I Have to Tell You Something

I have to tell you something, I’m hurting, you know,

Some days I can bear it, some days it overflows.

You make the weight feel lighter, though I’m scared it’s not fair,

What if my broken pieces cut you when you care?

I can carry it all, but I’m tired of the strain,

Is it selfish to ask you to share in my pain?

Will loving me break you the way it broke me?

Or could you help set these burdens free?

I have to tell you something — it’s more than a fear,

When you hold me close, the heavy disappears.

I really, really like you, but do you like me too?

Could your arms be the place where I make it through?

Can we sit in the silence, let the world spin outside,

Breathe the still air together, nowhere left to hide?

I’d carry your sorrow just to quiet my own,

Trade the ache in my chest for the hurt you’ve known.

I worry I’ll break you, I worry I’ll fall,

But maybe together we can carry it all.

I’m asking you softly, afraid of the truth,

Could you hold me the way I want to hold you?

I have to tell you something — it’s fragile, it’s true,

You make the darkness feel a little less blue.

I really, really like you, but do you like me too?

Could your arms be the place where I make it through?

If I hand you my shadows, will you hand me the light?

If I tremble with fear, will you hold me tight?

I don’t need forever, just a moment that’s real —

To know when I’m breaking, you’ll help me heal.

I have to tell you something — I’m falling for you,

Scared of the hurting, but I still want the truth.

I really, really like you, but do you like me too?

Could your arms be the place where I make it through?