The Life I Almost Lived

[Arrangement: Keep Minimal Changes] [tape saturation, subtle analog warmth] Verse 1 I see her sometimes in the corner of my eye She’s got the same smile, but she’s not weighed down by time Her hands are clean, her heart unscarred She walks the path I never got that far Chorus The life I almost lived still calls my name Like a ghost of the fire I never claimed She’s dancing in the daylight, free and unafraid While I’m counting all the choices that I never made The life I almost lived won’t let me go Verse 2 She wears the dreams I left to die on the shelf She’s everything I couldn’t be for myself Every mirror shows me what I missed A stranger’s reflection I can’t resist Chorus The life I almost lived still calls my name Like a ghost of the fire I never claimed She’s dancing in the daylight, free and unafraid While I’m counting all the choices that I never made The life I almost lived won’t let me go Bridge Would I have broken or would I have flown? That version of me I’ll never know But she lingers, she lingers, she won’t let me rest A phantom heartbeat inside my chest Final Chorus The life I almost lived still calls my name Like a ghost of the fire I never claimed She’s dancing in the daylight, free and unafraid While I’m counting all the choices that I never made The life I almost lived, the life I almost lived Won’t let me go