Nobody Noticed
One stray hair sticking up, and I was sure the whole street was judging me. It turns out nobody noticed. It's a small, silly song about how loud anxiety is compared to how little the world actually cares.
The lampposts are like alien trees today
And every single branch of them is looking my way
The cracks in the sidewalk are eyes that open wide
There's nowhere left for me to run, and nowhere left to hide
And there's a tiny little coffee stain
Right here on my sleeve, looks like a drop of dirty rain
Is it a tell? Is it the sign?
This fatal flaw that's only mine
There's people passing on the street, left and right
And all their smiling, happy faces are just a bit too bright
I know they're looking, I know they see with a professional eye
The single hair that isn't me, that's reaching for the sky
It's sticking up, a tiny, lonely spire
To set their quiet, perfect judgment all on fire
One little proof, one piece of thread
To hang the silly words I said
And the world kept turning 'round the sun
The race was over, but no one had won
And nobody even saw the crime
I was so worried about the whole damn time
They only saw me walking on by
Beneath a simple, sunny sky
And everything was fine
Inside my shoe, a secret kept
A promise that was never swept away
A tiny hole inside my sock
A quiet tick around the clock
My toe is peeking, feeling air
And even though it isn't there for them to see
I know it's true
It's telegraphing that I'm not you
And the world kept turning 'round the sun
The race was over, but no one had won
And nobody even saw the crime
I was so worried about the whole damn time
They only saw me walking on by
Beneath a simple, sunny sky
And everything was fine
One little slip, one tiny thread
Unravels all the life I've led
The ground will open, pull me in
For this unforgivable sin
Of not being perfect, not quite right
Beneath the hard and judging light
They'll eat me up and spit me out
And never even think about
That nobody even saw the crime
They only saw me walking by
And everything was fine