The Road Not Taken [Ups, wrong path]

[Start of song] [Verse 1, Past, spoken] Two roads diverged in a yellow wood, And sorry I could not travel both And be one traveler, long I stood And looked down one as far as I could To where it bent in the undergrowth; [Verse 2, Present, sung] Now I'm standing here, with eyes that have seen The paths I've chosen, all the roads I've been Oh, and the ones that I've left behind The weight of decisions, the ghosts in my mind [Chorus, sung] And I'm left to wonder, which road was mine? The one I took, or the one I left behind? The choices I made, the roads I designed And the consequences of the paths I've aligned [Verse 3, Past, spoken] Then took the other, as just as fair, And having perhaps the better claim, Because it was grassy and wanted wear; Though as for that the passing there Had worn them really about the same, [Verse 4, Present, sung] And I'm searching for answers, in the silence of the night Trying to make sense, of the choices I made in sight The roads I've taken, the paths I've chosen to ignite And the consequences of the choices that have defined my life [Ad-lib, present, spoken] (whispering) But what if? What if I had taken the road more traveled? What if I had chosen differently? Would things be the same or would they be new? [Verse 5, Past, Sprechgesang] And both that morning equally lay In leaves no step had trodden black. Oh, I kept the first for another day! Yet knowing how way leads on to way, I doubted if I should ever come back. [Verse 6, Present, sung] And now I'm left with the memories, of the roads I've taken and the roads I've made The choices I've made, the roads I've paved The paths I've chosen, the roads I've designed And the consequences of the choices that have defined my life [Verse 7, Past, spoken] I shall be telling this with a sigh Somewhere ages and ages hence: Two roads diverged in a wood, and I— I took the one less traveled by, And that has made all the difference. [Outro, Present, spoken] (whispering) But what if? What if I had taken the road more traveled? What if I had chosen differently? Would things be the same or would they be new? [End of song]