She's an underdog who lives next door to me
She's always heard "you won't amount to anything"
And it kills me to watch the agony beyond her eyes
Tragic the way people pass her by
But now I realize that

Everyone sees her but nobody knows her
She screams in her pillow for a better tomorrow
She hates it but she takes it
Watch out for that girl
One day she may change the world

She's original, never trying to fit in
She's got a way to always go against the grain
Oh, yeah
Someday they'll see how beautiful she really is
I know that last will be the first
The tables gonna turn 'cause

Everyone sees her but nobody knows her
She screams in her pillow for a better tomorrow
She hates it but she fakes it
Watch out for that girl
One day she may change the world

Maybe she'll be in a movie
Maybe she'll be in a song, yeah
Better pay her some attention
Before she's gone

She's an underdog, yeah
She means the world to me, yeah

Everyone sees her but nobody knows her
She screams in her pillow for a better tomorrow
She hates it but she makes it
Watch out for that girl
One day she may change the world

Everyone sees her but nobody knows her
She screams in her pillow for a better tomorrow
She hates it but she makes it
Watch out for that girl
One day she may change the world


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Underdog Lyrics as written by Nicholas Jonas Mikkel Eriksen

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    This is totally my favorite song in the world. I can totally relate to it. Basically everyone sees the girl, maybe they even know her and stuff but they don't bother to befriend her or anything basically the reason nobody knows her. Or maybe they see the mask she uses but they don't see her real self so they don't know her. And she screams in her pillow and everything because she hates being seen but not known. She wants to basically no longer hide behind her mask but she's afraid to do so for fear of rejection or being shunned, maybe more than she already is. But maybe one day because of her trials and tribulations she'll change the world with her acting because she can relate to the character or emotion of the moment therefore she can truly show the emotion perfectly or she'll write songs that everyone can relate to. So basically one day she'll destroy her mask and change the world.

    Kameegurlon April 15, 2007   Link

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