[Intro] (soft, intimate — piano and breath) I still don't understand it… why You came… You didn't have to… [Hook] (tender, restrained) You didn't have to come for me, didn't have to stay, didn't have to reach into the mess and pull me out the gray I had nothing You could need and nothing You could use — but You didn't have to, and You chose to That's the part that breaks me open, that's the part I can't explain, that there wasn't any reason and You came for me again — You didn't have to, no, but You chose to [Post-Hook] (soft ad-lib runs) (You chose to, You chose to) Oh, You chose me… (no reason, no reason) But You chose to [Verse 1] I keep waiting for the reason, keep waiting for the why, keep looking for the angle, for the thing I'd have to buy 'Cause nobody comes for nothing, nobody saves for free, and I knew there wasn't anything worth saving here in me But You didn't check the ledger, didn't weigh me on the scale, didn't ask me what I'm worth before You answered to my wail — You just came into the bottom where I never thought You'd be, for a girl who had no reason to be worth the entry fee [Pre-Hook] (building gently) There's no line that I could give You, no excuse and no defense, nothing in my open hands that ever made it make sense — You just came for me anyway… You didn't have to [Hook] You didn't have to come for me, didn't have to stay, didn't have to reach into the mess and pull me out the gray I had nothing You could need and nothing You could use — but You didn't have to, and You chose to That's the part that breaks me open, that's the part I can't explain, that there wasn't any reason and You came for me again — You didn't have to, no, but You chose to [Verse 2] And I've tried to earn it backwards, tried to pay You for the grace, tried to be enough to justify the look upon Your face But You stop me every time I start to balance out the cost, say You didn't come to profit, You just came for what was lost So I'm learning how to take it, how to let the gift be free, how to quit the math entirely and just let You come for me — 'cause the love that needs no reason is the only love that holds, and You didn't have to want me, but You did — and that's the gold [Pre-Hook] There's no line that I could give You, no excuse and no defense, nothing in my open hands that ever made it make sense — You just came for me anyway… You didn't have to [Hook] You didn't have to come for me, didn't have to stay, didn't have to reach into the mess and pull me out the gray I had nothing You could need and nothing You could use — but You didn't have to, and You chose to That's the part that breaks me open, that's the part I can't explain, that there wasn't any reason and You came for me again — You didn't have to, no, but You chose to [Bridge] (choir enters, half-time, warm and swelling) You chose me (You chose me) with nothing (with nothing) Came into the empty-handed worst of what I had You chose me (You chose me), You came down — when there wasn't any reason, You still turned around (You chose to… You chose to…) [Verse 3] (lifts — the vocal opens, grateful, soaring) And the strangest kind of freedom is in being wanted free, not for anything I'm bringing, not for who I'm gonna be — just for sitting in the wreckage as the worst of what I am, and still being worth the reaching of a torn and open hand So if you think you're too far gone, think there's nothing left to save, think you gotta earn the mercy 'fore it ever comes your way — you don't have to close the distance, don't have to climb to grace: Love didn't have to want you, but it did — and that's the grace [Final Hook] (full, grateful belt + choir + runs) You didn't have to come for me — but I'm so glad You came, glad You waded in the wreckage and You loved me all the same I had nothing You could need and nothing I could prove — but You didn't have to, and You chose to And it breaks me open every time, the wonder and the grace, that there wasn't any reason and You came for me anyway — You didn't have to, no, but You chose to [Outro] (settles back to a whisper — piano and reverb) You didn't have to… but You chose me… You chose me…
