**[Verse 1 — Male]**  
Back at Twenty-Nine Palms, sun beatin’ on the sand,  
I was playin’ tour guide, map folded in my hand.  
You were just a quick “hey” in a long day’s haze,  
And I didn’t see the lightning hidin’ in your gaze.  

I had a ring and a plan that wasn’t meant to stay,  
Then life broke it clean and it blew on away.  
And there you were again like a song I’d ignored,  
And I knew in my bones I had to know you more.  

**[Pre-Chorus — Female]**  
We got sent different directions, different time zones, different roads,  
But somehow your name kept showin’ up where my heart goes.  

**[Chorus — Male & Female Duet]**  
Chyanne, you’re my battle buddy, you’re my home,  
The steady in the chaos when the world gets loud and cold.  
From dress blues to front porch steps, you were worth the miles I ran,  
If love’s a kind of bravery, you’re the bravest thing I’ve had.  
Yeah, I’d take on the entire world if it meant I got to see  
That smile you save for me—  
Chyanne, you’re my battle buddy.  

**[Verse 2 — Female]**  
We stayed in touch like letters folded up inside a pocket,  
Little pieces of our days, tryin’ not to drop it.  
Then 2017, you said it straight and true,  
“I want the real thing, and I want it with you.”  

I’d already learned life can shift without a sound,  
But hope feels like a knock when it’s comin’ around.  
Then July 2018, there I was on your step,  
With every mile we ever crossed I promised you I’d accept.  

**[Pre-Chorus — Male]**  
And I met your boy, and my heart just knew,  
Some loves don’t ask permission— they just move in too.  

**[Chorus — Male & Female Duet]**  
Chyanne, you’re my battle buddy, you’re my home,  
The steady in the chaos when the world gets loud and cold.  
From dress blues to front porch steps, you were worth the miles I ran,  
If love’s a kind of bravery, you’re the bravest thing I’ve had.  
Yeah, I’d take on the entire world if it meant I got to see  
That smile you save for me—  
Chyanne, you’re my battle buddy.  

**[Bridge — Male & Female Duet]**  
**Male:** January twentieth, two thousand twenty-one, I said “I do,”  
**Female:** July fourteenth, we stood up there and made it true.  
**Male:** And now there’s little footsteps, three new reasons in the hall,  
**Female:** A louder kind of laughter, and you’re still my favorite call.  
**Male:** I told your son I love him, and I meant it from the start,  
**Female:** You didn’t just change my life, you rebuilt my heart.  
**Both:** And if the world gets heavy, we don’t carry it alone—  
We’ve been through worse than weather, we were trained to hold our own.  

**[Final Chorus — Male & Female Duet]**  
Chyanne, you’re my battle buddy, you’re my home,  
The steady in the chaos when the world gets loud and cold.  
From Twenty-Nine Palms to forever, girl, you’re who I choose,  
Every day, every lifetime, in these worn-in boots.  
Yeah, I’d walk to the gates of hell just to see you smile