you're in love (but not with me)

You tell me all your secrets 

Like I’m just a friend you trust 

I nod and smile and listen 

While pretending not to blush 

You talk about them like they hung the stars 

And I break a little, every part 

You say you’re happy, and I fake a grin 

But my ribs cave in 

You’re in love — but not with me 

And that truth’s been killing me quietly 

I’d give my soul just for a maybe 

But you don’t look at me the way you do them lately 

I’m the background in your perfect scene 

You’re in love… but not with me 

You ask me what you should wear 

For your date on Saturday 

And I lie through my teeth 

Say “go with blue, it brings out your face” 

You laugh and thank me like it’s sweet 

While I fall apart beneath my feet 

I wish I meant a little more 

Than the friend you vent to on the floor 

You’re in love — but not with me 

And I’m just a ghost in your gallery 

You don’t notice how I freeze 

Every time you speak so easily 

About the one you wish would see 

That you're in love… but not with me 

Maybe I’m selfish, maybe it’s wrong 

But I’ve loved you quietly for so long 

And I wish just once you’d look my way 

And see what’s been here every day 

You’re in love — and that’s okay 

But I wish it didn’t hurt this way 

I’ll be your shoulder endlessly 

Even if you’ll never choose me 

'Cause some love lives in tragedy 

And you’re in love… 

But not with me