Verse 1 Old man crossing slowly at the corner light Might be counting down the days he has left to fight There’s a woman in black lipstick, dressed like a gangster dream Going home to a house where nobody waits for her to scream The angry kid screaming from behind the wheel Might be dying inside from something no doctor can heal And the boy with the ivy vape, staring at the rain Might be trying to remember how to live with his paranormal pain Pre-Chorus We only see a moment ,one presence Never the war behind their essence Everybody’s carrying something Everybody’s good at hiding Chorus So be kind before you go You never know what somebody knows You never know what they had to lose What kind of night they’re trying to make it through Don’t be cruel just because you can There’s a whole life underneath every mysterious skin And if all we get is one little crossing of roads Be kind before you go Be kind before you go Verse 2 The girl laughing loud at the table next to me Might go home and collapse on the bathroom floor The old lady eating dinner beneath fluorescent city- lights Might have buried her whole world and still came out tonight The woman who never says thank you Maybe never learned that love could be gentle and appreciated and true…. And the one who looks like he has everything Could be praying in the dark for one more morning…. Pre-Chorus 2 We don’t know their history We don’t know what they’re trying to survive Some people aren’t looking for attention They’re just looking for a reason to stay alive And stay sane…. Chorus So be kind before you go You never know what somebody knows You never know what they had to lose What kind of night they’re trying to make it through Don’t be cruel just because you can There’s a whole life underneath every stranger’s skin And if all we get is one little crossing of roads Be kind before you go Be kind before you go Bridge — Shock Maybe the man you cursed at yesterday on the highway Was driving home to ICU to see his mom for the last time… Maybe the woman you called crazy on the train Had spent all morning deciding not to die And kept those Xanax away…. Maybe that beautiful girl you envied Was never been loved by her own parents Maybe the mad man you couldn’t stand Had just been told he had three months left And maybe the stranger you ignored today Will be the stranger you never see again Because somewhere tonight Someone is washing blood from their hands Someone is deleting a goodbye Someone is sitting on the edge of a bed Wondering if the world would even notice And you will never know Because tomorrow still looks ordinary to you Until it doesn’t. Until it’s happen to you Chorus So be kind before you go You never know what somebody knows You never know what they had to lose What kind of night they’re trying to make it through Don’t be cruel just because you can There’s a whole life underneath every stranger’s skin And if all we get is one little crossing of roads Be kind before you go Be kind before you go Be kind before you go It’s easy Just before you go….
