If I Could Tell Her Lyrics - Benj Pasek

He thought you were... awesome 

He thought I was awesome? My Brother? How? 

He said, there's nothing like your smile 

so subtle and perfect and real 

He said you never knew how wonderful 

that could make someone feel 

And he knew, whenever you get bored you scribble 

stars on the cuffs of your jeans 

And he noticed, that you still fill out the quizzes 

that they put in those teen magazines 

But he kept it all inside his head 

what he saw he left unsaid 

And though he wanted to 

he couldn't talk to you, he couldn't find a way 

He would always say, 

If I could tell her, tell her everything I see, 

If I could tell her, how she's everything to me 

But we are a million worlds apart 

and, I don't know how I would even say, 

If I could tell her 

If I could tell her 

Did he say anything else? 

About you? 

Oh never mind I don't even care anyways its- 

NO no no its just he said so many things, I'm just trying to remember the best ones umm, 

He thought, you looked really pretty- er 

it was pretty cool when you put indigo streaks in your hair 

He did?! hah... 

And he wondered how you learned to dance, 

like the rest of the world isn't there 

But he kept it all inside his head 

What he saw he left unsaid 

If I could tell her, 

tell her everything I see, 

If I could tell her, 

How she's everything to me 

But were a million worlds apart, 

And I don't even know how I would start 

If I could tell her 

If I could tell her 

But what do you do, 

when theres this great divide 

He just seems so far away... 

And what do you do, 

when the distance is too wide? 

Its like I don't know anything... 

How do you say 

I love you 

I love you 

I love you 

I love you, 

But were a million worlds apart, 

I don't know how I would even start 

If I could tell her 

If I could....