In Another Life

Title: “In Another Life”

Verse 1

I wear this gold band like it’s armor on my hand

Built a quiet life, just the way we planned

Front porch lights and Sunday morning pews

A name on the mailbox I got used to

But every now and then down Maple Street

I see your truck parked across from me

We nod like strangers, play pretend

Two old flames we’ll never fan again

Pre-Chorus

There’s a wildfire buried deep

Under promises we keep

We don’t let it show

But Heaven knows

Chorus

In another life, maybe we were brave

Maybe we were reckless, maybe we were saved

Maybe we didn’t let the timing steal

All the truth we were too scared to feel

Now we’re just two shadows passing by

With wedding rings and wandering eyes

We don’t cross that line, we just hold the lie

But I’m yours in another life

Verse 2

I’ve memorized the silver in your hair

The way regret still lingers there

You ask about my kids, I ask about your wife

We talk about the weather, not about that night

When you almost said, “Don’t let him in”

And I almost tore this whole world thin

But almost is a lonely word

And love unspoken still gets heard

Pre-Chorus

There’s a wildfire buried deep

Under promises we keep

We don’t let it show

But Heaven knows

Chorus

In another life, maybe we were brave

Maybe we were reckless, maybe we were saved

Maybe we didn’t let the timing steal

All the truth we were too scared to feel

Now we’re just two shadows passing by

With wedding rings and wandering eyes

We don’t cross that line, we just hold the lie

But I’m yours in another life

Bridge

We chose the safe road, the steady hands

The picket fences and wedding bands

But late at night when the house is still

I swear I hear your voice against my will

You’re somebody’s husband, I’m somebody’s wife

We’re good people living decent lives

But there’s a ghost between “what is” and “was”

And sometimes that ghost still touches us

Soft Chorus

In another life, we’d let it burn

We wouldn’t have so much to lose or learn

We’d say your name without disguise

And love without alibis

Final Chorus (Full)

In another life, maybe we were brave

Maybe we were reckless, maybe we were saved

Maybe we didn’t let the timing steal

All the truth we were too scared to feel

So we walk away, we do what’s right

We kiss our spouses goodnight

But somewhere past these borrowed lives

I’m yours in another life

Outro

We don’t cross that line…

We just let it be

Two hearts tied to different dreams

Still beating quietly.