[Verse 1] He lived between the liner notes Where no one ever reads A quiet man who struck the match That lit a million screams The songs ran wild from his open hands To places he would never go Every bar and every parking lot Was singing what he wrote [Pre-Chorus] The architect of anthems Who never took a bow A ghost inside the jukebox Still playing for us now [Chorus] I know every word but I don't know your name I've been singing you my whole life just the same You gave the wild ones something they could scream And the angels their morning from a man nobody sees Nobody sees [Verse 2] He gave the summer a sound that followed strangers home He gave the dawn an aching line that cuts you to the bone Somewhere in a quiet room he poured his gold in other mouths The loudest songs this world has known Born from the quietest house [Pre-Chorus] The invisible magician Who never signed the wall His fingerprints on every song And he outlasted them all [Chorus] I know every word but I don't know your name I've been singing you my whole life just the same You gave the wild ones something they could scream And the angels their morning from a man nobody sees Nobody sees [Bridge] But what if he preferred it — The silence and the shade? What if the greatest gift he gave Was letting the songs get played? No ego, no encore Just the melody set free The bravest thing a writer does Is let the words leave [Outro] I know every word but I don't know your name I'll keep singing you through the joy and pain The songs outlive the singer, outlive the fame Somebody should've learned your name Oh, somebody should've learned your name
