Nobody Needs to Know Lyrics – Ben Platt

Read the full Nobody Needs to Know lyrics by Ben Platt from the album The Last Five Years along with the music video, song credits, release information and other details about the song. If you enjoy Ben Platt’s music, you can also explore Goodbye Until Tomorrow / I Could Never Rescue You, another song by Ben Platt.

[JAMIE]
Hey, kid, good morning
You look like an angel
I don’t remember when we fell asleep
We should get up, kid
Cathy is waiting

Look at us, lying here
Dreaming, pretending
I made a promise and I took a vow
I wrote a story
And we changed the ending—
Cathy, just look at me now

Hold on, facts are facts
Just relax, lay low
All right, the panic recedes
Nobody needs to know
Mmm

Put on my armor
I’m off to Ohio
Back into battle ’til I don’t know when
Swearing to her
That I never was with you
And praying I’ll hold you again

Hold on, clip these wings
Things get out of hand
All right, it’s over, it’s done—
No one will undеrstand
No one will understand

We build a treehousе
I keep it from shaking
Little more glue every time that it breaks
Perfectly balanced

And then I start making
Conscious, deliberate mistakes

All that I asked for
Is one little corner—
One private room at the back of my heart
Tell her I found one
She sends out battalions
To claim it and blow it apart

I grip and she grips
And faster we’re sliding
Sliding and spilling and what can I do?
Come back to bed, kid—
Take me inside you—
I promise I won’t lie to you

Hold on, don’t cry yet
I won’t let you go
All right—the panic recedes
All right—everyone bleeds
All right—I get what I need
And nobody needs to know
Nobody needs to know

And since I have to be in love with someone
Since I need to be in love with someone
Maybe I could be in love with someone
Like you