Loving You Quietly

[Verse 1]
It's 2AM and I'm wide awake
Staring at your name, scared I'll make a mistake
I got a hundred words I never got to say
So I just hold them close and watch you walk away

And I know you don't see me the way that I do
I keep rehearsing lines I'd never say to you
My hands are shaking just to type goodnight
So I close the phone and turn off the light

[Chorus]
'Cause I've been loving you quietly
Hoping that somehow you notice me
Scared that if I speak I'll lose everything
So I stay right here just silently

I've been writing words you'll never read
Dreaming of a version where you'd stay with me
But I keep it folded, keep it underneath
'Cause I've been loving you quietly

[Verse 2]
You laugh and I'm undone, just like that
You lean on someone else and I'm falling back
A screenshot moment just to feel them near
And delete them all before the truth gets clear

And I wonder if you'd run if you ever knew
That I map the spaces where I stood near you
I count the seconds every time you smile
And tell myself it's nothing all the while

[Chorus]
'Cause I've been loving you quietly
Hoping that somehow you notice me

Scared that if I speak I'll lose everything
So I stay right here just silently

I've been writing words you'll never read
Dreaming of a version where you'd stay with me
But I keep it folded, keep it underneath
'Cause I've been loving you
I've been loving you quietly

[Bridge]
What if I told you on that rainy night?
Would you hold it soft or let it go like light?
Would you look at me and see someone new?
Or would I just be someone
who ruined you?

I played it out a thousand times before
And every version ends with a closed door
So I swallow it down,
I keep it in my chest
And I love you like a secret I can't confess

[Chorus]
'Cause I've been loving you quietly
Hoping that somehow you notice me
Scared that if I speak I'll lose everything
So I stay right here just silently

I've been writing words you'll never read
Dreaming of a version where you'd stay with me
But I keep it folded, keep it underneath
'Cause I've been loving you
I've been loving you quietly

[Outro]
Yeah, I've been loving you
Loving you quietly
Always quietly