**(Verse 1)**
Morning coffee, window pane,
Watching strangers in the rain,
Their stories written on their face,
Each one running their own race.
I think about the roads not taken,
Dreams that left my heart forsaken,
Would I paint beneath Milan's dome?
Or find my peace in Cairo's ancient home?
**(Chorus)**
What if fate had dealt new cards,
Would I still be counting stars?
Would my laughter sound the same,
Would I answer to this name?
In a different time and place,
Would I recognize my face?
But I'm learning to embrace,
All the beauty in this space.
**(Verse 2)**
Would my fingers know guitar,
If I'd grown up by the shore?
Would I write in different rhymes,
If I'd lived in other times?
Every sunset holds a clue,
To the person I once knew,
What if courage took the lead?
Would I plant a different seed?
**(Chorus)**
What if fate had dealt new cards,
Would I still be counting stars?
Would my laughter sound the same,
Would I answer to this name?
In a different time and place,
Would I recognize my face?
But I'm learning to embrace,
All the beauty in this space.
**(Bridge)**
Mirror shows me who I am,
Not who I could be, but where I stand,
Every scar and every smile,
Made this journey worth the while.
Though I wonder, though I dream,
Nothing's quite the way it seems.
**(Final Chorus)**
Maybe fate dealt perfect cards,
And I'm right here counting stars,
My laughter rings exactly right,
In this moment, in this light.
In this time and in this place,
I can finally see my face,
Learning how to truly embrace,
All the magic in this space.
**(Outro)**
So I breathe and let it be,
The only life that's meant for me,
In this chair, I find my ground,
In every heartbeat, truth is found...
We're all just souls learning to see.
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