Verse 1 I kept building bridges over rivers that ran dry
Trying to make forever from another last goodbye
Every word I spoke was reaching, hoping you'd finally see
But the harder I kept holding on, the more I was losing me
Pre-Chorus Love can fill a thousand pages
Still leave two hearts worlds apart
Some prayers end with healing
Others end with letting go
Chorus So I'll choose peace over us
Though my heart still aches to stay
Sometimes love means walking on
When there's nothing left to say
I prayed we'd find tomorrow
But tomorrow never came
So I'll lay this at the cross
And let Jesus carry what I can't
Verse 2 You called it overthinking
You told me to just breathe
But you never felt the weight I carried underneath
I wasn't asking you to fix me
Or tell me who to be
I just wanted to feel safe enough to finally be seen
Pre-Chorus Maybe we were always writing
Different stories on the same page
Neither one of us was evil
Just too different to remain
Chorus So I'll choose peace over us
Though my heart still aches to stay
Sometimes love means walking on
When there's nothing left to say
I prayed we'd find tomorrow
But tomorrow never came
So I'll lay this at the cross
And let Jesus carry what I can't
Bridge I forgive the words that cut me
I forgive the dreams that died
I'll remember all the beauty
Without living in goodbye
You don't have to understand me
You don't have to say I'm right
God is teaching me that healing
Doesn't wait for someone else to see the light
Final Chorus I'll choose peace over us
Though a part of me remains
Every tear has led me closer
To the woman He will make
If love was all we needed
We'd still be hand in hand
But grace is learning when to open up your heart...
...and when to open up your hands.
