I walk alone through empty streets tonight
Trying to find the words I never write
Every shadow keeps reminding me
Of every promise lost inside the sea

You said forever never fades away
But now forever feels so far away
And every second cuts me like a knife
While I'm still searching for another life

Can you hear my voice in the dark?
Can you see the flames, not the sparks?
I've been holding all this pain inside
With nowhere left to hide

And the truth of the matter is
Why don't you understand me?
I gave you all the best of this
But you still couldn't see me
Every tear, every scar I hide
Was calling out so loudly
And the truth of the matter is
Why don't you understand me?

Another night, another broken dream
Nothing's ever really what it seems
I tried to be the person that you need
But losing you was making my heart bleed

I hear your name inside the pouring rain
Like echoes dancing slowly through my brain
And all the memories we used to know
Are turning into ghosts I can't let go

Can you hear my voice in the dark?
Can you feel this world fall apart?
I've been drowning in the endless blue
Still reaching out for you

And the truth of the matter is
Why don't you understand me?
I gave you all the best of this
But you still couldn't see me
Every tear, every scar I hide
Was calling out so loudly
And the truth of the matter is
Why don't you understand me?

Maybe I was never good enough
Maybe love was always way too rough
But even if the stars fall from the sky
A part of me will always wonder why

Why you walked away
Why you couldn't stay
Why my heart still breaks
At every word you say

And the truth of the matter is
Why don't you understand me?
Why don't you understand me?
Why don't you understand me?