[Intro | Female | Intimate Spoken | No Music] You know what I see? A man who thinks he's an open book. Funny thing is, sweetheart... You keep skipping your own pages. [Verse 1 | Female | Smoky, Rhythmic | Bass Enters] You lay your truth out on the table Like a gift without a price Give the world an honest answer Never need to tell it twice You don't ask for perfect answers Don't expect them to agree But when the door stays halfway open There's a hurt you let me see [Female | Breathy Ad-lib] (Mmm... there it is.) [Pre-Chorus | Female | Soft, Building] You know that silence isn't lying You know two hearts don't work the same But understanding doesn't stop it When the feeling still remains [Chorus | Female | Warm, Melodic Lift] You give them the truth But you bury your own Make room for everybody Then carry yours alone You can take what life throws You can bend and not break But there's a thousand little pieces You don't let anybody take [Female | Breath Harmony] (Anybody take...) [Female | Lead] And that's what you don't say [Verse 2 | Female | Playful, Knowing] You call your thinking simple Before somebody calls it wrong Start apologizing for a feeling Before it's even come along You read the room like second nature Every shadow, every sign But you'll question your own instincts Just to keep the peace sometimes [Male | Quiet, Spoken] I thought I was just being fair. [Female | Teasing, Spoken] Honey, fair goes both ways. [Pre-Chorus | Female | Building] You're so careful with the feelings Of the people in your life But you never stop to wonder Who is watching over mine [Female | Spoken Correction, Playful] Yours, sweetheart. I'm talking about yours. [Chorus | Female | Melodic, Stronger] You give them the truth But you bury your own Make room for everybody Then carry yours alone You can take what life throws You can bend and not break But there's a thousand little pieces You don't let anybody take [Female | Soft Ad-lib] (Oh, I see you...) [Female | Lead] And that's what you don't say [Verse 3 | Female | Intimate, Stripped Back] There's a tremor you live alongside There's an ache you put away One more number on a calendar One more thing you won't explain You make the calls, you find the answers You handle what you need to do Then you tell the ones who love you When there's nothing left to do [Female | Almost Whispered] (Mmm... every single time.) [Bridge | Female | Spoken | Music Nearly Silent] You made the calls. You booked the scans. You heard the news. You made the plans. And who did you tell? [Male | Quiet, Matter-of-Fact] I handled it. Didn't think it was a big deal. [Female | Spoken | Gentle but Firm] I know. That's the part you don't see. [Female | Sung | Slow Emotional Build] You weren't trying to be a hero You weren't trying to be brave You just learned to keep things moving And put your own needs away You don't call it being lonely You don't think it's wearing thin You just carry on like always Never thinking to let someone in [Male | Soft, Spoken] I thought that was just me. [Female | Whispered] It is, sweetheart. That's what I'm trying to show you. [Instrumental | Four Bars | Dark Synth Swell, Guitar, Drums Rise] [Final Chorus | Female | Full, Emotional, Controlled] You give them the truth But you bury your own Make room for everybody Then carry yours alone You can take what life throws You can bend and not break But there's a difference between strong And what you never let them take [Female | Layered Breath Harmony] (I see you... I see you...) [Female | Lead | Rising] There's a thousand things you're feeling That you never learned to say And I can see the weight you're carrying Even when you look away [Female | Sustained, Warm] That's what you don't say [Outro | Female | Close Whisper | Music Fades] I don't think you meant to hide it. I think you just learned to live that way. [Male | Soft, Spoken] I thought I was just being me. [Female | Tender, Knowing] You were, sweetheart. And that's what I see.
