You laugh like you don’t owe the world a thing
Coffee going cold, I’m missing every sip
You say his name like it’s nothing serious
But it lands heavy on my chest, right where it hits
I tell myself I’m just a friend
Just killing time, just passing through
But every silence in between
Is me not saying what I should to you
I don’t cross the line, I toe it slow
I play the part I’m supposed to play
But there’s a truth I’ll never show
Every time you look my way
’Cause I’m liking someone I shouldn’t like
Falling quiet, falling deep
You belong to someone else at night
And I’m the secret I don’t keep
I won’t touch, I won’t try
I won’t ask you to choose
But I’m liking someone I shouldn’t like
And that someone’s you
You talk about him like he’s doing fine
Like love’s a job you learned to do
I nod along, say “yeah, that’s good”
While every part of me wants truth
You don’t flirt, but you lean in close
Your shoulder finds my arm
You don’t mean it, I suppose
But damn, you do it calm
I don’t need saving, don’t need blame
I know the rules, I know the deal
Still every time you say my name
I forget what’s fake and what is real
’Cause I’m liking someone I shouldn’t like
Reading signs you never send
You go home to him every night
And I go home pretending I’m your friend
I won’t push, I won’t fight
I won’t make you lose
But I’m liking someone I shouldn’t like
And that someone’s you
Maybe this is where it stays
Unsaid, undone, unresolved
Just a feeling I outgrow someday
Or one I learn to hold
If you ever ask me what’s wrong
I’ll say I’m tired, nothing new
But every love song hits too strong
’Cause every love song sounds like you
Yeah, I’m liking someone I shouldn’t like
Keeping it clean, keeping cool
You’re somebody else’s right
And I’m just breaking my own rules
I won’t beg, I won’t lie
I won’t make a move
But I’m liking someone I shouldn’t like
And that someone’s you
So I’ll play this low, play it kind
Let the moment pass on through
I’m liking someone I shouldn’t like
And I’ll never tell you whomore