Mirror, mirror on the wall How do I turn this life around? Fortune teller, speak to me Tell me what fate has waiting for me [Verse 1] Autumn night, boardwalk lights Cold wind coming off the tide Summer ghosts in shuttered rides Carousel horses frozen in time Past the games and faded signs An old tent glowing in moonlight SEE YOUR FUTURE painted above Ask of fate, your life, or love I pushed the curtain open slow Candles dancing in a row An older woman looked at me "Sit. I've been expecting you. What weighs heavy on your head?" [Pre-Chorus] My reflection in the crystal ball Flickered once... Then I saw it all. [CHORUS, DnB breaks enter] Boardwalk lights in the fall wind Your hand slipping into mine Carousel spinning behind us Like we could outrun time So tell me, tell me, crystal ball Was I supposed to let you go? If every road still leads me backward Was I ever moving on? Show me love Show me fate Show me anything at all I'm tired of asking mirrors So I'm asking the crystal ball. [Verse 2, beat pulls back] She shuffled cards across the table Said, "Three. Choose carefully." Past. Present. Future. I laughed. "Couldn't you have picked something easier?" She didn't. First card showed an autumn night Salt air underneath carnival lights Coffee cooling between our hands Two people making temporary plans Second card... Empty road. One set of headlights. Me alone. I reached toward the third. She covered it with her hand. [Spoken] "Are you sure you want to know?" [Build] I came here for answers. Didn't I? [CHORUS, bigger] Boardwalk lights in the fall wind Your laugh cutting through the cold Every goodbye we hadn't said yet Every hand I couldn't hold Tell me, tell me, crystal ball Was I supposed to let you go? If love was only meant to find me Why'd it have to leave me so? Show me love Show me fate Show me where the pieces fall I've spent years asking mirrors Now I'm asking the crystal ball. [Bridge, harp + atmosphere, nearly weightless] She said, "You think the future is a destination. Like somewhere out there is the correct version of your life. The right road. The right love. The right goodbye. But that's not what I see." I looked into the glass again. No boardwalk. No autumn. No you. Just me. Older. Smiling. ... I almost didn't recognize her. [DnB build] "What does that mean?" She smiled. "That's up to you." [FINAL CHORUS, full liquid DnB] Boardwalk lights in the fall wind Still burn somewhere inside But loving who I was beside you Doesn't mean I have to hide Maybe fate's not in a crystal ball Maybe roads don't know where they go Maybe love can stay a memory Without becoming something cold Keep the cards Keep the stars I don't need to know it all Somewhere between then and tomorrow I stopped asking the crystal ball. [Outro, harp returns] Outside... The carousel lights were shutting down. One by one. The ocean sounded exactly the same. And for the first time... I didn't turn around.