B7/7. A Different Path (Broadway). ISRC-CB-GWT-26-00282

M: Rain is falling, soft and slow, I stand beneath the gray. Then suddenly, there you are— Just like another day. You hold an umbrella, You make a little room. Without a word between us, The whole world disappears. F: I saw you standing in the rain. I knew I'd found you there. M: Three years... F: Three years. And all those years Were suddenly nowhere. M: Side by side through puddled streets, Two shadows moving slow. Your smile is hiding words again, The words we couldn't say. F: I thought I had forgotten... M: I thought I'd learned to let you go... But every step we took tonight Brought yesterday back home. For a moment, We were safe from everything... Under borrowed shelter... Underneath the rain. For a moment, I could feel you close again... Like nothing ever changed. F: Like nothing ever changed. M: The rain keeps falling. F: Your eyes meet mine. M: We both know this can't last forever. Just like back then... Just like back then. And I don't want to say goodbye. Then don't. What? The rain begins to fade. F: You turn away... M: I reach for you. F: You hold me close. I whisper... “Stay.” I've been waiting for you to ask. You take both my hands, I take both of yours. No more running from yesterday, No more standing at the door. We cannot change the road behind us. But we can choose the road ahead. F: We don't have to walk alone. Then tell me where we go. Somewhere different. Let's try walking a different path, Not the road we knew before. M: Let's take the lessons, take the scars, And leave the fear behind the door. We don't need to know the ending, We don't need to see how far. If you take my hand— F: I'll take your hand. M: And we'll find out where we are. A different path... A different road... A different way to carry Everything we know. The rain has stopped. The sky is opening. The road is waiting. And this time... No goodbye. No turning back. This time we'll stay! No more goodbye! We'll walk together— You beside me— You beside me— On a different path! A different path! A different path! Whatever comes tomorrow, We'll meet it side by side. No more running. F: No more hiding. We'll walk this path together. A different path. A different path.

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