You're ev'ry sound I long to hear
Yet the ache I feel in each tear;
You're just a dream, my hands can't reach
For with these three words I can't say.

I lied each time they teased me up,
I hid my steps and held my back;
It's hard for me to meet both ends,
For with these three words I can't lend.

You're the reason I breathe at all,
Even if it's up against the wall,
Yet your love is couldn't be mine
For with these three words I've declined.

But if one day you'll notice me,
Hoping you'll feel the same way too;
For with these three words I can't find,
Three words I'm pretending to you...
     (And these are "I-LOVE-YOU"...)