Worst Kept Secret

Is my face red, my mind is blushing
I'm contemplating spontaneous combustion
Was it an accidental subconscious confession
Yeah, those three little words were not how I planned them

I make an unsmooth recovery back from emotion
I've been autocorrecting in my head 'cause it felt too soon
I've said it to friends and as a compulsion
Yeah, I've thought so much about my feelings since I met you

I've been balancing the words on the tip of my tongue
We've never said them before
When keeping my shit together hits the fan
With a Freudian slip in the parking lot of a grocery store

In case you didn't know by now
I feel a certain way about you
In case you didn't know by now
I think about you quite often
And somehow the words slipped out
We can say that I didn't mean it but
I love you is the worst kept secret

We laughed it off
I could tell you were happy at my mistake
You went back to the east coast
I miss you became our most used phrase
We agreed we'd wait to say the words
We've been unabashedly counting the ways
Saying I love your smile
Your eyes
Your soul
Your lips
Your face

In case you didn't know by now
I feel a certain way about you
In case you didn't know by now
I think about you quite often
And somehow the words slipped out
We can say that I didn't mean it but
I love you is the worst kept secret

I've been scheming, dreaming, and wondering
Who'll say it first when we get home
My head wants to control the situation
When my heart already knows

I already know by now
You feel a certain way about me and
I think it's pretty clear by now that I

So no matter how it happens
When we finally let the truth come out
We'll both know that we really mean it 'cause
I love you is the worst kept secret