Een Ballade die Niet Gebeurde
Ingridi Verardo
We met in a space where logic takes flight
Two cities apart, linked by screen-lit night
You traced a future where I belonged
And I built up a hope I couldn't hold for long
You sketched the life we could soon define
Whispered names for children, yours and mine
I felt weightless in the way you saw me shine
Never counting down how little time
But the day we finally planned to meet
The ground beneath my tired, restless feet
Fell apart, I knew I had to go
A ticket bought, a sudden, final blow
And I never showed up
Now you love someone else, and I lie awake
Tallying the choices that I had to make
Was it fear that clipped my wings and made me turn
Or was it fate that left me here to burn?
You were the anchor fire, steady and slow
I was the current, afraid to settle and grow
I thought running would be easier to bear
But I carried that moment everywhere
I watch your life unfold in photographs
A happiness I only view in paths
I couldn't walk, i hope she loves you true
Even if she never had to lose the thought of you
But the day we finally planned to meet
The ground beneath my tired, restless feet
Fell apart, I knew I had to go
A ticket bought, a sudden, final blow
And I never showed up
Now you love someone else, and I lie awake
Tallying the choices that I had to make
Was it fear that clipped my wings and made me turn
Or was it fate that left me here to burn?
I still drive past that street, that café light
Where I chose absence over holding you tight
And I wonder if you ever look back too
Or if I'm just a ghost you never knew
Maybe in a different time
Maybe on a better shore
We find each other and ask for more
But not in this one, anymore