Yeah…
Sometimes I talk to God in silence
Sometimes I talk to myself…
Same questions, different nights…
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Verse 1
Who I am, who I’ll be
Paints a portrait of what’s left of me
I’m not broken, just bent at the seams
Still breathing, but stuck in between
This whole world ain’t what I thought it’d be
Had dreams taller than the walls in me
I wanted gold on my wrist, not scars on my chest
Wanted peace, but I learned it comes with a test
I thought I’d be rich, live large in a mansion
Now I’m rich in regrets, still expandin’
Wanted a wife, two kids in the backseat
Now it’s just me and my thoughts in the backseat
Pre-Chorus (melodic)
My reflection talkin’ back to me
Says “You alive, but you trapped, you see”
All these plans I drew in the sand
Got washed away by the waves of the man I am
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Chorus
There goes my life, slippin’ through my hands
All these dreams I don’t understand
I had a picture, but the frame broke free
Now the future don’t look like it promised me
There goes my heart, runnin’ outta time
Tryna make peace with the life that’s mine
I’m not lonely, but I’m not whole
Just a grown man chasin’ his younger soul
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Verse 2
My kids would be mini-me’s, same walk, same talk
I’d take ‘em to school, teach ‘em how to be strong
Watch ‘em graduate, cry in the stands
Then one day let go of their hands
I’d have to say goodbye, smile through the pain
Watch ‘em build a life while I stay the same
They fly, I wave, act like I’m okay
But a piece of my heart leaves every day
Me and my wife on a porch growin’ old
Talk about stories that were never told
Grey in my beard, gold in my ring
Die a happy man, that was the dream
But the dream feels distant…
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Bridge (Wayne-style poetic bars)
I talk to the moon, it don’t answer back
I talk to my past, say “don’t come back”
I’m rich in thoughts, but broke in belief
Got a mansion in my mind, but I sleep in defeat
I write my pain in invisible ink
So the world never sees how close I am to the brink
Smile on my face, but my soul got cracks
Like a king with a crown made of glass
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Final Chorus (bigger, emotional)
There goes my life, maybe it’s still out there
Maybe God just hid it in a different prayer
Maybe I don’t lose, maybe I grow
Maybe the slow road is the one I’m supposed to know
There goes my fear, I’m lettin’ it fade
I ain’t where I thought I’d be, but I ain’t afraid
If I don’t get rich, if I don’t get fame
I just don’t wanna die without knowin’ my name
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Outro (spoken, soft piano)
Is there a chance out there for me?
Not the man I wanted to be…
But the man I was meant to become…
Yeah…
There goes my life…
But maybe… it’s just beginning.
