WHAT IF WE WEREN'T SCARED [Verse 1] We've been standing at the edge so long We forgot what we were waiting for You keep your hand an inch from mine Like touching me might start a war I know the reasons you don't stay You know the reasons that I run Funny how we call it keeping safe When it's breaking both of us [Pre-Chorus] So tonight, don't tell me how this ends Don't tell me all the ways it could go wrong We've spent enough nights being careful With a love that's been here all along [Chorus] What if we weren't scared tonight? What if you didn't leave and I didn't hide? What if we let every wall come down And stopped pretending we don't know by now? No promises past the morning light No forever we have to get right Just your heart beating here with mine With nothing left between us But the truth we've been afraid to touch What if, just tonight, We weren't scared to love? [Verse 2] You don't have to tell me you need me I can hear it when you say my name And I don't have to say I'm falling We both know I fell anyway Maybe love was never the danger Maybe losing this is what should scare us Maybe all the things we're protecting Aren't worth the distance they have made us [Pre-Chorus] So leave tomorrow in the hallway Let the morning wait outside Come a little closer to me We don't have to run tonight [Chorus] What if we weren't scared tonight? What if you didn't leave and I didn't hide? What if we let every wall come down And stopped pretending we don't know by now? No promises past the morning light No forever we have to get right Just your heart beating here with mine With nothing left between us But the truth we've been afraid to touch What if, just tonight, We weren't scared to love? [Bridge] And if tomorrow you get frightened If I wake up wanting to run If all our old fears find the doorway And tell us what we've done At least I'll know how your love feels When fear isn't in the room At least for one night we were honest And I was yours And you were mine And nothing terrible happened When we stopped being afraid [Breakdown] Don't say forever Don't say goodbye Don't make me a promise Just stay tonight Stay until the room gets lighter Stay until the night is through Let me love you without being scared That loving me will cost me you [Final Chorus] What if we weren't scared anymore? What if that's all we've been waiting for? What if the walls we thought kept us safe Were the only things standing in our way? I don't need forever tonight I just need you not to lie About the way your whole heart changes Every time it gets close to mine If the morning comes and scares us Let it We'll be scared when morning comes But right now put your fear beside mine And let me show you what we've been running from It was never you It was never me It was never this love It was only being afraid Of how much we had to lose Once we finally had each other [Outro] Come here No tomorrow No goodbye No somewhere else we have to be Just one night Where you don't run from me And I don't run from you
