The Things We Thought We'd Be

Lyrics

[Verse 1] I found a list I wrote at seventeen Folded in the back of an old book Ten things I'd do before I turned thirty I had to smile before I looked I was gonna learn to play the piano Live for a while beside the sea See my name somewhere in bright lights Become somebody people came to see [Verse 2] I had the cities all decided The kind of house, the kind of car Funny how a kid can draw a lifetime Without knowing who his friends will be There were no spaces for the detours No room for changing what I knew I thought growing up meant getting closer To the picture I had drawn at twenty-two [Pre-Chorus] But there were names I hadn't written Places I didn't know existed Days I couldn't have imagined Waiting somewhere up ahead [Chorus] Would you recognize me now? Would you think we lost our way? Would you count the things we never did Or the ones we found along the way? Would you ask me where the years went? Would you wonder what went wrong? I didn't become who you imagined But I hope you'd still come along [Verse 3] Some dreams left without a warning Some I quietly let go Some are sitting on a shelf somewhere And I still don't really know If I'll ever get around to them Or if they belong to who I was Not every dream we stop believing Means we didn't dream enough And there are things you never asked for That became the best of me People you could never picture Places you would never think to see [Pre-Chorus] You were so sure about the future I was busy getting through Maybe neither one of us was wrong We just had different points of view [Chorus] Would you recognize me now? Would you think we lost our way? Would you count the things we never did Or the ones we found along the way? Would you ask me where the years went? Would you wonder what went wrong? I didn't become who you imagined But I hope you'd still come along [Bridge] I'd tell you some things won't happen And you'd hate to hear me say it I'd tell you some doors won't open No matter how long you wait But I'd also tell you there are mornings You don't have a name for yet And one day you'll laugh with people You haven't even met There'll be ordinary Tuesdays You wouldn't trade for anything Turns out a life can be worth living Without becoming what you dreamed [Final Section] So I folded up the paper Put it back where it had been Didn't cross out any answers Didn't write the ending in Some dreams I simply grew beyond Some still visit now and then I didn't become who you imagined But I'd like you to meet Who I am.