Reflexion

**(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.

female voice, jazz