They Don't Know Me
Bella Maree
Lyrics, Vocals, Guitar, Recording, Editing and Majority of Production by Bella Maree. Mixing, Mastering & Production by Edward Williams.
They don't know me
They Don’t Know Me has a fresh take on contemporary R&B with elements of pop and hip-hop.
The vocal performance delivers the lyrics with sass.
Lyrically it sings about despite being around acquaintances, friends, or even family, feeling like they don’t know you properly. It’s about how everyone has their surface level personalities and interactions with others, whilst having a much deeper story about themselves that most have no idea about.
Overall the song has a quirky up-lifting and light-hearted feel about it, giving off vibes of amusement, contentment and shrugging it off.
“‘They Don’t Know Me’ was a song I wrote while reflecting on the fact that my everyday life and persona was different to the “real” me and my experiences. It describes a feeling of isolation in the lack of understanding that I felt from everyone around me and the putting up of a facade or talking about things that didn’t really matter. Since writing and reflecting on this song that I wrote in 2018, I've realised that everyone can feel this way; we are all icebergs with our deeper stories and experiences hidden underneath the surface.” - Bella Maree
Lyrics
I'm just sitting here
Thinking to myself
Thinking about how everyone else
They Don't know me
I mean, They don't really know me
I'm just sitting here
Laughing to myself
Laughing about how everyone else
They Don't know me
I mean, They don't really know me
They Don't know
About my circumstances
They Don't know
What my childhood was like
They Don't know
They Don't know me
I mean, they don't really know me
I'm just standing here
Keeping to myself
Looking around at everyone else
Talking shit, small talk and no common topics
All claiming that they know me
But I mean, They don't really know me
I'm just standing here
Listening to
Who? Everyone else
While they think they know who they're talking to
But they got no idea what the heck that I've been through
They Don't know me
I mean, they don't really no me
They Don't know
About my circumstances
They Don't know
What my childhood was like
They Don't know
They Don't know me
I mean, you see
They don't really know me
