[Verse 1]
I know your name from a festival screen
From interviews filmed in a language I’m learning
You laugh with your hands, tuck your hair by your cheek
And somehow that moment keeps finding me
You live where the ocean meets another sky
I live with your scenes paused late at night
A ticket stub rests in the pocket of my coat
A little secret I have never told
[Pre-Chorus]
You don’t know my face
You don’t know this place
Where I keep making room for you
[Chorus]
I have a crush on a girl across the world
A beautiful stranger in a silver-screen world
You’re turning your pages, I’m learning your lines
You’re somewhere in another country tonight
And you have no idea who I am
But I still hope you’re happy where you stand
I’ll hold this soft and impossible truth
A quiet little heart reaching toward you
[Verse 2]
I found your old film in a tiny café
The subtitles flickered, then faded away
I missed half the plot, but I caught your eyes
And carried that scene through the rest of my life
My friends say it’s foolish, a faraway flame
But no one gets to choose how a feeling takes shape
So I write you a letter I’ll never send
Then fold it like a promise and start again
[Pre-Chorus]
You don’t know my face
You don’t know my name
Still, you make the lonely days move
[Chorus]
I have a crush on a girl across the world
A beautiful stranger in a silver-screen world
You’re turning your pages, I’m learning your lines
You’re somewhere in another country tonight
And you have no idea who I am
But I still hope you’re happy where you stand
I’ll hold this soft and impossible truth
A quiet little heart reaching toward you
[Bridge]
Maybe one day our paths will cross
In a crowded room or a train pulled off
Maybe you’ll smile, and I’ll lose every word
Or maybe this dream is enough to be heard
[Final Chorus]
I have a crush on a girl across the world
A beautiful stranger, my favorite unknown girl
You’re living your life, and I’m living mine
But you put a little color in the passing time
You have no idea who I am
And I don’t need to change that plan
I’ll keep this bright, this honest, this true
A quiet little heart reaching toward you
[Outro]
Across the world, beneath different skies
I’ll wish you good days from my side of the night