This is a hauntingly beautiful song about introspection, specifically about looking back at a relationship that started bad and ended so poorly, that the narrator wants to go back to the very beginning and tell himself to not even travel down that road. I believe that the relationship started poorly because of the lines:
"Take me back to the night we met:When the night was full of terrors: And your eyes were filled with tears: When you had not touched me yet"
So, the first night was not a great start, but the narrator pursued the relationship and eventually both overcame the rough start to fall in love with each other:
"I had all and then most of you"
Like many relationships that turn sour, it was not a quick decline, but a gradual one where the narrator and their partner fall out of love and gradually grow apart
"Some and now none of you"
Losing someone who was once everything in your world, who you could confide in, tell your secrets to, share all the most intimate parts of your life, to being strangers with that person is probably one of the most painful experiences a person can go through. So Painful, the narrator wants to go back in time and tell himself to not even pursue the relationship.
This was the perfect song for "13 Reasons Why"
Don't think they know the truth
Say they saw (A-A-to the L-I-Y-A-H)
I don't think they know, how could they know
I don't think they know the truth
Say they saw
I don't think they know, how could they know
Don't let them tell you any different
Yea yea yeah they don't know about us, they don't know about it
I owe it all to you
Yea yea yeah they don't know about us, they don't know about it
And as much as I messed up, always give me your best love
Yea yea yeah they don't know about us, they don't know about it
Sometimes I wonder what I did to deserve you
Yea yea yeah they don't know about us, they don't know about it
They gon' talk about it (gon' talk about it)
Gon' try to change your mind about it
Gon' tell you things you don't wanna hear
But we good (don't worry 'bout it)
So when they talk about (they talk about it)
Just let 'em know we already got it
Just tell 'em that we gon' work at it, we good (don't worry 'bout it)
I don't think they know the truth
Say they saw
I don't think they know, how could they know
I don't think they know the truth
Say they saw
I don't think they know, how could they know
Don't listen to (how could they know?)
What people say (how could they know?)
They don't know about (how could they know?)
'Bout you and me (how could they know?)
At my best you love me
Yea yea yeah they don't know about us, they don't know about it
Even though I act my worse
Yea yea yeah they don't know about us, they don't know about it
And I know that it's different, feels like we're best friends, we connected
They don't know about us, they don't know about it
What did I do to deserve you
Yea yea yeah they don't know about us, they don't know about it
They gon' talk about it (gon' talk about it)
Gon' try to change your mind about it
Gon' tell you things you don't wanna hear
But we good (don't worry 'bout it)
So when they talk about (they talk about it)
Just let 'em know we already got it
Just tell 'em that we gon' work at it, we good (don't worry 'bout it)
I don't think they know the truth
Say they saw
I don't think they know, how could they know
I don't think they know the truth (say they saw)
Say they saw
I don't think they know, how could they know
Don't listen to (how could they know?)
What people say (how could they know?)
They don't know about (how could they know?)
'Bout you and me
How could they know?
How could they know?
They don't know about us, they don't know about it (how could they know?)
How could they know?
They don't know about us, they don't know about it (how could they know?)
I thank you for the autographs
And the cheers over the years
You stood by me, you didn't doubt me
I think you want some more
I do more than sing
I'm older now, actin' now
Plus I got my own movie now (ooh yeah)
After all the awards
That they gave me, you stood by me
You didn't play me, you didn't doubt me
Think you want some more
I truly believe that
If it wasn't all for you
I don't know what I would do
I don't think they know the truth
Say they saw
I don't think they know, how could they know
I don't think they know the truth (they don't know)
Say they saw
I don't think they know, how could they know
Don't listen to (how could they know?)
What people say (how could they know?)
They don't know about (how could they know?) (they don't know about us, babe)
'Bout you and me (how could they know?)
Say they saw (A-A-to the L-I-Y-A-H)
I don't think they know, how could they know
I don't think they know the truth
Say they saw
I don't think they know, how could they know
Don't let them tell you any different
Yea yea yeah they don't know about us, they don't know about it
I owe it all to you
Yea yea yeah they don't know about us, they don't know about it
And as much as I messed up, always give me your best love
Yea yea yeah they don't know about us, they don't know about it
Sometimes I wonder what I did to deserve you
Yea yea yeah they don't know about us, they don't know about it
They gon' talk about it (gon' talk about it)
Gon' try to change your mind about it
Gon' tell you things you don't wanna hear
But we good (don't worry 'bout it)
So when they talk about (they talk about it)
Just let 'em know we already got it
Just tell 'em that we gon' work at it, we good (don't worry 'bout it)
I don't think they know the truth
Say they saw
I don't think they know, how could they know
I don't think they know the truth
Say they saw
I don't think they know, how could they know
Don't listen to (how could they know?)
What people say (how could they know?)
They don't know about (how could they know?)
'Bout you and me (how could they know?)
At my best you love me
Yea yea yeah they don't know about us, they don't know about it
Even though I act my worse
Yea yea yeah they don't know about us, they don't know about it
And I know that it's different, feels like we're best friends, we connected
They don't know about us, they don't know about it
What did I do to deserve you
Yea yea yeah they don't know about us, they don't know about it
They gon' talk about it (gon' talk about it)
Gon' try to change your mind about it
Gon' tell you things you don't wanna hear
But we good (don't worry 'bout it)
So when they talk about (they talk about it)
Just let 'em know we already got it
Just tell 'em that we gon' work at it, we good (don't worry 'bout it)
I don't think they know the truth
Say they saw
I don't think they know, how could they know
I don't think they know the truth (say they saw)
Say they saw
I don't think they know, how could they know
Don't listen to (how could they know?)
What people say (how could they know?)
They don't know about (how could they know?)
'Bout you and me
How could they know?
How could they know?
They don't know about us, they don't know about it (how could they know?)
How could they know?
They don't know about us, they don't know about it (how could they know?)
I thank you for the autographs
And the cheers over the years
You stood by me, you didn't doubt me
I think you want some more
I do more than sing
I'm older now, actin' now
Plus I got my own movie now (ooh yeah)
After all the awards
That they gave me, you stood by me
You didn't play me, you didn't doubt me
Think you want some more
I truly believe that
If it wasn't all for you
I don't know what I would do
I don't think they know the truth
Say they saw
I don't think they know, how could they know
I don't think they know the truth (they don't know)
Say they saw
I don't think they know, how could they know
Don't listen to (how could they know?)
What people say (how could they know?)
They don't know about (how could they know?) (they don't know about us, babe)
'Bout you and me (how could they know?)
Lyrics submitted by Mellow_Harsher
Don't Think They Know Lyrics as written by Tim Kelley Jonathan David Buck
Lyrics © CONCORD MUSIC PUBLISHING LLC, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
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