The One You Could Have Been

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The One You Could Have Been

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The Story

The One You Could Have Been is a deeply personal song written in memory of a childhood friend who never got the chance to grow up. It reflects on the questions that can never be answered after losing someone too soon, especially when they spent their life struggling with fear, identity, and the feeling that they had to hide who they truly were.

At its heart, the song is about potential. It imagines the life that might have been: learning to love yourself, finding happiness, falling in love, growing older, and becoming the person you were always meant to be. Every verse asks the same heartbreaking question: What if you had been given more time?

While inspired by a personal story, the song speaks to anyone who has lost someone too soon, or who has ever wondered how different life could have been if circumstances had been kinder. It is both a tribute to those we miss and a reminder that every life holds possibilities that deserve the chance to unfold.

The final verse shifts its focus to those who are still here. If you’re struggling with your identity, your mental health, or the feeling that you don’t belong, this song carries a simple message: hold on. Your story isn’t over yet. Don’t let darkness take away the person you still have the chance to become.

Lyrics

We were kids and tried to hide
That we were different from most other guys
They called us names, we learned to hide
We stuck together, side by side
I never knew the pain you hid
But if I did, would you still be here?

We didn't know what pain could hide
Some wounds are far too deep for kids to recognize
Some pain was never meant to live
Inside a fourteen-year-old kid

Would you have learned to love yourself?
To smile, to laugh, and live your life?
Would you have dared to be yourself?
Would we still be the closest friends?
Would you have found the perfect guy?
Your one true love, for all your life?
All my questions remain unanswered
'Cause you're no longer here today
They took away your chance to grow
Into the one, you could have been

Now and then I think of you
The world's not like the one we knew
Colors fly without the fear
I wish somehow you'd still be here
Sometimes I wonder who you'd be
If life had given you time to breathe
Would you still laugh, the way you did?
Would your life somehow look like mine?

Somewhere now another kid
Tries to hide the truth within
Feeding demons every night
Trying somehow to survive
If you hear this little song
Please don't think you're all alone
Your future's waiting, so hold on tight
Don't let darkness win tonight

Oh, I wish you learned to love yourself
To smile, to laugh, and live your life
I wish you dared to be yourself
I wish we'd still be the closest friends
I wish you found the perfect guy
Your one true love, for all your life
I wish my questions had been answered
I wish you were still here today
I wish you'd had the chance to grow
Into the one, you could have been