[Verse 1]
I’ve been pacing through the same four walls,
Counting cracks like they’re progress at all,
Every step feels a step behind,
Like I’m losing ground just killing time.
Had a map but I lost the thread,
Chasing ghosts of the life I said,
I’d be living by now, somehow—
Tell me when did I black it out?
[Pre-Chorus]
I keep saying “one day” like it’s owed to me,
While the days slip by like a thief unseen,
And I’m staring at a life I built halfway,
Calling it a cage when it kept me safe…
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[Chorus]
Maybe I’m not falling—just learning where I land,
Not a king, not a legend—just a heart in my hands,
And I’d trade every “what if” for the life that I’ve got,
‘Cause the things that I love aren’t the things that I bought.
Yeah, I’m right where I stand—
Even if it’s not the plan,
I won’t lose what I have
Chasing who I thought I am.
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[Verse 2]
There’s a voice saying “you fell behind,”
Every dream’s just a warning sign,
But I hear laughter down the hall,
And it drowns out the doubt in it all.
Got a roof and a name they call,
Got a place I can still belong,
Yeah it’s not what I pictured then—
But it’s real, and it’s mine, and it’s them.
[Pre-Chorus]
I was so busy reaching for a distant life,
I almost missed what was right in sight,
Now I see every moment I overlooked
Was a page in a story I never read…
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[Chorus]
Maybe I’m not falling—just learning where I land,
Not a king, not a legend—just a heart in my hands,
And I’d trade every “what if” for the life that I’ve got,
‘Cause the things that I love aren’t the things that I bought.
Yeah, I’m right where I stand—
Even if it’s not the plan,
I won’t lose what I have
Chasing who I thought I am.
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[Bridge – softer, reflective → build]
One day this all fades to memory,
Every laugh, every late night remedy,
Every “I love you” I almost missed,
Every moment that felt like this…
If I had it all but lost these names,
Would the glory even feel the same?
No—
I’d burn it down just to get back here,
To the quiet life that I hold so near…
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[Breakdown / Emotional Push]
So what if I’m not everything I dreamed?
At least I’m still here with everything I need!
I won’t let ambition make me blind—
To the love that’s been here the whole damn time!
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[Final Chorus – lifted, bigger]
Maybe I’m not falling—I’m exactly where I land,
Not a king, not a legend—but I finally understand,
I’d lose every “someday” just to hold onto this,
‘Cause a life full of love is a life I won’t miss.
Yeah, I’m right where I stand—
Now I know it’s not so bad,
I won’t trade what I have
For a ghost I never had.
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[Outro – soft, fading clarity]
So I’ll love hard, laugh loud, breathe it in while I can…
‘Cause one day this moment
Is all that I’ll have.
