What I wanted to tell you

[Intro — soft piano]
I spent so much time thinking
About what I could give you
Until I realized no gift
Could ever say enough

So I chose what I know best…
Words turned into music.

[Verse 1]
I didn't know what you were wishing for
Or what would make your heart smile
Maybe I was searching far too hard
For an answer only you could tell me

So I stopped…
And let my heart speak instead
Because sometimes the truest gift
Is simply not pretending to know

[Pre-Chorus]
I could give you a thousand things
But none would carry the same meaning
As a truth written into verses
And a melody filled with feeling

[Chorus]
So this is what I wanted to tell you
You don't have to answer
You don't have to promise
Just listen…

I wanted to turn into music
Everything that words could never hold
Every feeling I kept inside
Every thought my heart couldn't let go

And if this song ever reaches you
I hope somehow you can feel
That behind every single note
Is someone who simply wished to make you smile

[Verse 2]
Maybe you know my smile
But you don't know all my silences
Maybe you know my words
But not everything between them

Because I'm made of feelings
Of tenderness, truth and intensity
And when someone means something to me
I never give only half of my heart

I can't guess every hidden wish
Or read what has never been said
But I can turn what I feel
Into something honest and beautiful instead

[Pre-Chorus]
So if you ever ask me
“What did you want to give me?”
I'll answer without hesitation:
“Something that came from inside me.”

[Chorus]
So this is what I wanted to tell you
You don't have to answer
You don't have to promise
Just listen…

I wanted to turn into music
Everything that words could never hold
Every feeling I kept inside
Every thought my heart couldn't let go

And if this song ever reaches you
I hope somehow you can feel
That behind every single note
Is someone who simply wished to make you smile

[Bridge — building]
And maybe you were waiting for an answer
Maybe you thought I'd forgotten
But I was trying to find something
That would truly be worthy of giving you

I didn't want to simply give a present
I wanted to leave a piece of me
Two songs, two stories
Two little pieces of what I feel

[Final Chorus]
So keep this song
If someday you want to remember
That someone, somewhere
Stopped everything just to think of you

Not because I knew exactly what you wanted
But because I wanted to get it right from my heart
And when I didn't know what to say
I chose to speak through a song

[Outro — piano and voice]
Happy birthday…
May your twenty-sixth year be gentle.
May your dreams find their way.
May your heart find peace.

And if you ever ask me
What was the gift I wanted to give you…

It was this.

Two songs.
Two stories.
And one honest feeling
Turned into music. ❤️