[Intro | Pulsing piano | Warm synth pad | Soft duet hum] [Verse 1 | Male Vocal | Raspy pop tone | Deep masculine warmth | Restrained] You ask me one more question And I hear what you don’t mean Like there’s a trial in the kitchen And I’m already guilty I know you say it’s caring I know you’re reaching too But it lands on me like doubt again So I pull away from you [Verse 2 | Female Vocal | Tender but frustrated] You turn small sparks into fire Before I find the right words I’m not trying to corner you I’m trying not to get hurt You say I don’t believe you But I’m standing here, I do I just don’t know how to hold us When your anger fills the room [Pre-Chorus | Duet | Building but restrained] [M] I don’t want another fight [F] I don’t want another door slammed shut [M] I don’t want to feel accused [F] I don’t want to feel alone [Chorus | Duet Harmony | Emotional] I know I want you I know I want us Even when we make love feel hard to touch You are my person And it hurts so much When you act like you’re not [M] I feel the doubt before you say it [F] I feel you leaving when you stay [Duet] We are so great when we aren’t fighting Can we find our way? Can we put the hurt down? Can we tell the truth? I’m still choosing you [Post-Chorus | Soft repeating hook] Still choosing you Still choosing you Even when we don’t know what to do Still choosing you [Verse 3 | Male Vocal | Raspy romantic phrasing | Vulnerable but masculine] I blow it off like nothing But nothing’s what I hide behind I’m scared the next few words we say Will take the whole DAMN night I’m not trying to dismiss you I’m trying not to bleed But every time I disappear You think it means I want to leave [Verse 4 | Female Vocal | Honest and aching] You get upset so quickly And I start walking thin glass I miss the way we used to laugh Before the moment passed I don’t need you to be perfect I don’t need to win the room I just need to feel you with me When I’m reaching out for you [Pre-Chorus 2 | Duet | Gentle tension] [F] No more yelling from my old wounds [M] No more silence like a wall [F] No more blame to keep us safe [M] No more keeping score at all [Chorus | Duet Harmony | Wider but restrained] I know I want you I know I want us Even when we make love feel hard to touch You are my person And it hurts so much When you act like you’re not [M] I feel the doubt before you say it [F] I feel you leaving when you stay [Duet] We are so great when we aren’t fighting Can we find our way? Can we put the hurt down? Can we tell the truth? I’m still choosing you [Bridge | Stripped piano | Call and response] [M] When you ask again, I hear distrust [F] When you shut me out, I feel unloved [M] I get too loud when I feel small [F] I get too scared when you withdraw [M] I need my words to HAVE A PLACE [F] I need your anger not to lead [M] I need to know you’re on my side [F] I need you here, not just near me [Bridge Build | Duet | Hopeful lift] [Duet] Maybe the little things Are not little things at all Maybe fear slips in between us And teaches love to fall But I don’t want the falling I don’t want the proof I don’t want to win the fight If winning means losing you [Final Chorus | Duet Harmony | Hopeful release] I know I want you I know I want us Even when we make love feel hard to touch You are my person And it hurts so much When you act like you’re not [M] I’ll try to hear you softer [F] I’ll try to speak it clear [Duet] We are so great when we aren’t fighting [Duet] Can we start from here? No more turning fear to blame No more making love a test I’m still choosing you today Even when we’re not our best [Outro | Pulsing piano returns | Intimate duet fading] [F] I know I want you [M] I know I want us [Duet] Not just when it’s easy Not just when it’s enough [F] You are my person [M] I’m still here too [Duet] We are so great when we want it… Still choosing you
