“This song is veiled more than it sounds–it’s got some kind of storyline on the surface but it’s about avoiding the truth, actually,” Badgley told The FADER in an email about the track.
[Verse 1]
I wake up in a strange place
Sounds of Ethiopia
She's wearing the same thing
Every time
[Pre-Chorus]
I'm so far from home
So far from grown
Keep hearing the same thing
[Chorus]
She can't tell
I can't tell her
You wear it well
I know better
She can't tell
I can't tell her
You wear it well
I know better
[Verse]
Sometimes I need the pain
Keeps me right
And I'm never gonna be the same
It's how I like
[Pre-Chorus]
Still living like on the run now, on the run now
And I'm living like on the run, on the run now
[Chorus]
She can't tell
I can't tell her
You wear it well
I know better
She can't tell
I can't tell her
You wear it well
I know better
[Refrain]
So far from home
So far from grown
[Chorus]
She can't tell
I can't tell her
You wear it well
I know better
She can't tell
I can't tell her
You wear it well
I know better
She Can’t Tell was written by Darren Will & Simon Oscroft & Jimmy Giannopoulos & Penn Badgley.
She Can’t Tell was produced by Jimmy Giannopoulos.
MOTHXR released She Can’t Tell on Fri Feb 26 2016.