Best Thing I Do

[Verse 1]
You’re laughing in the hallway
Collar on your chest
Eyes to the sky
I sit there in the back row
Tracing your name in the margins of my mind
You speak about forgiveness
I’m praying just to look at you
Hands folded like I’m listening
But my whole heart’s running to you
[Chorus]
‘Cause loving you is the best thing I do
Silent in the shadows
Still it feels so true
You’ll never know how my world moves
Every time you walk into the room
Loving you is the best thing I do
Even if I can’t be next to you
[Verse 2]
You bless the rings on fingers
I watch and tell myself
That’s not my line
You talk about devotion
I whisper back
I’ve already crossed that line
Your voice becomes a refuge
On days I can’t make sense of me
I’m holding every word you say
Like a secret only I can see
[Chorus]
[Bridge]
Maybe this love is meant
To live in the quiet
Little amen after your name
I carry it home
[low vocal register]
Like a candle I hide
But it still keeps lighting my days
And if all I ever get
Is your smile from far away
I’ll still choose it
I’ll still choose it
Every single day
[Chorus]

Slow, intimate R&B ballad with close-mic female vocals over soft piano and warm, legato strings; verses stay hushed and confessional, then chorus widens with subtle harmonies and a gentle bass swell. Light percussion blooms in the second chorus, with a tender string swell bridge and a delicate, almost whispered outro., ballad, violin, slow