Something I Can’t Hide

Tonight

I've got something to say

(Uh, yeah, uh)

Started with a blank page

Three little chords and a melody

Didn't know where it would go (Yeah, uh)

Till I pictured you standing next to me

I tried to make it complicated

Turned every feeling into poetry

But every line kept circling back

To something simpler than it seemed

(Whoa) Looking for the right words

(Oh) Searching for the perfect verse (Whoa)

Don't you know, don't you know, don't you know? (Whoa, whoa)

Pages on the table (Whoa)

None of them say what I'm able to

I don't need a perfect phrase

I don't need a thousand ways

When you're standing here beside me

Everything just falls in place

No, I don't need a grand display

Or some beautiful cliché

If you wanna know what's on my mind

It's you, it's you, every day

Read every line from every great book

Tried to find a sentence with the perfect look

But I'm still stumbling when you look at me (Uh)

Like every word just disappears completely

Had a melody that sounded so right

Stayed up writing half the night

Then you smiled and suddenly I knew

There was nothing left to prove

I don't need a perfect phrase

I don't need a thousand ways

When you're standing here beside me

Everything just falls in place

No, I don't need a grand display

Or some beautiful cliché

If you wanna know what's on my mind

It's you, it's you, every day

I don't need a perfect phrase

(I don't need a perfect phrase)

I don't need a thousand ways

(I don't need a thousand ways)

Every little thing you do

Makes the words come out brand new

No, I don't need a grand display

(There's no need for yesterday)

If you wanna know what's on my mind

It's you, it's you, every day

Now I'm stepping off the spotlight

Let the room fade into blue

No clever lines, no disguise

Just the truth I've got for you

If my voice starts shaking

If I don't know what to say

Maybe that's the honest part

Maybe that's the better way

Whoa, oh

Whoa, whoa

(Whoa) Looking for the right words

(Whoa) Searching for the perfect verse (Uh, yeah)

Pages on the table

But I don't need them anymore

I don't need a perfect phrase

(I don't need a perfect phrase)

I don't need a thousand ways

(Don't need a thousand ways)

When you're standing here beside me

Everything just falls in place

No, I don't need a grand display

(There's no need for a grand display)

Or some beautiful cliché

I just wanna tell you what I feel

In the simplest way

I don't need a perfect phrase

(I don't need a perfect phrase)

I don't need a thousand ways

(Yeah, uh)

Every road I've taken somehow

Always seems to lead here now

No, I don't need a grand display

(There's no better way)

If you wanna know what's on my mind

It's you, it's you, every day

Tonight

I've got nothing rehearsed

Just a little truth

And maybe that's enough

I don't need the perfect line

I don't need to make it rhyme

All I know is when you're near

Everything feels right

And maybe that's okay