The Life I Left Behind

Lyrics: Youngjee Kim Music: Youngjee Kim Back then, I packed my dreams inside a midnight sky Chasing down a feeling I could never quite define Your laughter in the hallway, echoing in my mind Didn't know that leaving you would freeze a moment in time I was young and restless, thought the world was mine to find Every open road was calling, pulling on my pride But love was in your eyes, a quiet truth I left behind Now looking back, I see the signs I couldn't read that night Thirteen years gone, but the heartbeat's still aligned Every memory glows like a lantern in my mind Didn't know the cost when I walked into the light Now I'm reaching for the life I left behind Ooh, the life I left behind Still moves like a rhythm in the corner of my mind I hear your voice inside the melodies I find Ooh, I'm walking through the nights Trying to trace the pieces of a love I left in time Still chasing down the life I left behind City lights and records spinning carried me away I was busy trying to build a future on a stage But every gold horizon had the color of your name Didn't matter where I ran—my heart stayed in that place Growing up in quiet spaces I once ran from Learning how to slow it down, let my heartbeat drum Realizing what I lost when I thought I had to run Now I'm steady, and I'm ready for the love I left undone Thirteen years gone, but the heartbeat's still aligned Every memory glows like a lantern in my mind Now I'm reaching for the life I left behind Ooh, the life I left behind Still moves like a rhythm in the corner of my mind I hear your voice inside the melodies I find Ooh, I'm walking through the nights Trying to trace the pieces of a love I left in time Still chasing down the life I left behind If I could talk to who I was I'd tell him love is more than rush It's in the staying, in the trust In all the dreams we build as us Ooh, the life I left behind Still moves like a rhythm in the corner of my mind I hear your voice inside the melodies I find Ooh, I'm walking through the nights Trying to trace the pieces of a love I left in time Still chasing down the life I left behind