Glad I'm You

[Verse 1]
There’s a kitchen I never woke in,
a train I never caught,
a laugh that might’ve changed my name
in some town I forgot.
I kept the doors in my head ajar,
let every ghost walk through—
all those lives I didn’t live
were busy not being you.

[Pre-Chorus]
I used to count the almosts
like coins beneath my bed.
They bought me nothing breathing;
they only filled my head.

[Chorus]
All the roads I didn’t take
can keep their distant lights.
I’m here, I’m here, with both feet down,
my small and stubborn life.
Let the never-beens drift by;
I don’t have to chase them through.
I can grieve the lives I missed
and still be glad I’m you.

[Verse 2]
Maybe I’d have learned to sail,
maybe I’d have stayed.
Maybe I’d be someone else
with a different yesterday.
But this hand knows the cup it holds,
this heart knows what is true—
the window’s open, morning’s in,
and I am coming through.

[Bridge]
No grand answer.
No secret sign.
Just my own name
and this breath of mine.

[Final Chorus]
All the roads I didn’t take
can keep their distant lights.
I’m here, I’m here, with both feet down,
my strange and living life.
Let the never-beens drift by;
there’s room enough for blue skies too.
I can grieve the lives I missed—
and love the one I grew into.