I Chose to Stay

Head over heels, you swept me off my feet Butterflies and a heartbeat that skips a beat Love at first sight - then love went blind Plenty of fish, so you left me behind They told me love hurts, love's a battlefield A losing game with a hand I'd never reveal I fell so hard, then I fell back out Like gravity's all that love's about But what goes up has to come back down If love is a fall, then love's never found So I didn't fall - I chose to stay Love's an act of the will, not a slip away It's patient, it's kind, it covers, it bears It hopes, it trusts, it's always there Let the whole world keep falling out of love I'm standing in the kind you rise above No, I didn't fall.. I chose to stay It doesn't envy, doesn't boast or brag Doesn't keep a ledger, doesn't wave a flag Not self-seeking, not quick to ignite Won't dance on your downfall and call it right No"me first" no swelled-up head It protects what's fragile, it means what it said Not"happily ever after" in a fairy-tale glow A love that stays when the credits won't roll But what goes up has to come back down If love is a fall, then love's never found So I didn't fall - I chose to stay Love's an act of the will, not a slip away It's patient, it's kind, it covers, it bears It hopes, it trusts, it's always there Let the whole world keep falling out of love I'm standing in the kind you rise above No, I didn't fall.. I chose to stay You can't hurt what you've chosen to hold You can't lose what you never let go Absence won't make this wander or fade This isn't luck, it's a promise I made It rejoices with truth, it never gives in Perseveres to the end.. then starts over again So I won't fall - I'll choose to stay An act of the will, and it's here to stay It always protects, always trusts, always hopes Never looks back, just keeps going to the close Let the whole world keep falling out of love I'm standing in the kind that's enough No, I didn't fall I chose to stay.