If I Told You

February 19, 2026 by joe Lyrics

[Verse 1]:
There’s something I’ve been trying not to tell you
Although I’ve felt it for so long
Something in the way I get so nervous when I’m around you
And yet I’m missing you the very moment that you’re gone
And all the joy you give me I can’t hide
It’s just the words that I’ve kept locked inside
‘Cause I’m afraid to mess up something that’s so good
‘Cause what we have is fun and wild and free
And I don’t want to crush it underneath
Three little words that tend to mean more than they should

[Chorus]:
So if I told you that I loved you
Could you understand
That I’m not making declarations
Or laying out demands?
I don’t have any expectations
Or crazy future plans
Except to make you happy
While I can

[Verse 2]:
I wouldn’t try to take away your freedom
I know you’d never let me anyway
Your unconstrained desire is my favorite thing about you
And I would never want to have you any other way
So you don’t have to change one tiny thing
And I’m not going to make you wear a ring
To try to tell the world that you belong to me
‘Cause this is not about some ancient pledge
To try to keep you in a gilded cage
And I would never want a love that isn’t free

[2nd Chorus]:
And if I told you that I loved you
Could you recognize
That this is just a pure expression
Of what I feel inside?
A token of my deep affection
For everything you are
That I can’t keep locked up inside my heart