From the recording Little Book
When you’re lonely, the basic need for human interaction can make any interaction that actually does happen feel way more intense. If someone is kind and smiles or says something nice, it can feel like pure love, and if someone is rude or nasty it can feel disproportionately terrible.
As life goes on, it becomes easier to have an empathetic response to a person’s nasty behavior — they must have some disharmony going on that’s causing them to act that way.
We wrote this song to capture that perspective, and in the time since writing it, there have been a couple times when the song served as a reminder to live up to that ideal.
released September 18, 2026
Music and lyrics written by Rob Roy Campbell and Vinni Hancock.
Rob Roy Campbell sang and played acoustic guitar, acoustic bass, and baritone ukulele. Vinni Hancock played piano.
Paul "Snowflake" Taylor played drums. (Thanks Paul!)
Vinni Hancock created original artwork for this song which can be seen here: https://robroycampbellandvinnihancock.bandcamp.com/track/outside-youd-never-know-2
Lyrics
Pseudo-polite but nothing nice to say
Compliments in a backhanded way
Passive aggression, asserted pride
Hide the anguish felt inside
Outside, you’d never know
Outside, you’d never know
A jealous joy-seizer
An I'm-just-joking teaser
Seeking love but hindered by pride
A fluffy teddy bear inside, but
Outside, you’d never know
Outside, you’d never know
Sit down by my side
There's no need to hide
I’ll stay, see you through ``
Just let yourself (be you)
Let yourself be
For now...
I’ll just grin at the jokes you crack
and let the comments roll down my back
Give all my love, amplified
at peace with how I feel inside, hoping
Inside, you really know
Inside, you really know