[Verse 1 - intimate, close vocal] One good picture, three short answers Make a life fit on a screen Thumb goes left before the story Gets to say what it could mean I am more than Sunday hiking More than coffee, dogs, and books There are things you hear in silence That you never catch in looks [Pre-Chorus - gentle build] I do not need a perfect number I do not need a promised sign Just let the person on the other side Meet more than one thin line [Chorus - open melodic lift] Hear me before you choose Hear the pause and hear the truth Hear the laugh I could not photograph The road that brought me through You do not have to call it fate You do not have to know it soon Just hear me before you choose And I will do the same for you [Verse 2 - warmer momentum] Now a voice can tell the matchmaker Every hope it could not list Let a model make introductions Then get out of what comes next Tell me why you brought us closer Let me change what you got wrong Do not turn a human history To a score that travels on [Pre-Chorus - fuller] Fewer doors can feel like freedom Or a hallway someone owns If you learn me through my answers Let me see what you think you know [Chorus - full band] Hear me before you choose Hear the pause and hear the truth Hear the laugh I could not photograph The road that brought me through You do not have to call it fate You do not have to know it soon Just hear me before you choose And I will do the same for you [Bridge - stripped to fingerpicked guitar and piano] No machine can make the moment When two strangers both stay late It can only make the doorway We still have to make the date [Final Chorus - warm, highest lift] Hear me before you choose Hear the hope I nearly lose Hear the ordinary details That a profile cannot use You do not have to call it fate You do not have to know it soon Just hear me before you choose And I will do the same for you [Outro - soft dry vocal] Hear me before you choose
