the b-side of "the right thing to do" single was "we have no secrets," also a song from the "no secrets" album. according to weller, "'we have no secrets,' was both personally—echoing carly's boundary-less but betrayal-laced childhood family life—and culturally resonant." according to simon biographers charles and ann morse, it portrays simon's efforts to remain honest with herself and others throughout her life. the lyrics reflect on the tension between desire to know more about one's lover's past and the fact that sometimes that knowledge is painful. the lyrics acknowledge that there are some things one may not want to know. weller regards the line "you always answer my questions/but they don't always answer my prayers" as "[nailing] the tension between" the supposed desirability of open, non-monogamous marriages and the reality that people want to be their lover's sole partner. "rolling stone" critic stephen holden regarded "we have no secrets" as exemplifying the theme of "no secrets", which he saw as the "difficulty of being happy," by "painfully" expressing "the realization that emotion and rationalization are often irreconcilable."