[Verse 1]
He sat by the sink that night
With his hands full of bad light
Mama on one side, child on the other
One wrong move and he'd lose one
His jaw went tight, his eyes went red
Every word felt like a stone in his head
He seen two lives and one last road
His heart said stop, his fear said go
[Pre-Chorus]
He said, "I can't be the blade"
"I can't be the grave"
"I won't make that kind of rain"
"No more blood on my name"
[Chorus]
I choose me, I choose me
Let the dark fall off of me
I choose me, I choose me
So they can live, so they can breathe
(choose me) (choose me)
I choose me
[Verse 2]
He looked at her sleeping face
Tiny hands in the pillowcase
Then he saw his mother pray
For a world that would not break
He walked outside with shaking knees
Past the yard and the dead oak trees
He said, "Lord, if love has any door
Open it before I burn this floor"
[Pre-Chorus]
He said, "I can't be the blade"
"I can't be the grave"
"I won't make that kind of rain"
"No more blood on my name"
[Chorus]
I choose me, I choose me
Let the dark fall off of me
I choose me, I choose me
So they can live, so they can breathe
(choose me) (choose me)
I choose me
[Bridge]
If there was a devil in my chest
He wore my face and stole my rest
So I laid my anger in the dirt
And took the only way that hurt
Tell my daughter she was light
Tell my mama she was right
I loved them more than I knew how
So I let my bones go now
[Chorus]
I choose me, I choose me
Let the dark fall off of me
I choose me, I choose me
So they can live, so they can breathe
(choose me) (choose me)
I choose me