The Door I Chose

[Verse 1] I got good at keeping peace At reading storms before they peak At making myself smaller in the room Like maybe then I’d make it through [Verse 2] I learned to wear a steady face To hide the fear, to guard the shake To call it love when it was anything but And blame myself for what it was [Pre-Chorus] But somewhere underneath the ache A quiet voice refused to break [Chorus] There’s a door I chose With my hand still shaking With a heart that broke Even while I made it I didn’t leave because it didn’t hurt I left because I knew my worth Even if I had to learn it slow There’s a door I chose [Verse 3] The night I left, the air felt strange Like freedom had a different weight I almost turned around a hundred times From habit, fear, and borrowed lies [Pre-Chorus] But every step away from you Sounded more like something true [Chorus] There’s a door I chose With my hand still shaking With a heart that broke Even while I made it I didn’t leave because it didn’t hurt I left because I knew my worth Even if I had to learn it slow There’s a door I chose [Bridge] For every woman holding breath Thinking this is all that’s left You are not weak for needing time You are not wrong for changing your mind And if tonight is all you’ve got One small step still means a lot You do not have to disappear To make it through another year [Final Chorus] There’s a door I chose Though it almost broke me And the light outside Felt so far from knowing But I kept walking anyway Through all the fear, through all the pain And now my voice sounds like my own There’s a door I chose [Outro] My voice sounds like my own My life is not yours to hold There’s a door I chose