[Intro] I stand at the crossroads, can’t decide, Their questions echo in my mind [Verse 1 – Question & Response] [Layered voices “them”] Why leave a home that’s safe and known? Why stray from warmth to a life alone Chasing distant skies you’ve never seen? Why trade the known for in-between? [Main voice, “me”, determined] ‘Cause easy paths can’t make me see, The depths of who I’m meant to be. The risks I need, the truths I crave. I step, I fall, I learn, am brave. [Layered voices “them”] But travel short, a tour will do No need to leave what’s safe and true. [Main voice, “me”, determined] I’m not a tourist, I dive, I stay. I want the world to teach me its way. I’ll live it fully, streets and skies, Not just a glance, but lows and highs. [Pre-Chorus] I am a traveller, not a guest, I dive in deep, I give my best. I want to feel it, raw and real Shift my perspective, hurt and heal [Chorus] Every step has opened my eyes I’ve walked beneath a dozen foreign skies I’m a world-citizen, chase the unknown With every step I’ve loved and grown The easy path to what I want is never right, it leads me wrong. Life is a challenge, I take it on! Following my dream will make me strong. [Verse 2 – Question & Response, fear and longing] [Layered voices “them”] Why are you scared, so self-aware? You show your soul so true and bare. Why do you cry, what do you fear? The world’s not fair - stay safe and near! [Main voice, “me”, determined] Yes, I’m afraid, to lose and stray But fear alone can’t make me stay I crave new sounds, feelings and taste, The world is vast - no step to waste. [Layered voices “them”] And what if pain awaits again? [short break, music continues] [Main voice, “me”, determined] Then pain will teach me to ascend. Each loss a lesson, each turn a friend. Life is pain - the struggle makes it more precious still I cherish the sweet moments, climb the steepest hill [Pre-Chorus] I am a traveller, not a guest, I dive in deep, I give my best. I want to feel it, raw and real Shift my perspective, hurt and heal [Chorus] Every step has opened my eyes I’ve walked beneath a dozen foreign skies I’m a world-citizen, chase the unknown With every step I’ve loved and grown The easy path to what I want is never right, it leads me wrong. Life is a challenge, I take it on! Following my dream will make me strong. [Verse 3 – Question & Response, heartbreak and fate] [Main voice “me”, questioning, pained] Why am I at the start again, why did I fall? Why give, then take, and leave me small? Why did the dream I held so tight End in this dark, this lonely night? [No voices where there used to be voices, the music holds, empty, aching.] [Main voice “me”, questioning, more intense] What is the lesson fate tried to teach? That some things stay outside my reach? Was it a test, a twist, a trap? To let it go, to turn right back? Discard the hope I tried to save? That there’s a limit to being brave? Or is the morale my dream could become real? If I keep holding on, persist and heal [Silence, then layered voices, gentle and guiding] [Bridge, layered voices] Pain will strike, but you’ll endure You’ve shown your soul is strong and pure. Do not give up - persist, hold on The sun will rise, the night’s soon gone Dream on bigger, dream on wide Live louder still, live bright with pride [Pre-Chorus] I am a traveller, not a guest, I dive in deep, I give my best. I want to feel it, raw and real Shift my perspective, hurt and heal [Chorus] Every step has opened my eyes I’ve walked beneath a dozen foreign skies I’m a world-citizen, chase the unknown With every step I’ve loved and grown The easy path to what I want is never right, it leads me wrong. Life is a challenge, I take it on! Following my dream will make me strong. [Outro – reprise of intro, reflective] [Layered voices “them”, soft] Why go so far? Why chase the new? Why chase a sun of foreign hue [Main voice “me”, confident] Because the world is mine to see, Its paths, its voice, its mystery. I’ve left, I’ve lost, I’ve loved, I’ve won, I rise, I shine - my journey’s just begun.
