IF I NEVER SAID A THING

[Intro] Yeah… I keep replaying it… Trying to find the exact moment everything changed Was it something I said? Or did you already know? Maybe I should’ve just kept my mouth shut… [Verse 1] We used to talk like nothing in the world could touch us Hours disappearing like time was scared to interrupt us Now every text gets typed, erased, rewritten twice Like somehow one wrong sentence could cost me my whole life Maybe I’m overthinking, but that doesn’t make it hurt less Losing something real over feelings I never asked to feel You were the safe place, the person I never had to question Now every silence feels heavy like some kind of confession I hate that I started noticing the little things you do The way your voice can calm the storm and wreck me too Hate that friendship wasn’t enough once my heart got involved Now I’m standing in the aftermath of something I can’t resolve [Pre-Chorus] Maybe some things are safer left unsaid Maybe love looks better locked inside your head Maybe I should’ve smiled and played my part instead ‘Cause now I’m losing sleep over every word we never said [Chorus] Can we go back to talking like nothing changed? Back when your name didn’t hurt in this way Back when late nights didn’t leave me awake Thinking of all the wrong things I could say Before my heart had to get in the way If I had buried it deep inside Would we still be alright tonight? Funny how wanting something more Can cost you what you loved the most [Verse 2] Now I overthink the smallest shift in how you talk to me Read between the pauses like they’re saying what you’ll never speak Maybe you got distant Maybe I just notice more Maybe I’m grieving something that was never mine at all And that’s the cruel part…you’re still standing right here But somehow feeling further with every passing day this year I miss the easy version of us before my mind made everything complicated Before every laugh felt bittersweet and every hope got overstated I never wanted some dramatic ending, never wanted us to break I just wanted things the way they were before my feelings changed the shape I’d take back every truth I ever felt if it meant undoing this ‘Cause some kinds of honesty feel more like self-destruction than bliss [Pre-Chorus] Maybe some things are safer left unsaid Maybe love looks better locked inside your head Maybe I should’ve smiled and played my part instead Now I’m wide awake replaying every moment in my head [Chorus] Can we go back to talking like nothing changed? Back when your name didn’t hurt in this way Back when late nights didn’t leave me awake Thinking of all the wrong things I could say Before my heart had to get in the way If I had buried it deep inside Would we still be alright tonight? Funny how wanting something more Can cost you what you loved the most Can cost you what you loved the most… [Bridge] Tell me if you knew before I ever let it show Tell me if you felt it too but just didn’t wanna go there Tell me I didn’t break something that could’ve been real Tell me I’m not mourning something that was never mine to lose ‘Cause I would rather carry this in silence for a thousand nights Than lose the one person who made this broken world feel right And maybe that’s the lesson Maybe love ain’t always meant to stay Maybe some hearts are meant to break in quiet And smile anyway [Final Chorus] I wanna go back to talking like nothing changed Or did my truth push you too far away? Now every late night leaves me wide awake Knowing I’m not the one you reach for anymore If I had buried it deep inside Maybe we both would still be alright Funny how wanting something more Can cost you what felt like home [Outro] If I never said a thing… Would I still have my best friend?