I've been biting my tongue
Been so subtly kind
I've got to think so selfishly
'Cause you're the face inside of me
I've been biding my days, you see
Evidently it pays
I've been a friend with unbiased views
Then secretly lust after you
So now you feel lusty, you're bored and bemused
You want to do someone else
So you should be by yourself
Instead of here with me
Secretly
Trying hard to think pure
Bloody hard when I'm raw
You're talking out so sexually
'Bout boys & girls & your friggin' dreams
Now you feel lusty, you're hot and confused
You want to do someone else
So you should be by yourself
Instead of here with me
Secretly
So now you've been busted, you're caught feeling used
You had to do someone else
You shoulda been by yourself
You had to do someone else
You shoulda been by yourself
Instead of here with me
Secretly
Secretly
Secretly


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Secretly Lyrics as written by Len Arran Deborah Ann Dyer

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    i think its about wanting a friend to be more than a friend - ''I've been a friend with unbiased views Then secretly lust after you'' - this says it all really. she is there to pick up the peices or to be the support while the other goes about fuckin everyone they want, in an outta empty relationships like. shes basically screamin 'be with me' inside her head

    yeslekon July 02, 2005   Link

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