If I could tell you

You always seem to notice

When there's something on my mind

You never make me say it

You just sit there by my side

You know when I'm pretending

You know when I'm not okay

And somehow when I'm with you

The noise just fades away

Sometimes I catch you looking

Then you look away too fast

And I wonder if you feel it

Or if I'm imagining that

I don't know when it happened

I don't know when you changed

But somewhere in between us

My heart forgot its place

And I could tell you everything

Except the one thing I hide

Because what if saying how I feel

Would change what's here tonight

If I could tell you

I'd tell you that I need you

More than I ever let you see

If I could tell you

I'd tell you that you mean

So much more than you should mean to me

I wonder if you know

When I look into your eyes

That there's a thousand words

I'm keeping locked inside

If I could tell you

Maybe you'd understand

Why I always find my way

Back to where you stand

You make me laugh so easily

You don't even have to try

And when you say you're staying

Something settles down inside

I remember all the little things

You probably don't recall

The way you always caught me

Whenever I would fall

And sometimes I imagine

What it would be like

If I reached for your hand

And you reached for mine

But then I pull away

Before you ever know

Because some feelings feel too precious

To risk letting them go

So I'll keep it to myself

I'll let the moment pass

Pretend my heart doesn't race

Whenever you're this close

If I could tell you

I'd tell you that I need you

More than I ever let you see

If I could tell you

I'd tell you that you mean

So much more than you should mean to me

I wonder if you know

When I look into your eyes

That there's a thousand words

I'm keeping locked inside

If I could tell you

Maybe you'd understand

Why I always find my way

Back to where you stand

Maybe someday I'll be brave

Maybe someday I'll say your name

And tell you all the things

I've been too afraid to say

Maybe you'd just smile

Maybe you'd turn away

Maybe you'd feel the same

But I can't risk losing you today

So I'll stay beside you

Like I've always done

And hide the way my heart

Still chooses you

If I could tell you

I'd tell you that I love you

Even if I never say it out loud

If I could tell you

I'd tell you that you're home

The safest place I've ever found

And maybe you don't know

Maybe you never will

But every quiet moment

My heart is with you still

If I could tell you

I'd tell you everything

But for now I'll keep pretending

You don't mean everything

So if you ever wonder

Why I never walk away...

It's because somewhere inside me

I've loved you all along

(all along...)