Inner Dialogues

One Day

A quiet reckoning with the life we postpone while collecting proof that we have arrived.

Folk · chamber balladLyrics by Thomas LukaschewskiOriginal language: English

Verse 1

One day,
You’ll be living what you planned,
Nice place,
Keys already in your hand.

But still,
Something’s always left undone,
No time,
Just another thing to run.

Verse 2

Gold ring,
Seven thousand for the stone,
Late nights,
Office lights are always on.

Sunday,
Still another thing to do,
No rest,
Just the life you’re living through.

Hook

One day,
You’ll count the time instead of things,
All these things,
Never gave you anything.

Verse 3

Years pass,
Easy now to name the cost,
Fancy life,
Built from hours slowly lost.

Old friends,
Mostly stories now you tell,
No time,
That was how you lost them well.

Bridge

They said,
“It’s not wrong, the way you live,
It just takes
More of you than you should give.

In the end,
You don’t measure what you own,
Only time,
You were never really home.”

Final Hook

One day,
You’ll count the time instead of things,
All these things,
Never gave you anything.

Outro

Right now,
You’re still trading time for things.

© Traveler’s Mindset · Lyrics by Thomas Lukaschewski