If I Had Another Life

[Verse 1]
I learned to say forever with a suitcase by the door
Left pieces of my name in rooms I don't visit anymore
I gave my best yes to a hundred almosts
Kept every promise like a key I couldn't toss

[Pre-Chorus]
Then you arrived with nothing left to spend
And every road I'd taken bent toward you again

[Chorus]
If I had another life, I'd find you there
With open hands and time enough to spare
But this one keeps me boxed behind the things I swore
I watch the love I was made for walk out the door
If I had another life, another try
I'd get to you before goodbye

[Verse 2]
Your laugh came through the doorway like a song I almost knew
I held my breath, already bound to what I said I'd do
No villain, no mistake to blame it on
Just years of being needed, and the years already gone

[Pre-Chorus]
You looked at me like I could still be free
I wanted to say, “Come build a life with me”

[Chorus]
If I had another life, I'd find you there
With open hands and time enough to spare
But this one keeps me boxed behind the things I swore
I watch the love I was made for walk out the door
If I had another life, another try
I'd get to you before goodbye

[Bridge]
Maybe somewhere I arrive with nothing owed
No borrowed vows, no crowded road
I turn toward you before the years begin
And get to choose the life we're standing in

[Final Chorus]
If I had another life, I'd find you there
With open hands and time enough to spare
But this one keeps me boxed behind the things I swore
I watch the love I was made for walk out the door
If I had another life, another try
I'd get to you before goodbye
If I had another life—
I'd spend it by your side

[Outro]
I'd spend it by your side