“The life we dreamed.”

[Verse 1]

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

[Chorus]

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

[Verse 2]
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

[Pre-Chorus]
You were brave enough to leave me
Before love turned into chains

[Chorus]
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

[Bridge]
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

[Final Chorus]
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.

Slow tender acoustic folk ballad, warm acoustic guitar, soft piano, intimate emotional female vocals,reflective mood.