“Only Life We Get”

[Intro: you, low, spoken]
Yeah…
You always talk about “another life”…
But you don’t live in another life.
You live in this one.

[Verse 1: Her (sung, dreamy)]
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

[Pre-Chorus: Her]
But I blinked…
And time took you
Now I’m stuck
With “what we could do…”

[Chorus: Her]
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

[Verse 2: Him (rap/sung, loving but cold)]
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

[Pre-Chorus: Him (sung)]
I still love you… that’s the truth
But I don’t trust you… that’s the proof

[Chorus: Him (melodic, cold)]
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

[Verse 3: Him (rap, slick and cutting)]
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

[Bridge: Her (sung, emotional)]
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…

[Bridge: Him (sung, cold but tender)]
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

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