Tom: D
D G
Ever look at all the people who seem to know exactly how to be?
D G
You think, "They don't need piles of prescriptions to function naturally"
D
Well, look again, and you might catch it
G
Just stay a minute more
D
There's this little moment after the sunny smile
G
As their eyes fall to the floor
[Pre-Chorus]
D G
And the truth starts peeking through
D G
They're a lot like me and you
D G
They can fake a smile, too
[Chorus]
Bm
The anonymous ones
D G
Never let you see the ache they carry
Bm
All of those anonymous ones
D G
Who never name that quiet pain they bury
Bm D
So they keep on keeping secrets that they think they have to hide
G
But what if everybody's secret is they have that secret side?
D Em
And to know they're somehow not alone
G
Well, that's all they're hoping for
F Em
What if they didn't have to stay
Anonymous anymore?
[Verse 2]
D
Spot the girl who stays in motion
G
She spins so fast so she won't fall
D
She's built a wall with her achievements
To keep out the question
G
"Without it, is she worth anything at all?"
D G
So nobody can know
D G
Just what the cracks might show
D G
How deep and dark they go
[Chorus]
Bm
There are those anonymous ones
D G
Stuck inside the perfect frame they're faking
Bm
All of us anonymous ones
D G
Who pick themselves apart 'til they start breaking
Bm D*
And we keep on keeping secrets that we think we have to hide
G
But what we really need is somebody to see that secret side
D Em G
And to know we're somehow not alone is all we're hoping for
F Em
And that we wouldn't have to be
Anonymous anymore
[Bridge]
D
The parts we can't tell, we carry them well
Bm
But that doesn't mean they're not heavy
D
The parts we can't tell, we carry them well
Bm
But that doesn't mean they're not heavy
G Em
The anonymous one, noticed by none
D
The parts we can't tell, we carry them well
Bm
But that doesn't mean they're not heavy
Em
The parts we can't tell
Bm
We carry them well
G
But that doesn't mean they're not heavy
Em
The parts we can't tell
D
We carry them well
G
But that doesn't mean they're not heavy
[Chorus]
Bm*
The anonymous ones
D* G*
Might just need this moment to remind them
Bm*
That there are more anonymous ones
D* G*
They're out there if you take the time to find them
Bm* Em*
Just to know we're somehow not alone
G*
Isn't that all we're ever really looking for?
F* Em*
Maybe we, we don't have to be
