I Chose You for Her
A Tapestry of Love: I Chose You for Her by Annie MacLeod
Lyrics
He will be your love
Expressing that someone will be the recipient's love.
You'll show him what you're made of
Encouraging the recipient to reveal their true qualities.
He will take your hand
Indicating that the person will hold the recipient's hand.
You'll let it fall like sand
Suggesting that the recipient might let the connection slip away like sand.
When you rage, he rises up to meet you
Describing the person rising to meet the recipient's anger.
You soften in his arms
Highlighting the recipient softening in the person's embrace.
He gives you a place
Providing a space for the recipient to grow with awkwardness and grace.
To grow into awkwardness and grace
Continuing to express the speaker's choice of the person for the recipient.
I chose him for you
Reiterating the choice made for the recipient.
When you stirred in ancient memory
Referring to a moment of stirring in ancient memory.
I chose him for you
Reaffirming the choice made for the recipient to experience love.
To give the love that eluded me
Expressing that the person was chosen to provide love that the speaker missed.
He'll love you as you grow (love you as you grow)
Assuring that the person will love the recipient during their growth.
When you find real love, you'll know
Stating that real love will be recognized when found.
It's ok to let go
Encouraging the recipient to let go, repeated for emphasis.
It's ok to let go
-It's ok to let go
-I chose him
Reiterating the choice made by the speaker.
I chose him for you
Confirming the speaker's choice for the recipient.
You caught her the day she was born
Describing the act of catching someone on the day of their birth.
You'll catch her whole life through
Committing to supporting and catching the person throughout their life.
She'll know your warmth and your limits
Enumerating the qualities the person will provide to the recipient.
Your humanity, your strength
-When the day leaves her cold and alone
Assuring that the person will be a source of comfort when needed.
She'll know where to come back home
Reassuring that the recipient will have a place to come back to.
She is our first child
Identifying the child as the speaker's first.
The greatest gift I gave is you
Expressing the child as the greatest gift.
I chose you for her
Reiterating the choice made by the speaker for the recipient.
When she stirred in ancient memory
Referring to a moment of stirring in ancient memory for the child.
I chose you for her
Reaffirming the choice made by the speaker for the child to experience love.
To give the love that eluded me
Expressing that the person was chosen to provide love that the speaker missed for the child.
You'll love her as she grows (love her as she grows)
Assuring that the person will love the child during their growth.
When she finds real love, she'll know
Stating that real love will be recognized when found by the child.
It's ok to let go
Encouraging the recipient to let go, repeated for emphasis for the child.
It's ok to let go
-It's ok to let go
-I chose you
Reiterating the choice made by the speaker for the recipient, repeated for emphasis.
I chose you
-I chose you
-I chose you
-I chose you for her
Confirming the speaker's choice for the child.
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