This is a song from the soundtrack from My Best Friend's Wedding. It's a song I've always loved. It expresses the pain someone feels when they love someone with all their heart, but are unable to express that love. And the other person remains blissfully unaware of those feelings, taking them to be nothing more than an expression of friendship. As they say in the movie, "If you love someone you say it, you say it right then, out loud. Otherwise the moment just... passes you by..."
You give your hand to me
And then you say hello
And I can hardly speak
My heart is beating so
And anyone can tell
You think you know me well
But you don't know me
No you don't know the one
Who dreams of you at night
And longs to kiss your lips
Longs to hold you tight
Oh I am just a friend
That's all I've ever been
Cause you don't know me
I never knew the art of making love
Now my heart aches with love for you
Afraid and shy I let my chance go by
The chance that you might love me too
You give your hand to me
And then you say goodbye
I watch you walk away
Beside the lucky guy
Oh you will never know
The one who loves you so
Well you don't know me
You give your hand to me
And then you say goodbye
I watch you walk away
Beside the lucky guy
Oh you will never know
The one who loves you so
Cause you don't know me
Oh no you don't know me
Oohh... you don't know me
Sometimes in life we are too stubborn or too stupid or too scared to admit, even to our own selves, that we love someone dearly. Life is not too generous with dealing out second chances. Often one little window is all you have. And you have to be brave enough to grab that opportunity with open arms, or live with that tinge of regret, not knowing how beautiful things could have been.
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