Always starting over

[Liz]

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 have 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?

Oh I'll love our children

Both fiercely and well

When they ask about you

Oh lordy! the stories I'll tell

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

I knew you, I loved you

Let that be all that I need

Say that its fate

Say its foretold

I'm through with fighting

And 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 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'll 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

• Artist:If/Then (Musical)
• Album:If/Then: A New Musical (Original Broadway Cast Recording)