Not Tonight Lyrics

[Verse 1]
I'm staring at him
But I forget to pick my face up off the floor, ooooh
We're in a crowd, but it feels like we're alone, ooooh
Oh my god he just looked at me
And I just wanna tell him something that he's never heard, oooh
But my lips won't let me tell him, tell him
I would say this

[Hook 1]
But maybe, maybe in another life
I could be the girl who walks up to the guy
And tells him, tells him how she feels inside
But, not tonight, no not tonight

[Verse 2]
What if he walks towards me
While all the blood is rushing right to my brain
What am I gonna say, what am I gonna say
I may stop breathing and freeze cuz
That's the story of my life
Wouldn't it be crazy
If he felt, how I felt, overwhelmed and terrified
But he took my hand
And he took his chance, can I have this dance
If only we were in a Cinderella story
[Hook 1]
Maybe, maybe in another life
I could be the girl who walks up to the guy
And tells him, tells him how she feels inside
But not tonight, tonight

[Verse 3]
Who would I be
To make my feelings known
I need a little audacity but it's not in my bones
I'm standing here, terrified
Broken hearted, I could die, ooooohh
I'm staring at him
But I forget to pick my face up off the floor
I feel like a fool
And even though I do
I only wanna tell him that I love him more, more

[Hook 2]
Maybe, maybe in another life
I would be the girl who walks up to the guy
And say hey my name is Elle
And I think you're kinda fly
But not tonight, not tonight, tonight

[Hook 1]
Maybe, maybe in another life
I would be the girl who walks up to the guy
And tells him, tells him how she feels inside
But not tonight, not tonight
Maybe
Maybe, maybe

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It’s a girl thinking about telling her crush her undying love for him, all her feelings, and what they could be. But she’s not that girl who has the courage to do so. She’s watching him from afar all the time (like most girls) and she’s just amazed by how he always manages to make her gawk.

She’s also starting to make up scenarios (again like most girls) That what if he ever comes up to me? What would I do? Would I actually tell him my feelings? If I did would he actually feel the same? Would he return my love? Only in a story because again he’s not actually making that move, only in a story would that happen.

And then the last part two different things could be happening First: She feels like a fool because she never took the chance and putting it off, instead of just telling him. But she just wants to tell him she loves him, still.

Two: She actually did tell him and everything went wrong. He didn’t feel the same, she felt like a fool, her face was on the floor. Nothing went how she planned in her head, and even though she was rejected she still wants to tell him that she loves him more.

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