You walk past me like a summer breeze
And suddenly my lungs forget to breathe
A thousand words are waiting in my mind
But none of them are brave enough to find
Their way to you, their way through all my fear
So I stay silent when you’re standing near
Like every sentence fades before it starts
You don’t even know you’re holding my heart
I rehearse your name a hundred times a day
But when you’re close the words just run away
My heart falls for a girl who doesn’t know
A quiet love that never gets to show
Like rain that gathers high inside the sky
But never finds the courage just to fall
My mind keeps drawing pictures of a boy
Like life would somehow feel more safe and clear
But every dream it builds eventually
Still leads my thoughts back here
You laugh with friends and I just watch the light
Dancing in your eyes from far outside
I wonder if you’d like the songs I play
Or if you’d smile the same if I said “hey”
But fear is loud and courage whispers low
So I stay where my secrets never show
And maybe loving you is just this art
Of learning how to hide a restless heart
Because the closer that you stand to me
The less I’m who I’m supposed to be
My heart falls for a girl who doesn’t know
A quiet love that never gets to show
Like rain that gathers high inside the sky
But never finds the courage just to fall
My mind keeps drawing pictures of a boy
A simple love that everyone would see
But every road it tries to build for me
Still ends with you and me
Maybe in another life I’d speak
Maybe I’d be fearless for a week
Maybe I’d just look into your eyes
And let the truth escape without disguise
But tonight I keep it locked away
Just another secret in my day
So my heart loves a girl who’ll never know
A quiet storm that never gets to show
And maybe silence is the price I pay
For wanting you this way
My mind still says there’s easier roads
But feelings never follow maps we draw
So I’ll keep loving you quietly
From where you never saw.
