Nobody Knows

Story Behind The Song

Just a portrait of someone I know.

Song Description

An unhappily married man, in love with another woman, who can't make the move toward her or away from a life that is inauthentic and terribly confining. Only in his dreams is he free and his soul can soar.

Song Length 3:38 Genre Folk - Contemporary, Rock - Easy Listening
Tempo Medium Slow (91 - 110) Lead Vocal Female Vocal
Mood Poignant, Moving Subject Searching for Love, Dysfunctional Relations
Similar Artists Joni Mitchell, Tori Amos Language English
Era 2000 and later

Lyrics

They meet in the quiet corners of his private life
Hidden from the searching eyes of his unnerving wife
A nice man, a fair man, a well-intentioned man

Nobody knows how he longs for freedom
Nobody knows how his heart does try

She leans in to brush away a hair across his face,
tenderness that stills his breath and sets his pulse to race
A good love, a true love, a love they'll never share

Nobody knows how he longs to hold her
Nobody knows how his heart does cry

He made a vow, he made a pact, can't walk away, won't turn his back
obligations, regulations, rules he can't break, risks he can't take

Late at night the moon slips through a tiny curtain crack
running through the streets of dreams he never once looks back
A whole life, a true life, a full expressive life

Nobody knows how his soul is soaring
Nobody knows how his heart does fly

Lyrics Lisa Jane Lipkin Music Lisa Jane Lipkin
Producer LJL & Richard Martinez Publisher Number 4 Music
Performance LJL, Peter Calo, Debra Assael Label Singing Pup Records

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