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Verse 1:
C
Maybe I’m living in New York, taking the subway
F
Drinks with the girls down in Brooklyn on Friday
G C
Work at a bookstore, falling for fictional men
C
Or maybe I’m in Oklahoma - married, we own a
F
Blue Chevy pickup, drink Coca-Cola
G C
Wear overalls while we’re painting the walls in our house
Pre-Chorus:
F G C G Am
Or maybe I’m in Scotland, all alone on Isle of Skye
F G C
Writing poems underneath the Northern Lights
Chorus:
F G C
What if there’s someone out there that’s just like me?
F G C
A parallel timeline that I’m unable to see?
F G C G Am G F
She’s already doing all the things I dream that I could be, but we’ll never meet
G C
That’s the Timekeeper’s Secret
Verse 2:
C
Maybe I’m living in Florence, frequent a café
F
Teach history at Academy D’Arte
G C
Raising a girl who can name every piece by Van Gogh
C
Or maybe I’m a ballerina at the Paris Opera
F
Dance every night and still waiting to meet the
G C
Love of my life, maybe he’s in the audience tonight
Chorus:
F G C
What if there’s someone out there that’s just like me?
F G C
A parallel timeline that I’m unable to see?
F G C G Am G F
She’s already doing all the things I dream that I could be, but we’ll never meet
G C
That’s the Timekeeper’s Secret
Bridge:
D A
Keeping track of the time
Bm
Every multiverse line
G A D
Trickling like the streams from a singular vine
D A
Like a river that flows
Bm
Like a tree as it grows
G A D
Like a million threads intertwined, I suppose
D A
That there’s no way to tell
Bm
It’s a bottomless well
G A D
It just keeps going, no matter how hard you dwell
D
And if they change?
A
Do I change?
G A
Do I get to write the words on my page?
Chorus:
G A D
What if there’s someone out there that’s just like me?
G A D
A parallel timeline that I’m unable to see?
G A D A Bm A G
Infinite versions of myself, colliding quietly, but they'll never meet
A
They'll forever be
D
The Timekeeper’s Secret
Song History
Published: November 20, 2024
Last Updated: September 10, 2025