Lyrics The Anonymous Ones - SZA

The Anonymous Ones

Ever at all the people
Who seem to know exactly how to be?
How to be, how to be, no
How to be
You think they don’t need piles
Of prescriptions to function naturally?
Functioning natural
Take a look and you might catch it
Stay a minute more
Minute more, minute more now
Minute more
There’s a little moment after the sunny smile
Their eyes fall to the floor
To the floor, to the floor, now
To the floor
And then truth starts peaking through
They’re a lot like me and you
They can fake a smile too
The anonymous ones
Who never let you see the weight they carry
They carry, they carry, they carry
All those anonymous ones
No one named the quiet pain they bury
They bury, they bury, they bear
Keep on keeping secrets
That they think they have to hide
What if everybody’s secret is
They have that secret side?
And to know we’re somehow not alone
Is all we’re hoping for
I don’t wanna be anonymous
I ain’t gotta be anonymous
I don’t wanna be anonymous anymore
Anymore
Spot the girl who stays in motion
Spins so fast so she won’t fall
World spinning so fast, not too fast
She’s built a wall of her achievements
To keep out the question
Without it, is she worth anything at all?
Then truth starts peaking through
They’re a lot like me and you
They can fake a smile too
The anonymous ones
Never let you see the weight they carry
They carry, they carry, they carry
All those anonymous ones
No one named the quiet pain they bury
They bury, they bury, they bear
I don’t wanna be anonymous
I ain’t gotta be anonymous
I don’t wanna be anonymous anymore
The parts we can’t tell, we carry them well
But that doesn’t mean they’re not heavy
The parts we can’t tell, we carry them well
But that doesn’t mean they’re not heavy
The parts we can’t tell, we carry them well
But that doesn’t mean they’re not… heavy, heavy
The anonymous ones
Never let you see the weight they carry
They carry, they carry, they carry
All those anonymous ones
No one named the quiet pain they bury
Keep on keeping secrets
That they think they have to hide
What if everybody’s secret is
They have that secret side?
And to know, to know we’re not alone
Is all we’re hoping for
I don’t wanna be anonymous
I ain’t gotta be anonymous
I don’t wanna be anonymous anymore