[Verse 1] A thousand doors in borrowed white Each one dressed for the same last dance One says stay, one says take the train One keeps your hand, one misses the chance [Pre-Chorus] The room goes quiet, the vows begin All those lives lean close to hear I hold one future against my chest And feel the others disappear [Chorus] I do, I do — and a thousand hearts break I do, I do — for the life that we make Every road at the altar, every almost, every maybe I choose you, I choose you While the rest let go of me [Verse 2] There’s one of me with a different name Still at the station, still on the phone One learned to leave before the rain One built a house and called it home [Pre-Chorus] No clean escape, no harmless vow No way to keep each door ajar I feel their hands release me now As yours become the place we are [Chorus] I do, I do — and a thousand hearts break I do, I do — for the life that we make Every road at the altar, every almost, every maybe I choose you, I choose you While the rest let go of me [Bridge] To the one who stayed in that small town To the one who never turned around I’m sorry for the lives we couldn’t keep I’ll carry you into the one I get to live [Final Chorus] I do, I do — and a thousand hearts break I do, I do — for the life that we make Every road at the altar, every almost, every maybe I choose you, I choose you While the rest let go of me I choose you, I choose you And I’ll remember what it cost to be
