What We Choose

[Verse 1]
You found me in the ruin, bleeding quiet in the dark
Told me love was not the fire, but the staying through the spark
I wore your ghost like armor, you wore my name like sin
We lost each other once—but gods, we let each other in

[Verse 2]
You left with all the silence, I stayed with all the scars
But I built a life from ash and steam and mended every part
Still you came back with hands undone and eyes too full of war
And I—I opened up the door

[Chorus]
This isn’t fairytales or gold
This isn’t perfect, clean, or whole
It’s bite and bruise, it’s fight and flame
It’s whispered truths and not to blame
It’s waking up beside the pain
And choosing still to stay again
This is what we lost
And this is what we chose

[Verse 3]
Your hands remember hunger, mine remember fear
But when I gave you my wrist again, it wasn’t weakness, dear
It was proof that I remembered all the ways you made me feel—
Like I was more than broken
Like I was still real

[Bridge] (softer, stripped back)
I don’t want vows or pretty lies
I want the man who never hides
Who waits outside the door I closed
Who walks me home with open eyes

[Chorus] (soaring, fuller instrumentation)
This isn’t fairytales or gold
This isn’t perfect, clean, or whole
It’s blood and grace, it’s fierce and raw
It’s what we are, not what we saw
It’s waking up despite the ache
And choosing us with what we take
This is what we burned
And this is what we chose

[Outro – quiet, intimate]
So if I reach for you again
Know it’s not need
It’s not pretend
It’s because after everything
You're still the fire
I’d choose again

4:00emotional, cinematic ballad, female