Everybody Knows - Tina Dico

It always had to look good

It always had to be perfect

It always had to look easy

So tell me now was it worth it?

You stand in the doorway

With a bag full of words that you can’t say

Your distant eyes on the TV

Your distant eyes won’t see me

But it’s written across the blue skies

You’re scared to stumble and realize

That underneath the cover

We’re all as frail as each other

We’re all as frail as each other

Everybody knows

You’re falling and it shows

Nothing stays where nothing grows

And everybody knows, yeah, everybody knows

It doesn’t have to look good

And you don’t have to be perfect

It doesn’t even have to be easy, no

No, if you’re open it’s worth it

Your hand in your pocket

I watch you struggling to stop it

From getting out in the open

Your heart’s desire awoken

But it’s written in shallow waters

Your hand is taking its orders

From someone scared to discover

That we’re all as mad as each other

We’re all as mad as each other

Everybody knows

You’re breaking and it shows

Nothing stays where nothing grows

And everybody knows

Your body’s a mirror, words can say it clearer

Like silent poems on your forehead

That turn dishonest and sordid

And there’s only one thing you can do

Let it live and let it through, yeah, it’s time to open

Open, open, open

Open, open, open, open, open

Open, open, open, open, open

Open, open, open, open, open

Everybody knows

You’re falling and it shows

Nothing stays where nothing grows

And everybody knows, yeah, everybody knows