Audio Samples

I Choose You

Sara Bareilles released this song in 2013 on her album "The Blessed Unrest." It has since become a favorite for weddings, requested for the ceremony (typically as a recessional) and receptions. The harp and flute duet version below was recorded live at a wedding reception.

This piece can be played on pedal harp or lever harp.

Harp & Flute Duet

Lyrics

Let the bough break, let it come down crashing
Let the sun fade out to a dark sky
I can't say I'd even notice it was absent
'Cause I could live by the light in your eyes
Unfold before you
Would have strung together
The very first words of a lifelong love letter

Tell the world that we finally got it all right
I choose you
I will become yours and you will become mine
I choose you
I choose you
oh, oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh

There was a time when I would have believed them
If they told me, you could not come true
Just love's illusion
But then you found me and everything changed
And I believe in something again
My whole heart will be yours forever
This is a beautiful start to a lifelong love letter

Tell the world that we finally got it all right
I choose you (I choose you, I do)
I will become yours and you will become mine
I choose you (I choose you, I do)

We are not perfect
We'll learn from our mistakes
And as long as it takes
I will prove my love to you
I am not scared of the elements
I am under-prepared, but I am willing
And even better
I get to be the other half of you

Tell the world that we finally got it all right
I choose you, yeah (I choose you, I do)
I will become yours and you will become mine
I choose you (I choose you, I do)