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Unsaid by Ruel
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In “Unsaid,” Ruel details how mental health can affect relationships. During a concert in Sydney, he explained how he had rewritten the lyrics after his friend, fellow Aussie musician and member of the Sydney band Papa vs Pretty Luke Liang, passed away after battling depression and other mental heal...
Unsaid Lyrics
[Verse 1]
Well I don't know where to start
’Cause now there's nothing left to say
You put your hand on my heart
And then you push me away
Then you tell me everything is fine
But you don't have anywhere to hide
Look me in the eyes
’Cause I'm asking you
[Chorus]
How we gonna act like nothing's wrong?
I see that you've been crying
But you never wanna talk about it
All these words left unsaid
Hanging over my head
How you gonna hear me through the door?
Can't you see I'm trying?
But you always find a way around it
All these words left unsaid
Hanging over my head
[Post-Chorus]
Over, over, over, over my head
All these words left unsaid
[Verse 2]
I don't know how it ends
Never been through this before
And when it all disappears
It's like the shadows all around you
And I know you wanna see the light
But you don’t open up enough to find
We’re out of time
'Cause I’m asking you
[Chorus]
How we gonna act like nothing's wrong?
See that you been crying
But you never wanna talk about it
All these words left unsaid
Hanging over my head
How you gonna hear me through the door?
Well, can't you see I'm trying?
But you always find a way around it
All these words left unsaid
Hanging over my head
[Post-Chorus]
Over, over, over, over my head
All these words left unsaid
No, over, over, over, over my head
All these words left unsaid
[Bridge]
Ooh, I just couldn’t read you
Now it's hanging over my head
And now that I can't see you
It's just hanging over my head
And how you gonna act like nothing's wrong?
And how you gonna act like nothing's wrong?
[Chorus]
When I see that you been crying
But you never wanna talk about it
All these words left unsaid
Hanging over my head
How you gonna hear me through the door?
Can't you see I'm trying?
But you always find a way around it
All these words left unsaid
Hanging over my head
[Post-Chorus]
Over, over, over, over my head
All these words left unsaid
Over, over, over, over my head
All these words left unsaid
Unsaid Q&A
Who wrote Unsaid's ?
Unsaid was written by Spencer Stewart & Peter Harding & Ruel & M-Phazes.
Who produced Unsaid's ?
Unsaid was produced by M-Phazes.
What did Ruel say about "Unsaid"?
Before performing “Unsaid” at a concert in May 2019, Ruel said
I actually wrote it about a breakup with a girl. Then, I kind of rewrote it to make it fit into another topic because a great friend of mine recently passed away due to mental health and mental illness. So I kind of changed the song top...
Have any other song's been written in honor of Luke Liang?
Guy Sebastian, an Australian singer songwriter, wrote and released his track “Choir” after finding out about Luke’s passing. The two had toured the world together as Liang was a part of Sebastian’s band.
What has Ruel said about performing this song?
In an August 2019 interview with Coup de Main, Ruel explained
It’s definitely heavy, but it still is a tribute to a friend. It’s still hard to sing every time because the lyrics are so specific and true, but it’s so nice to see the fans react to that one as well though, it’s so reassuring to know t...
What did Ruel say about the rewriting process for this song?
In a September 2019 interview with Junkee, Ruel said:
I wrote it about a girl breaking up with me and wishing I could say all these things to this person before they left. Then, years passed. [After] my friend’s issues with mental illness, and he passed away, I revisited the song and rewrote a lot...