The Version They Know
by Evechon Music · Alt-Pop Ballad
It is the person you perform in daylight versus the one who surfaces after midnight. "The Version They Know" lives in that ache — where everyone knows your name, your face, and your steady "I'm fine," but no one sees how tired that version really is.
Lyrics
Verse 1
My mother thinks I’m sleeping
My friends think work is good
My brother says I’m stronger
Than he ever understood
I answer every message
I show up when I’m asked
I learned to make it easy
So nobody looks past
Pre-Chorus
I keep the lights on
I keep the time
I keep the whole room
From reading mine
Chorus
They know the version
That always says, “I’m fine”
The one who keeps it moving
The one who gets there on time
They know the version
Who never needs a hand
But they don’t know how tired
That version really is
They know my name
They know my face
They know the part of me
That never breaks
They know the version
But they don’t know me
Verse 2
I laugh before the silence
I change the subject fast
I ask about their problems
So no one asks me back
I’ve made a life of carrying
What people cannot hold
Now everybody trusts me
And nobody really knows
Pre-Chorus
I keep the lights on
I keep the time
I keep the whole room
From reading mine
Chorus
They know the version
That always says, “I’m fine”
The one who keeps it moving
The one who gets there on time
They know the version
Who never needs a hand
But they don’t know how tired
That version really is
They know my name
They know my face
They know the part of me
That never breaks
They know the version
But they don’t know me
Bridge
Maybe I taught them
Not to look too close
Maybe I made strength
The only thing I showed
Maybe being needed
Made it hard to tell
Where helping everybody
Stopped helping me as well
Final Chorus
They know the version
That always says, “I’m fine”
The one who keeps it moving
The one who gets there on time
They know the version
Who never needs a hand
But tonight I’m letting someone
See me where I am
Know my name
Know my face
Know the part of me
That finally breaks
You knew the version
Now you know me
Outro
You knew the version
Now you know me