“The life we dreamed.”

I heard your name the other day

In a café down on 5th and Main

Someone laughed the way you do

And for a second I felt the same

But time’s a quiet kind of friend

It softens what it can’t erase

And I don’t hold the hurt anymore

Just the memory of your face

Pre-Chorus

You thought letting go would save me

You thought you were the storm

But I forgive you, more than that

I finally understand

You were trying to give me

The life we never planned

And I found it, piece by piece

In ways you couldn’t see

The life we dreamed together

Is still alive in me

I hope you know I’m happy now

Even if it’s not with you

Somehow your goodbye still led me

To the life we dreamed would come true

There’s sunlight in my kitchen now

And laughter in the hall

Little shoes beside the door

Pictures on the wall

And sometimes when the evening falls

And the quiet settles in

I wonder who you became

And if you’d recognize this life I’m in

You were brave enough to leave me

Before love turned into chains

And I forgive you, more than that

I finally understand

You were trying to give me

The life we never planned

And I found it, piece by piece

In ways you couldn’t see

The life we dreamed together

Is still alive in me

If you ever think you ruined me

Or broke what we began

Just know the girl you loved back then

Turned into who I am

And every road you walked away from

Led me where I stand

So I forgive you, more than that

I’m grateful for the truth

Sometimes love is letting go

Even when it’s you

And the life we dreamed together

It wasn’t meant to be

But somehow your goodbye still built

This whole wide world for me

So if you ever wonder

If your leaving set me free

It did.