Life of the Misunderstood

Life of the Misunderstood [Intro] I can understand a thousand things… Take them apart and build them back again… But there’s one thing I’ve never figured out… How to make somebody understand what’s in my head. [Verse 1] I gave my life to steel and sparks, To broken things and working parts. To finding answers no one knew, Then asking why, and digging through. One little thought becomes a thousand more, Another question opens up a door. And before I know it, the night’s turned into day, I’ve learned another world while the real one’s slipped away. I try to share the things I’ve found, But somehow all my words get drowned. I see the pieces fitting in my mind, But can’t explain the things that I can find. [Pre-Chorus] And when I see confusion in their eyes, I try explaining one more time. But every word just builds another wall, When all I wanted was to share it all. [Chorus] THIS IS THE LIFE OF THE MISUNDERSTOOD! Trying to say the things I wish I could! A million thoughts and nowhere they can go, A thousand things that nobody will know! I CAN FIX THE THINGS THAT FALL APART! BUT I CAN’T EXPLAIN THE WORKINGS OF MY HEART! I’m standing in a crowd, but I’m alone, With a mind that never lets me go… In the life… The life of the misunderstood. [Verse 2] I don’t set out to disappear, Or leave behind the ones I hold so dear. But something catches fire inside my brain, And suddenly I’m chasing it again. An hour becomes a day, a day becomes a week, There’s so much in my head I never get to speak. I’m building things that only I can see, While time is stealing people close to me. I’ve always tried to tell the truth, Never hide the things I do. But honesty doesn’t always make things clear, When the words I need just disappear. And I know I’ve missed the moments passing by, The conversations and the reasons why. Not because I didn’t care enough to stay, I just got lost inside another day. [Pre-Chorus] And when I finally lift my head, There are things I wish I’d done instead. I never meant to push the world away, I just forgot that time won’t wait. [Chorus] THIS IS THE LIFE OF THE MISUNDERSTOOD! Trying to say the things I wish I could! A million thoughts and nowhere they can go, A thousand things that nobody will know! I CAN FIX THE THINGS THAT FALL APART! BUT I CAN’T EXPLAIN THE WORKINGS OF MY HEART! I’m standing in a crowd, but I’m alone, With a mind that never lets me go… In the life… The life of the misunderstood. [Instrumental] [Bridge] Sometimes I wish that I could turn it off… Just for a moment… Just long enough… To sit beside somebody and just be, Without explaining everything they see. I don’t need the world to think like me, Or understand the things that I believe. I don’t need applause for what I’ve done, I just need somewhere I don’t have to run. There’s a thousand conversations in my head, A million thoughts that I’ve never said. And sometimes all I really want to do… Is share a little piece of them with you. [Spoken softly] I’m not asking you to understand everything I do… I’m just asking you to understand me. [Final Chorus] THIS IS THE LIFE OF THE MISUNDERSTOOD! I’VE GIVEN EVERYTHING I EVER COULD! I’ve built a world that lives inside my mind, While leaving parts of my own life behind! I CAN FIX THE THINGS THAT FALL APART! BUT I CAN’T EXPLAIN THE WORKINGS OF MY HEART! And underneath the knowledge and the years, There’s still a man with ordinary fears! I NEVER MEANT TO LEAVE YOU ALL BEHIND! I WAS JUST TRYING TO UNDERSTAND MY MIND! And if these words are all that make it through… I hope you know how much I cared for you! [Outro] Tomorrow I’ll find another question, Another thing I need to know. Another world inside a moment, Another place my mind will go. But somewhere in the noise and wonder, There’s something I’ve been searching for… Not another answer… Just someone to share it with. The life of the misunderstood.