Nobody Knows

Nobody knows the pain you live with
Nobody knows the masks you wear
Nobody knows the promises you’ve broken
Nobody knows the scars you bear

Nobody knows what it cost you
Nobody knows the lies you tell
Nobody knows how you keep going
Nobody knows how far you fell

Did you think that love would save you?
Did you think it would all work out?
Don’t you know life’s not like that?
Don’t you know what it was all about?

Nobody knows the prayers you whisper
Nobody knows the secrets you keep
Nobody knows all you’ve lost
Nobody knows why you weep

Nobody knows the darkness inside you
Nobody knows why you ran so far
Nobody knows why you’re so unhappy
Nobody knows who you really are

Did you think you’d find forgiveness?
Did you think you’d wave it all away?
Don’t you know some things can’t be forgiven?
Don’t you know there’s nothing you can say?

Nobody knows why I still love you
Nobody knows why I hate you too
Nobody knows why it’s so hard to forgive you
Nobody knows what we’ve been through

Nobody knows
Nobody knows

Image:  AI composite by CJ Levinson
Written 2018. Revised 2023.