You Never Said It Back

Verse 1

Reverb guitar and voice

Your hand on the gearshift, my hand on your kneeSomewhere on the highway at a quarter past threeI said it like a secret that I couldn't keep inAnd you reached for the radio and turned it up again

Pre-Chorus

Oh, and I laughed like it didn't matterLike I didn't need to know

Chorus

I said I love you in the carAnd you just turned the music upI said it once, I said it twiceLike maybe you just didn't hear enoughNow every song on the radioIs louder than it was'Cause I said I love youAnd you never said it back

Verse 2

Now you're at the party in the jacket that I boughtDancing with a guy who's everything I'm notYou look right at me like you're trying to be kindAnd I wish you'd hate me, 'cause at least I'd be on your mind

Pre-Chorus

Oh, and I laugh like it doesn't matterLike I don't need to know

Chorus

I said I love you in the carAnd you just turned the music upI said it once, I said it twiceLike maybe you just didn't hear enoughNow every song on the radioIs louder than it was'Cause I said I love youAnd you never said it back

Bridge

Everything drops to guitar and falsetto

Did you almost say itIn the silence afterWhen the song ran outBefore the next one startedDid you almost say itDid you almost say it

Final Chorus

Full band, falsetto soaring

I said I love you in the carAnd you just turned the music upI said it once, I said it twiceLike maybe you just didn't hear enoughNow every song on the radioIs louder than it was'Cause I said I love youAnd you never said it back

Outro

Guitar ringing out

Never said it back