January 17, 2019 | Capo 2nd Fret
Verse 1
Every night for the last few weeks, you’d wake up, and I would think
you would go back to sleep,
but instead, you would cry.
You knew how to hold your own, take what’s yours and not your own
from your brother and sister
And they would cry.
Every time you want something, you would sit, fuss, and scream
And beat your hands on the ground
You would begin to cry. (begin to cry)
Chorus
But every day, I choose you.
In hopes that someday you would learn how to love and choose me, too.
Verse 2
Your smile would light up a frowning room
a giggle would follow soon but on a dime you would cry.
We’d tell you to eat with a spoon,
Instead, you would fuss, choke, and smear your food And begin to cry.
Right when you were learning how to walk
you’d have a seizure and just stop.
And begin to cry. (begin to cry)
Chorus
But every day I choose you.
In hopes that someday you would learn how to love and choose me, too.
Bridge
And the roses, they turn grey.
The sky melts in a way
In ways you’ll never feel again
The sun, it darkens too.
The moon starts to cry a burnt-out star for you
In ways you’ll never feel again
The birds, they start to sting
The bees begin to sing a broken melody
in ways you’ll never hear again.
The mountains explode, creating clouds in the sky
Void of rain as the rivers run dry, all hope dies
In ways they’ll never do again
I board a plane and cross the open sea,
humbled to my knees in every way
but I would do it all over again
Chorus
And every day, I choose you
in hopes that someday you learn how to love
and choose me, too
