The song "I Never Knew You" by Jason Mraz is about wanting to know someone on a deeper level, to understand their thoughts, beliefs, and past experiences. The lyrics ask questions such as "What's your weapon?" and "What do you believe in?" in an effort to understand the person better. Mraz talks about the different scenarios that could be happening in the person's life, such as sleeping on a telephone or crying without knowing why. The chorus repeats the desire to look inside the person and love them like he's never known them before. The song also touches on a theme of forgetting one's beliefs and memories, replaced by mindless noise and unintelligent life. The repetition of wanting to look inside the person and understand them can be seen as a way to combat this forgetting and find meaning and connection in life. Overall, "I Never Knew You" is a song about wanting to connect with someone on a deeper level and understand their inner workings and experiences.
