Lyrics
[Verse 1]
We had maps on the fridge
Circles round another town
You kept talking about curtains
I kept talking about how
We could bend this burnt-out schedule
Into something like a home
But the clock kept punching harder
Than either one of us alone
[Chorus]
We’re working overtime to keep the wolves away
They’re scratching at the edges of the plans we made
It’s not what we dreamed
It’s not what we prayed
But sometimes life
Sometimes life has different ways
So I’ll love you from a distance
As we go our separate ways
[Verse 2]
Your suitcase sat by the front door
For a week before you left
We made coffee
We made silence
Tried to bargain with the stress
Every bill on the table
Like another little cut
We were bleeding out the future
Just to try to catch up
[Chorus]
We’re working overtime to keep the wolves away
They’re howling every paycheck
Every late night day
It’s not what we dreamed
It’s not what we prayed
But sometimes life
Sometimes life has different ways
So I’ll love you from a distance
As we go our separate ways
[Bridge]
Maybe in some other year
We don’t break
We persevere
But right now strength looks like letting go (oh)
Holding on to what was good
All the ways you said I could
Be okay
Even standing here alone
[Chorus]
I’m working overtime to keep the wolves away
From the memory of your laughter on my darkest days
It’s not what we dreamed
It’s not what we prayed
But sometimes life
Sometimes life has different ways
So I’ll guard what we had
As we go our separate ways
Style
warm indie-folk ballad with male vocals; fingerpicked acoustic guitar and soft upright bassbrushed snare entering on the first chorus. intimate verse delivery right up on the micthen chorus opens with stacked harmonies and a subtle organ pad. final chorus pulls back to just voice and guitar for a bittersweetlingering close.heartfelt
Prompt
a heartfelt song about relationship going seperate ways, not what we always want but sometimes life has different plans. Working over time to keep the wolves away
Credits
Prompt bygeorgialeecollins
GeneratedJan 18, 2026
ModelAria v5
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