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Inner Dialogues

Borrowed Dreams

A life can look correct from the outside and still belong to somebody else’s plan.

Neo-soul · liberatingLyrics by Thomas LukaschewskiOriginal language: English

Intro

I kept a list in a leather book,
All the right turns, how a life should look.

Verse 1

I wore a suit made from quiet nods,
Smiled on cue for the neighbor gods.
Weekends built like a careful cage,
Golden paint on a patient rage.
I learned to speak in a borrowed tone,
Paid the rent on a stranger’s home.

Pre-Chorus 1

But every night my hands would burn,
For something I could never earn —
By only living someone’s plan.

Chorus 1

Borrowed dreams, they wore me thin,
A stranger’s face beneath my skin.
I found myself where silence gleams —
I don’t belong in borrowed dreams.
Now I breathe in what’s truly me —
I am who I was supposed to be.

Supposed to be… finally free…

Verse 2

I found a room where the hours fade,
Lost in work that I would never trade.
I blink, it’s dawn — still wide awake,
Flow like a river no one can fake.
Call it craft or a quiet flame,
When I’m there, I remember my name.

Pre-Chorus 2

When that rhythm starts to rise,
It cuts through all the practiced lies.
It’s not my head that makes the plans —
It’s what my heartbeat understands.

Chorus 2

Borrowed dreams, they wore me thin,
A stranger’s face beneath my skin.
I found myself where silence gleams —
I don’t belong in borrowed dreams.
Now I breathe in what’s truly me —
I am who I was supposed to be.

Bridge

No blame for the ones who haven’t tried,
Their failure taught me how to thrive.
But living safe can cost your soul,
And comfort sometimes swallows whole.
So if I fail, I’ll fail in truth —
Not in a costume stitched for proof.

Final Chorus

Borrowed dreams, they wore me thin,
A stranger’s face beneath my skin.
I found myself where silence gleams —
I don’t belong in borrowed dreams.
Now I breathe in what’s truly me —
I am who I was supposed to be.

Who I was… who I’ll be…

Outro

I turn the page, unlearn the scenes…
And make a home in unborrowed dreams.

© Traveler’s Mindset · Lyrics by Thomas Lukaschewski

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