U Were NEVER mine

I knew the way your laughter changed

The little things you never knew

I kept a thousand quiet moments

That meant the world to me but never you

You walked past me like a stranger

While I knew your heart by heart

You never saw the way I loved you

You never knew where it would start

Chorus

You were never mine

And I was never yours

Still I held you in my heart

Like we had something worth fighting for

You never knew my love was there

Never saw me the way I saw you

And maybe that's the saddest part

I was never someone else's too

Verse 2

I wonder if you ever noticed

How my eyes would search for you

How I'd memorize your every word

And pretend it meant nothing too

I even wrote our letters together

A little secret no one knew

A name that only lived in my head

Where A and S could almost be true

You were a chapter I kept writing

In a story you'd never read

While I was building us a lifetime

From every little thing you said

Pre-Chorus

Softer than a summer dusk

Louder than my beating chest

I gave you everything in silence

Hoping you would guess the rest

Chorus

You were never mine

And I was never yours

Still I held you in my heart

Like we had something worth fighting for

You never knew my love was there

Never saw me the way I saw you

And maybe that's the saddest part

I was never someone else's too

Bridge

I kept your name behind my teeth

A prayer I never dared to speak

You only broke a heart you knew of

You only broke one you never met [Final Chorus]

You were never mine

And I was never yours

Still I held you in my heart

Like we had something worth fighting for

You never knew my love was there

Never saw me the way I saw you

And maybe that's the saddest part

I was never someone else's to love