Understand
I cannot understand
that is all I can answer you with
The words you speak, the gestures you make
They’re unclear to me
I cannot understand
that is all I know to say
when you make those faces, when you show those emotions
that mean nothing to me
I want to say ‘I am sorry’
or to understand you someway
but there is no movement in my chest
nothing that murmurs deep inside
I want to say ‘I get you’
and relate to what you want
but nothing reaches out from my heart
but a cold, nothingness
So even though you’re trying so hard
and even though I’m listening aptly
I can only nod or shake my head to questions
because…I cannot understand
I cannot understand
that is all I can answer you with
The words you speak, the gestures you make
They’re unclear to me
I cannot understand
that is all I know to say
when you make those faces, when you show those emotions
that mean nothing to me
I want to say ‘I am sorry’
or to understand you someway
but there is no movement in my chest
nothing that murmurs deep inside
I want to say ‘I get you’
and relate to what you want
but nothing reaches out from my heart
but a cold, nothingness
So even though you’re trying so hard
and even though I’m listening aptly
I can only nod or shake my head to questions
because…I cannot understand