How do you sum up a whole damn life
In a few short words today?
How do you tell of all those years
When there’s too much left to say?
The good days and the hard days,
The dreams we somehow made come true,
All those ordinary little things
That made a life with you.
We never knew what lay ahead,
Just knew we’d face it side by side,
And somehow all those normal days
Became the best days of our lives.
And I’d still choose you,
If I knew where this road would end,
I’d still take every mile beside you,
I’d still do it all again.
Every laugh, every tear, every hard year,
Every dream we never got to do,
Even knowing I’d be standing here without you,
I’d still choose you.
I’d give anything for one more day
That once felt nothing special at all,
One more mess around the house,
One more voice coming down the hall.
One more job that needed doing,
One more argument I’d lose,
One more night lying next to you,
With nothing much to do.
I don’t need some grand adventure,
Don’t need fortune, don’t need fame,
I’d trade every tomorrow I own
Just to hear you say my name.
And I’d still choose you,
If I knew where this road would end,
I’d still take every mile beside you,
I’d still do it all again.
Every laugh, every tear, every hard year,
Every dream we never got to do,
Even knowing I’d be standing here without you,
I’d still choose you.
We were meant to grow old together,
Two old souls with silver hair,
Still laughing at the fools we were,
Still sitting side by side somewhere.
Still annoying one another,
Still reaching for that hand,
But life had other plans for us
That I’ll never understand.
Now there’s an empty place beside me,
An empty pillow on the bed,
And a thousand little moments
Where I forget that you’re not there.
But I’d still choose you,
If you put me back at the start,
If you warned me loving you one day
Would tear the world out of my heart.
I’d say, “Give me every second,
Don’t spare me from the pain,
If the price of ever having you
Is losing you this way.”
Some people search forever
For a love like me and you,
And if this broken heart’s the price I pay,
I’d still choose you.
So this isn’t goodbye to our story,
No one takes those years away,
It’s just goodbye to reaching over
And holding your hand today.
Wherever this great mystery goes
When my own road is through,
Save a little place beside you,
I’ll find my way back to you.
I always did,
I always will.
And if I had a thousand lives,
Even knowing how it all ends.
Knowing the love means the loss,
I’d choose you in every time.