You Don't Know Me (feat. Regina Spektor) Lyrics

Lyric discussion by jrivet 

Cover art for You Don't Know Me (feat. Regina Spektor) lyrics by Ben Folds

You don't know me at all (Ahhhh, ahh...)

Hearing this part today made me think of the way it's sung. It's almost as if the female in this story flips the point of view around to the guy. Where he's dismissing her for not knowing him, she turns it around and says "You don't know me so well either." The male doesn't realize the reason he is dismissing the female also applies to him, and the female is willing to forgive him for it.

For the first time the male is flustered and has trouble getting a sentence out; "So what I'm trying to say is - What I'm trying to tell you.." He trips on his own thoughts. He isn't sure how it's best to say "I love you" to this person, maybe "You don't know me" is their way of saying "I love you."