If I Could Tell Her

He thought you were awesome

He thought I was awesome, my brother?

Definitely

How?

Well

He said there's nothing like your smile

Sort of subtle and perfect and real

He said you never knew how wonderful

That smile could make someone feel

And he knew whenever you get bored

You scribble stars on the cuffs of your jeans

And he noticed that you still fill out the quizzes

That they put in those teen magazines

But he kept it all inside his head

What he saw, he left unsaid

And though he wanted to

He couldn't talk to you

He couldn't find the way

But he would always say

"If I could tell her, tell her everything I see

If I could tell her how she's everything to me

But we're a million worlds apart

And I don't know how I would even start

If I could tell her

If I could tell her"

Did he say anything else?

A-about you?

No, never mind, I don't really care anyways, I–

No, no, no, just, no, no, he said, he said so many things

I'm just, I'm trying to remember the best ones

Um

He thought you looked really pretty, er–

It looked pretty cool when you put indigo streaks in your hair

He did?

And, and he wondered how you learned to dance

Like all the rest of the world isn't there

But he kept it all inside his head

What he saw, he left unsaid

If I could tell her, tell her everything I see

If I could tell her how she's everything to me

But we're a million worlds apart

And I don't know how I would even start

If I could tell her

If I could tell her

But what do you do when there's this great divide?

He just seemed so far away

And what do you do when the distance is too wide?

It's like I don't know anything

And how do you say, "I love you"?

I love you, I love you

I love you

But we're a million worlds apart

And I don't know how I would even start

If I could tell her

If I could