[Verse 1] You speak in pieces of your past And I slow down, I listen fast I trace the tremble in your tone Trying to meet you where you’re thrown But when it’s me, you turn aside You never ask what’s held inside You fill the gaps with your own fear And judge the parts you never hear [Pre-Chorus] I try to meet you where you stand You don’t reach out to understand [Chorus] I try to understand your pain While you’re just here to cast your blame You judge me fast, don’t let me speak And write me off before you seek You call me wrong, you call me cold Forget the things I’ve left untold You never see the way I bend While all I do is try to understand [Verse 2] I see the cracks beneath your pride The things you’re trying hard to hide You talk like none of this is real But I can hear the hurt you feel You turn my words to something wrong Just so you don’t look where you belong You point at me to dodge the truth Instead of facing your own proof [Pre-Chorus 2] I try to meet you where you stand You don’t reach back to understand [Chorus] I try to understand your pain While you’re just here to cast your blame You judge me fast, don’t let me speak And write me off before you seek You call me wrong, you call me cold Forget the things I’ve left untold You never see the way I bend While all I do is try to understand [Bridge] Maybe I feel too much Think too much Break too much For people who judge But I won’t let your shallow truth Turn all my empathy to bruise The quiet heart you never read Learns to breathe when it’s freed [Final Chorus] I try to understand your pain While you’re just here to cast your blame You judge me fast, don’t let me speak And write me off before you seek You call me wrong, you call me cold Forget the things I’ve left untold You never see the way I bend While all I do is try to... I tried to understand your pain But now I’m breaking from the chain You judged me fast, you shut me out But all your strength was built on doubt You called me wrong, you called me cold But now I’m done with taking hold You never saw the way I bend But now I breathe — I break, I rise, I end The quiet war of trying to understand [Outro] You never tried to understand But still I did I always did
