If you could only read my mind
You would know what I feel, for you
If you could only read my mind
Its only friendship that I seek and truth
If you could only read my mind
You would know that my trust in you is complete

If you could only read my mind
You would know that I cannot lie or deceive
If you could only read my mind
I don't want to scare you away
If you could only read my mind
All my life I've been alone and I'm afraid

That this might never change
Open (open)
Wait (wait)
And secretly pray that
I didn't say the wrong word
Or gone too far with feeling
But I have never learned to hide
The things that I carry within me
If you could only