(Verse 1) Woke up in a city where the streets don’t bend the same, Neon signs spell out a version of my name. Coffee tastes like regret from a choice I never made, The mirror shows a stranger with the smile I almost gave. Traffic hums a rhythm from a road I didn’t take, Every shadow whispers secrets that the daylight tries to break. (Pre-Chorus) One flip of a coin, one word left unsaid, And the world splits open like a book you never read. (Chorus) Alternate reality, where the grass is painted gold, I’m the king, I’m the beggar, I’m the story never told. Hearts that never broke, dreams that never died, In the echo of the maybe, living lives we left behind. Oh, parallel me, dancing on the other side, What if I jumped the line? Would I even recognize? Alternate reality… calling me home tonight. (Verse 2) There’s a me who said “I love you” on that rainy summer night, Another me who boarded planes and chased the northern lights. One where I never fell, one where I never rose, A quiet house with kids, or a stage where the spotlight glows. Fingers on the trigger of decisions in the dark, Every branch a universe, every spark a missing heart. (Pre-Chorus) One second, one glance, one door I walked on through, And I’m living in the fiction of the me I never knew. (Chorus) Alternate reality, where the grass is painted gold, I’m the king, I’m the beggar, I’m the story never told. Hearts that never broke, dreams that never died, In the echo of the maybe, living lives we left behind. Oh, parallel me, dancing on the other side, What if I jumped the line? Would I even recognize? Alternate reality… calling me home tonight. (Bridge) But maybe every version’s just a ghost inside my head, A reminder that the present is the only path we tread. No rewind, no escape, just the weight of what we choose, Still I wonder in the quiet… which me would I lose? (Final Chorus - softer, then building) Alternate reality… fading like a dream, I’m still here in the middle, stitching seams. Hearts that bend but don’t break, dreams that fight to survive, In this one fragile lifetime, I’m choosing to be alive. Oh, parallel me… thank you for the light. Alternate reality… you’re beautiful, but this one’s mine. (Outro) Shadows in the mirror… slowly waving goodbye… Alternate reality… in another life.
