What if you knew?

What if I had said it then, beneath that quiet sky

Would your heart have opened up, instead of passing by

I see a life we never lived, behind your silent glance

A world that might have bloomed from just one chance

But fear can build a wall so wide

And love can drown when left inside

I watched the moment slip from view

Still asking, "What if you knew

What if you knew how much I cared

How many nights I sat and stared

At words unsaid, love left behind

In all the places you still find

Would it have changed the way you smiled

Or would you still have walked that mile

I'll never know, but it feels true

You could've loved me—if you knew

What if you heard my heart speak loud

Instead of whispers lost in crowd

Would we have danced beneath the rain

Or shared our silence without pain

But dreams are fragile, time is fast

And now that moment's in the past

Still sometimes I pretend it's new

Still asking, "What if you knew

What if you knew how much I cared

How many nights I sat and stared

At all the times I let it slide

While you were standing by my side

Would it have changed the path you chose

Or closed the door I never closed

I'll never know, but it feels true

You could've loved me—if you knew

And maybe life is meant this way

Some songs just fade, they never play

But in some quiet, distant view

There's still a place where I told you

What if you knew how much I cared

How many nights I sat and stared

At all the times I let it slide

While you were standing by my side

Would it have changed the path you chose

Or closed the door I never closed

I'll never know, but it feels true

You could've loved me

What if you knew how much I cared

Would I still lose you unaware

You walked ahead, I stayed behind