# FUTURE ME CAME BACK [Intro — distant piano, tape hiss] **PRESENT:** Three in the morning, ceiling turning into space, Breathing slow and steady, letting stillness set the pace. I keep asking tomorrow what it wants me to become— Then somebody knocked three times, and I knew my answer had come. [Verse 1 — Present Me] Door cracked open, there I stood, but older in the eyes, Same spark, same soul, just calmer, clearer, more alive. I said, “Who the hell are you?” He said, “You already know. I’ve only got three minutes— there are things you need to know.” I said, “Do we make it? Do the pieces come in place? Do I learn to trust the process without needing every answer traced? Do the dreams inside my mind become something I can see?” He smiled like he'd been waiting years: **FUTURE:** “You have no idea what happens to me.” [Pre-Chorus] **PRESENT:** Tell me the ending. **FUTURE:** No. **PRESENT:** Tell me the way. **FUTURE:** Better than that— you learn to choose today. [Chorus] **FUTURE:** Keep moving with faith, you have no idea how much works out. Thoughts are just thoughts, you can question the story and choose what you believe about now. Breathe into the moment, put both feet down, let the present become solid ground. You don't need every answer to take one good step toward the life you're building now. You don't need the map. You don't need to know how. Stay present. Choose wisely. Keep becoming now. 'Cause you have no idea— no idea— how much works out. [Verse 2 — Present Me] **PRESENT:** “Do I find love?” **FUTURE:** “Yes—when you learn to receive.” **PRESENT:** “Do I find purpose?” **FUTURE:** “More than you currently believe.” **PRESENT:** “Do I understand myself?” **FUTURE:** “More deeply every year.” **PRESENT:** “What changes everything?” **FUTURE:** “You learn you can choose your response with clarity.” A thought isn't a prophecy. A feeling isn't fate. You notice what's arising, then decide what you create. Name what you're feeling. Breathe before reacting. Let your values choose the next move instead of simply acting. You learn to hold two truths at once: “I accept where I am today, and I can still keep growing in a beautiful new way.” You stop demanding certainty before you take a chance. You let your wiser mind put intention into action. [Chorus] **FUTURE:** Keep moving with faith, you have no idea how much works out. People you haven't even met yet will one day know what you're about. Songs you haven't written, rooms you haven't entered, sunrises you've never seen— There's a whole bright life already unfolding beyond what you currently believe. You don't need the map. You don't need to know how. Stay present. Choose wisely. Keep becoming now. You have no idea— no idea— how much works out. [Bridge — music nearly disappears] **PRESENT:** Wait. Before you go— What's the one thing you came all this way to tell me? [Silence] **FUTURE:** I came back to remind you you're becoming. I came back because your choices compound. Every time you pause, breathe, check the facts, and put both feet on the ground— you change your direction. Every time you choose patience instead of impulse— you strengthen your future. Every time you speak to yourself like someone worth guiding— you become your own teacher. I remember this room. I remember tonight. I remember the exact moment you realized: Your mind can suggest a thought without making that thought right. You can observe it. Question it. Reframe it. Choose again. And that tiny space between feeling and action? That's where your future begins. [Build] **FUTURE:** So if I could put one sentence inside your bones forever— It would be: You don't have to control the whole sky to learn to enjoy the weather. [Final Chorus — full choir, orchestra, 808s] KEEP MOVING WITH FAITH— YOU HAVE NO IDEA HOW MUCH WORKS OUT! The road gets wider, the heart gets lighter, your wiser mind keeps showing you how. There are hands you'll hold, stories untold, whole cities beneath your feet. There are versions of you you would barely believe if tonight was all you could see. So breathe. Check the facts. Choose what matters. Come back to now. Build one beautiful decision on another somehow. Stay present. Stay grateful. Let your values lead you out. Someday you'll look backward and wish you could tell yourself now: You have no idea— no idea— no idea how much works out. [Outro — future voice fading] **PRESENT:** Will I ever see you again? **FUTURE:** Every morning. Every good choice. Every time you choose the life you're becoming.
