I Choose You

I was just fifteen

I was falling fast

Two kids in the deep end

Thinking love like that might never last

But you raised me as I grew

You shaped the man I am

We learned how to stand together

Hand in trembling hand

I choose you then

Now

Forever

Every tight season

Every kind of weather

Through empty cupboards

And the mountain top wins

Through slammed doors

Soft prayers

And starting again

From the first shy "hey"

To our last old breath together

I choose you then

I choose you now

I choose you then

Now

Forever

Four little boys with your eyes

Running barefoot through our halls

We were broke but we were laughing

Writing names on bedroom walls

We fought

We forgave

Held each other in the dark

Every scar that we survived

Traced your name across my heart

I choose you then

Now

Forever

Every tight season

Every kind of weather

Through empty cupboards

And the mountain top wins

Through slammed doors

Soft prayers

And starting again

From the first shy "hey"

To our last old breath together

I choose you then

I choose you now

I choose you then

Now

Forever

Twenty‑nine years and counting (oh)

We’re still learning as we go

But if I had to start it over

I’d still walk this same road

Take the hard days

Take the heartache

Take the joy that came after the rain

’Cause every mile and every mistake

Spelled out your name

I choose you then

Now

Forever

Every tight season

Every kind of weather

Through empty cupboards

And the mountain top wins

Through slammed doors

Soft prayers

And starting again

From the first shy "hey"

To our last old breath together

I choose you then

I choose you now

I choose you then

Now

Forever