[Verse 1] They ask if the bills are paid if the car still runs if I called that man if the work got done They ask what time I'll be coming home if I can pick something up while I'm already gone They ask for advice they ask for a hand they ask me to fix what they don't understand And I answer them all Like I always do Funny how nobody asks what it's doing to you [Pre-Chorus] Maybe I made it easy Maybe I taught them well I gave them all the answers and kept myself to myself [Chorus] Nobody asked if I was tired Nobody asked what keeps me awake Nobody asked how much of myself I lose with every piece they take They know where to find me when something goes wrong They know I will answer they know I'll be strong Everybody needs me Nobody asks if I'm okay [Verse 2] They say “You're always so calm” Like calm means there isn't a storm Like silence is proof that nothing inside me has ever been torn I know who is hurting before they say a word I notice the smallest change in everyone I've loved But I wonder sometimes if I disappeared slowly how long would it take before somebody noticed I was gone? [Pre-Chorus] Maybe that's on me Maybe I closed every door But after so many years I don't know how to open them anymore [Chorus] Nobody asked if I was tired Nobody asked what keeps me awake Nobody asked how much of myself I lose with every piece they take They know where to find me when something goes wrong They know I will answer they know I'll be strong Everybody needs me Nobody asks if I'm okay [Bridge] And maybe one day someone will sit beside me without needing anything No problem No favor No answer Just stay Maybe they'll look at me long enough to notice I'm not asking to be saved I just want somebody to see that carrying everything gets heavy [Break] Don't fix me Don't tell me I'll be fine Just ask me and mean it this time [Final Chorus] Nobody asked if I was tired So I learned not to say when I was Nobody asked what I was carrying So I called it what a man does They know where to find me when the whole world goes wrong And I'll probably answer I'll probably be strong But tonight if somebody asked me if I'm okay I don't know if I could lie again [Outro] “How are you?” Three words I've answered a thousand times Nobody ever waited for the truth.
