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Lyrics
[Intro ☕][Energy: Low] (acoustic guitar, single voice, unhurried) Look at what we built here, look at what we've done Three daughters and a life beneath this sun Hard years and good years, and I wouldn't trade a one Look at what we built here, look at what we've done [Verse 1 ☕][Energy: Low] You came to me with your eyes wide open Said it's time, said let's build something real I almost let my fear speak for me I'd seen enough to know what I was scared to feel My parents' house was quiet in the wrong way My friends were drowning somewhere in their lawns I thought that's just the way that love turns out to be — Silent noons and all those angry dawns [Pre-Chorus][Energy: Build] But something in you made me want to try Something in you made me stay [Chorus 🔥][Energy: High] You showed me that's not the way it had to be We raised our girls, built our life, you and me We had our hard years, had our share of nights But baby — we turned on the lights And this, this is the way it should be [Verse 2 ☕][Energy: Low] We had the years when money kept us honest And years when words came out the wrong way hard There were nights we both lay wondering If love could hold the weight of all those scars But you never let the lights go all the way out You'd find me in the dark and hold on tight Our girls were watching everything we did And we showed them love is worth the fight [Pre-Chorus][Energy: Build] And I was scared but I kept choosing too Scared but I kept choosing you [Chorus 🔥][Energy: High] You showed me that's not the way it had to be We raised our girls, built our life, you and me We had our hard years, had our share of nights But baby — we turned on the lights And this, this is the way it should be [Bridge 😭][Energy: Low] (piano only, voice close and quiet) I was so afraid You have no idea how afraid I was (beat of silence) I had seen what love becomes When people stop choosing each other [Bridge 🔥][Energy: Build] But you kept choosing me Every hard year, every quiet night You kept choosing me And I want you to know — I chose you too I'd choose you again I'll choose you again [Final Chorus 🔥][Energy: Explosive] (strings enter, full band) You showed me that's not the way it had to be We raised three daughters, built this life, you and me We had our hard years, Lord we had some nights But baby — we turned on the lights I used to hear it wrong, I used to be afraid I thought love was the price that everyone gets paid But you gave me something no one told me I could have — You gave me the way it should be You gave me the way it should be [Outro ☕][Energy: Low][Fade Out] (guitar returns alone, strings fade beneath) Look at what we built here… You never let the lights go all the way out… Look at what we've done…