Love You Out Loud

If I had only known that you were leaving here so soon 
I would not have been so flippant when I offered you the moon 
I'd have pulled my chair up closer to the railing of your bed 
And chosen much more carefully the words I said 

I would ask you for your stories 
And I would tell you mine 
I would give you much more credit 
I would take more of your time 
There's so much I left unspoken 
If you were here right now 
I would love you out loud 

If I had said the words "I love you" every time they crossed my mind 
Then you would have heard me tell you at least a thousand times 
I know you knew it anyway, I guess you understood 
But I would like to go back if I only could 

I would ask you for your stories 
And I would tell you mine 
I would give you much more credit 
I would take more of your time 
There's so much I left unspoken 
If you were here right now 
I would love you out loud 

I would touch you much more often 
I would laugh at all your jokes 
I would worry through your worries 
I would dream through all your hopes 
I would pray with you to heaven 
Are you watching from there now 
Do you know what I would give for the chance somehow 

To ask you for your stories 
I would tell you mine 
I would give you much more credit 
I would take more of your time 
There's so much I left unspoken 
If you were here right now 
I would love you out loud 
Oh, I would love you out love