Verse 1]
You were the spark in every room
The quiet fire I never knew
I watched you smile, I memorized
Every laugh, every tear in your eyes
I’d walk you home, you’d never see
The way my heart would skip a beat
You talked about some other guy
And I just nodded with a lie
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[Chorus]
I almost told you every time
How much I dreamed you’d just be mine
But I stayed silent, let it slide
Now you’re dancing through some other life
And I’m stuck in the memory
Of what we were that we’d never be
You’ll never know how much it hurt
To love you first, and lose you worst
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[Verse 2]
You called me “best,” you called me “friend”
I bit my tongue again and again
You leaned on me when your heart broke
I bled inside and you never knew
You found someone who makes you glow
And I smiled wide and let you go
’Cause loving you meant standing back
And never getting what I never had
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[Chorus]
I almost told you every time
How much I dreamed you’d just be mine
But I stayed silent, let it slide
Now you’re dancing through some other life
And I’m stuck in the memory
Of what we were that we’d never be
You’ll never know how much it hurt
To love you first, and lose you worst
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[Bridge]
And maybe in another life
You’d turn around and say you’re mine
But in this one, I play the fool
The boy who loved too much too true
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[Final Chorus]
I almost told you every time
But goodbyes hit like lullabies
And now you wear a wedding ring
While I write songs you’ll never sing
Still stuck in the memory
Of what we were that we’d never be
You’ll never know how much it hurt
To love you first…
And lose you worst