They Don’t Know

Lyrics

I watch them talk with their whole bodies Like the floor was built to hold Every plan they say out loud Still lands like something true And there's something almost holy In the way they spend themselves Not because they know what matters Just because they haven't failed yet

I don't hate them I don't sneer I just hear what isn't in The words I overhear

They think time is somewhere distant Something waiting down the line Like the losses all give warning Like the body always tries I can see what they can't see yet And I wouldn't hand it to them Still I watch them move through fire They don't know they're in

There's a kindness in not telling Every hard thing that I know Not because I'm guarding wisdom More because it doesn't go Where you point it when it's borrowed People learn what they can bear When the easy version breaks apart And leaves them standing there

I don't hate them I don't sneer I just hear what isn't in The words I overhear

They think time is somewhere distant Something waiting down the line Like the losses all give warning Like the body always tries I can see what they can't see yet And I wouldn't hand it to them Still I watch them move through fire They don't know they're in

And maybe I was beautiful In exactly that same way Not because I understood life Just because I thought I had time So much time

They think time is somewhere distant Something waiting down the line Like the losses all give warning Like the body always tries I can see what they can't see yet And I wouldn't hand it to them Still I watch them move through fire They don't know they're in