Not the Life I Dreamed

Not The Life I Dreamed

I used to paint the skies so blue

A world where every wish came true

A house of light, a hand to hold

A love that never would grow cold

I dreamed of mornings kissed by peace

Of silent nights where doubts would cease

A story written soft and kind

With nothing lost and all aligned

But this is not the life I dreamed It’s not as perfect as it seemed

The colors faded, hope ran dry

No answers falling from the sky I walked through doors

I thought were mine

But found just echoes left behind

Still chasing what I once believed

But this is not the life I dreamed

I thought that joy would come with time

That effort always meant the climb

But some roads end before they rise

And truth can wear a sweet disguise

I tried to laugh, I learned to cope

But sometimes love just steals your hope

And even stars can lose their light

When shadows stretch into the night

Cause this is not the life

I dreamed It’s not as golden as it seemed

The songs I sang now sound like lies

Reflections fade before my eyes

I built a future on thin air

But found there’s nothing waiting there

Still holding on to what I need

But this is not the life I dreamed

Maybe someday I’ll understand

Why joy slipped right out of my hands

Maybe pain was meant to show

The parts of me I didn’t know

Still, this is not the life I planned

But I’m still here, I’m still a man

With broken hopes and quiet scars

Still counting dreams among the stars

And though the road is not so kind

I’ll keep on walking, I won’t hide

Cause somewhere deep inside of me

Still lives the boy who dared to dream