Manchester Orchestra - Choose You lyrics

The invention of the ship
Was the invention of the shipwreck
I tried to find out who I was
By jumping off the deck
I intentionally clipped the intervention
Like a trip wire picked a color
Tried to bribe the bygone back into it's bed

And I don't, I won't, I don't choose you, you

Underneath the Christian court
There was this saying in the bricks
That you don't determine greatness
By a man's intelligence
No you won't determine greatness
Till you really start to dig
And you find out all those empty things
That he lets discourage him

And I don't, I won't, I don't choose
And I don't, I won't, I don't choose you

I tried to walk away
You broke the cast and tried to say
I am not the man you knew
I am not the man you choose

So you're back to back a wasted age
I tried to plead, you tried to pray
I am not the man you knew
I am not the man you choose

And I don't, I won't, I don't choose
And I don't, I won't, I don't choose you
You, you, you