You Don’t Know

You walk in like it’s just another day
Smile at me, say my name like it don’t shake me
I play my role, keep my heart in line
But every word you say crosses mine

I hold it in every time you’re close
Bite my tongue, hide what matters most
I’ve learned how to love in silence
How to bleed without violence

You don’t know
How I stay up calling your name
You don’t know
How I smile just to hide the pain
I love you quiet, I love you slow
In ways I’ll never show
You don’t know…
No, you don’t know

I know your laugh, know when you lie
Know the look in your eyes when you try
I know the songs that bring you peace
Funny how you don’t know me

If loving you is my secret sin
I’ll wear it like second skin
I’d rather feel this lonely truth
Than lose the little I have with you

So I keep my heart on a short leash
Let it hurt, but at least you’re here with me
I chose this love in the shadows
Where it’s safe, but it’s shallow

You don’t know
How I stay up calling your name
You don’t know
How I smile just to hide the pain
I love you quiet, I love you slow
In ways I’ll never show
You don’t know…
No, you don’t know

Maybe one day you’ll look my way
See the truth in what I don’t say
Or maybe this is where it ends
Me loving you like a ghost in your life

I’d rather be the one who aches
Than the one who makes you stay
So I’ll let this heart break clean
In between what is and what could’ve been

You don’t know
How deep this feeling goes
You don’t know
What I carry that I never show
I love you quiet, I love you alone
In a world of my own
You don’t know…

And maybe that’s how it has to be
You happy… and me in between
Yeah, I love you more than you’ll ever know
But you don’t know…