I Choose You in the Ordinary

[Verse 1]
You leave your keys beside the bowl
And tell me how the meeting went
I watch the steam lift from your tea
While evening gathers at the window

You know the names of all my storms
And when to let the silence stay
Then touch my wrist, and ask me plain
If I want company today

[Pre-Chorus]
No grand design, no perfect phrase
Just you remembering how I take my tea

[Chorus]
I choose you in the ordinary
In the dishes, in the drive
In the way you save the last warm slice
And ask if I got home all right
When all the bright occasions pass
And every borrowed ribbon’s gone
I choose you in the ordinary
And I’ll keep choosing as we go

[Verse 2]
Your coat is hanging by the stairs
A little rain still on the sleeve
You tell me what you’re scared to lose
I tell you what I can’t yet name

We don’t make promises of ease
We make a little room to change
A hand held out across the table
A soft place to return again

[Pre-Chorus]
No flawless map, no fixed reply
Just you beside me while we learn the way

[Chorus]
I choose you in the ordinary
In the dishes, in the drive
In the way you save the last warm slice
And ask if I got home all right
When all the bright occasions pass
And every borrowed ribbon’s gone
I choose you in the ordinary
And I’ll keep choosing as we go

[Bridge]
If work runs late, I’ll leave the porch light
If words come wrong, we’ll start anew
I won’t ask you to be unchanging
I want the life that keeps becoming you

[Half-Time Breakdown]
Stay for the morning
Stay for the mess
Stay when we’re certain
Stay when we guess

[Final Chorus]
I choose you in the ordinary
In the hard days and the bright
In the honest little ways we turn
Toward each other every night
When all the years have changed our plans
And time has rearranged the road
I choose you in the ordinary
And I’ll keep choosing as we go

[Outro]
Keys beside the bowl
Your coat beside mine
I choose you here
One day at a time