I choose love

Lyrics

Intro - solo piano [VERSE 1] You had a choice when I was down, Hold my hand or hold me down. You saw the cracks, you knew the pain, Still found a way to make it rain. I could've learned to play that game, Pass the hurt and spread the blame. But every time the road got rough... I chose love. [VERSE 2] Some chose lies. Some chose pride. Some stood close but never by my side. Some knew exactly where I'd break, Then pushed a little more to watch me shake. I cried. I stayed. I gave too much. Still somehow... I chose love. [PRE-CHORUS] Don't mistake my kindness for the absence of a spine. You crossed every line you could. So I finally drew mine. [CHORUS] I CHOSE LOVE WHEN YOU CHOSE TO HURT ME. I chose hope when you said I wasn't worthy. Every wound could've made me just like you. But I chose the harder thing to do. I chose heart. I chose truth. I chose everything you couldn't take from me. You thought you'd break me... Look what you've done. You made me stronger. And I still chose love. [VERSE 3] For years I thought forgiveness meant Leaving every door half open. That loving people meant I had To live with every promise broken. Now I know that love can say: "Enough." Love can leave. Love can lock the door and keep the key. Because loving you should never mean I stop loving me. [VERSE 4] Your chair is empty at my table now. And strangely... I can breathe. No more begging people to give what they never meant to give to me. I don't hate you. That's the beautiful part. I just don't give you a room in my heart. No revenge. No final fight. I simply chose a different life. [CHORUS — BIGGER] I CHOSE LOVE WHEN YOU CHOSE TO HURT ME. I chose hope when you said I wasn't worthy. Every wound could've made me just like you. But I chose the harder thing to do. I chose heart. I chose truth. And now I choose who gets close to me. You didn't break me. Look what I've become. I got stronger... And I still chose love. [VERSE 5 — PIANO ONLY] Now every morning there are people who stay. Not just when it's easy. Every day. They don't make me earn the right to belong. Don't need me smaller to make themselves strong. And maybe that's the lesson I was fighting to see: Love isn't proving how much pain you can take. Love is choosing people who choose you back. [CLIMAX — PIANO BUILDS, THEN FULL BAND] So here's to the girl who kept getting back up. Who had every reason to stop believing in love. Here's to the heart they mistook for weak. Here's to the voice they couldn't make meek. You had your choice! SO DID I! You chose the wound! I CHOSE TO HEAL! You chose the lie! I CHOSE WHAT'S REAL! You chose to leave scars! I CHOSE WHO I AM! And look at me now— I'M PROUD OF WHO I AM! [FINAL CHORUS — FULL DIVA VOCAL] I CHOOSE LOVE! But now love chooses me. No more begging for what should come naturally. I choose arms that never make me small. I choose hearts that catch me when I fall. I choose people who choose me every day. Who don't need my tears to make them wanna stay. And if you wonder what your cruelty has done— You didn't turn me into you. I WON.