[Verse 1] (oooo adlibs) Oooooo-oooooo-Ooooonly she knows the real me The part I hide behind my easy smile She saw the cracks in my perfect story Read my silence like a handwritten file She knew my name when I lost my own Knew I was cold even when I said I’m fine She held my truth in her open palms And never made me beg for one more sign [Pre-Chorus] Everybody else saw a shadow She saw the fire under skin Everybody else heard the noise She heard the place I kept it in [Chorus] Only she knows me Only she knows me She knew my heart was bruised And still she chose me Only she knows me Only she knows me When I was split in two She kept me whole, my glue [Verse 2] I used to talk like I had it all But my walls were paper thin She found the kid in the tired man And pulled the real me back again No grand parade, no perfect cure Just her touch on my shaking hand She loved the parts I never could The broken edges of a scared young man [Pre-Chorus] Everybody else saw a shadow She saw the fire under skin Everybody else heard the noise She heard the place I kept it in [Chorus] Only she knows me Only she knows me She knew my heart was bruised And still she chose me Only she knows me Only she knows me When I was split in two She kept me whole, my glue [Bridge] If I lost my way She’d call me back by truth If I fell apart She knew just what to do No one else got close No one else got through Girl, you saw the mess And stayed right through it too [Final Chorus] Only she knows me Only she knows me She knew my heart was bruised And still she chose me Only she knows me Only she knows me When I was split in two She kept me whole, my glue Only she knows me Only she knows me The real me, the whole me Only she knows me
