Always Starting Over

In my life I never thought I'd get a second chance

I thought I was done, then I met you

And though I never dreamed I could learn how to love again

I placed my bet

And you came through

I somehow still lost

I somehow always do

This time feels new

Thank you for finding me

And thank you for the care

And fuck you for making me think that this life might be fair

You promised to love me

A promise you kept

And I won't be sorry that you said to leap and I leapt

I won't regret

What I did then

Though it hurts more than I

Could imagine back when

All the same, even so

I would love you all over again

Am I always

Starting over?

In a brand new story

Am I always

Back at one

After all I've done?

'Cause I've burned all of my bridges

And learned every last lesson too

So how can I start new?

I'll love our children

Both fiercely and well

When they ask about you

Oh lordly, the stories I'll tell

And I won't regret the lives I didn't lead

I knew you, I loved you

And let that be all that I need

Say that it's fate

Say it's foretold

I'm through with fighting it

I'm much too old

What the Gods have to give

I'll take, and I'll live, and be bold

If we're always

Starting over

Every brand-new morning

Then we're always

Starting out

With the end in doubt

We can leave life for tomorrow

Or grieve all that we thought we'd do

Or make each moment new

All that has happened is happening now

All that might happen is here, somehow

All of the choices that made me, me

All of the accidents yet to be

All that's ahead

And all that's behind

It's all in the moment

I make up my mind

And open my heart

And start

And start

'Cause we're always

Starting over

Every life we're living

Yes, we're always

Just awake

Every step we take

And my love, our life is over

But love, I'll make you one last vow

To start over

And over

And over somehow

My new life starts right now