Hold on Tight

I could see it in your face

In the way you looked at me

Like you wanted to tell me

And you said you didn't want to come on too strong

It nearly escaped my mouth so many times

I learned it in Japanese

It was so hard not to say it before I left

When I returned, I was bursting at the seams

I had never said it first

We sat on the couch together and I was thinking it over and over

When I realized I had said it out loud, I was terrified

Time passed by so slowly

I thought I had fucked up

Then you said it back to me