It went right by me,
 At the time it went over my head
 I was looking out the window
 I should have looked at your face instead 

 It went right by me
 Just another wall
 There should have been a moment
 When we let our barriers fall
 I never meant what you're thinking...
 That's not what I meant at all. 

 Well I guess we all have these feelings
 We can't leave unreconciled
 Some of them burned on our ceilings
 Some of them learned as a child 

 The things that we're concealing
 Will never let us grow
 Time will do its healing
 You've got to let it go 

 Closed for my protection
 Open to your scorn
 Between these two directions
 My heart is sometimes torn 

 I lie awake with my secrets
 Spinning around my head
 Something that somehow escaped me
 Something you shouldn't have said
 I was looking out the window
 I should have looked at your face instead. 

 Well I guess we all have these feelings
 We can't leave unreconciled
 Some of them burned on our ceilings
 Some of them learned as a child 

 I find no absolution
 In my rational point of view
 Maybe some things are instinctive
 But there's one thing you could do
 You could try to understand me
 I could try to understand you.
 You could try to understand me
 I could try to understand you.