"The Life That Could Have Been" lyrics

I met someone the other day
It's good to see her face again
She's the one who got away
Way back when

Showed photos of her family
Soon to marry mum to be
She used to want all that with me
And she smiled and I laughed

Then I imagined if I didn't take that flight
What would my world be like?
Would I be standing at the altar by her side?
Would her child be mine?
And I think that I've just seen
The life that could have been

She's happy now and that's a fact
And who am I to mess with that
So I won't try to get her back
In a way I'm glad

'Cause that was then and this is now
Still I can't help but think about
All the things that I'm without
But I wave the white flag

Then I imagined if I didn't take that flight
What would my world be like?
Would I be standing at the altar by her side?
Would her child be mine?
And I think that I've just seen
The life that could have been

And as she was walking away
I thought I saw her
Turn back and hesitate
Look at me as if to say

I imagined if you didn't take that flight
What would my world be like?
Would you be standing at the altar by my side?
What would our child look like?

Then I imagined if I didn't take that flight
What would my world be like?
Would I be standing at the altar by her side?
Would her child be mine?
And it's the strangest thing
And I think that I've just seen
The life that could have been

The life that should have been