A Thousand Hearts

[Verse 1]
A thousand doors in borrowed white
Each one dressed for the same last dance
One says stay, one says take the train
One keeps your hand, one misses the chance

[Pre-Chorus]
The room goes quiet, the vows begin
All those lives lean close to hear
I hold one future against my chest
And feel the others disappear

[Chorus]
I do, I do — and a thousand hearts break
I do, I do — for the life that we make
Every road at the altar, every almost, every maybe
I choose you, I choose you
While the rest let go of me

[Verse 2]
There’s one of me with a different name
Still at the station, still on the phone
One learned to leave before the rain
One built a house and called it home

[Pre-Chorus]
No clean escape, no harmless vow
No way to keep each door ajar
I feel their hands release me now
As yours become the place we are

[Chorus]
I do, I do — and a thousand hearts break
I do, I do — for the life that we make
Every road at the altar, every almost, every maybe
I choose you, I choose you
While the rest let go of me

[Bridge]
To the one who stayed in that small town
To the one who never turned around
I’m sorry for the lives we couldn’t keep
I’ll carry you into the one I get to live

[Final Chorus]
I do, I do — and a thousand hearts break
I do, I do — for the life that we make
Every road at the altar, every almost, every maybe
I choose you, I choose you
While the rest let go of me
I choose you, I choose you
And I’ll remember what it cost to be