“If You Ask Me To” is Charli D’Amelio’s debut single as a music artist, released in October 2022. It’s a song about unrequited love. In the lyrics, the singer interprets a girl who loves a guy, but he has another girl who’s always around him.
Fans have been wondering if the song is related to her breakup with Huddy, which took place a few months before, but as she declared in this interview with Billboard, the song tells a fictional story unrelated to her actual life. As she said in that interview:
“I wanted to use this as a time in my life where I don’t have to talk about true experiences — so much of my life is so out there.”
[Verse 1]
Saw you at the party, but you wouldn’t say a single thing
You smiled for a moment, but then she kissed your cheek
That’s such a shame
‘Cause I know that she can’t love you quite like I could
So I’ll leave your text on read, and hope you’re overthinking everything
Saw me by myself, you said hello, and asked if I was good
She walked up out of nowhere, damn, I almost said that I love you
Now you’re headed to her house to watch that movie you both like
While I’m up and losing sleep, what do I do, if it’s not me you choose?
[Chorus]
But God, she’s so prеtty, and funny, and witty
I don’t think that I stand a chance
And she’s so fuckin’ lucky ’cause all I’vе been wanting
Is you to be holding my hand
But it feels like forever
From minutes to seconds to hours, been waiting for you
But she loves you too, I guess it’s too soon
But I’d come running if you asked me to
[Post-Chorus]
Ah-ah-ah
(But I’d come running if you asked me to)
[Verse 2]
Had you to myself, but then you left and didn’t even care
Didn’t give a second thought ’cause you know that I’d still be here
If you always thought about her, did you have to waste my time?
So if blue was never love then all this time, have I been color-blind?
[Chorus]
But God, she’s so perfect, no flaws on the surface
I don’t think that I stand a chance
And she’s so fuckin’ lucky ’cause all I’ve been wanting
Is you to be holding my hand
It feels like forever
From minutes to seconds to hours, been waiting for you
But she loves you too, I guess it’s too soon
But I’d come running if you asked me to
[Post-Chorus]
Ah-ah-ah
But I’d come running if you asked me to
Ah-ah-ah
But I’d come running if you asked me to
[Outro]
Ah-ah-ah
I’d come running if you asked me to
Ah-ah-ah
And I’d come running if you asked me to