Those Three Words

I wouldn't say it if I didn't mean it
I wouldn't tell you I love you if I didn't feel that way
Those are words I don't just speak to anyone
You don't say it just to sound good
You have to mean it
You have to feel it in your heart

Can you honestly tell me you love me and mean it?
Can you tell me those three words and swear on the heavens
That those words are true, and as long as they ring
Always will be?

Does your heart feel the way mine does
Every time we say it to each other
Do you feel it flow through your body?

When I look at you
Those words are the only things that escape me
I don't have to think
I just know
It must be the truth; it must be how I feel
Because if it just comes out-without any help from my mind at all-
Then I really do love you

Is it really there?
I wonder sometimes if you're giving me your all
Your whole heart
Don't tell me you love me if you don't mean it
My heart years to hear the truth
If you say it just because I do
Then we both know we're in the wrong

It means I'm wrong for loving you
Because you don't really love me
Don't say it to appease me
It doesn't please me at all if it's not right
If you don't feel it, don't let my heart think yours does

So do you mean it when you say it?
Do you get that wave of excitement
When those words escape your lips?
Do they escape your heart instead of your mind?
It shouldn't be something you think about

Just stop
Take in and tell me what you feel
It's not right, it's not wrong
It's just the truth
What my heart needs

Say it because you-every fiber of you-
Means it
Or don't say anything at all

If you can't say "I love you" and feel it,
What can you say?