[Verse 1]
I kept my best dress folded in the drawer
Saving every good day for some distant shore
Said yes with a smile till my own voice went thin
Then I heard my heart knocking from within
[Pre-Chorus]
No more waiting for permission
No more shrinking my ambition
I can feel the ground beneath me now
I know how
[Chorus]
I choose myself, I choose the open door
I choose the woman I was waiting for
No borrowed map, no need to know the end
I’m here, I’m alive, I’m starting again
I choose myself, with both hands on the wheel
Every breath is proof that this is real
I lost some years, but I found my way
And I’m not saving my life for another day
[Verse 2]
I took the long way past the old café
Where I learned to disappear and call it okay
Now I leave my phone face down on the table
Make a promise I can keep because I’m able
[Pre-Chorus]
No more bargaining with silence
No more dressing fear as guidance
There’s a pulse beneath the doubt somehow
I know how
[Chorus]
I choose myself, I choose the open door
I choose the woman I was waiting for
No borrowed map, no need to know the end
I’m here, I’m alive, I’m starting again
I choose myself, with both hands on the wheel
Every breath is proof that this is real
I lost some years, but I found my way
And I’m not saving my life for another day
[Bridge]
Let the old rules fall behind me
Let the unfinished pages find me
I don’t need a perfect plan to move
I only need to choose
[Final Chorus]
I choose myself, I choose the open door
I choose the woman I was waiting for
No borrowed map, no need to know the end
I’m here, I’m alive, I’m starting again
I choose myself, and nothing feels the same
I say my truth, I sign it with my name
The whole wide world is waiting where I stand
And I’m finally living with my life in my hands
[Outro]
I’m finally living
I’m finally living
With my life in my hands