[Verse 1:] She knows how to smile when somebody asks, “How have you been?” She says, “Fine,” under a mask. She laughs at the jokes, she plays her part, While a thousand little doubts tear her apart. She looks like she’s living, like she’s doing alright, But she’s fighting her battles alone in the night. They see her standing, they think she’s okay, They don’t see how hard it is to face another day. [Chorus] She’s the woman nobody knows, With a smile on her face, Hiding the hurt she doesn’t show. The world gets the woman who knows how to smile, But the woman behind her hasn’t felt fine in a while. They see her face, but they don’t see the pain, The smile stays steady while she’s breaking again. She’s right there in front of them, playing her role, She’s the woman nobody knows. [Verse 2] Sometimes she pulls the covers up and turns the whole world off, No questions, no expectations, no pretending she’s enough. She can go somewhere in her dreams where nobody knows her name, Where she doesn’t have to be the one who’s always doing okay. She hates the sound of morning when it drags her awake again, Back to all the things she’s hiding underneath that practiced grin. If she could stay asleep until the daylight turns to night, She’d never have to be the woman everybody thinks is alright. [Chorus] She’s the woman nobody knows, With a smile on her face, Hiding the hurt she doesn’t show. The world gets the woman who knows how to smile, But the woman behind her hasn’t felt fine in a while. They see her face, but they don’t see the pain, The smile stays steady while she’s breaking again. She’s right there in front of them, playing her role, She’s the woman nobody knows. [Bridge] She doesn’t need prayer, she doesn’t need a sign, She just needs some quiet in that anxious mind. She doesn’t need the answers to the reasons she feels low, She just needs some room to breathe and not put on a show. She’s tired of explaining what she can’t explain, Of saying “I’m fine” when she’s not okay. There’s no easy answer, no simple way through, Just the woman they see and the woman they never knew. [Four bar instrumental] [Final Chorus] I’m the woman nobody knows, The smile on my face, hides the hurt I don’t show. The world sees me smiling, like I’m doing alright, But I haven’t felt fine in a long, long while. You see my face, but you don’t see the pain, You hear me laughing, but you don’t hear the rain. I’m right here in front of you, playing my role, [Final Reveal] It’s me…….. I’m the woman nobody knows.
