This is a very deep and heartfelt song about feeling like you don’t belong. It’s about how even though some people seem to have a perfect life that doesn’t mean that they can’t feel emotions. People think that if you have a good life then you can’t have depression or anxiety. Saying that to a person...
[Verse 1]
I know you've got the best intentions
Just trying to find the right words to say
I promise I've already learned my lesson
But right now, I wanna be not okay
[Pre-Chorus]
I'm so tired, sitting here waiting
If I hear one more "Just be patient"
It's always gonna stay the same
[Chorus]
So let me just give up
So let me just let go
If this isn't good for me
Well, I don't wanna know
Let me just stop trying
Let me just stop fighting
I don't want your good advice
Or reasons why I'm alright
[Refrain]
You don't know what it's like
You don't know what it's like
[Verse 2]
Can't stop these feet from sinking
And it's starting to show on me
You're staring while I'm blinking
But just don't tell me what you see
[Pre-Chorus]
I'm so over all this bad luck
Hearing one more "Keep your head up"
Is it ever gonna change?
[Chorus]
So let me just give up
So let me just let go
If this isn't good for me
Well, I don't wanna know
Let me just stop trying
Let me just stop fighting
I don't want your good advice
Or reasons why I'm alright
[Hook]
You don't know what it's like
You don't know what it's like
[Bridge]
Don't look at me like that
Just like you understand
Don't try to pull me back
[Chorus]
Let me just give up
Let me just let go
If this isn't good for me
Well, I don't wanna know
Let me just stop trying
Let me just stop fighting
I don't want your good advice
Or reasons why I'm alright
[Outro]
You don't know what it's like
You don't know what it's like
You don't know, you don't know, you don't know
You don't know what it's like
You don't know what it's like
You don't know, you don't know
You don't know what it's like
You don't know what it's like
You Don’t Know was written by Andrew Fromm & Dan Muckala & Katelyn Tarver & Ludwig Göransson.
You Don’t Know was produced by Ludwig Göransson.
Katelyn Tarver released You Don’t Know on Fri Mar 10 2017.
It’s about wanting to give up on life, like for example committing suicide, then when people try to hold you back on it or try to help you on it you realize they don’t understand and its not fixing anything.
In an interview with Nylon Katelyn said:
[The song is] about that tension of being frustrated and feeling misunderstood and kind of just wanting to sit in that feeling for a while and not have people tell you to feel better or give you good advice.
–Katelyn Tarver via Nylon.com