You never knew me
Das Dankeschön an Robbie Williams
Verse1]
There are nights that never leave you
not because something beautiful began
but because somehow you survived them
And somewhere through those endless years
your voice kept finding me
Not as an answer
Not as a rescue
[Pre-Chorus]
Just a quiet reminder
that even the darkest roads
eventually reach the morning
[Chorus]
And maybe the saddest thing is this
You may never know
Never know how many times
your truth carried me home
Never know that somewhere in the world
there was a stranger
holding on to your words
like they were the last light left
You may never know
And still
thank you
[Verse2]
You never knew my name
Never heard my prayers
spoken into empty rooms
Never saw the hospital walls
the fear behind my smile
or all the times I almost gave up
And still
somehow you were there
In the silence
In the waiting
In the moments when hope
felt like a language I had forgotten
[Pre-Chorus]
It wasn’t only the music
It was the honesty
The way you stood in the light
and spoke about the dark
[Chorus]
And maybe the saddest thing is this
You may never know
Never know how many nights
you helped me through
Never know how much courage
can live inside a single story
Never know that somewhere in the crowd
stood a person
whose life was changed
by a man he would never meet
You may never know
And still
thank you
[Bridge]
Sometimes I wonder
if people ever realize
what they leave behind in others
How far a single sentence can travel
How long a little hope can survive
How one honest story
can keep another heart beating
Years later
Miles away
Without ever knowing
[Final-Chorus]
Maybe I’ll always be
just another face in a crowd
Maybe you’ll never know
why that moment meant everything to me
Maybe you’ll never hear
the words I’ve carried for so long
But if gratitude had a voice
it would be singing your name tonight
Because you never pretended
to be unbreakable
You spoke about fear
About failure
About falling apart
About the days
when hope felt heavy
And when you spoke about your demons
I stopped being ashamed of mine
When you told the truth about your scars
you taught people like me
that broken isn’t the same as lost
That falling isn’t the same as failing
That fear doesn’t mean surrender
You never knew me
And maybe you never will
But because you had the courage
to tell your story
I found the strength
to keep writing mine