[Verse 1]
I knew the rhythm of our days
The turns we took, familiar ways
We made a future out of "when"
And never asked where "after" went

I thought the years would quiet down
On steady roads and common ground
A life where all the noise was through
I never drew a world past you

[Pre-Chorus]
Now every choice comes back to me
A kind of lock, a kind of key
The door is open, that is true
But open doors are losses too

[Chorus]
This is the life I never planned
With no familiar place to stand
But I can grieve the road that's gone
And still believe the road goes on

The good years do not turn to waste
Because the ending changed their shape
I keep the good, I face the cost
Some things can end and not be lost

[Verse 2]
I built my days around a "we"
Now every hour returns to me
And freedom feels too much like space
When no one else can fill its place

Some bonds don't end when houses change
They only learn a different name
The ones I love remain my guide
With truth no longer pushed aside

[Pre-Chorus]
No borrowed peace, no hidden cost
No saving love by staying lost
The truth may break the shape I knew
But only truth can build anew

[Chorus]
This is the life I never planned
With no familiar place to stand
But I can grieve the road that's gone
And still believe the road goes on

The good years do not turn to waste
Because the ending changed their shape
I keep the good, I face the cost
Some things can end and not be lost

[Bridge]
I won't go searching just to prove
That I am still allowed to move
First I will learn to be alone
Not as a sentence, as a home

Then if another road appears
I'll meet it whole, not led by fear
But for today, the work is small
To rise, be true, and face it all

[Final Chorus]
This is the life I never planned
But now the pen is in my hand
I won't cross out what came before
I'll let it stand, then write some more

The good years do not turn to waste
Because the ending changed their shape
I keep the good, I face the cost
Some things can end and not be lost

[Outro]
A new day makes no guarantee
It only asks one step from me
Whatever waits beyond the bend
I know this is not where I end
