**What a Life** [Verse 1] I remember how you laughed Before the story reached the end. Now sometimes when I’m laughing, I can hear you laugh again. We didn’t know to call it precious. We were only passing time. Now the days I thought were empty Are the ones I’m glad were mine. [Pre-Chorus] There’s so much I’d live again. There’s so much I haven’t tried. I want to know I’m living it While I’m still right here, alive. [Chorus] What a life, what a life, To have been here at all. To have loved somebody deeply, To have answered when they called. All the people we have been, All the ways we’ve learned to love— If you asked me, “Was it beautiful?” I couldn’t tell you quite enough. What a life. [Verse 2] I’ve been saving up the good things For a day when I feel sure, Like the time I spend on waiting Will somehow leave me more. I want to say, “I love you,” While you’re here to hear it said. I want to try the things that scare me, Let my heart get there ahead. [Pre-Chorus] To be nervous at the start of things, Then glad we came along. To forget to watch the hours When we’re right where we belong. [Chorus] What a life, what a life, To have been here at all. To have loved somebody deeply, To have answered when they called. All the people still to meet, All the ways we’ve yet to love— If you asked what I was hoping for, I couldn’t tell you quite enough. What a life. [Bridge — quiet] I would still bring you back If I could have my way. I’m grateful that you lived. I still wish you could have stayed. I don’t have to bless the ending To be glad that you were here. I can love the life before me And still wish that you were near. [Build] Tell me what you’ve dreamed of. Tell me where you’d like to go. Let’s stop waiting for a lifetime We were never promised, though. We don’t have to make it perfect. We don’t have to make it grand. There is someone we can call tonight. There is somewhere we can stand And feel the air around us, And let ourselves be moved. There is still so much to notice. There is nothing left to prove. [Final Chorus — full release] What a life, what a life, To be here for all of this. For the love we haven’t given, For the days we haven’t lived. For the chances we can take, For the times we’ll get it wrong, For the joy that finds us laughing When we thought that it was gone. What a life, what a life, All the ways you made it bright. I will always wish for more of you. I want more of being alive. Let me notice while it’s happening. Let me love with all my heart. When they ask me, “Was it beautiful?” I’ll say, “Where do I start?” [Outro] What a life. I’m glad I knew you. What a life. I’m glad I’m here.
