We Chose This Life, We Live This Life Lyrics

Track 12. We Chose This Life, We Live This Life

Track 13. We Chose This Life, We Live This Life (Violin Cover)

We Chose This Life, We Live This Life—JULY 1989

[Verse 1]

They showed us roads already made,

Each step was set, each choice was laid.

A quiet home, a simple plan,

A life they thought we’d understand.

They meant no harm, they wished us well,

They tried to catch us when we fell.

But through their words and careful noise,

We heard another kind of voice.

[Pre-Chorus]

We knew which doors we had to close,

We felt the weight of roads we chose.

Each step beyond their guiding light

Brought us one step to what felt right.

[Chorus]

We chose this life.

We live this life.

We left the shore

To face the tide.

We knew the cost.

We knew the price.

We chose this life.

We live this life.

[Verse 2]

We left behind our old main streets,

The safer ground beneath our feet.

Some called us fools, some called us brave,

Some said the world would make us cave.

Perhaps we’ll lose, perhaps we’ll fall,

Perhaps we won’t know much at all.

But we would rather face the night

Than live beneath another’s light.

[Pre-Chorus]

What we gave up was not in vain,

Though each true loss still leaves a stain.

The road is hard, the way is long,

But even here, we still belong.

[Chorus]

We chose this life.

We live this life.

No borrowed dream.

No borrowed sky.

Through every doubt,

Through every fight,

We chose this life.

We live this life.

[Adlib]

This life...

This life...

We chose...

We live...

[Bridge]

We left with tears, but not with spite,

We walked by faith and not by sight.

And though we lost what once felt known,

At least the life we live is our own.

[Final Chorus]

We chose this life.

We live this life.

Through open roads

And sleepless nights.

If we should fall,

We’ll stand and rise.

We chose this life.

We live this life.

[Post-Chorus]

We chose this hope.

We chose this fight.

We chose the dark

To find our light.

And when the years

Have passed us by,

We’ll still declare

With open eyes:

[Outro]

We chose this life.

We live this life.

[Outro Reprise]

We chose this life...

We live this life...

Album: Under the Yellow Lamp (2026)