Who Would I Be

[Verse 1]
I keep the names I never learned
In a drawer beside the bed
A dozen lives with open doors
And all the things they might have said

[Pre-Chorus]
One took the train to somewhere warm
One stayed and learned the family trade
I feel them passing through my hands
Like years I almost made

[Chorus]
Who would I be? Who would I be?
All those almost-loves still calling me
Who would I be? Who would I be?
I miss the ones I never got to be

[Verse 2]
There’s one who laughs with strangers first
One who keeps the garden green
One who never left that summer town
One who knows what leaving means

[Pre-Chorus]
I meet them in a shop-window face
In choices I can’t rearrange
They had their own small weather, too
Their own rooms full of change

[Chorus]
Who would I be? Who would I be?
All those almost-loves still calling me
Who would I be? Who would I be?
I miss the ones I never got to be

[Bridge]
Maybe they’re not gone, just out of view
A life can split and still be true
I set a place for who I was
And leave the door ajar because—

[Final Chorus]
Who would I be? Who would I be?
All those almost-loves still calling me
Who would I be? Who would I be?
I miss the ones I never got to be

[Outro]
Who would I be?
Who would I be?