Nobody knows
Nobody knows but me
That I sometimes cry
If I could pretend that I'm asleep
When my tears start to fall
I peek out from behind these walls
I think nobody knows
Nobody knows, no

Nobody likes
Nobody likes to lose that inner voice
The one I used to hear before my life
Made a choice
But I think nobody knows
No, no
Nobody knows
No

Baby (aaah)
Oh, the secret's safe with me (aaah)
There's nowhere else in the world that I could ever be (aaah)
And, baby, don't it feel like I'm all alone?
Who's gonna be there after the last angel has flown (aaah)
And I've lost my way back home? (aaah)
I think nobody knows, no
Said nobody knows

Nobody cares (uuuh)
It's win or lose, not how you play the game
And the road to darkness has a way
Of always knowing my name
But I think nobody knows
No, no
Nobody knows, no, no, no, no

Baby (aaah)
Oh, the secret's safe with me (aaah)
There's nowhere else in the world that I could ever be (aaah)
And, baby, don't it feel like I'm all alone?
Who's gonna be there after the last angel has flown (aaah)
And I've lost my way back home? (aaah)
And, no, no, no, no, no
Nobody knows, no (aaah)
No, no, no, no, no

Tomorrow I'll be there, my friend
I'll wake up and start all over again
When everybody else is gone
No, no, no

Nobody knows
Nobody knows the rhythm of my heart
The way I do when I'm lying in the dark
And the world is asleep
I think nobody knows
Nobody knows
Nobody knows but me
Me


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    apparently the song is about a secret and the person who has this secret wants to unburden themselves and tell somebody. when she is saying that she is all alone it is because only she knows this secret or something along these lines anyway

    Shannon12016on December 11, 2006   Link

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