To My Secret Crush

Verse 1

Midnight ink on trembling skin,

I trace the map where you’ve been.

Whispers curl behind my teeth,

Paper promises we can’t keep.

You pass like weather, close and cold,

A half-lit smile I never hold.

I bottle breath when you’re around —

A secret tide that won’t come down.

Pre-Chorus

Tell me nothing, let me stay,

Silent oxygen between us, sway.

Chorus

To my secret crush, I fold and burn,

Hide the letters you’ll never learn.

Pull me closer with your quiet touch —

I want the ache, I want it much.

To my secret crush, soft and sharp,

You’re the splinter in my dark.

Keep me waiting, keep me hush —

I’ll keep loving you in blush.

Verse 2

Backroom laughter, cigarette blue,

Every glance rewrites the truth.

You move like danger, velvet slow,

A subtle crime I’ll never show.

I steal the scent of your old coat,

Keep your laugh beneath my throat.

Midnight hums the names we dodge —

I build altars out of false fog.

Pre-Chorus

Tell me nothing, let me stay,

Silent oxygen between us, sway.

Chorus

To my secret crush, I fold and burn,

Hide the letters you’ll never learn.

Pull me closer with your quiet touch —

I want the ache, I want it much.

To my secret crush, soft and sharp,

You’re the splinter in my dark.

Keep me waiting, keep me hush —

I’ll keep loving you in blush.

Bridge

If you ever notice how I fold,

If you ever find the letters told,

I’d give the world its crooked key —

But fear keeps you away from me.

So I’ll keep secret, keep the thrill,

A trembling tide I’ll never fill.

"Stay."

"Near."

Final Chorus

To my secret crush, I fold and burn,

Hide the letters you’ll never learn.

Pull me closer with your quiet touch —

I want the ache, I want it much.

To my secret crush, soft and sharp,

You’re the splinter in my dark.

Keep me waiting, keep me hush —

I’ll keep loving you in blush.

Outro

To my secret crush — keep me quiet, keep me yours.