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what matters to me now

didn't matter to me then

and if i had the chance

i'd do it all over again

i wouldn't make the same mistakes

that i made before

when you whispered those three special words

i'd tell you that i love you more

when you put your arms around me

i wouldn't push you away

and i wouldn't hide my feelings

i'd say what i needed to say

i'd tell you how much you mean to me

and how much i really care

and how you make my life worth living

and how much i appreciate you being there

too many times your kindness

was answered with awkward silence

and sometimes your honesty

was really hard for me to believe

i was much too frightened

i was scared to trust in love

somehow you believed in me

you said you'd never give up

if i would have had the courage

if i had not been afraid of rejection

maybe i would have admitted

maybe if i had made my secret confession

and told you what you probably already knew

if only i had said that i loved you

...but i didn't because i couldn't say it

and i let the opportunity go

i never did take the chance

i never did let you know

now i sit and dwell on what might have been

what matters to me now didn't matter to me then