I loved you quiet

Verse 1

I know the way you take your coffee, strong and black

I know you hate the silence, so I fill the gaps

You lean in close when the night gets long

Like I’m where you belong

Your flannel’s on my shoulders, smells like rain

You say my name like you don’t know the pain

‘Cause every time you look at me that way

I gotta remind my heart to stay in its place

Chorus

So I loved you quiet, I loved you small

I loved you where nobody’d ever call it wrong

I swallowed every “stay” I couldn’t say

Kissed you in the words I threw away

You were never mine, but you felt so right

So I loved you quiet every night

Yeah, I loved you quiet, ‘cause loving you loud

Would’ve burned us both down

Verse 2

You talk about her like she hung the moon

Like I’m just someone helpin’ you get through

You say you’re lost, say you don’t know where to go

And I hold you, knowing I can’t be home

I laugh like it don’t tear me apart

Play the role while you break my heart

You don’t see the war inside my chest

‘Cause loving you is me at my best and worst

Chorus

So I loved you quiet, I loved you small

I loved you where nobody’d ever call it wrong

I swallowed every “stay” I couldn’t say

Kissed you in the words I threw away

You were never mine, but you felt so right

So I loved you quiet every night

Yeah, I loved you quiet, ‘cause loving you loud

Would’ve burned us both down

Bridge

Maybe one day you’ll hear this song

On a late-night drive when I’m long gone

And wonder why I never crossed that line

Why I chose goodbye over mine

Truth is, I chose you the only way I could

By lettin’ you go, even when it hurt this good

Final Chorus

I loved you quiet, with a shaking hand

With all the things you’ll never understand

I prayed for strength and I prayed you’d stay

But Heaven don’t work that way

You were never mine, but you were my truth

The hardest thing I ever had to lose

Yeah, I loved you quiet, and I always will

From the other side of “what could’ve been”

Outro

If you ever think I didn’t care

I loved you enough not to be there