Borrowed Boxes

Verse 1 Boxes stacked like quiet goodbyes Rooms echo with unsaid whys A life I built in borrowed time Packed away before it was mine Plane took off, I stayed behind Somewhere between place and mind New streets, чужой язык But nothing here feels like it sticks Pre-Chorus They say “you’ll adjust, you’ll grow” But they don’t feel what I don’t show Chorus I didn’t choose this road I’m on Didn’t choose where I belong Too young to stay, too old to bend Now every day just feels pretend I’m living someone else’s plan In a place that doesn’t understand And every door I try is closed I’m stuck in a life I never chose Verse 2 Different sky, same heavy chest Every step’s a quiet protest Names I can’t pronounce just right Faces blur into the night I scroll through ghosts of who I was Before “because we have to” was The answer to my every plea Like I’m not part of this story Pre-Chorus They say “one day you’ll thank us all” But I just feel ten feet too small Chorus I didn’t choose this road I’m on Didn’t choose where I belong Too young to stay, too old to bend Now every day just feels pretend I’m living someone else’s plan In a place that doesn’t understand And every door I try is closed I’m stuck in a life I never chose Bridge Maybe one day I’ll find my way Turn this exile into escape But right now I’m just passing through A life that never asked for me And I never asked for too Break If I could redraw every line I’d put my old world back in time Final Chorus I didn’t choose this road I’m on But it’s the only one I’ve got So I keep walking anyway Even if I want to stop And maybe someday I’ll be free Of who they needed me to be But for now I’m learning how to cope With being trapped, and calling it hope