She'll Never Know (Encanto AU fansong) 

Now I’m convinced Bruno was robbed of a solo number

The line “I hope the miracle lets you stay” hits so much differently with the revelation that the family is the miracle

The fact that Dolores most definitely heard this and was most likely crying in her room hurts the soul man 😭

This gives me the feel of "I don't mind if I was never thanked for what I did as long, as I did some good for someone." and it resonates deeply with me.

Honestly this doesn't need to be an AU to fit the song. She could've been his favorite. Like he always wanted kids but never found a partner so he raises his nephews and nieces like they're his own and he was closest with her. The only one in the family who didn't judge him and made him feel loved. Just imagine three year old Mirabel throwing a tantrum and going to her uncle for a hug, or baby Mirabel screaming if anyone but her uncle tries to push her stroller.

This works beautifully even as an uncle-to-niece song in the canon. Like, maybe he only got to interact with her once as a baby and saw her future.

This is beautiful, I can imagine Bruno watching Mirabel as she grows up knowing her future and not being able to tell her that she's worth it. I have a feeling that Bruno and Mirabel are going to be very close friends.

I would pay a kidney to put this song with a wonderful scene in the film, Bruno deserves to have is own song :'c

We need a reprise where they have met, and the lyrics go somehow "She knows I did something right" or Mirabel would go "'I (now) know you did something right"

There's a lot of comments saying Bruno should have a daughter or something along the lines of that. I think, considering they lived in the same house, and the rest of the family was always doing a job, including Mirabel's parents this could have been a song Bruno sung in the walls. We just didn't get to see that because most of the movie doesn't show Bruno, and this is a AU fan song. I interpreted this fan song as something Bruno could have song to Mirabel if giving the chance

Bruno - this guy was definitely robbed of a song. I know everyone else is saying this but that’s because it’s true. He deserved his own song and barely got any screen time except towards the end. This song was written beautifully written and the ukulele fits so well somehow.

I have a feeling that if Bruno had a child he would never have gone into hiding, because no matter what anyone else thought or how he troubled people, he would have had someone who needed him nearby. Imagine if, after Encanto, Bruno finds and adopts a baby who is miraculously blessed by the candle with the gift of seeing the past. He could have a vision of the child's mother in need of help, just like Abuela once was, and go to help her. They fall in love, and he raises the child as his own. The family doesn't expect the child to get a gift, but he or she does. That being said, I like having Bruno as the uncle to Mirabel. It means she grew up with her mother and non-gifted father, not seeming to have anyone missing in her life...but then she meets an uncle who she really connects with, and *now* her family is complete. It shows how everyone is necessary in a family, even if every nameable role is seemingly filled (mom/dad, aunt/uncle, siblings, cousins). Edit: An alternative way for him to meet the woman would be to see any vision with her in it, and when he does meet her he recognizes her from whatever vision he had.

I honestly dont know why people want Mirabel to be Bruno's daughter. Them being uncle and niece is what makes their connection beautiful and unique. Beautiful song, 10/10 would cry again.

all i can hear is my dad. he died when i was 6- i've listened to this about 4 times now, each i have cried. thank you. (yes, i know this is encanto and all, and it makes it so much better because i love everything lin-manuel miranda does, including encanto.)

Bruno's the uncle that's 'fan of all the babies.' But I think he has a special attachment to Mirabel for being both the oddball out and the last Madrigal until Antonio waa born.

This had me excited since the "Bruno should have been Mirabel's dad" in the clock app and now I'm crying at 1:29 in the morning because this is beautiful.

*Bruno singing this* Dolores: *Trying not to cry while vibing* Hey Mirabel i need you for a second. this is amazing btw you have an incredible voice.

YASSSSS I FOUND IT, THIS AU IS SO GENIUS YALL THEY DIDNT GIVE BRUNO ENOUGH LOVE, BUT YOU DID IT JUSTICE! THANK YOU

Ok, but Bruno, Camilo, and Dolores were all wonderful and deserved to have a solo of their own! Encanto is an amazing movie regardless, though.

this is giving "dear theodosia" vibes and the fact that LMM had an insane part in writing the musical score of the movie doesnt help stop the TEARS this is so good !!

THE LINE "AY DIOS MIO! WHEN DID YOU GET DO TALL.." THAT PULLS MY HEARTSTRINGS SO MUCH NO MATTER HOW MANY TIMES I LISTEN TO THIS SONG

my headcanon is that Bruno likes to sing this as a lullaby for Mirabel so she can sleep tight and as he sings he also checks her future

I’m actually willing to also sing this but mirabels part as a child or like the part she is growing up cause I absolutely love this and I think mirabels part will bring some more emotion of it like she doesn’t know Bruno isn’t her father but sings about her feeling like she’s missing something in her life ya know? Like her missing father? She never known?

this hurts so much. they should’ve given bruno a musicial number, but besides that- you. you are literally awesome!! the lyrics are great and everyone is correct when they say this wouldn’t even have to be an au song, it applies so well to the movie. the lyrics are stunningly well made and you have a gorgeous voice! i can’t believe that this really isn’t a song from the movie- it’s so amazing. this is officially my new obsession for the next three months, i will be crying over this forever.

Thank you for making this *sob* He violently became my most favorite and comforting character in the movie and I'm still grieving that I can't give him a hug or make him smile or tell him it'll be alright because damn it,I just want to hold him. He makes me want to feel the pain for him so he doesn't feel sad, and I'd gladly do that.If he asked me to fish all the starts in the sky,I'd do it.I don't care how long it takes,I will do it.

This is so heartbreaking. Bruno was robbed of a happier life for years and definitely deserved a solo song. I'm happy he got to be with his family again in the end, but still I'm upset that nobody ever apologized to him.

I'm sorry, but you had absolutely no right to pierce me right through the heart with this song. What the Fuck Man. No seriously, this song is so so so incredible that it could very well compete with the songs of Encanto themselves. For starters, the melody is beautifully composed. It perfectly fits the theme of a lullaby with how gentle and comforting it is. I adore each and every melody that showcases itself in the song, and the transitions between them are so smooth. The lyrics are wonderfully creative and carry so much emotion with their meanings. You wrote them beautifully. They match Bruno's sentimentality very well and the adoration for his familly is just pouring out of each lyric. The delivery was incredulously stunning. It's one thing to write and compose a song but it's another thing to sing it and just, god. I cannot emphasize enough what a beautiful job you did. I adore how you start some of the verses softly and delicately cresendoed with each lyric. The way you roll your Rs has me rolling. The emotion you pour into your performance such as when you exclaim "Ay, Dios Mío!" has me crying, it's so beautiful. Your diction, how you carry the vowels, your balence between a choir voice and a theater voice, everything is just so well done. Full marks, Kudos, everything. When I listen to music, I can feel the music in my body, and your song very literally feels like both a punch to the gut and like a lightness in my chest. This song is so well done. Thank you for this, you've very much made my night with this song (I say in tears). Just, wonderful job.

Omg after listening to this i realized they could of done an Andi Mack situation for Encanto. Have Julieta and her husband take in Mirabel as their daughter after she loses her biological mother/Bruno's partner (just like Abuela Alma lost Abuelo Pedro) and her biological father (Bruno) becomes ostracized by the family and community because of his visions and Mirabel's future. He always watching her and secretly rooting for her even tho she's being put through similar things like him. If Disney did that for Encanto I would love the possible family bonds created between biological and adopted parts of the family. Also it would give a chance for Bruno to have a kid too which he totally deserves in my opinion. We need to talk more about Bruno!!!

I literally sat on my floor listening to this and sobbing my eyes out, so many feels were put into this song omg

God I need a fanfiction where he’s her dad and her mother died while giving birth. Bruno told her that she was going to die since she asked him to see the future of their baby and she left Mirabel a birthday present for her 15th birthday. Idk I pictured this in my head while listening to this song. Please now cry with me

this is so cool ! you definitely deserve A LOT more recognition holy shit this may be a weird question but ,, how did you record the audio for this? ive been wanting to post songs and covers for years but ive never figured out how to record them :,)

Somebody pleeeeeaaaaase make an animation out of this. It's worth it. I wanted something like this, and finally my prayers were answered! I knew that Bruno is the best uncle that I ever met. He is almost like a dad to Mirabel. I love they’re duo. I love they’re relationship. And I love this song!!

I've only listened and registered to this like 30,000 times while writing a fanfiction for this amazing AU

This song is amzing. I'm inspired to make a daughter for Bruno now.

Does anyone have any headcanons that can be used in this AU? (writing fanfiction, I will give you credit!)

I'd love a song like this in the movie, I can just imagine Bruno watching her through the walls throughout her life, Bruno deserves a song for himself, I want there to be a Sequel already

I will sell everything I have and an organ to have this put into encanto or if there was ever a sequel!

immediately started sobbing, both of them really needed each other

I could see him singing this throughout the years she has grown up, then at 3:03 he finally sings this to her, showing her that he was always there for her, even though she didn't know it, someone believed in her 💖

Wow thats so amazing. This song came out of nowhere. And I'm in love with the Idea that Bruno is Mirabel's dad. Keep going❤️

The more and more I keep listening to this, the more I get reminded of Dear Theodosia and Heart of stone.

Everytime I hear this song and think of this au I think that bruno singing this well reading Mirabel's future then at the end he realizes that she has grown up in the girl he hoped she would be during the part when he meets her in the movie

This song literally makes me think that Mirabelle is Bruno’s daughter and after Bruno disappeared Julieta raised her as her own. That why she loves Mira so much. Mira reminds her of her brother.

I wish there was an animation to this song, but i still love it!

EXCUSE ME??? WHO GAVE YOU THE RIGHT TO MAKE ME CRY LIKE THIS??!! THIS IS JUST TOO BEAUTIFUL ;;;; AAAAGHHH MY HEART!!!

Barely anything makes me cry anymore, this did it-

If any kids animated Disney movie deserved to be 2 or 3 hours long instead of the monitory 1 hour and something minutes long then it would be Encanto. With Lin-Manual Miranda’s incredible talent with righting songs for specific people he could literally give every Madrigal family member a solo song but since this movie has to be an hour long like every other Disney movie (I think they do that because these movies are mostly made for kids and usually kids have short attention spans) they couldn’t focus on each character’s struggles like they did for Luisa, Isabela, and Maribel. This song is a perfect example with how many songs they could have written for Bruno considering his struggles and his connections with Maribel. This song is amazing and I’m definitely going to try to memorize it like I’m doing for every other song from this movie.

Bruno being Mirabels father is THE CUTEST THING THIS FANDOM HAS EVER CREATED. I LOVE THIS FANDOM SO MUCH❤️❤️❤️🦋

Just imagine his feelings when Mirabel has her own kid, WOW

I do like this song, however I think it should be more for Dolores. The one who kept his secret of still being in the house for so long. The only one who seemed to sympathize with his gift instead of antagonizing it. They both had gifts that were difficult to handle and could cause damage to a family (Imagine hearing everyone and everything all at once. All the DRAMA) so she understands him better. Yes, he left to protect Mirabel, but Delores stayed to protect him. And since he's been protecting the house for so long, he's got to have known Delores knew and be grateful. Long story short I love Delores and my baby needs more love 🥺

That was beautiful and now i wanna cry. This would've been so cool in the movie 😭

This is very beautiful and fits Bruno’s character for this AU and in canon. I really like this AU and this song has just made me love it more (Edit) The song made makes me cry

I imagine Dolores would hear this and while everyone's out or asleep, go to the wall and start talking to Bruno. Poor girl, was probably crying the whole song and no one knew what she was hearing.

Look at her grow! Isn't it amazing? She'll never know How i love her so. And i can see In all the different what ifs and maybes In everyone you shine. You're gonna make this family proud I swear i will always be around And i can only hope and pray The miracle will let you stay. Mirabel I can tell That your future is burning bright Don't give in We'll get through Thick and thin! Don't you know you're this family's light? At least i could do something right. (whispering) Look at her grow! Isn't it amazing? She'll never know How i love her so And within these walls I can see her highs and lows And her falls ...Her many falls. Time goes by and slips through my hands The more i try to get a grip it falls away like sand The world keeps turning and I'm still learning Reeling from the way they carry on! With me gone. Mirabel I can tell That your future is burning bright Don't give in You'll get through thick and thin! Out of mind and kept out of sight At least i could do something right. That's too far- You're gonna fall! I'll buy you time I'll try to stall them Please be kind Give it your all! Don't let them push you around Or make you feel small You're still so small. Be home by 8! Don't stay out late- Ay dios mio! When did you get so tall? You were so small. You don't need me at all Your future calls... I promise I'm always near! Mirabel I'm still here! Look at her grown Isn't it amazing? She'll never know How i love her so. Out of sight and Kept out of mind. She'll never know I did something right. -------------------- Hi everyone! Thank you for reading (or singing) this comment/song! Honestly I'm just as impressed at how the songwriter managed to make this! If you're a fan of other songs you might have not seen these kinds of messages in the very bottom of the comment, but I'm just so grateful to have heard this song and also that your here reading this (or singing this) again thank you! Always be beautiful! ------------- Time taken: 21 minutes _♪|social(s)|♪_ YT - Michael beramé _xFriend(s)x_ @akari🍼☁️ @Zari

I heard the first phrase and I already felt tears in my eyes😭😭 this is so good

I have listened to this 3 time's already and it never fails to tear my heart apart :') In a good way somehow.

I cannot listen to this while looking at my dads picture or else I will cry lmao This is such a good song, this au is so fascinating! This song also perfectly depicts how Bruno might have been in the movie canon, especially with how close their niece/uncle relationship was.

Who's here because of til tok also such a good song

I have lost count of how many times I've listened to this. I adore this AU so much and for my own personal reasons aside from my love for Bruno and his relationship with Mirabel! As someone who lacked a father but had a wonderful uncle I wished were my father, this AU gives me so much life! Do keep up any work you do!

Don’t mind me crying over a fansong. I can just imagine Bruno looking trough small crack in the walls every day and night ever since he “left” just trying to make sure Mirabel is alright. And I’m just coming up with stuff. Whenever someone would look down on Mirabel for not having a gift, or for something else, Bruno would want to speak up, but knows he shouldn’t. I’m just getting sad thinking about different things

the one thing I remember talking to a friend about how Bruno should of been Mirabel's dad. That the reason she didn't get a gift was bc if she did it would of been like Bruno's gift. Something that could change the future, but bc of how they treated Bruno with his gift, the magic kind of felt bad about it. It had many idea's but was scared for the reason she might be shunned not only bc of her gift and her father being hated that it decided to not give her a gift in hopes life would be better. Also her mother (not the cannon one) was so shamed of Bruno she left him or something happened because of his gift which caused her to leave, when Mirabel was still a baby. Bruno knew he couldn't take care of her due to his reputation, he asked his sister to take care of her for him in hopes she would have a better life then what he could of gave her. He was always there, sometimes he would play with her and say he was someone else so he would seem imaginary to others when she was younger.

idk why but i imagine Bruno in the walls, playing guitar or piano or something while the family is out

This feels like it should’ve been in the film. It’s honestly so well done and it feels needed.

Omg I go onto the Mirabel & Bruno tag on ao3 and litertly every new fic is a papa Bruno au crediting you on tictok and now I'm here and crying and- This is so good, why wasn't this the movie!!

The movie would have been even more emotional if this was in it. I almost cried

1:13 I imagine Bruno peaking through the walls during this part and watching her while talking to the rats.

This song.... This.. This absolutely beautiful and so lovely.... I just crying omg

I actually cried knowing that my father would NEVER be this loving towards me

I just realised, Bruno disapeared after Mirabel failed to get a gift, but only after, and at the same time his door stopped giving off light, which means his gift was gone, or rather, he just wasn't using it. So, when Antonio got his gift, there was also one less gift being used, so there was more magic to go around, but at the same time, that was also when the cracks started. The strength of the family magic is based upon their bonds with eachother, which had been getting weaker over the years, starting with Bruno's visons, and Abuela's controlling personality. So the magic was weak, and only got weaker by supporting Antonio's gift. By this logic, the only reason the magic lasted so long was because Bruno gave up his visions

I want to believe that in this AU, Mirabel isn't biologically a Madrigal, she was just some infant left on the side of the street that Bruno instinctively picked up and brought home but realized that the child would get nothing but criticisms from Abuela and so instead gave her to Julieta.

Not me crying because I’m thinking of my little cousin who lives 2000 km away from me while singing along to this song, I’m not crying you are

When I first heard this, I listened to it in the perspective of Julietta, Mirabel’s mother🥺 Whoever’s perspective it is, This is so beautifully well written. ❤️

She will never know ive been vibing with we dont talk about bruno for hours now :>

I’m crying right now, it’s so soul touching 🥺💚

Okay I'm late but this reminds me of my dad who I haven't seen since I was about 3. It's been more than 10 years and I just hear him and how much he probably misses me. I'm sitting here in tears. Yes I know it's encanto and I love encanto but that movie also hits close to home relating me and my family so thank you 💖

Bruno is such a big part of Encanto's plot and I still think he was underutilized and poorly explored, amazing song for an amazing character.

This is beautiful! I’m crying! Poor Bruno! He and Mirabel both deserved so much better! Mirabel in this AU deserves to know!

I thought I'm gonna cry! This song is so beautiful, Bruno deserves this, he was so kind for Mirabel I can't stop listening though it hurts me a lot knowing he wasn't there with her when she was growing up... Such a great job done! Thanks for this song.

We need a Disney serie focused on Bruno's life in the walls and hear him sing this to little Mirabel as a lullaby

Your voice is gorgeous, I wanna hear it full time! Subscribed!

Ok but imagine if this is how we found out why he "disappeared". Like we see him singing this from the walls and during the last verse he's seeing her crying in her room after her failed ceremony.

Quien rayos esta cortando cebollas aqui?!?!?!?!?! My heart can't take it!! Awesome job!

I have a headcanon that Bruno has watched Mirabel everyday from afar since he left, crying every time she did. Wishing that she knew she wasn’t alone.

I think Bruno told everyone about the future and they all freaked out and shunned him, so he went to the walls. He has been watching his niece, Mirabel, grow up from the walls this entire time, and feels that she is the only thing he's done right. He feels sad that nobody seems to miss him. He wishes he could have helped her when she was younger so she didn't feel useless like he felt. He felt like nobody liked him, not even his own family. He is so proud of Mirabel, even though she didn't have a gift, and hated it when others wouldn't include her, more specifically in the photo on Antonio's birthday, where everybody but her and Bruno was in it, and that noone got her to pose with her siblings. Even Alma was in it and she has no gift! Literally the only thing she does is tote around a candle, magical or not. She might be the matriarch of the Madrigals, but all she does is carry around a candle. I mean, she even shunned her own son! If thats not abusive, I don't know what is. I imagine Dolores heard him sing this while in the walls, and burst into tears because she missed him so much and knew Mirabel would never know their uncle. I think everyone missed him, but were too afraid of him to admit it. I think when Bruno dissapeared, there was a depressive period in the family, and Mirabel was the only thing that made them feel happy at the time, because Bruno adored her even when she hadn't been born yet and he only knew about her because of his gift. Camilo used to shape shift into Bruno because he adored his uncle, but then he wnt missing and he turned into Bruno and everyone broke down. Camilo and his sister and cousins were really young so they were confused. Then Mirabel was born and they suddenly understood. Isa blamed Bruno leaving on Mirabel and everyone missed him to much to do anything about it. At the sme time Isa also adored Mirabel, so she was constantly conflicted. I think Bruno was the only one anybody told their problems too, like how Isa felt pressured to be perfect and Luisa felt stressed. He was the one who held the family together so everyone was heartbroken when he left. They all promised themselves to protect Mirabel because Bruno loved her so much when she wasn't even born. Mira was so kind just like her uncle, so when she wasn't looking, they would all break down. Sorry this is so long.

This is absolutely incredible!!!!! Wish it was on Spotify

I love this AU so much. I want to write a fan fiction on it but I'm waiting to see the movie. This is so amazing. You should be proud of yourself!

I love this song so much! You did a really good job with this!

I feel like if Bruno was a father or a husband, I think people would hate him since he leave his family just like theirs. So it's a good choice he's single and happy and satisfied with it all :)

THIS IS MY FAVORITE AU IM GOING TO START BAWLING

IM NOT CRYING, YOU ARE!! For real tho, AMAZING papa Bruno song, LOVE IT.

When I saw the thumbnail I thought the tune was gonna be sad and slow. Turns out, his love for her was greater than his sadness in this song :DD You have a wonderful voice, that's for sure!

Wait, so is this AU just 'Bruno is Mirabel's real dad' ? I cant exactly tell. I absolutely adore this song!!!!!

This au had we in a choke hold

This song who sung show how Bruno love and care Mirabel like she said in the movie he left to protect her because his vision see the worst in her but it not true when they clear everything and Bruno became Mirabel favorite uncle, because deep down their so much alike. Please let this be a deleted song for the movie.🙏🏾

"and I swear I will always be around" ok u didn't have to make me think of Dear Theodosia to make me cry but I love it

well technically bruno saw mirabel grew up, and thats what this makes it more amazing

if this was in the movie it would had been my favorite song from the movie. (would had loved if bruno had got more screen time aswell)

I’m kinda surprised she didn’t remember Bruno because he was around when she was Antonio’s age.

I'm not crying, you're crying

I really wanted to se the moment when Bruno got his door and his gift like, what was people's reaction to seeing him have a vision, or abuela reaction to his door being (besides Dolores, I think that's her name) the only one with eyes open, or what abuela did seeing her son got the most 'powerful' and scariest gift? I wish they had explored Bruno more