How many times do I have to try to tell you 
 That I'm sorry for the things I've done 
 But when I start to try to tell you 
 That's when you have to tell me 
 Hey... this kind of trouble's only just begun 
 I tell myself too many times 
 Why don't you ever learn to keep your big mouth shut 
 That's why it hurts so bad to hear the words 
 That keep on falling from your mouth 
 Falling from your mouth 
 Falling from your mouth 
 Tell me... 
 Why 
 Why 

 I may be mad 
 I may be blind 
 I may be viciously unkind 
 But I can still read what you're thinking 
 And I've heard it said too many times 
 That you'd be better off 
 Besides... 
 Why can't you see this boat is sinking 
 (this boat is sinking this boat is sinking) 
 Let's go down to the water's edge 
 we can cast away those doubts 
 Some things are better left unsaid 
 But they still turn me inside out 
 Turning inside out turning inside out 
 Tell me... 
 Why 
 Tell me... 
 Why 

 This is the book I never read 
 These are the words I never said 
 This is the path I'll never tread 
 These are the dreams I'll dream instead 
 This is the joy that's seldom spread 
 These are the tears... 
 The tears we shed 
 This is the fear 
 This is the dread 
 These are the contents of my head 
 And these are the years that we have spent 
 And this is what they represent 
 And this is how I feel 
 Do you know how I feel 
 'cause i don't think you know how I feel 
 I don't think you know what I feel 
 I don't think you know what I fear 
 You don't know what I fear