We Choose This

[Verse 1 – Her]

You stand like you’re carved from control,
Like discipline stitched your soul.
Every word measured, every breath precise,
Like wanting me would be your vice.

You say my name like it’s neutral ground,
But it trembles — barely sound.
And I pretend I don’t see the shift
When your composure starts to slip.

I don’t reach.
But I don’t step back.

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[Pre-Chorus – Her]

You call it boundaries.
Call it what’s right.
But the way you look at me
Isn’t neutral — it’s fight.

And I’m not something fragile
You need to defend.
I’m strong enough
To choose how this ends.

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[Chorus 1 – Both (restrained tension)]

It’s in the space between our hands,
In the rules we understand.
In the breath we hold too long
Trying to prove we’re strong.

We don’t cross the line —
We let it glow.
Like standing at the edge
Of something we both know.

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[Verse 2 – Him]

You think I don’t feel
The way the air changes shape.
The way silence bends
Every time you hesitate.

You deserve something easy.
Uncomplicated light.
Not a love that asks you
To step into a fight.

But walking away from you
Feels more wrong than staying ever could.

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[Pre-Chorus – Him]

I built distance like armor.
Thought it made me strong.
But loving you quietly
Started feeling like the real wrong.

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[Chorus 2 – Cracks Forming]

It’s in the way we don’t move
But never leave.
In the way restraint
Feels like disbelief.

We tried to hold the line.
Tried to let it rest.
But love kept pressing
Against our chests.

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[Bridge – Stripped. Almost Silence.]

Her (steady):
I’m not afraid of consequences.

Him (quiet):
I am.

Her:
Of losing your control?

Him:
Of losing you.

(Long pause.)

Her (soft):
Then don’t.

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[Final Chorus – Full Release, Orchestral + Choir]

No more lines drawn in fear.
No more pretending we’re unclear.
If the world wants reasons, let it ask —
We’ve already done the math.

This isn’t impulse.
This isn’t blind.
It’s knowing the risk —
And stepping across the line.

Take my hand.
Not to save me.
Stand with me.

We choose this.

Together.

DARK ACADEMIA CINEMATIC POP DUET, Romantic but restrained.Powerful but never messy. Celestial / star-crossed