Longing,
and feeling,
but never revealing,
that one thought I hold the day through.
Been so hopelessly feeding,
a silence misleading,
the loneliest pleading that you knew,
of my secretly loving you.
Like an open book,
in the dark,
no one can read what's in my heart.
I'd light a candle,
but this showing's been too much to handle.
I'm getting impatient,
with my facade of complacence.
There's so much more that I want to do,
than just secretly loving you.
Holding your hand,
kids in the yard.
Telling you just what I feel in my heart.
The word is out,
and everybody knows.
Isn't that the way that love grows?
So my friend if you can hear me,
I'm sorry for this fear in me.
I just want to tell you the truth.
I don't know if I'm ready,
a stranger to going steady,
but I know what I don't want to do,
and that's my secretly loving,
what's so secret about loving?
I want to be unsecretly loving you, you, you.
credits
from Invisible Warmth,
released December 28, 2019
Music and lyrics by Jason Murray
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