Cover art for Devil Don’t Know by Morgan Wallen

Devil Don’t Know

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Devil Don’t Know Lyrics

[Verse 1]
There's a bottle on the King James coaster
Miller Lite full of cigarettes

Too drunk to be hungover
Last night still on my breath
There ain't no startin' over
And this over never ends

I've been tryna drown these demons
I'll be damned if they don't swim

[Chorus]
What's keepin' me up all night is knowin' what's keepin' you up all night
Since I ain't the one holdin' on to you, I'm holdin' on for dear life
Fire and brimstone ain't got nothin' on seein' you with someone else
It's a whole 'nother level, girl, even the devil don't know this kinda hell

[Verse 2]
It ain't the one out of Revelation
Nah, it's way too cold for that

It's the heartbreak that won't stop
Everywhere you're not
And everything I can't get back

[Chorus]
What's keepin' me up all night is knowin' what's keepin' you up all night
Since I ain't the one holdin' on to you, I'm holdin' on for dear life
Fire and brimstone ain't got nothin' on seein' you with someone else
It's a whole 'nother level, girl, even the devil don't know this kinda hell
[Instrumental Break]

[Bridge]
It ain't what I did to get here
Nah, it's everything I didn't
And no, I can't tell you where Heaven is
But I know right where it isn't

[Chorus]
What's keepin' me up all night is knowin' what's keepin' you up all night
Since I ain't the one holdin' on to you, I'm holdin' on for dear life
Fire and brimstone ain't got nothin' on seein' you with someone else
It's a whole 'nother level, girl, even the devil don't know this kinda hell
Don't know that kinda hell

[Outro]
Nah, the devil don't know

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Genius Annotation

“Devil Don’t Know” speaks on heartbreak and the feeling of being unable to move on. Wallen is struggling with his emotions and trying to drown his demons, but they keep coming back to haunt him. The lyrics speak to the pain of seeing someone you love with someone else and the feeling of being stuck in a cycle of heartbreak. The chorus repeats the idea that this type of pain puts him through such severe pain that even the devil doesn’t know what it feels like.

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“Devil Don’t Know” debuted and peaked at #29 on the Billboard Hot 100 for the chart week ending March 18, 2023.

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Release Date
March 3, 2023
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