I felt my feelings fray and fade away In a ring of gold That I'm still wearing It's forged loose around my finger I slip it off to pretend that I'm alone I've warmed you and scorned you I'm wretched and I'm kind I have left you all alone I've made you suffer my lover, my partner And my closest friend Love is acceptance and love is shame Love is dependence and love is pain Love is struggle I will struggle with you I choose you I regret at times that I'm afraid That I've ruined both of our lives We'll wander for forty more 'Til death does both of us part I've been crippled by shame In the comfort of your embrace I've felt contempt for our commitment Content in my calloused heart Love is frailty and eulogy Love is devotion and adultery Love is struggle I will struggle with you I choose you There's so many times that I have put us In a triangle of love In the arms of my first lover You've caught me in an affair with myself But I am slowly seeing The beauty in a covenantal vow Love is a natural feeling Love is an unnatural choice Love is riches and poverty Love is withholding and charity Love is struggle I will struggle with you Love is sorrow and love is joy Love is a feeling and love's a choice Love is struggle I will struggle with you Love is struggle I will struggle with you I choose you