse 3] Perhaps I learned to play the cello Perhaps I lived by the sea Perhaps I kept the same old friends Who slowly drifted far from me Perhaps I stayed in one small town Perhaps I crossed the world Perhaps there's nothing remarkable in any life at all [Chorus] Not lost, not taken, not left behind Just another life beside mine Somewhere in the life beside mine I know streets I've never seen I have keys to unfamiliar doors And places I have been Somewhere in the life beside mine There are years I'll never know Not better, not worse, just another way My days could go [Bridge] And sometimes for no reason I can almost feel it there Not a ghost, not a memory Just a possibility A door I never opened A name I never knew A morning that belonged To someone I could have been But I am And this is mine [Outro] Somewhere in the life beside mine Other seasons came and went Other rooms grew dark at evening Other years were quietly spent I don't need to mourn them I don't need to know But sometimes I can feel them Walking softly beside my own Not lost, not taken, not left behind Just another life Beside mine
