Don't You Know
Sleepy Jackson Lyrics

The lyrics to Sleepy Jackson's song Don't You Know speak about loneliness and the pain caused by someone leaving. The lines "Lonely lies can be alone/ Just take your lies and be alone from here" suggest that being alone with one's own lies is better than being in the company of someone else who is lying. Perhaps the singer is referring to a past relationship where the other person was not truthful. The repetition of "Lonely eyes can be alone/ Take your lies and be alone from here" further emphasizes this idea of solitude and honesty.

The chorus, "Don't you know that it's tearing me up inside/ Don't you know that it happens all the time/ This love is only on my mind/ When I get to the lake and I find it's you" brings the focus of the song onto the pain felt by the singer. They feel torn apart inside and the situation seems to happen repeatedly. The phrase "This love is only on my mind" suggests that the love may no longer exist in reality, but only in the singer's thoughts. The line "When I get to the lake and I find it's you" may be a reference to a specific location where the singer and their former lover had spent time together, and the nostalgia of returning to the same place only to find the other person absent.