Standing at the fork again, two roads divide the sky One is paved with silver dreams, the other dust and time But every step I try to take, a shadow pulls me back For choosing one, I cast away the life I’ll never have The river flows, yet holds no claim The fire burns, yet speaks no name To choose is always to lose The moment dies within my hands No path is ever truly mine So I let go, and I withstand The weight of years upon my chest, the echoes of the past A thousand lives I’ll never live, all slipping through the cracks No coin can buy what time has claimed, no prayer can bring it back So I stand still, a breath between the future and the ash Let the waves erase my name Let the earth remain the same All I am is passing through Neither victor, neither doomed To choose is always to lose A thread is cut with every step No hands can mold the hollow truth So I release what I have left No chains remain, no weight to bear The sky is wide, yet I don’t stare For choice is loss, yet loss is free And all that is, is meant to be No chains remain, no weight to bear The sky is wide, yet I don’t stare For choice is loss, yet loss is free And all that is