While You're Still Here

[Verse 1]
I've had these words inside my head
For years I wished that they were said
But every time you looked my way
I lost the courage to explain

I watched you find your own way home
While I was learning to let go
And maybe I was never meant
To be the one you chose in the end

[Pre-Chorus]
So I'll keep it buried underneath
All the things you never see
If loving you means standing back
Then I'll survive with that

[Chorus]
As long as you're still here on Earth
I'll be okay, I'll know your worth
Even if I never get to call you mine
I'll still be glad you're alive

And if somebody else holds your hand
I'll try my best to understand
I never needed you to love me too
I just needed you to be happy
Even if it's without me

[Verse 2]
Sometimes I wonder what it'd be like
If I had told you that night
Maybe we'd be something more
Or maybe I'd lose you for sure

So I keep replaying all those days
The stupid jokes, the little things you said
They're memories I'll never trade
Even if they leave me with regret

[Pre-Chorus]
I know I can't make you stay
And I won't get in your way
If your happiness isn't with me
I'll learn to let it be

[Chorus]
As long as you're still here on Earth
I'll be okay, I'll know your worth
Even if I never get to call you mine
I'll still be glad you're alive

And if somebody else holds your hand
I'll try my best to understand
I never needed you to love me too
I just needed you to be happy
Even if it's without me

[Bridge]
Maybe someday I'll finally say
Everything I've kept away
But if that day never comes
I'll still be thankful for what we've become

You were a chapter I couldn't rewrite
A feeling I kept alive
And even though you're not mine
I'm glad our paths crossed in this life

[Final Chorus]
As long as you're still here on Earth
I'll be okay, I'll know your worth
Even if I never get to call you mine
I'll still be glad you're alive

So go and chase the life you want
I'll be somewhere cheering you on
I loved you quietly all this time
And maybe that's enough for me tonight

[Outro]
I never told you...
Maybe I never will
But as long as you're still here
I'll be alright.