Lifetimes In Between

[Verse 1]
You wrote your name
On the inside of my ribs
Swore we'd meet again
In a hundred different lives
But this one feels
Like a door I can't reopen
Bars and numbers
On the wrong side of the time
[Chorus]
My soul longs to be with you
But I have to walk away
Every part of me remembers
What my mind can't let me stay
If our love carries through lifetimes
Maybe next one you'll be free
Right now my head says go
So I'm choosing me
[Verse 2]
I sent you letters
Till the words felt like a chain
Waiting in the silence
While the world kept saying "change"
I tried to freeze
Every moment we had breathing
But the bills kept coming
And my heart kept beating
[Chorus]
My soul longs to be with you
But I have to walk away
Every part of me remembers
What my mind can't let me stay
If our love carries through lifetimes
Maybe next one you'll be free
Right now my head says go
So I'm choosing me
[Bridge]
You missed my first grey hair
I missed your second year inside
Your mother called at midnight
Said you're slipping
Said you cried
I held the phone against my chest
Like maybe you could hear
But all I heard was my own life
Growing louder than my fear (oh)
[Chorus]
My soul longs to be with you
But I have to walk away
Every part of me remembers
What my mind can't let me stay
If our love carries through lifetimes
Maybe next one you'll be free
Right now my head says go
You let go when you left me
If our love carries through lifetimes
It will find you in your dreams
Right now my head says go
So I'm choosing me (I'm choosing me)

Moody alt-pop ballad with female vocals; intimate piano and soft pads in the verses, subtle pulsing bass under a steady, simple beat. Chorus widens with airy harmonies and distant guitars, snare hits bloom on the hook. Bridge strips back to vocal and piano, then final chorus blooms with stacked ad-libs and a lingering, reverbed outro chord., soul