I Still Choose You

[acoustic, soft_pop_rock, minimalist, downtempo, melancholic, low_energy, iv_versus_i_chord_progression, fingerpicked_guitar, laidback_steady_rhythm] [Verse 1] I’m sitting on the edge of the bed Your side still neat and quiet One drawer left halfway open Like you meant to come right back You keep your own time these days I don’t ask where it’s spent Some nights you don’t come home And I feel the weight of it [Chorus] I still choose you Even when it’s hard Even when it’s thin I still choose you Not to tie you down Just to stay who I am [Verse 2] I’ve told myself a hundred times I could walk away clean Like leaving would erase the love Or change what this has been But love don’t bend to logic And it don’t disappear I could close that door behind me Still carry you right here [Chorus] I still choose you Clear-eyed, steady, true I still choose you Knowing what it is Knowing what it isn’t too [Bridge] If you come back, you come back If you don’t, then you don’t I won’t trade myself for fear I won’t promise what I won’t I can’t make you stay I can only stand my ground This is where I’m planted Till I decide to move around [Final Chorus] I still choose you Not for how it ends Not for how it looks I still choose you For this one honest thing I know who I am when I choos I know who I am When I choose you