Title: “Still My Choice” ⸻ LYRICS (≤5000 characters) [Intro – soft organ, vinyl crackle, distant choir] (soft) Don’t let the silence write the ending… I’m still here… ⸻ [Verse 1] I been holding steady, trying not to fold Talking to the quiet just to keep my soul Every day your name don’t hit my phone Still I keep a light on like you’re coming home I ain’t perfect, I won’t say I am Got some things I’m learning how to understand But I know what’s real don’t disappear Just because it’s tested by a little fear ⸻ [Pre-Chorus] They say let it go if it don’t come easy But truth don’t bend just to move on freely If it’s real, it stays through the fire and noise And I won’t trade love for a safer choice ⸻ [Chorus] We don’t walk away from what we love Just ‘cause it ain’t all lined up We don’t lose ourselves just to feel control That ain’t power, that’s losing soul If it costs your truth, it ain’t your way If it pulls you from what’s real, don’t stay I ain’t here to hold you tight I just want you choosing right Love ain’t chains, love’s a voice And I’m still here… still my choice ⸻ [Verse 2] I get worried when the light looks dressed in gold When the promise sounds loud but it leaves you cold There’s a path that shines but it steals your name Takes everything you are and calls it change If they tell you cut what’s true to grow Ask what kind of growth needs letting go That ain’t freedom, that’s disguised control That’s a quiet way of losing soul ⸻ [Pre-Chorus] If they tell you distance makes you strong Ask why truth would feel so wrong What is real don’t ask you to divide It strengthens what you hold inside ⸻ [Chorus] We don’t walk away from what we love Just ‘cause it ain’t all lined up We don’t lose ourselves just to feel control That ain’t power, that’s losing soul If it costs your truth, it ain’t your way If it pulls you from what’s real, don’t stay I ain’t here to hold you tight I just want you choosing right Love ain’t chains, love’s a voice And I’m still here… still my choice ⸻ [Bridge – stripped, near spoken] I’m not here to own your path or shape your mind I don’t want a version of you left behind If it’s real, it breathes—it don’t demand It don’t pull away just to understand What we had wasn’t random chance It was built in truth, not circumstance And time don’t cancel what we knew It just shows what we would choose ⸻ [Final Chorus – lift, full emotion] We don’t walk away from what we love Not for fear, not a false above We don’t bow to a borrowed voice We stand in truth, we make our choice If it’s calling you back, don’t hide That’s your soul on the other side I ain’t here to pull your hand Just hoping you’ll understand At the end it’s yours and mine No outside hand defines And if you feel it too… rejoice I’m still here… Still your choice ⸻ [Outro – soft piano fade] (still here…) (still here…)
