Ben Platt and Kaitlyn Dever - If I Could Tell Her Lyrics

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?



About you?



Never mind, I don't really care anyways



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

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

He thought

You looked really pretty, er

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



He did?



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