The Words That I Can’t Tell Her

[Verse 1]
She laughs
I lose my place
Every time
Same scene
Got my script inside my head
But my mouth stays clean
We talk about her long week
How she hates that job
I just nod and say "you’re strong"
While my heartbeat throbs
[Pre-Chorus]
I rehearse it in the mirror
Every night
Every line
But when she’s standing in my doorway
All the letters untie
[Chorus]
These are the words that I can’t tell her
Caught in my throat
They just won’t fall
I wanna say she’s more than ever
More than the pictures on her wall
She’s all my quiet
All my chaos
She’s every rise before I fail
But when she looks at me
I shiver
These are the words that I can’t tell her
[Verse 2]
She calls me up past midnight
Says she hates the rain
Tells me how some boy moved on
Like she’s easy to replace
I say he doesn’t deserve her
But I swallow the rest
Like how losing her to someone new
Would tear my chest
[Pre-Chorus]
I’m tracing all her freckles
From a distance in my mind
But when she leans into my shoulder
Every letter unwinds
[Chorus]
These are the words that I can’t tell her
Caught in my throat
They just won’t fall
I wanna say she’s more than ever
More than the pictures on her wall
She’s all my quiet
All my chaos
She’s every rise before I fail
But when she looks at me
I shiver
These are the words that I can’t tell her
[Bridge]
Maybe one day
I won’t shake
I won’t fade (oh)
I’ll take that breath I keep saving
Let it break the space between her name
Say you’re my first thought every morning
You’re my last light every night
You’re the truth inside my silence
You’re the reason I’m afraid of right now
[Chorus]
These are the words that I can’t tell her
Caught in my throat
They just won’t fall
I wanna say she’s more than ever
More than the pictures on her wall
She’s all my quiet
All my chaos
She’s every rise before I fail
But when she looks at me
I shiver
These are the words that I can’t tell her
[Outro]
One day I’ll let them go
Let ‘em crash
Let ‘em swell
Till then it’s love in my silence
All the words I can’t tell
All the words I can’t tell her

funk, Silky midtempo R&B-pop ballad at 88 BPM; warm Rhodes chords, subtle funk bass, and crisp rimshot groove. Male vocals glide between tender chest voice and airy falsetto, with stacked harmonies lifting the chorus. Guitar adds clean, reverb-kissed fills; lush pads swell in the pre-chorus. Second half brings brighter drums, ad-lib runs, and a short melodic synth line weaving around the vocal for an emotional climax., emotional, soulful, pop, soul, smooth, romantic, r&b