I Chose You

🎵 “I Chose You” 🎵

I laid my heart down, no disguise

Told you the truth, looked in your eyes

Didn’t play games, didn’t run

I was the one who didn’t come undone

I told you I loved you, not in fear

Said it soft, said it clear

While you were torn between the past

I was offering something that could last

But you went back to what you knew

Even if it was breaking you

And I stood there with nothing left

But the words I meant with every breath

I didn’t wait for a perfect time

I told you love and crossed that line

You can’t say I didn’t try

You just weren’t ready for my kind

You said I was one of your best friends

But we both know that’s not where this ends

’Cause friends don’t kiss like we used to do

Friends don’t burn the way I burned for you

I gave you a glimpse of peace, of home

But you chose comfort in the unknown

Maybe safe feels like love to you

But I was real — and you knew too

Still, you went back to what you knew

Even if it keeps wounding you

I didn’t ask for guarantees

Just a chance to help you breathe

I told you love with steady hands

You walked away, but I still stand

And if you wonder if it was true —

Just know I chose you

Maybe one day you’ll look behind

And see the love you couldn’t find

’Cause I was there — not just in dreams

But in the silence, in the in-betweens

You went back to what you knew

But I still love you from this view

Not begging, not breaking — just free

Still loving you, quietly

I didn’t lose, I didn’t fall

I gave you everything, gave it all

And even if we’re through…

You should know —

I chose you.