I knew who you were, it was perfectly obvious
 I was [bad word] playing it cool
 But I feel like I have always known you
 I kept you close and I thought you would question it
 Young in the night, when we stare like the rest of them
 God forbid
 Oh my god

 I would hold you close
 'Cause it is a lonely world
 But would you want me too
 'Cause it is a lonely world

 Well I put off 'cause I'm painfully diffident
 I played it out in my head from afar
 But they [bad word] me too
 You disappeared to my dissatisfaction
 Oh, what could have been with a little more time?
 Woe is me
 Oh my god

 I would hold you close
 'Cause it is a lonely world
 But would you want me too
 'Cause it is a lonely world

 Yeah I would hold you close
 'Cause it is a lonely world
 If I was confident
 'Cause it is a lonely world

 Yeah I would hold you close
 'Cause it is a lonely world
 But would you want me too
 'Cause it is a lonely world

 Yeah I would hold you close
 'Cause it is a lonely world
 If I was confident
 'Cause it is a lonely world