These are the choices I make (longer version)

These Are the Choices I Make Verse 1 I did not choose the road beneath me I did not choose the falling rain I did not choose the hands that shaped me Or every pleasure, every pain The world came knocking without asking With all its beauty, all its ache But somewhere in the space between them These are the choices I make Chorus These are the choices I make When the morning finds me awake I can turn toward fear or wonder I can bend, I can build, I can break I cannot choose every burden I cannot choose every gate Verse 2 A Spark is not a perfect answer A Spark is not a life made fair It is the power to face the moment And know there’s still a self in there To take the anger and not become it To know the lie and choose the true To feel the darkness closing round you And still decide what you will do Chorus These are the choices I make When the morning finds me awake I can turn toward fear or wonder I can bend, I can build, I can break I cannot choose every burden I cannot choose every gate Bridge Maybe freedom isn’t endless Maybe freedom’s something small One clear breath before the answer One true step before the fall A hand held out instead of striking A word of love instead of blame A little order made from chaos A little light that bears your name Verse 3 So if the road is hard before you If what you wanted never came If all the world seems set against you You are not empty, you remain There is a place no storm can enter A quiet room no fear can take The place where you decide your answer The place where choices still are made Final Chorus These are the choices I make Not because the world is safe Not because I know the ending Not because I cannot shake But because I am still choosing And that is more than fate The world may tell me what has happened It does not tell me what I make These are the choices I make These are the choices I make Outro The world is what I’m given The song is what I make.