I Chose, Therefore I Lived

[Verse 1]
A dozen doors in the morning air
A dozen lives I could almost wear
I stood between the should and might
Then put my hand to one small latch

[Pre-Chorus]
No map could tell me what was true
The road began the moment I moved

[Chorus]
I chose, therefore I lived
I took the chance the day could give
Not the perfect, not the safest way
But mine, and real, from that first day
I chose, therefore I lived

[Verse 2]
Some turns were wrong, some plans ran dry
I learned the shape of my own reply
The life I wanted wasn’t waiting there
It took my steps to become a prayer

[Pre-Chorus]
No list of roads could make me whole
The path became a path when I chose

[Chorus]
I chose, therefore I lived
I took the chance the day could give
Not the perfect, not the safest way
But mine, and real, from that first day
I chose, therefore I lived

[Bridge]
Let the lost hours have their say
They are the proof I was awake
Every door I dared to try
Turned possibility to life

[Final Chorus]
I chose, therefore I lived
I took the chance the day could give
Not the perfect, not the safest way
But mine, and real, from that first day
I chose, therefore I lived
I chose, therefore I lived