Do you see me now? You will know my name Do you hear me now? Do you fear me now? Behind my back at my expense There's something inside me And I know it's good, I'm not evil Just misunderstood Their judging eyes watching me

Next to you But here I am The sky is so blue I never came to the beach or stood by the ocean I never sat by the shore under the sun with my feet in the sand But you brought me here and I'm happy that you did 'Cause now I'm as free as birds catching the

In my convictions I've found my own grave But amongst the dead we all fade away Fading back into an anodyne sea For once I have stood no one will know But alone I was born and alone we must go Stand on conviction and you'll walk alone None of this

Hanging out when it's past time to go Though everyone tried to ignore us We'd scared them all off by the chorus There you stood looking proud What was left of the crowd at our show And I was twenty-two backwoods years old You were singing that night by

I took one look at you That's all I meant to do My feet could step and walk My lips could move and talk And yet my heart stood still Though not a single word was spoken I could tell you knew Told me so well you knew I never lived at all

Life's not always fair Oh, life it's misunderstood me And dream of better days Life's not always fair or so they say So I close my eyes Or so they say Little old man contemplates Suicide twice a day

Mr. Misunderstood Mr. Misunderstood (I understand) (I understand) I'm Mr. Misunderstood Hey there, weird kid in your high-top shoes Sitting in the back of the class, I was just like you Always left out, never fit in Owning that path you're walking in

Even if we don't understand You missed the point and then you point Your fingers at me But it's all relative Even if you don't understand Well it's all understood Especially when you don't understand Then it's all just because Then let's all just believe

Within the one and only eye (we all stood cut free) Only loss fills my void A sacrifice And we will shatter you Within the one and only eye (Self-blinded to see through the veil) Willing the sea to cleanse my soul Of all that I've been To bring me free

Tomorrow is a step away, Twice removed from yesterday's sadness. Still I am a dream away, "I think I've travelled here before, And stood upon this velvet shore, That looks out to the golden ship of Reason." The man took to the gentle life, The wind cried