I Choose You Slowly
christina perri's 1000 years style
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Lyrics
Verse 1
There’s a quiet in the way you say my name
Like the world leans in just to listen
Every scar I tried to hide away
Feels lighter when you’re near me
Pre-Chorus
I was taught that love was something fast
Like a fire that fades too soon
But you move like dawn across my past
Soft, steady, true
Chorus
I choose you slowly
With my whole heart open wide
Every fear I’ve been holding
Falls away when your hand’s in mine
If time keeps asking questions
I’ll answer the same each day
I choose you slowly
But I’ll choose you always
Verse 2
I’ve been standing on the edge of hope
Afraid to fall, afraid to stay
But you never asked me to be whole
You just loved me anyway
Pre-Chorus
Every step I’ve been afraid to take
You walk beside, not ahead
You don’t rush what we’re meant to make
You let it live
Chorus
I choose you slowly
Like the tide learns how to rise
Through the doubts, through the waiting
Through the long and fragile nights
If the world keeps changing
And nothing feels the same
I choose you slowly
But I’ll choose you always
Bridge
If my voice starts to shake
If my faith starts to bend
Promise me you’ll stay
Not to fix me — just to stand
I don’t need forever promised all at once
Just give me now, and now, and now
Final Chorus (soft, then swell)
I choose you slowly
With a love that learns to stay
Not because it’s easy
But because it feels like home this way
Let the years keep turning
Let the sky change its hue
I choose you slowly
Every day, I choose you
Outro
And if my heart forgets how to fly
Teach it again, gently, with you