[Verse 1] You ring me up by name Like I’m somebody safe Your hands smell like paper dust And peppermint tape I come in after close With a borrowed smile You slide me your best find And I stay a while I turn the book to hide How my hands shake You ask if I like stories I say, “I like your taste” [Pre-Chorus] You laugh like rain on glass So warm, so near I keep my secret tucked Right behind my fear Every time you lean I forget the night One look from you And I could almost [Chorus] Don’t look too close I might fall apart Don’t look too close You already have my heart Page by page You’re pulling me in (page by page) I’m not ready yet to tell you what I am [Verse 2] You keep the little lamp on By the poetry shelf You say the world gets heavy When you carry it yourself I pretend I’m here for history Old maps and war But really I just chase The sound of your “of course” You saved a battered novel For a boy like me With a ribbon in the middle I held it like a secret Like a pulse in my hands If you knew the dark I wear Would you still understand? [Pre-Chorus] You laugh like rain on glass So warm, so near I keep my secret tucked Right behind my fear Every time you lean I forget the night One look from you And I could almost [Chorus] Don’t look too close I might fall apart Don’t look too close You already have my heart Page by page You’re pulling me in (page by page) I’m not ready yet to tell you what I am [Bridge] Maybe one day I’ll say it plain That I don’t age the way you do And I avoid the sunlit lane Maybe you’ll step back Maybe you’ll stay Either way, tonight I can’t walk away So I stand by the shelf With my borrowed breath Praying kind hands Don’t turn to dread [Chorus] Don’t look too close I might fall apart Don’t look too close You already have my heart Page by page You’re pulling me in (page by page) I’m not ready yet to tell you what I am
