Only You (The Secret Heart in Me)

I stand behind you just a step away
But I can't reach out can't make you stay
I watch you shine beneath the lights
While I fade out of your sight
You never know how much I ache each day
We live between the lines we can't 'cross
What's yours is yours but I'm the lost
This duty this love it tears me apart
I guard you close but hide my heart
To want you costs a price too high
But not wanting you just makes me cry
We're closer than the world will ever see
But I'm the one you're never meant to need
Your voice a song I'm not allowed to sing
Your smile the touch that means everything
You look at me and time stands still
But love like ours defies all will
So I protect you from this burning fire
If I step too close it all might break
But staying far feels just as fake
This duty this love it pulls at my soul
I'm losing grip but must stay whole
To stay beside you means a lie
To walk away feels love must die
Where pages that should never blend
But I would choose you time and again
No one hears the words I never say
No one sees the tears I hide away
You're more than just a name to shield
You're the only truth my heart has sealed
This love hides deep beneath my role
But it grows stronger steals my soul
I keep it buried under skin
A war I fight but I can't win
You'll never know but still you'll be
Only you the secret heart in me