Amid the euphoric chaos of festival fields and roaring crowds, where vulnerability cracks open like a summer storm, RAYE has a way of turning quiet heartaches into anthems that linger long after the lights fade. Her unreleased gem “I Know You’re Hurting,” first unveiled at Glastonbury 2025, captures that raw ache of seeing someone you love teeter on the edge—smiling through the strain, marching up invisible mountains alone. It’s the soundtrack to those unspoken pleas for grace, performed with a tenderness that hushed the Pyramid Stage and echoed through her festival run that year. For fans chasing I Know You’re Hurting lyrics by RAYE, these words feel like a lifeline, scribbled in the margins of hope.
Lyrics of I Know You’re Hurting by RAYE
Lyrics From Glastonbury 2025 Performance
[Intro]
Oh-oh
[Verse 1]
I Can See You’re Standing On The Edge
Your Legs Step On The Ledge Of Life’s Afflictions, Mmmhh
I Know You’re A Master Of Disguise, You Are
Underneath That Soft And Gentle Smile You Put On This Morning
You Give When You Have Little Left To Give
You War And Dance With Hollow “how Are Yous?”
“how Are Yous?” (“how Are Yous?”)
Your Body Aches From Marching Up Your Mountains, Ah
But You Always Keep Pushing On,
You Always Keep Pushing On (Always Keep Pushing On)
I Know Life Can Be A Bitch, Some Call Her Monday
And I’m Thinking Of You, Dear, I Hope You’re Okay, Ay
Maybe There’s A Hole You’re Hiding Somewhere,
And You Hide It So Well, You Do, I Must Say
[Chorus]
But I, I, I Know You’re Hurting
And Deep Down There, Something’s Burning
If You Need Two More Arms To Hold These Burdens
Wear Me Out, I Said A Prayer For You, I Hope It’s Working
Please, My Dear, Don’t Stop Believing In Miracles, Oh, Oh, Oh
[Verse 2]
You’ll Always Find Some Kind Words For A Stranger
I Wish That You Could Find Some For Yourself, Yeah
You Claw Yourself Apart In Private Moments And Over Bruises You Put Plasters On
When Life Has Dealt Another Losing Hand
You Bite Your Tongue And Tense Your Thighs To Stand
You Know That You Can’t Be So Strong Alone,
All The Time, So Please Stop Trying To Be So Strong All Alone, All Alone
You Don’t Have To Do This All Alone
[Chorus]
Even Though I Know, I Know, I, I Know You’re Hurting
I Know, That Deep Down There Something’s Burning
I Know, If You Need Two More Arms To Hold These Burdens
Wear Me Out, I Said A Prayer For You, I Hope It’s Working,
Please My Dear, Don’t Stop Believing In Miracles, Oh, Oh, No
[Outro]
I Know It’s Hurting, It’s Just Six-thirty
I Know It’s Hurting, I Pray The Lord Have Mercy
I Know He’s Working, Oh, Oh, Oh, Oh, Oh-oh
I Know, I Know, I Know, I Know, I Know, I Know, I Know, I Know, I Know It’s Hurting
It’s Just Gone Thursday
Ain’t This Some Damn Feeling?
And All Of Us Just Looking For Some Healing
And While We Wait For, For The Sweeter Days To Find Us
Sha-sha-sha-sha-sha-shake Off The Devil’s Left Lurking
And Close Your Eyes And Let This Music Get To Working,
(Doo-doo, Doo-doo, Doo-doo, Doo-doo, Doo)
Say It With Me Now
Stay With Me Now, Oh, Oh, Oh, Oh, Oh, Oh, Oh, Yeah
Said I Know It’s Hurting, I Know It’s Hurting, I Know It’s Hurting, Ooh
Doo-doo, Doo-doo, Doo-doo, Doo-doo, Doo-doo,
Doo-doo, Doo-doo, Doo-doo, Doo, Doo, Doo
I Know It’s Hurting
Lyrics From 2025 NFL London Game Halftime Show Performance
[Alternative Outro]
I Know, I Know, I Know, I Know, I Know, I Know, I Know, I Know, I Know It’s Hurting
It’s Just Gone Thursday
Ain’t This Some Damn Feeling?
And All Of Us Just Looking For Some Healing
And While We Wait For, For The Sweeter Days To Find Us
Sha-sha-sha-sha-sha-shake Off The Devil’s Last Lurking
And Close Your Eyes And Let This Music Get To Working, (Ahh)
If You’re Listening To Me, I Need You To Hear Me Now
Don’t You Give Up On Your Life
Stay With Me Now, (Ahh, Ahh)
Ohh
Doo-doo-doo, Doo-doo-doo, Doo-doo (Ohh)
About “I Know You’re Hurting by RAYE”
RAYE weaves solace into the storm with “I Know You’re Hurting,” a soul-stirring ballad where gospel-tinged pleas meet electronic whispers—tender, tenacious, and triumphantly alive.
Rooted in R&B’s emotive core with subtle electronic flourishes, the track’s theme orbits empathy and endurance, painting portraits of hidden wounds and the fierce grace it takes to keep pushing. The mood? Intimate yet expansive, like a late-night confession under festival stars—achingly honest, with a production style that’s sparse and shimmering, letting her velvet vocals soar over piano ripples and building swells that crest into cathartic choruses. It’s less about bombast and more about the quiet burn of “something’s burning” deep down, a nod to the masks we wear when life’s ledges feel too close.
As a cornerstone of THIS MUSIC MAY CONTAIN HOPE, RAYE’s anticipated second studio album—slated for a spring 2026 drop via Human Re Sources—it’s the emotional anchor in a project that’s all about alchemy: transforming personal trials into collective healing. The album’s vision pulses with optimism laced in realism, blending her genre-defying pop-R&B with gospel echoes and experimental edges, tracks like “Escapism” sequels and fresh cuts teasing resilience as rebellion. Think of it as RAYE’s manifesto for the weary—hope not as naivety, but as the muscle memory of surviving Mondays that feel like full moons.
Debuted live at Glastonbury’s hallowed grounds in June 2025, “I Know You’re Hurting” became a festival staple, evolving through sets at Reading, Leeds, and even the NFL London Games halftime show that October, where an alternate outro amped the urgency with calls to “don’t give up on your life.” No studio version yet, but the buzz has fans pre-saving the album on Spotify, clamoring for that polished release. Collaborators remain under wraps, though her in-house team hints at orchestral touches to elevate the live magic—teasers dropped via cryptic Instagram lives, building hype for what could be her most vulnerable body of work since My 21st Century Blues.
At 28, fresh off a Mercury Prize win and sold-out world tours, RAYE’s in full bloom, shedding industry shadows to chase unfiltered truth. This track mirrors her growth from club bangers to confessional depths, experimenting with live-wire intimacy that feels worlds away from her Polydor days. In a discography defined by Philophobia heartbreaks and Escapism breakthroughs, “I Know You’re Hurting” carves a new chapter—proof she’s not just surviving the game, but rewriting its rules with radical kindness. It’s why she commands stages like sacred spaces: her voice doesn’t just sing; it summons the strength we pretend we don’t need.
What lingers most is the outro’s defiant prayer—”shake off the devil’s last lurking”—a rallying cry that turned festival singalongs into therapy sessions. As 2026 unfolds, with THIS MUSIC MAY CONTAIN HOPE poised to soundtrack our collective mending, RAYE reminds us that hurting isn’t the end; it’s the prelude to miracles we co-create. In a year of comebacks and cultural resets, her evolution feels like a beacon—raw, real, and relentlessly hopeful.
