[Intro | fingerpicked ukulele | intimate spoken male vocal] Everybody means it when they say “I do.” It’s every day after. That’s where you make it true. [Verse 1 | relaxed melodic rhythmic vocal | light island reggae groove] There’s a future getting closer when you hold her, Hope inside your chest with the weight upon your shoulders. Trying to make a little room for something good to grow, Learning what to carry, learning what to let go. You’ve got history a promise won’t erase, People who might need some time to find their faith. Let them take it. Keep on coming through. Trust comes slowly when it’s catching up to you. There are little eyes learning from the way you live, And a thousand ordinary chances you can give. Keep the time you said you’d keep, make the call you said you’d make, Be somebody they can count on when the morning breaks. Some of that work means reaching back with open hands, Giving love without demanding that they understand. There’s a home ahead to build, there are ties to tend, Let the change become a life they can believe in. [Pre-Chorus | organ bubbles | gentle rising melody] When the room clears out, When the lights come down, Let the words you say Be the life you make. [Chorus | soulful melodic male vocal | warm close harmonies | full island groove] When your song comes on, reach for each other, Find that spark beneath the weight. Pull a little closer, Let the whole world wait. When the music stops, keep holding on, Take that love into the dawn. When forever feels too far away, Choose each other every day. [Verse 2 | lilting conversational melody | rounded bass | offbeat guitar] Some nights it’s the dishes, some nights it’s the rent, Some nights it’s a sentence coming out the way you never meant. Short fuse, long week, both running on fumes, Two different kinds of silence in the very same room. And you’re halfway through a speech you’ve been building in your head, When you finally hear the hurt underneath what she said. Take a breath. Let the silence do a little good. Ask her one more time until you’ve really understood. And when he lets his guard down, let him finish what he’s saying, Give the truth a little room before you start explaining. You’ve both felt the distance, seen how close it came to done, Still you stayed and did the work when it would’ve hurt to run. Keep remembering the effort that it took to get you here, Let it teach you how to listen when the pressure reappears. Fight for one another when the easy feeling’s gone, Keep choosing what you almost lost. [Pre-Chorus | percussion softens | intimate melodic vocal] When the room clears out, When the lights come down, Let the words you say Be the life you make. [Chorus | full island reggae band | warm vocal harmonies] When your song comes on, reach for each other, Find that spark beneath the weight. Pull a little closer, Let the whole world wait. When the music stops, keep holding on, Take that love into the dawn. When forever feels too far away, Choose each other every day. [Bridge | fingerpicked slack-key guitar | soft shaker | tender sung vocal] When your song plays, Take a moment where you stand. Find each other in the noise, Reach out for that familiar hand. Remember what it took To find your way back here. Then say the thing you’ve struggled To let each other hear. [Spoken Breakdown | ukulele and soft bass | close sincere male vocal] And when the weight gets heavy, You can lean on me. You can call before you’ve found the words. I can listen while you breathe. I see the steps you’re taking. I believe in you. Whatever comes with this next chapter, I’ll still stand with you. [Final Chorus | full warm island groove | soaring soulful vocal | layered harmonies] When your song comes on, reach for each other, Find that spark beneath the weight. Pull a little closer, Let the whole world wait. When the music stops, keep holding on, Take that love into the dawn. When forever feels too far away, Choose each other every day. [Outro | slack-key guitar and ukulele | gentle sung vocal | slow fade] Past the flowers. Past the vows. Love is what you do right now. Choose each other every day.
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