I tried to hide it in the spaces
Between the words I couldn't say,
But every road my heart was taking
Led me back to you that way.
I learned the shape of missing you,
The silence after hearing your name,
And every night I told myself
Tomorrow I'd feel less the same.
**Pre-Chorus**
But I don't.
**Chorus**
If you could hear the way I love you,
You'd know why I can't let go.
It's not a fire that I can fight,
It's something deeper than I know.
I don't need you to promise forever,
I don't need the stars to prove it's true.
I only needed you to know
That somewhere in this life,
**I loved you.**
**Verse 2**
There were nights I almost told you,
Then your eyes would meet mine
And every carefully guarded feeling
Would disappear between the lines.
So I carried you in quiet places,
In every song, in every dream,
And wondered if you ever felt
The things you awakened in me.
**Bridge**
If loving you is all I get,
Then let me keep this beautiful ache.
I'd rather have known what this was
Than never felt my whole heart wake.
And if someday you forget my voice,
Forget the words I couldn't say—
Remember there was someone once
Who loved you without asking you to stay.
**Final Chorus**
If you could hear the way I love you,
You'd know there's nothing left to hide.
I don't want to own your heart,
I only want you by my side.
And if the world should pull us somewhere
Neither one of us can choose,
I'll still be grateful for the moment
When my heart found yours
—and knew.
**Outro**
So come a little closer,
Let me tell you what is true:
I never needed you to love me.
**I just needed you to know
how deeply I loved you.**