[Verse 1] A dozen doors in the morning air A dozen lives I could almost wear I stood between the should and might Then put my hand to one small latch [Pre-Chorus] No map could tell me what was true The road began the moment I moved [Chorus] I chose, therefore I lived I took the chance the day could give Not the perfect, not the safest way But mine, and real, from that first day I chose, therefore I lived [Verse 2] Some turns were wrong, some plans ran dry I learned the shape of my own reply The life I wanted wasn’t waiting there It took my steps to become a prayer [Pre-Chorus] No list of roads could make me whole The path became a path when I chose [Chorus] I chose, therefore I lived I took the chance the day could give Not the perfect, not the safest way But mine, and real, from that first day I chose, therefore I lived [Bridge] Let the lost hours have their say They are the proof I was awake Every door I dared to try Turned possibility to life [Final Chorus] I chose, therefore I lived I took the chance the day could give Not the perfect, not the safest way But mine, and real, from that first day I chose, therefore I lived I chose, therefore I lived
