[Verse 1]
I know your dog is getting older
I know the café where you write
I know you dyed your kitchen green
And cried at half past two last night
I know the holiday you cancelled
The book you swore you'd finally read
I know the songs you're posting lately
But I don't know what keeps you awake
[Pre-Chorus]
We're all standing in illuminated windows
Looking out
[Chorus]
I've never felt so seen
I've never felt so unknown
Everybody knows my face
Nobody knows when I'm alone
There's a thousand fingerprints
Pressed against my telephone
I've never felt so seen
I've never felt so unknown
[Verse 2]
You watched me turn another birthday
You watched me move from town to town
You watched me smile beside a stranger
Six months after we'd broken down
And every day we trade reflections
Like we're collecting proof we're here
But sometimes all the noise around us
Makes a quiet room disappear
[Pre-Chorus]
We're all broadcasting from our bedrooms
To the dark
[Chorus]
I've never felt so seen
I've never felt so unknown
Everybody knows my face
Nobody knows when I'm alone
There's a thousand fingerprints
Pressed against my telephone
I've never felt so seen
I've never felt so unknown
[Bridge]
Maybe that's why midnight conversations
Still feel like treasure now
When somebody asks a second question
And waits around
When somebody learns the shape of your silence
Instead of your profile
[Final Chorus]
I've never felt so seen
I've never felt so unknown
Maybe we're just photographs
Trying to become a home
So if you're out there in the glow
Listening on your own
I've never felt so seen
Until somebody called me
And stayed on the phone
[Outro]
Stayed on the phone...
Stayed on the phone...