Another Way

I thought I'd have it figured out / By thirty, maybe thirty-two / A little house, a better car / A job that made me want to brag / Instead I'm renting someone's attic / With a plant I nearly killed / My brother bought his second house / I'm learning how to cook for one / Maybe I took another way / Maybe I was never late / I spent so long comparing maps / I forgot to look at where I am / Maybe I took another way / It doesn't have to be a mistake / If this isn't where I thought I'd be / It might be somewhere I can stay / I saw an old friend last December / He asked what happened to the plan / I laughed and said, Which one? / He said, The one you had at twenty-five / We stood outside beneath the awning / While his taxi blocked the street / He told me everything was perfect / Then checked his watch three times / Maybe I took another way / Maybe I was never late / I spent so long comparing lives / I forgot that mine was moving too / Maybe I took another way / It doesn't have to be a mistake / I don't need to become somebody else / To like the person I became / There are things I would undo / There are people I would call / There are years I wouldn't trade / For anything at all / And if I get another chance / I won't ask where I should be / I'll take the road that looks interesting / And see what it gives to me / (See what it gives) / (See what it gives) / Maybe I took another way / Maybe that's the point today / I spent too long comparing lives / To people who were doing the same / Maybe I took another way / And I'm finally okay with that / I don't need to start again / I just need to keep going where I'm at / Another way / Another way / Turns out that's enough