Lyrics
IntroSometimes I think about him...
The man I could have been.
The roads I never took.
The life...
I almost lived.
Verse 1There was a version of me
Who stayed when I walked away
Who held on to every person
I eventually learned to release
Maybe he kept those old friends
Maybe they never disappeared
Maybe he made himself smaller
Just to keep somebody near
There were doors I never opened
Places I never called home
A thousand quiet tomorrows
That disappeared before they were known
Pre-ChorusAnd sometimes I wonder—
Did I lose them?
Or were they never mine?
ChorusThe life I almost lived
Still follows at a distance
All the roads I didn't take
Still exist somewhere in my mind
The words I never said
The hands I never held
The doors that closed behind me
Before I knew myself
Sometimes I miss a life
That never even began
But I wouldn't trade this one
For the man
I might have been.
Verse 2There was a woman somewhere
I might have learned to love
If I'd been brave enough to speak
Before the moment disappeared
There were nights I stayed silent
When one word could've changed everything
And years when I kept waiting
For a life that wouldn't begin
Maybe somewhere there's a version
Who said yes instead of no
Who never learned what losing teaches
Because he never let things go
BridgeMaybe every choice
Creates a ghost.
One where you stayed.
One where she stayed.
One where nothing ever broke.
And somewhere
There may be another me
Living the answer
I was too afraid to give.
But only one of us
Gets to be here.
Orchestral BuildSo I don't need to know
What waited behind those doors.
Some people were only meant
To bring me this far.
Some dreams belonged
To someone I no longer am.
And maybe losing them
Wasn't losing at all.
Final ChorusThe life I almost lived
Doesn't haunt me like it used to
All the roads I didn't take
Made this road become my own
The words I never said
The hands I never held
The doors that closed behind me
Led me somewhere else
Sometimes I still wonder
Who that other man became
But I wouldn't trade this life
Just to learn
His name.
OutroSometimes I think about him...
The man I could have been.
I hope he found his way.
But this one—
This one is mine.
