The Echo of Choices

Verse 1 The clock struck midnight, but I stayed awake Tracing the outlines of the roads I didn’t take Your voice on the stairwell, a door left unclosed Every “what if” rattles louder than I know Chorus I keep hearing the echo of choices Like ghosts with familiar voices Every step I didn’t make, every word I never said Keeps me lying here wide-eyed in this bed The echo of choices won’t let me go Verse 2 I see your shadow in the rearview glass Waving goodbye from a life I drove past I reach for the dial, but the static just hums Drowning out the person I might’ve become Chorus I keep hearing the echo of choices Like ghosts with familiar voices Every step I didn’t make, every word I never said Keeps me lying here wide-eyed in this bed The echo of choices won’t let me go Bridge Some nights I swear I hear her breathing That other me, still believing She’s louder than silence, softer than truth A reminder of everything I lost with you Final Chorus I keep hearing the echo of choices Like ghosts with familiar voices Every step I didn’t make, every word I never said Keeps me lying here wide-eyed in this bed The echo of choices, the echo of choices Won’t let me go