What If
Van Gogh's Grandsons
Screenwriter’s Fantasy · Fear of Rejection · Hopeful Indie Pop
What if, what if, what if?
#CHORUS
What if she
Is just like me
Another lonely traveler on this plane?
And what if I
Am just too shy
How long will my regret remain?
#VERSE
My brain’s always writing
A new fantasy
And my script for this rom-com
Stars just her and me
Flight attendant just said
“Please remain in your seat”
I’m stuck in 34A
She’s in 33D
#PRE-CHORUS
So, I stare out the window
See the scene on purple skies
She drops her carry-on and runs to me
Cliché true love, truly at first sight
So…
#CHORUS
What if she
Is just like me
A dreamer who is flying to L.A.
And what if I
Am just too shy
So, we land and go separate ways?
#VERSE
My counselor said, “Stop thinking
So much, and just ‘be’
You bravely booked the trip
Now launch that dream and fly free”
She said, “Time to loosen
Your impulse control
Don’t hold your breath by life’s river
Dive into the flow”
#PRE-CHORUS
So, I stare out the window
Watch the preview unwind
But all I see now
Is her leaving me behind
#BRIDGE
And I know the answer
I’m way, way too shy
I write scripts of brave men
But I’m never that guy
What if I sell one script
While I’m out in L.A.
Would I believe in myself?
Maybe, maybe, someday?
#INSTRUMENTAL
What if, what if, what if?
What if, what if, what if?
#VERSE
Now she’s pulled down her bags
From the overhead bin
I’ve got 33D’s face
Etched deep under my skin
We walk into the concourse
I know what brave men would say
But I’m too shy, too shy
Just can’t do it today
#CHORUS
But what if she
Was just like me
Another lonely traveler on that plane?
And what if I
Simply ask myself why
Shyness gets to rewrite this movie’s last frame
#CHORUS
And what if she
Is waiting for me
To chase her and ask for her name?
This one day of my life
Please let me be that guy
Let me be that guy
Let me be that guy
Stop making “what if” take the blame
#OUTRO
Stop making “what if” take the blame
Stop making “what if” take the blame
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