The Only Version

[Verse 1]
Ghost of the architect, drawing up plans
Unbuilt cities in the palm of my hands
The sailor who left on the morning tide
The traveler walking the other side
So many lives left on the shelf
Dust on the pages of another self

[Chorus]
Oh, the parallel lines that I’ll never walk
The silent rooms where we’ll never talk
I was mourning the ghosts of who I could be
Until I looked down and finally saw me
Right here, right now, fully alive
The only version that survived

[Verse 2]
No turning back to the fork in the road
 Dropping the weight of the phantom load
The quiet morning, the coffee, the light
The real sun breaking through the night
I’m not a fragment, I’m not a mistake
I am the choice that I got to make

[Chorus]
Oh, the parallel lines that I’ll never walk
The silent rooms where we’ll never talk
I was mourning the ghosts of who I could be
Until I looked down and finally saw me
Right here, right now, fully alive
The only version that survived

[Outro]
Every unchosen path fades away
I am here, and I’m staying today.