I Choose My Pace

[Verse 1]
I count the cost in rooms I know,
The fragile hours I can't let go.
The thing I want keeps calling still,
A distant shore beyond my will.

[Pre-Chorus]
I feel the water change its weight,
A whole horizon at the gate.

[Chorus]
When the tsunami lifts its wall,
I don't have to lose it all.
I can take one step, then breathe,
Hold what matters; let the wanting lead.
When the tsunami fills the sky,
I won't mistake the wave for why.
I'll keep my feet, I'll choose my pace,
And meet the tide without erasing what I save.

[Verse 2]
No grand escape, no clean restart,
Just careful courage, part by part.
I name the risks, I leave some room
For ordinary days to bloom.

[Half-Time Breakdown]
If I can't cross in one brave leap,
I'll make a promise I can keep.
A measured move, a steady hand,
The shore is not an all-or-nothing land.

[Final Chorus]
When the tsunami lifts its wall,
I don't have to lose it all.
One step forward, one breath clear,
I can want more and stay right here.
When the tsunami fills the sky,
I won't mistake the wave for why.
I'll keep my feet, I'll choose my pace,
And meet the tide—still holding what I save.

[Outro]
I choose my pace.
I keep what I save.
[Instrumental cadence: firm final chord, let ring and resolve]