I Choose You from Truth

**Verse 1**
I’m not the woman who first said yes  
I’ve walked through fire, I’ve faced my mess  
I broke the mask, I found my name  
**Came back whole — carrying living flame**

We didn’t love in a straight-line road  
We loved through silence, we loved through load  
Through years we couldn’t clearly see  
**Still something held you here with me**

**Pre-Chorus**
That kind of thread don’t come from chance  
**It’s forged in time and circumstance**

**Chorus**
I choose you now with open eyes  
Not from habit, not disguise  
Not from fear of being alone  
**But from truth that’s fully grown**

I stand whole and take your hand  
Not half a heart — **a woman who can**  
Love you steady, love you through  
**I don’t just remember —**  
**I choose you**

**Verse 2**
I won’t go silent to keep the peace  
Won’t trade my voice for false relief  
**You get my truth, my living breath**  
Real love survives honest depth

I see the man behind the wall  
The guarded strength, the hidden call  
**I know your heart — I’ve seen it stand**  
**Quiet and faithful as the land**

**Pre-Chorus**
I’m not here to reshape your soul  
**I’m here to meet you whole**

**Chorus**
I choose you now with open eyes  
Not from history’s ties  
**But from the knowing in my bones**  
**This is where my love belongs**

I stand whole and take your hand  
No shrinking down to understand  
**I meet you equal, tried and true**  
I don’t just remember —  
**I choose you**

**Bridge** *(building intensity)*
When we break — **I will come near**  
**Not disappear behind my fear**  
**Repair over pride, truth over role**  
**Presence over control**

No perfect script, no grand disguise  
**Just your heartbeat next to mine**

**Final Chorus** *(full power, every word a declaration)*
**I choose you now in living light**  
**After the years, after the fight**  
**After I found my soul again**  
**I still walk your direction**

**Whole and awake and standing free**  
**Still you — still me — still we**  
**Not by memory — but by view**  
**Not by past — but by truth**

**I choose you**

**Outro** *(stripped down - voice and heartbeat)*
Clear eyes  
Open heart  
Still —  
**You.**

Female, blues, delta blues