CHOOSE YOU AGAIN Ayoa [Intro — intimate piano, vinyl warmth and distant guitar] (Female – Ayoa) Mmm… Love is not one perfect moment It’s a thousand little choices And baby… I still choose you [Verse 1] (Female – Ayoa) We’ve seen sunrise through curtains of doubt Said words too sharp, then we talked it back out You’ve seen the parts I was scared to reveal Still, you never made me ashamed of what I feel We never needed a picture-perfect view Just somewhere safe enough to tell the truth And every time life put us to the test We didn’t run—we learned to love us better [Pre-Chorus] (Female – Ayoa) I don’t love some dream of who you could be I love the soul standing here beside me Eyes wide open, heart in my hands Knowing every flaw, I still know where I stand [Chorus] (Female – Ayoa with female harmonies) I would choose you again Through every high, through every low With everything that I now know I would choose you again If the whole world reset And every memory came to an end My heart would find your rhythm And choose you again Again, again I would choose you again Again, again My lover and my friend [Verse 2] (Female – Ayoa) Love isn’t never having rain It’s knowing whose hand you want in the storm It isn’t dancing without any pain It’s finding the beat when the rhythm feels torn You give me room, but you never feel far You know my silence, you remember my scars And when I forget all the strength that I own You don’t try to save me—you remind me I’m strong [Pre-Chorus] (Female – Ayoa) I don’t need promises written in gold Just keep choosing me when the nights grow cold No grand illusion, no beautiful lie Just truth in your touch and peace in your eyes [Chorus] (Female – Ayoa with female harmonies) I would choose you again Through every high, through every low With everything that I now know I would choose you again If the whole world reset And every memory came to an end My heart would find your rhythm And choose you again Again, again I would choose you again Again, again My lover and my friend [Post-Chorus — soft island groove] (Female – Ayoa with layered female vocals) Oh-oh, over and over Oh-oh, closer and closer Not because I need you I choose you ’cause I want you Oh-oh, over and over Through every season growing older If tomorrow starts from nothing I’ll find my way back to your loving [Saxophone Solo — soulful tenor sax over piano, bass and one-drop drums] (Female – Ayoa, soft ad-libs) Play it for me… Mmm, let it speak Some feelings need no words Yeah… [Bridge — piano and voice] (Female – Ayoa) Not because I need saving Not because I fear goodbye I choose you from my freedom With a clear heart and open eyes No one owns the love inside me It is mine alone to give And I place it in your hands Every day that we both live That’s the purest kind of yes That’s the promise I can make I will never love you blindly I will love you wide awake [Final Chorus — full band and soaring female harmonies] (Female – Ayoa with full female harmonies) I would choose you again Through every high, through every low With everything that I now know I would choose you again If the whole world reset And every memory came to an end My heart would find your rhythm And choose you again I would choose you again Not just the sunshine—the pouring rain Not only pleasure—the growing pains I would choose you again Again, again With my eyes wide open Again, again With every word unspoken Again, again My lover and my friend If I had a thousand lives I’d choose you in every one of them [Outro — piano, saxophone and gentle guitar] (Female – Ayoa) Love is not one perfect moment It’s a thousand little choices And baby… Today Tomorrow And when forever ends I would choose you again Mmm… Again [whisper] Ben, Ben, Bennie pon di riddim Ayoa and Bennie..... Mmmmhhh
