There’s an island in the distance that I visit in my mind
Where every dream I ever had is still patiently alive
The business I was building, the book I meant to write
The body I was training for, the future shining bright
On Someday Island, everybody’s rich
Everybody’s healthy, every dream gets fixed
The songs are finally finished, the fears all disappear
And every excuse I ever made don’t exist over there
But years keep rolling by like waves against the shore
And every tomorrow looks like the one before
I keep buying tickets mentally, planning my escape
But planning isn’t movement, and wishing isn’t faith

I said next year
Then next month
Then after things calm down
After the money
After the stress
After I figure life out
But life kept moving
Without me

Someday Island
I’ve been waiting on your shore
(On your shore)
Building castles in my mind
But never opening the door
(The door.. the door)
Someday I’ll travel
Someday I’ll start
Someday I’ll follow
The dream inside my heart
But someday never comes
No, someday never comes

I met a man who said he’d start when he retired
Now his hair is gray and his spirit’s tired
Spent forty years surviving, chasing every bill
Forgot the dreams he promised he would one day fulfill
I met a woman with a voice that could move the skies
But fear convinced her talent should remain disguised
She kept saying “Later” until later disappeared
Now she wonders where the decades went and why she’s here
And maybe that’s the saddest thief we’ll ever know
Not failure, not rejection, not being told “no”
But watching opportunities slowly fade away
Because we kept postponing life for another day

The clock keeps ticking
Whether we’re ready or not
The years don’t wait
For courage

Someday Island
I’ve been waiting on your shore
(On your shore)
Building castles in my mind
But never opening the door
(The door.. the door)
Someday I’ll travel
Someday I’ll start
Someday I’ll follow
The dream inside my heart
But someday never comes
No, someday never comes

Then it hit me
Someday is not a day
It’s a hiding place
A beautiful lie we tell ourselves
When we’re afraid to begin
Because dreams don’t die all at once
They die in installments
One postponed decision
At a time
The perfect moment is not coming
The perfect conditions are not coming
The perfect version of you
Is not coming
You must build that person
With the days you already have
Because one day
You’ll either say “I’m glad I started”
Or “I wish I had”

Someday Island
I’m leaving you behind
No more living
Only inside my mind
(Inside my mind)
Today I’ll travel
Today I’ll start
Today I’ll follow
The dream inside my heart
Because someday never comes
So today has become
My someday.