“Only Life We Get”

Yeah…

You always talk about “another life”…

But you don’t live in another life.

You live in this one.

In another life I would’ve stayed

Held you closer, never pushed you away

We’d be downtown, your hand in mine

No mistakes, no tears, no goodbye

In another world we’d have a place

Little gold ring and a picture frame

We’d laugh at the scars we used to hide

If I was brave… I’d still be by your side

But I blinked…

And time took you

Now I’m stuck

With “what we could do…”

In another life, maybe I choose you

Maybe I don’t leave with nothin’ to prove

Maybe I don’t trade real love for temporary highs

In another life, I don’t make you cry

In another life… I don’t let you go

But I did… now I gotta live with what I chose

Yeah, I heard that song before

You say it sweet, but it don’t mean nothin’ anymore

You talk like you were taken, like you were stolen

Like the universe came in and left us both broken

Nah.

You had me. I was right there. Heart open.

You wanted options more than devotion.

I ain’t mad, I’m past that stage

I just hate how you rewrite me on the page

Like I was some storm you survived

When you were the lightning that set my life on fire

You say “another life” like it’s a safe place

A dream you run to when you miss my face

But you don’t get to romanticize the wreck

When you were the one who swerved and didn’t hit the brakes

I still love you… that’s the truth

But I don’t trust you… that’s the proof

In another life, maybe you meant it

Maybe you wouldn’t treat my heart like a rental

But this was the only one we get, baby, don’t forget

You dropped the ball and now you gotta live with it

In another life, maybe you stay

But in this one, you walked away

So don’t sing to me like fate’s the one to blame

You made your choice, now say my name with the shame

I remember nights you’d swear I was your home

Then disappear while I’m blowin’ up your phone

Come back smellin’ like outside

Tell me I’m crazy, I’m trippin’, I’m “in my mind”

And I believed you, yeah I did

Wore the blame like it was custom-fit

Tried to fix it with love like love was a tool

But you can’t build a future with somebody playin’ you for a fool

Now you with him… and I won’t call him trash

I’m just sayin’ he got what I built from scratch

He got the version of you I begged to meet

While I got the lessons and the therapy

You keep re-openin’ it with “maybe”

But “maybe” don’t raise kids and “maybe” don’t save me

I didn’t know… I didn’t see…

I didn’t think you’d really leave…

If I could rewind, I would save us

I swear…

I know you swear… that’s what you do

But “I swear” don’t undo what you put me through

You wanted love without loyalty

Wanted me to stay while you stayed free

You ain’t lose me… you