Nobody Needs to Know - Jeremy Jordan

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.

Put on my armor —

I’m off to Ohio.

Back into battle till 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 understand.

No one will understand…

We build a treehouse,

I keep it from shaking —

Little more glue ev’ry time that it breaks.

Perfectly balanced,

And then I start making

Conscious, deliberate mistakes.

All that I ask 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…