Tell You

[Verse 1]
I can picture your room, every time that I do
We're alone in the back of my head
All the notes on the wall, and the pillow too small
What I'd give to be back in your bed
I don't wanna lose ya, I don't wanna hurt ya
But I did nonetheless
You bring me closer to God, but I'm not what you thought
I'm adrift, I'm awake, I'm a mess

[Pre-Chorus]
So, tell me why, tell me why, tell me why
I could never get you off my mind
And I could lie, say I'm fine, pull a smile
But I think about you every single night

[Chorus]
Bring me to the fire
Wash me in the water
How am I supposed to leave this?
Write a song and hope you'll hear it
Throw me to the lions
Tell me I'm a liar
How am I supposed to love you
When I don't know how to tell you?

[Verse 2]
They say you can't force a spark
So I wait in the dark
I'm a waste of your light anyway
Oh, what hurts me the most is that you'll never know
What you meant to the fool that I've been
I don't wanna miss ya, I don't wanna quit ya
But I did nonetheless
You pull me down to the ground with the speed of the sound
That it took to regret what I did

[Pre-Chorus]
And I could lie, say I'm fine, pull a smile
But I think about you every single night

[Chorus]
Bring me to the fire
Wash me in the water
How am I supposed to leave this?
Write a song and hope you'll hear it
Throw me to the lions
Tell me I'm a liar
How am I supposed to love you
When I don't know how to tell you?

[Post-Chorus]
I wanna tell you
Tell you

[Bridge]
The letter that you wrote me, burning on my mind
Over and over again
I could read it backwards, every single line
It hurts just as much as the first time I tried

[Chorus]
Bring me to the fire
Wash me in the water
How am I supposed to leave this?
Write a song and hope you'll hear it
Throw me to the lions
Tell me I'm a liar
How am I supposed to love you
When I don't know how to tell you?

[Post-Chorus]
I wanna tell you
Tell you
I wanna tell you
Tell you